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Show JEROME AS WELL AS TIflAW IS ON TRIAL IN GOTHAM , Truxton Beale Comes Forward to Try to Save Prisoners Lite; California Clubman Club-man Dined With Party on fatal Night and Knows Young Millionaire. The following is a list of the jurors who, in all probability, proba-bility, will decide whether Harry Kendall Thaw should be put to death in the electric chair, shall serve a term in prison or shall go free.: Foreman Deining S. Smith, 55; retired manufacturer; manufac-turer; married. No. 'J (ieorge P. Pfaff. 64; hardware; married. No. 3 Charles M. Fecke, 45; shipping clerk; married. No. 4 Oscar A. Pink, 46; salesman; married. No. 5 Henry C. Harney. 50; piano dealer; married. No. 6 Harry C. Beasley, 35; advertising agent; married. mar-ried. No. 7 Malcolm S. Fraser. 40; salesman; married. No. 8 Charles 1). Newton, 65; retired railway official; married. No. 9 Wilbur S. Steele. 60; manufacturer; married. No. 10 .John S. Deuee. 8; railway freight agent; unmarried. un-married. No. 11 Joseph B. Bolton, 57; clerk; married. No. 12 Bernard (rerstmau, 36; manufacturer's ajrent; married. Average a.e 49 years 3 months. Married 11; single, 1. Retired business men, 2; active business meu, 10. (Special to The Tel'!:-:' NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Posecution and defense are pleased with the Thaw Jury which was completed late yester day afternoon. Tbe intenseness with which the fight over Harry K. Thaw is being waged the State of New York, with the cold, indefatigable Jerome on one side; and the Pittsburg family, with millions back of them and the best lawyers that money could buy. on the other becomes be-comes more apparent today, when there is no court and the proceedings of the previous trial days may be soberly re viewed. The t" ' . f t. "i e v amoun' "f wor' d o'e b :sw.'rs is fh.V tucU.' ur--" h.'i"! se'ecfed The were reg:id.'d x wers on b..f , i ie. a ?."--' -i others h a i n g re.' " . d ' t IH.il.'p or p; ..;' ':!'' iM ' and ' r ( i r .; ' . i . u'" ! 1 is rar'H . ' ' b'g !" rer t r;t!. that it..r ' '" a n MM try-" t t n;i"' -!-' c:l'"''icd bef .re 'I-.' np.'oo.i'i ti'.i'if a r-' i B'i' h'r-'1 fact that mhr Xw York lurits dis-I dis-I agree the flrtttme not one defendant in twenty is ever found guilty, later. The Molineaux and Nart Patterson trials are quoted to prove this to be the c a e . The plans of the .jfne. while thev have po' definitely developed, are still beheed fo he rnose which have been generally prophesied emotional insan-rv insan-rv or an appeal to the so-called "higher "high-er 'aw.'' 0:il the faintest indication in r h i dire -fiop has appeared at the trial this fa', and that was esferdav. when i i'fford V Hart ridge, chief counsel for T'"a. ake. a prospective juror thes .) est i o- 4 - V i d .vi take info consideration ai' he evidence show the condition of r u s 'nan's Thaw'- mind at the 1',. ,, i. e k il'mg of Stanford Whi'e' 'Have vis a" obiccf'on 'o anv '" -f defense 'hat ni.n be offered in be-vf of rr-e defendan' f That query seems to mystify Jerotne. and to anticipate anything that the question may mean the District Attorney Attor-ney has defined the law bearing on the case and sworn each ir.ror to interpret that law as charged by Justice Fitzgerald. Fitz-gerald. No- cr: bv his delineation of the 'aw 'ega'ding the punishment for mur de,- i" he firs- decree, but by constant '":oi'-i "f 'he conditions of insani'y. ,! " e r w i c h crime is forafe.i bv the ''w'"a:'li, does the alert prosecu-.T prosecu-.T af -guard the :i!ffs' of the pr. p'e H'" 1'lrr ke independently e I acted P'st re "or'je s on trial as well as H e", 7" '- a All Eyes on Jerome His opponents declare that he had never done anything to Justify the high opinion of the citizens who elected him, and that beyond being sensational in using axes on raids, his record is not one of convictions in cases where great interests were at stake. P e .-" . k r ' ' i ' ' ir be g ieaned f i'r. 1" ' ' ''"e Thaw fial a' I - .ler "' expects 'ha' tnsarutr m p., i e ' i '.-,.o-- f 'he defense t -iV' 'he-' T-.a' Ke regrets the . iTis-vvr since his arrest i : - " 'eecr;.,r. of 'he firs' at'ornev -!:"" d f ! "r,s , ta'ion as a part of h ; .. ci" b. v. imagined,. Thar in-t in-t ror. are cunning bvon 1 the ".'e'l'getice "t shrewdness ard legal a ' ; in r is no' d n i ed . Ilarrv Thaw's alleged obstinacy wi'h t-is ati.irpes and 'he widespread re (or' s tha' he wi'! lepend upon 'he ac c.p'ance ,,f 'he ' ' i. : -. 'i en law'' af'er he 'us'iriies his k I : in g of Stanford U'ie b V the es'in,o,! of W ls wife on .. witness ii 1 a re taken as evi ie-ces of ms.i r.i'v bv '."e prosec; f mg ..rb.'ef The District Attorney has had his ex perts in court every day since the trial began. At first the three alienista, Drs. MacDonald. Flint and Wagner, were requested re-quested to move out of the room by the court officers because they could not give them seats. District A'torney Jerome soon ri" died that, chairs for the eminent men were p'a-ced wi'hin the bar enc'.osu'e and thev could obtain a splendid view of the prisoner. Thaw did nor seem unconscious of this scrutiny and for a w-hl he fid geted under if. Even after three dav of the ordeal he has not altogether ' gained his composure. When not in the favorite att; reclining with his elbows & of his counselor's table, T"-with T"-with the collar of his ir gers through the fy ; i ontinuc it was rh.T 'he wl-.o'e spe-ia' pare of J.iii was i-xha ited b- f -T" f'" box was n'led and f h taki-g f' evidence began Many Jurors Dodge Service. Manv ire -Jodgit.g service as. f r '"e first tirre in New York . n "igh ' ' '. the mva'iab'c r;c 't eisew nere. 'he 1 1 ; r v m i .ire be r g -c k e,i : p 1 n i . and are pr'sopcrs i' ' 'o 'he ex'er.' tha' Ha". Thaw N "i .-.' ( ex e'y te", l:l,'i"',T a'e a.'J.e p -; - " . s m"".. an 1 do n w --"Ter " - m,-,;,! 'hi, as w " ' I as f - e i n e ". r e ' ' a :' ,)) i s-i'e ' f '"a:! F'"-1'. fo-.n ',.-, rhev c o'd .-;.. ... . -l bv V'-',T.""o ' X e I I'.- 'o"i...d a" opinio'l II oil 'he ' e ',. r e.n'. of the 'ief'.-"d a "' . ;"d 1 a" " ' sire 'ha' anv ... u, rce o . "T'i' oti '-1 charge -" opi'oo - '' J.ir ' given ha a " s w e ' i 's ' c d c ia e. , '. t . V- . ' V- r 1. e e u s' I't'.'r) V h 1 ' e or did l";.;''- i ' '" ,- i r-'." 'iri ! t '.v V ' e t 'i w s i t j ' i' r es' e r dav . a"d 'i'e "f ' e l".iw ' i w '. ers ',. mar Wed ''!'" is- been se'ec'ed fr..'r V .'. '. '''...! There is no doubt that they are the highest type assemblage of men that have been selected for an important case at any time within the memory of the veteran lawyers present. They are intelligent, above all tilings else. The exc.'l'enco of ' 1 " K " ' 1 - " ' ' us,..) in responding : .leronie and Har'ridg- a"'-'. I " Thev did nor s'amm'-r t --e,'' .., spoke f ree'x a"d a '". ra v Thev ,i prosperous, wej; ,-j-,.ssed. s''..g p-. ; i'.'iI'v as well as m or. i ' ' . irl, as a ma'er of nc'ua' f'ac. ;-e ''". erv twelve out of 'Jol 'hat w ":'d b" 'h- en bv ever person in 'he "irfro'm who Witnessed their selection Somehow- perhaps from the sympa thetic glances which several of the jurymen bestowed upon Th.aw and his beautiful wife the impression has gained ground that at least one or two ; of them are favorable to the defendant more than to the commonwealth. There is no real basis for such impression, and it is impossible, as every lawyer" of experience knows, to predict what a Jury will do. It is Improper, too, in the eyes of the law. Hut despite aO-that. actual wagers have been madethat Harry Thaw will never go to the electric chair. Several bets of two to one that this jurv would not convict him were laid vesterdav. The bettors are basing their ideas upon i a disagreement, and it is a well known 1 buttal testimony aftar the defense has met the opening testimony presented by the prosecution. Hartndge has summoned sum-moned more than fifty witnesses. Many of these may never So at the trial. It is expected that Hartridge will attempt to show that Thaw was insane at the time he killed White, and the Distriet Attorney will have a chance, to call his alenists who have been in constant attendance at-tendance during the selection of the iurv. The defense, in turn, will be able to bring on its corps of experts in mental men-tal disease. During the closing scenes of the jury choosing Thaw watched every movement move-ment of the representatives of the people, peo-ple, as well as of his counsel. He was keenly alert to each question asked by Jerome, or by Oarvan, the assistant. Each talesman, as he took the witness chair for examination, was scrutinized eloaely by the pujsoner. The mother of the accused man was not present, but his two sisters, the prisoner's wife, and Mav MeKentie were sitting near him, and" all of them joined him in the close scrutiny of the talesmen. Thaw to Testify. Thaw expressed satisfaction when the jury was filled, saving, "Well. I am glad that part of the business is over." He is apparently keen for the real fight to begin. He expects to go free as a result of the trial, and this accounts for his eagerness to begin. While none of the plans of the defense has been made public, it is generally thought that Thaw will take the witness stand in his own defense. Reports that some of the jurors selected se-lected will be excused when court resumes re-sumes Monday were in circulation again today. It was rumcrred that the health of one of the men chosen Is so precarious that District Attorney Jerome Jer-ome hesitates to proceed with the case through apprehension that the close confinement con-finement of the Jury will result in his Illness and cause a mistrial. It was reported also that the District Attorney is anxious to dispense with the services of another juror for rt-a sons known only to himself. The activity of detectives in the em ploy of the defense and prosecution in seeking witnesses and maintaining a watch upon the movements of the oth er side is on a par with the care eier cised in the selection of the jury. This excites a belief that both the prosecution and the defense are preparing prepar-ing to go deeply into Thaw's record, as well as into the circumstances leading up to the shooting of White. The report today that Assistant D'.s trict Attorney Marshall has induced Miss Ida Kiteh of Pittsburg to promise to eouie to New York and give evidence for the prosecution was taken as further furth-er evidence of the extreme thoroughness thorough-ness with which District Attorney Jerome Jer-ome is preparing the case. I THAW CASE. I (Continued from page ' of his head or toys with a handker chief. Coming to the aid of Harry K. Thaw, in the battle for his life in which he will need every possible aid, Truxton ! BeaJe. the divorced husband of Harriet Blaine, daughter of former Secretary Blaine, a wealthy Californian. clubman and chum of Thaw's, has returned to this city, after having been absent ever since the night when on Madison Square roof garden the young Pitts burg millionaire fired the three shots that ended Stanford White's life. I R-a! and Thomas Mc''eh irt with Harrv Thaw and F.velvn Xesbi Thaw m th "afe Martin, wh"' Thaw, that fatal night, firs encountered White. It is certain that Heai Vnows what maddened his chum, what White did or aid. or whs' ws in the note, if there was one. that White is alleged to have forwarded to Kvelvn N'esblt. which brought about the tragedv a couple of hours later. And now it seems certain that he will come forward and tell what he knows in the hope that it may help to save his reckless young companion from the electric chair. Since la .Tune Real. ha been said at various times n have been in Fu roj-.e, m Mexico, in ("anuria ap,-) in divers o'her places far frnrn the iuri dioion of the commonwealth of New Yotk. He did not er.iygh'en anvor.e -ex 1 'epf, perhaps, the l haw lawyers --on that point today. He came here, how I ever, from Augusta. Me., where he has , been visiting his children. I lr is expected now that young i ''aleb. who was the fourth member of 'the Thaw partv at dinner in the i afe Martin, will also present himself and i take the stand for tne defense, and that everv detail of the conversations 'and actions of Harrv Thaw. F.velvn . Nesbit and Stanford White wi'l be tohi bv these two men. Much False Gossip. Aside from the actual de yploprpe"' s - fhe selection of ii;r T - the most re markable feature of the trial has been the great number of gossipy rumors set i adrift concerning 'he relations of the t various members of the Thaw tamilv I toward the prisoner and fowarl each ' other ''Thaw's mother ard :'" don't speak to Fvelvn Ne-btt Thaw.'' savs ope p. rsisTent rumor. ' ' Se how they alwavs sit a p a r ' from her i r. the c o . j r room, and how thev c.une down town from 'he Hotel l.orra'ne in sepnra'e cab ''Lawyer Pflmas hi declared 'hat either he or Mav M'K'nti shall leave the emir' room Mnp.-l.iv," savs ano'V.er story. ''He won't stand for F.velvn s gaudv dancer friend. She makes a bad impression upon the mrv wi'h tha i urp'.e gown and torpedo-boat torpedo-boat hat. ''The ( ourfess of Yarmouth s'aed awav Thursday and Friday because she didn't want to be classed wi'h the nl in purple, who is a fresh "'nob-id v. '' said s'ill another tale. And vet others said '"Harrv has consented, a' the re Sliest of his familv. to obtain a divorce from Fveivn if he js acoi-'ted "Harrv realiv doesn't care anything for Fveivn; he shook hands with h:s i mother as he entered the room and I oplv nodded tn his wife I The extra everv minute panel's plas ter these varcs all over the first pages and the public swallows them whole Of course, all these stories are false. Jury Now Complete. At las' the jury is complete, and the prospects are goo- that the taking of testimony will begin Monday, to which dav the court adjourned after yesterday's yester-day's session. There was some talk in the court after adjournment that there might be further weeding out of a num b r of jurors. This talk was prompted bv a request of District A'tornev .lero-ne that the ta'esmen remaining m the la" panel be instructed to be m court Monday, but in making the revues' re-vues' Mr. Jerome said he did not expect tur'her delay. L.-ifer it was thought that the request for the talesmen was simplv a prccau honarv movement, as .terome intended to continue his searches of the records of the jurymen during the adjournment. Whether the jury as now constituted will stand or not depends on the investigation. inves-tigation. If was believed that the case of the State against Thaw would be quickly presented, but in his statement just be fore adjournment vesterdav Jerome indicated in-dicated that it would be even more brief than was expected. "I would like to sav," declared Jerome, '"that the case of the people will be readv Monday morning, and that the people will open and close on Monday morning. morn-ing. I sav this that the defense may have its ease ready to follow." This was taken to indicate that the District Attorney intends to open the prosecution with the bold establishment of the fact that Thaw killed White, and the fixing of the time and place. It is thought that be will put on three or four witnesses, and that one or more of them, probably the policeman to whom" Thaw surrendered, and the sergeant of the Tenderloin station, who took Thaw's pedigree, will testify as to the defendant defend-ant 's apparent sanity. The beat of battle will be on the re- |