Drop Thaw Jurors Nine In Box With Two New Sworn
A New York court moved to reshuffle the jury in the Harry K. Thaw case. Two jurors were excused, nine remain, and two new jurors John Dennee and David Walker were sworn in. The district attorney and Thaw’s counsel debated excusing more jurors as testimony delays loom.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
Stanford White
Servier
John & Dennee
New Orleans
David
Walker
John Briswen Walker
Fitzgerald
Campbell
Falre
Wade
Compt
Faire
Thaw Trial Day Sees Court Decorated and Family Tensions
In a tense courtroom scene during Harry Thaw's trial, attorney questions decorum and the significance of The Three Fates as possible grounds for challenge. Judge excused jurors delaying proceedings while Thaw remains hopeful as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s circle, including Mrs Carnegie and May Mackenzie, reopens family tensions amidst visitors.
Selection of Denneé Shocks New Orleans Jury Comment
The selection of John and Denneé, natives of New Orleans, as jurors aroused public comment due to the belief in the unwritten law. The article notes the Four War chairman of the Orleans Republican Club in 1696 and references a Revolutionary War soldier who helped overthrow Queen Liliuokalani.
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New Orleans
John & Dennee
Thie City
Jia
Orleans’ Republican Can Club
Mawal Ond
Liiuekalani
Brother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Defends Mother in Thaw Case
The Pittsburg Leader prints a telegraphic statement from New York by Howard Nesbit Thaw, brother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, declaring his duty to defend his mother Mrs. Thaw against accusations linked to the Thaw case. He says he will tell the truth on the stand, defend his mother’s character, and refrain from revenge, while noting his indifference toward Mr. Thaw and emphasizing his aim to clear his mother’s name. He asserts Mrs. Thaw was not abandoning her daughter and that Mr. Thaw himself deserted and ignored his mother.
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Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
Garvan
Talesman
Dennee
Fitzgerald
Penny
Noth Cides
David Strother Walker
Mr. Walker
Broad Street
John Brladen Walker
Cosmopolitan
Wilfred D. Walker
Beatrice Frances Dilworth
Cass Theater
Walker
John Brisben Walker
Inabel B. Brendt
Hastings
Aragley
New York
Automobile Club of America
Harvard
Tela Mx
Jerome
Stanford White
J. 4
Unme
Boston
Hlouse
Harry Tham
Europe
Mrs. Caine
Evelyn
Harry
Washington
Thaw
George L. Carnegie
Thew
Josiah C
Eaward Thaw
Misa MacKenzie
Carnegie
Vecesa
Evelyn Nesbit
May MacKenzie
May MacKenzie Ant Bearde
Yarmouth
Evelyn Thaw
Howard Neablt
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Newpes
White
Waite
Walte
Mr. White
Iin
Beck
Toney
Dolar
Mrs. Thaw
Mr. Thaw
Washington Post
Harry Thaw
Berkeley Lyceum
Osborn’s Playhouse
Fme
Evelyn Nesbyt
Tommyrat
Earl of
Varmouth
Birs
Osborn's
Hetty Green
Sylvia
Green
Engtistman
Juncheon
Cillds
Chemical Bank
Abe
Siren
Ins Mother
Evalyn
Evelyn Thew
No Remorse in That Ague But Not a Bad Face
Alfred Henry Lewis reports on Alfred GewisAmericas view of the Thaw case. The piece notes public interest driven by Thaws wealth and a mixed jury mood in Justice Fitzgeralds courtroom. It describes Thaws demeanor as sorrowful and quiet, with jealousy as his dominant, dangerous trait, and reflects on the gravity of selecting a jury to decide life or death.
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Esc
Stanford White
Bean Rudy Jones
Avenue A
Harry Thaw
Paul Kelly
Evelyn Thaw
Hester Street
Jess
World
Justice Fitzgerald
Algo
Thaw
Countess of Yarmouth
Carnegie
Phaw
Mather
Jerome
Delmas
Steleness
Thacy
Werpent
Pod
Jury system blamed for selecting unfit jurors
The article criticizes how juror selection supposedly compels the exclusion of capable citizens, yielding a panel of ignorant or biased individuals. It argues the current process makes jurors incompetent by design, praising a supposed miracle that the chosen jurors are better than the described worst, while condemning the law for constructing a faulty jury pool.
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Thiat
Countess Thaw Attracts Noted Interest In Trial Drama
Special to The Washington Post reports on the unconventional love triangle surrounding Harry Thaw and his sister in law Evelyn Nesbit. The account portrays Evelyn as a transformed, captivating figure amid the Thaw family turmoil and media scrutiny in the Thaw trial era.
Tax on imported bay rum proposed in senate
Representative Jayne Courman of the Communities on Ways and Means yesterday introduced a bill to impose a tax of 1.10 per proof gallon on the spirits contained in bay rum imported from Puerto Rico.
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Jayne Courman
Weys and
Mesas
Barto Rico
Weather and river stages signal cooling fronts across the river valley
The Ohio River at Cairo shows a slight drop and forecast to fall slowly over a day or two as several river stages rise and fall along key locations from Helena to Natchez. A broad low pressure system tracks southeast, bringing snow in Missouri and the Upper Mississippi, with much colder, clearing conditions shaping up west of the Rockies and across the Eastern Seaboard by Thursday.
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Dept. of Agricutians
Weethar Burestty Warkington Turslay
Ohio River
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Contine
Trere
Helena
Arkeandip Utty
Greenville
Sach Place
Vicksturg
Natchez
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
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Mesisaippi
Lake Regon
Middle Atlantic States
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Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
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Eaytern
Upper Lake
Arkansas
New England
Midaip
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Grand Banks
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Tex
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Grenson
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Mr. O'Mara
Férmerly
Darcy
Wspa
Theodore V. Boynton
Daniel J Martin
Salomon
Censer
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Popper
Dig
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Bianford White
Itrea
James S. Smoot
Seventh Avenue
Caplte
C. Tiffany Richardson
Stanford Wilts
Surong Campbell
Fatre
David May
Justice Fitzecratch
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Joseph Wolff
Desler
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Francis Schmalz
Twenty-second Street
Lew Wallace
William W. St John
Lexington Avenue
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Wiliam Fi. Moeller
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Tharp
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Moses Rittenhouse
James A. Roberts
Williama F. Miller
Fred H. Brooks
Oelock
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Price
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Mutual Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
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Wantington City
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Washington, DC
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Ratte
Atlante
Asheriile
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Sickauville
Fla
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Little Rock
Byron
Picheburg
American Security and Trust Company
Fateenth
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France
Joseph Auerbach
Randle Highlands
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Diesdie Gietance
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John F. Ellis & Co
Penna. Ave
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