Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-01-08
ONLY THREE men LEFT
Judge Bowling Said He Could
See No Advantage in the
Kew Me hod.
FOUR OTHER MEN WERE READY
The Latter We're Not Sworn Last
Night and Had to be Kept
Apart From Rest
Special By United Press Wire !:

special by United Press Wire:
NEW YORK, Jan. S:-All danger
OF the defense in the trial of Harry
K. Thaw suffering for lack of funds,
due to the depleted Thaw family
purse, has been removed by the de-
cision of number of wealthy Pitts
burgers, headed by Charles M.
Schwab, multi-mil1ionaire steel mag
nate, to go to the aid of Mrs VIM.
K. Thaw, the widow of their former
business associate.
Court convened in the trial half
hour late this morning as a result of
the long session last night. Lawyer
Peabody denied the rumors of Thaw's
Illness, saying his health is as well
as could be expected considering the
length of time he has been confined
in Jail.
Justice Bowling is said to be con-
sidering the plan OF compelling coun-
sci to exercise their peremptorily
challenges before the prospective
jurymen are allowed TO enter the
box. If he does this it will prevent
the emptying of the twelve chairs
after they have been once filled.
The first order of the courtN his
morning was ordering new panel of
two hundred additional talesmen, the
first hundred of whom will report
tomorrow morning, the second huns,
dred Friday.
John H. Holbert and John Enter
whistle were accepted as jurymen
subject to peremptory challenge this
morning. This made nine men in
the jury box.
The second day of the second trial
was ended at IL o'clock last night,
with three jurors who are still sub
ject to the peremptory challenge from
either side. After the box had been
filled with provisional jurors, nine of
them were dropped, one by consent
and eight by peremptory challenge,
the other three were then sworn, and
they will hear testimony in the case
unless something extraordinary de-
yelops that would disqualify them.
The three who are accepted jurors
are Charles E. Gremmels, a ship
broker, foreman; Arthur A. Naeth-
ing, a baker, and George w Cary.
The men who were dropped out by
peremptory challenge were John r.
Hatchett, Charles c. Goss, Otto G.
Weiss, Albert H. Frazier, George B.
Morewood, Floyd S. Sanford, Maurice
Bouvier and Frederick w. Pitcher.
The first four were challenged by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, and the last
four by Martin w. Littleton, Thaw's
counsel. The man dropped by con-
sent was William H. Roberts.
When the nine had been taken out
of the box the other three were sworn
and the work of taking provisional
jurors went on, Justice Dowling re-
marking: II don't see that much time
10, eoxad hxr thio Y,na+h0d
Justice Bowling then announced
that when all the talesmen, on that
panel had been exhausted he must
go back to the method usually used
in this county of peremptory chals
lenge being used before the juror
went into the box, if it is to be used
at all In order to exhaust the panel,
which was the second of 100 each,
Justice Bowling held court until an
hour after the hour scheduled for
adjournment. He said that 90 tales
men had been examined during the
day, a good record, and thanked the
lawyers for the work they had done.
In all 149 ta1esmen have been ex-
amined, and out of that number Is
were selected Professionally, of which
three have been sworn so far.
When the court officers were leav-
ing for the night with the seven
jurors, three sworn and four who had
not been sworn. Mr.. Littleton called
the attention of Mr.. Jerome to an in
teresting situation which Mr.. Jerome
communicated to Justice Dowling.
1t was this: Would it be right for
the three jurors who had been sworn
to communicate with the four jurors
who had not been sworn. Mr.. Lit
Teton said he did not want to raise
any issue and was willing to make
any waiver tht would meet the situa-
tion, but he felt that it should be
called to the attention of the court.
After thinking it over, Justice Dow
ling said it would be well to avoid the
possibility of a technical dispute, so
he instructed the court officers to
keep the three jurors who have been
sworn separate from the four who
have not.