The evening world., 1916-05-22
he nrst Of his thirty peremptory

the frst Of his thirty peremptor,
challenges.
Robert Neill, a mechanical engineer
Of No. So7 West One Hundred and
Thirty-cighth Street. the third tales.
man. was tho nrst Juror sworn, and
took the foreman's seat He Is q
heavily built. matter-of- fact looking
citisen Of mature age. He Is married
ogLEcTioN OF JURORS Pro.
ceEos RAPIDLY.
Peter Hebel Of No. 24l West Fiji
feenth Street, q cheese merchant n,
No. - Ninth Avenue. middle aged,
who ''never had time TO read news
papers," was selected as Juror No. 2
The ninth talesman. Thsddeus g.
Barlow Of No. SCI West One Hun
dred and Fifty-second Street, a
youthful superintendent OF a gas
company, was quickly taken as third
Juror. No questions were asked OF
him or Of any of the other jurors by
Mr. Brothers as 70 possible prejudice
against an insanity defense.
District Attorney Swami had
charge Of the prosecutions selection
of Jurors, suggesting questions 70
Mr. Brothers and giving the decision
- 70 the acceptability Of each man.
Mr.. Deuel., an to alienists. contented
himself by asking II the taiesmen
would give the same credit TO medical
witnesses a. to any others who tcs-
tined.
By II o'clock Paul D. Case. also
youthful, a secretary at No. 40 Cedar
Street. was accepted as the fourth
Juror.
George A. Helme OF No. s5 West
Fifty-sixth Street, a capitalist, heavy
set and studious looking; James II.
Belts. q young sales manager at No.
3ss West Fffty-fi Street: Edward
y Nriediander u No. 20 Broad Street,
6banker and broker. were accepted In
the second hour.
Tho thirty-eighth talesman, Thomas
widercombe, an accountant for the
New York Central Railroad. was put
into tho jury box at half past IL
O'Clock. ami was followed In three
minutes by James NJ. Jcffares of No.
1ol West Seventy ninth Street, man.
ager at No. 257 West Street.
wAiTE's WIFE NOT IN COURT AS
JURY Is CHOSEN.
In another ten minutes stephen A.
Douglas OF No. s6 wadsworth Ave-
nue.. q young electrical engineer. was
n seat No. 10.
Hugh +. Donnelly Of No. as West
One Hundred and Sixty-third Street
was accepted at n few minutes before
/ o'clock and Joseph II. Trant Of No.
lOs West Ono Hundred and Fifth
Street, q writer. single and youthful,
completed the Jury.
Mrs. Clara Peck Waite did not en-
ter the court room at the morning
session. but remained in an adjoining
room with friends.
One Of the talesmen. Joseph 3.
Irving. an insurance man Of No. 10
West Sixty-first Street, caused some
disorder in court by his answer to
Mr.. Brothers question:: Are you op-
posed to capital punishment"
Not in q case like this!" said Mr..
Irving in q loud clear voice.
Waite flushed. but laughed as heart
ily and rather longer than anybody
else In the court room. The talesman
was excused and the Jurors already
chosen we're directed to disregard his
remarks.
Not only does the man at bar ad-
NIT every act charged against him by
the State: he admits the murder by
dkssase germs o; his mother-in-law
six weeks before. Admitting that he
plotted and studied for months to ac-
oompiish these murders and had con-
sidered others. not one word OF the
evidence against him In this regard
will be fought by his counsel. Walter
Deuel. and Joseph Crater. Their
whole effort viii be to bring out
every shading OF the facts admitted
to show Waite has a diseased mind
and was mentally Incapable OF un-
derstanding the wickedness and
nsndishness Of his sordid schemes to
possess himself OF . great share Of
the wealth which his wife inherited
from her parents.
ei0Ne OF A NERVOUS BREAK.
DOWN.
waite's physical condition is FAR
better than when he was arrested
two months ago. half conscious from
drugs which he took either to quiet
his tortured conscience or TO commit