Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1908 — ONE VENIRE IS EXHAUSTED [ARTICLE]

ONE VENIRE IS EXHAUSTED

And Only Six Jurors Accepted In the Thaw Trial—Defense Springs a Big Surprise.

New York, Jan. 9. —The work 6f securing a Jury to try Harry K. Thaw a second time for killing Stanford White was half complete when court adjourned shortly before 6 p. m. The original venire of three hundred special service Jurors had been exhausted at that hour and the customary night sitting was not held. The oath of service was administered to three men, making six In all who have been finally accepted.

Tlie tactics of the defense are visible in the tray Littleton questions the veniremen, which shows that he intends to force tbe state to prove Thaw sane when he killed White, and also In a surprise In the matter of witnesses, the defense admitting that it had subpoenaed several of the expert witnesses used by the state at the first trial. Intending to prove by them that Thaw was ingane when fired the shot, and then force the state to prove that he is insane now.