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Thaw's relatives had been in the building an hour or so before the jury came in. They all bore themselves in the same impassive manner. Grave they were, but none of them appeared in the least excited. Evelyn Thaw herself looked as if she has passed a wretched night. She was paler than usual and her eyes looked as if she might have been weeping. District Attorney Jerome and Assistant District Attorney Garvan were in their usual places, as also were all of the prisoner's counsel.

Justice Fitzgerald, in taking the bench, said:

"I have received a request from the jury to be allowed to examine and have possession of the following exhibits:

"1. The plan or diagram of Madison Square garden.

"2. Exhiibts A to I—the letters from Thaw to Attorney Longfellow.

"3. The will and codicil.

"4. The Comstock letter.

"5. Mr. Delmas' hypothetical question.

"6. Mr. Jerome's hypothetical question."

"The people have no objection," said Mr. Jerome.

"The defense has none," said Mr. O'Reilly of Thaw's counsel.

Foreman Smith stated that the jury desired not only the typewritten copies of the Thaw letters, will and codicil, but the originals as well. The papers