Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-06
ri, Time Case Will be Fought
olt on a Plea Of Insane
When He Killed White.
,orH SIDES ACCEPT A JUROR.
n, nne viii be Sworn Until the
BOX is Full, All Subject to
peremptory Challenge.
liant EIated Over Arrival of Day
ror Trial--Shows Little Change
In Appearance.

49,. york. Jan. 6.-The second trial
Harry X. Thaw was begun To-Day
- IustIce Bowling in the state
,ame court, and at the very out
81 4, rho proceedings plea of insan-
NJ =, the time of the killing of Stan
ISL j., White was entered in behalf OF the
sN ,.,s,aant. Last year the case was
z& ',,bi out on straight plea of not
s2 .Ty hut temporary insanity finally
81 ms relied upon.
IA nra Juror. Charles d. Gremmels,
81 n. broker. was accepted by both sides
W !. Tho close of the morning session.
y,rs of the jurors will be sworn UNI
"A the box is filed, however, and all
81 M be subjected TO peremptory chai-
" ,,re until the joint oath is admins
u .,sd This arrangement is depar-
a ,n,e from last year, when each juror
a ,ss sworn as chosen. Neither Dist.
Il lttv Jerome nor counsel for the de-
,,,ss would hazard an estimate today
q. to the time that will be required
4 IA find 10 satisfactory men. Eighty"
et OF the first 100 talesmen summoned
we're present this morning.
4 Mrs Evelyn Thaw was pursued by
rOwds as curious as ever, and had to
lie escorted in and out of the court
house by a detail of policemen.
CURIOUS CROWDS.
The usual curious crowds were gath
,red about the criminal courts building
this morning in the hope of catching
glimpse of Harry Thaw as he cross
cd the bridge of signs on the day
Of his second trial. In the corridors of
the courthouse there was also a
rrong OF several hundred persons who
had come TO witness the opening scenes
Of this new rehearsal of an old story.
A squad Of SO policemen kept the pas
sageway clear. The arrangements were
far better than at the first trial, when
the crush to get into the courtroom
amounted practically to n riot. The
word chat women were to be barred
had been given out and there were none
but the newspaper writers on hand to-
day
Last year at the beginning of the
tiIal women predominated In the court
room and 1t was their insistence which
caused much of the disorder of the
opening day.
Before the Thaw case was reached
Justice Bowling charged the January
grand jury and attended to the other
tormalities of the new term.
, . u,r,rN
Thaw was elated over the fact that
&c day of his new trial had at last ar
rived.
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, his sis
Ter and Josiah Thaw, one of his broth
ers called on the defendant in the
Tombs prison and brought him u mes
sage Of greeting from his mother,
who is still too i'll at her home in Pitts
burg 10 come on for the trial.
1t was the first time in several
months that Thaw had seen his sister
and brother and his greetings were AZ
iectonate.
Mrs Harry X. Thaw went direct
from her hotel to the court house.
There were the usual number
Of rumors about the courthouse
Today, one Of them being that the first
l@ names had been stricken from the
special jury panel OF 300 ON account
q The publicity given to their selection.
Clerk OF County Penny said there was
no truth In the report. One hundred
mlesmen are under orders to report
on each OF the first three days OF the
trial.
DEFENDANT CALLED TO BAR.
Thaw was called to the bar at 1127
o'clock. His appearance showed little
or no change from last year. As soon
es Thaw appeared. his chief counsel,
Martin w. Littleton, announced that
lne former plea of not guilty entered
y his client would be amended to
read That the defendant was insane
A. the time the deed was committed"
Inaw was seated at the counsel table
WIN Mr.. Littleton. Russell Peabody
'ld Daniel O'Reilly.
DIST Atty. Jerome and Asst. Dist.
ANY, darvln represented the people.
MRS. EVELYN THAw.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, attired In the
vlue school girl dress which became
familiar during the first trial, was In
me courtroom when the proceedings
%san' She was accompanied by Mrs.
Nafnegie and Josiah Thaw.
n, Justice Bowling announced that un-
VI further notice there would be three
Wuft sessions each day as follows:
FROM 1915 a. IN. to l p. m; from 2
y !. NJ TO p. M, and from p. m. to
p NJ. He also announced that the
,,ury would be locked up throughout the
EXAMINING JURORS.
After somewhat informal discussion
y To the method of selecting jurors,
me work OF filling the box was taken
W Without further delay Dist. Atty
n'0olne undertook the examination OF
wy hrst tnlesman called 10 the wit
alss chair.
ne was william IT, Miller, a decora-
~ Miller said he had known stan
Ml White casually, and had formed an
Whon upon what he had read Of the
~ He felt he could render fair
a Impartial verdict, and upon this
1~ement Mr.. Jerome announced that
" PASSED the Juror for cause.
M Litteton, for the defense brought
NY me fact that Miller had had some
m slsss relations with the nrchitec-
va nrm Of which stanford White was
,smenper ana that he had boen chilled
NV not accepted ns juror at the last
v,n MT Littlcton challenged on tho
i,sund OF actual bias and was HuH-
-rea py Justice Bowling
=. ~ lhfse talahmcn who followed MIL
a., nnarr examination wera excused be.
se,u OF tho unqualified opinions thuy
h,NNrel they hsid, ,Iuktica D0wiing