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Show MOTHER OF THAW iMETOJTTEi Cannot Stand Strain of Seeing Her Son on Trial for His Life. THREE JURORS SECURED AT SECOND DAY'S SESSION Hearing Proceeds Quietly With None of the Confusion That Marked First Day. NEW YORK Jan. 24. More of tho confusion which was so apparent yesterday yes-terday marked the opening- of tho second sec-ond day of the Thaw murder trial. Today the police had tho situation well in hand and those who had no immediate imme-diate business iu the courtroom learned yesterday the futility of trying to break through tho cordon of bluccoats. When the morning sossion began thcro were two jurors in the box. Doming Dom-ing B. Smith, No. 1, and Charles H. Fccke, No. 2. Nearly half 'an hour before the session ses-sion was opened Mrs. Evelyn Thaw made Iter way into tho courtroom through the main doorway. She wore the same blue dress as yesterda3p. Her features were ugaiu obscured by the heavy while tuile voil. May Macken-zio Macken-zio followed close behind tho prisoner's wife, and then enrae. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Carnegie. Thaw's imposing array of counsel, numbering six altogether, reached the courtroom shortly before 10:30, at which time Thaw was in the prisoner's pen waiting to make his entrance. The newspaper writers and talesmen again filled every available scat in the room and tho public was barred. At. 10:30 the call of the roll of the special panel was begun. Mother Fails Under Strain. Edward Thaw entered the courtroom court-room alone. Mrs. William Thaw, mother moth-er of tho accused, and the Countess of Yarmouth, his sister, were not present. Josiah O. Thaw, another brother, was in court, tor the first time. Oue of the at.tornc3'B for the defense said that the strain of yesterday proved too much for tho prisoner's mother. lie said that it is not her intention to attend at-tend even' session of her son's trial. Thaw was called to the bar at 10:45 o'clock. As lie walked briskly to his place at the lawyer's table the smiles and bows which had marked his appearance ap-pearance yesterday were missing. His wife leaned forward to nod to him. Thaw greeted each of his counsel in turn, and then sat facing the first talesman called. The District Attorney followed in detail tho lines of the examination he pursued yesterdaj'. Jits questions seemed directed to tho purpose of securing se-curing a ."jury which would not. be swayed by sentiment, or emotion, which would be guided by the law as interpreted inter-preted br tho court to the exclusion of any so-called higher or unwritten law. George Pf aff was chosen the third juror. Arthur S. Campbell, a superintendent, of telephone construction, was chosen as the fourth juror. Henry C. Hnrtey was chosen as the fifth juror in the Thaw case. The court adjourned at 5 o'clock. |
