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Show time of the tragedy. X would, u a fair Juror, hare bad to find Mm ztulty. Naturally, being in th jury box, I tbsenred i?tTj Kendall Tqit. On tbc different Occasions thai I hspoenej to clance in iiii direct! i he e-inc.t rt--fectly at ene. On many occasions I noticed 'hat Thaw leaned over to lis counsel and. although I did not herr him aay anything, the challenge of a juror was apparently the result. f dd not make a full slu'lv of Thaw, for I felt that it was not my iuty to take in such details befco banning tho trial. : I J id ( baerve i m, however, upon eo- ( trrti.g and leaving the eouunorti, while he was conversing wi.n his l.iw-y.-rs inl his ent.re cond'i -t wm p ;ticIv perfectly inl'.onil. Ai he looked at each ii'tcr who w.is sworn in, as called u-).n I y thi c -urt ! rules, be looked every on, so f.ir -m I noticed, square in the rye without ny apparent nervousness wliatsorvt At this point I might say that I had occasion to look T)i:vw sueroly in th 1 i eves itien I was jwii-i in as .1 ",rjr. , eves when I was sworn in as a juror j Thaw stood perfectly erect, with both hands at his sides, and gave me the impression of a soldier without his gun when given the oder of "Com- 1 panv Attention!" I do not think from , Thaw's appearances as I have per ceived, which is only in a slight wav as a juryman, that he wi'! show .tiv emotion during his coming tri.it. I'pon entering the con it r 1 mi tnis morning I overheard a bvc.udcr that he heard thore were to ho t r iurors excused for pnvsi;il i 13.-1 'i . i t v. This was the first intimation I had that anything of that sort was to h.ip pen. I in no wav placed myself ns one of the two that were to be excused, for the simple reason that I am in p rtV. t health, it being many, many ears sine I have had occasion to have n i of any medi'-al attention whai vr. I'pon entering the courtroom I took mv place, which was assigned to bv the clerk of the court, not thinking anv more about it. The court nt 1 o'clock adjourned for recess. We. rvif jurors, went into the jurv rooni. wheie we were served with lunch. a hi-1 been the custom in the past two ,!.iv At 1 oVlock we returned to the ; 1 ; v box. After putting on mv coat and hat in the ante room and coming on' into the hall I was approached by manv re porters from different papers asking me if 1 knew anv reason why I sh Mill be excused. I told them that I did no', and then was told that Defective Sm geant Md'onville has acquainted the District Attorn.M with the fact that I was in the bucket shop l.ps, nr.-., and that the counsel did not wn:i .'iiiori'' in that line of business. Also 'Vit I had misstated the addresses regarding my business and residence. These st.vemcnts. I most .mph': callv denv. DISCHARGED JUROR TELLS HIS STORY; HE FAVORED THAW (Statement by Juror No. fi. Who Was Dismissed From Thaw Jury.) (BY HAROLD R. FAIRE ) NEW YORK, Feb. 2.- If I had re mained in the Jury box and the time came when we were to be charged by the court, and their contention of tern porary or emotional insanity, as governed gov-erned by the law as presented by the court. I would, ,n a :'air turor, have voted to acquit Harry K'nd.ill Thaw. And if the defense had not proven trmpor.ny or emotional lnsuuty at the |