Evening star., 1908-01-11
THAW JURY COMPLETE
Twelve Men Who Will Try Him
All MiddIe-Aged.
len OF THEM ARE MARRIED
Other Two Are Widowers-All Are
Business Men:
ATTORNEYS ARE TAKING REST
Real Business Will Commence Mon
day. When the Government
Will Present It's Case.
ATTORNEYS ARE TAKING RES
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
NEW YORK, January 1.-Twelve men
having been sworn to try Harry Is. Thaw
for the murder o. Stanford White. the
pres .ntation of the case and the taking
OF evidence will be in order when Justice
Ecwling eonvenes the criminal branch of
The supreme court Monday.
From his cell in the Tombs today Thaw
issued statement. in which he expressed
his satisfaction with the jury. and pre-
dicted that within few weeks he would
be a free man. He said
Il believe them to be a fair minded.
sensible group of men. and l am con-
hdent that my lawyers will convince them
OF my innocence"
Thaw's wife. too. seemed pleased with
the men who are to judge the merits of
her husbands case.
Il think 1t is a good jury. she said.
The jurors suit my husband. and any
thing that suits him is satisfactory to
me.
The usual crop OF rumors sprang up
today relativa to the conduct of the
trial and the testimony. 1t was a matter
IF doubt az 10 whether or not Mrs. Will
liam Thaw. the -isoners mother. who Is
i'll in Pittsburg. would recover sufficiently
10 he present And give testimony. Mr..
iittleton. chief counsel for the defense
is said to be anxious that a commission
he appointed 10 go TO Pittsburg and take
Mrs. Thaw's testimony 1t is thought
that this was the object of his conference
last night with Justice Bowling and
/ the district attorney after the jury was
selected The district attorney, however
is said to be Of the opinion that the
question should be held in allegiance until
il becomes absolutely certain that Mrs
Tnaw csnnot appear.
. Nay Press Insanity Plea.
Another report today was that i'm the
testimony Regarding Thaw.s mental con-
ditios at the time he shot Stanford White.
the defense would fight shy to a great ex-
tent of the ''brainstorm' theory and pay
more attention to the hereditary taint
Whether the elder Mrs. Thaw's' testimony
is taken by commission or before the
court II is believed that she will be al
DEed TO 60 into this phase of the case
s'sE oNCp1S 1CipiifH hcIdci DclIndS
allowed her TO do the last time Much of
the testimony along this line was with
held at the first trial out OF consideration
for the Countess of Yarmouth. Thaw's
sister. because of the peculiar manner in
which 1t would affect an English family
of title. With the countess suing her
husband for the annulment of their mar
rage there seems 10 be no longer need
for such consideration.
So far as new witnesses are concerned
only two possible ones appear on the
horizon so far. They are Edna Good
rich. the actress who. according to Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. first introduced her to Stan
ford White. and Ida Simonton. who is
expected TO be called by the prosecution.
and who may tell a lot about the manner
OF living of Tha wand Evelyn Nesbitt when
they were in Europe together. Miss Good
rich. who is the leading woman in Nat
Goodwin scompany. has been subpoena ed
by the defense. and it is said that the
prosecution also wants her witness.
Taking a Long Breath.
The attorneys in the Thaw trial are taxi
ing day off today and going over their
testimony for the last time before the
actual trial of the case begins. On Mon
day the trial will be opened with a brief
address by Assistant District Attorney
Garvan. and then the peoples case will
killing will be proved and evide nee will be
introduced to show that the shot which
kille.I Stanford White was fired by Harry
X. Thaw.
1t is not likely that more than two or
tGree hours will be required for this and
the defense will then begin.
The ju' which was completed yestar-
day. VII oe. until the case is finally
compile "a. In the custody OF court Of
ncers and will not be allowed to even re-
ceive visitors, even members of their
own families. except in the presence of
hailiTs. Their mail will all be read before
they are allowed to see il and they can
only read newspapers after the head
bailiff has carefully cut from them every
reference to the trial. They will be even
more closely guarded than will Thaw
himself the man whose fate even now
rests in their hands.
The twelve men who will decide the
Young Pittsburgers S fate are all beyond
middle age. there being five gray heads
I'm the jury box Ten of them are mar
ried. the other two being widowers OF
the 800 veniremen summoned. 372 were
examined. the defense using twenty-three
peremptory challenges and the prosecu-
tiou twenty OF the thirty allowed Az
amined before the jury was finally COM
pleted and each side used all its psremp-
tories.
Names of the Jurors.
The second jury TO try Harry X Thaw
for the killing OF Stanford White was
completed late yesterday. and Mon
day morning the prosecution will present
its direct case against the defendant
Five Jurors In all were accepted and
sworn in in the morning and afternoon
sessions yesterday. A. whole the jur,
is made up of Intelligent business men
most OF whom are at middle age or over
When the panel had finally b.en com.
pleted after many vexatious DELAYS anc
after tine exercise of twenty-three per.
emptory challenges by the defense and
twenty by the people Thaw announced
That he was entirely satisfied and, In
fact. well pleased with the twelve mer
chosen. Young Mrs. Thaw. who ha.
watched the selection OF the jurors will
the keenest interest. also declared thai
she was well satisfied.
They are much nicer than the mer
selected last year" she said. a. court
adjourned. and Thaw exclaimed that ht
echoed his wifes sentiments. The pris
ru-r snd his wife had An earnest fly,
minutes talk after the last juror mad beer
sworn and while the attorneys wer,
conferring as To the sppointm ment of Z
commission which will be sent to Pitts
burg TO take the testimony Of Mrs. VIM