Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-26

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, By asaRheE side ana - Ear - thes
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haze closed tie uaemEAs u4 IT. macsas
important wIsnesse&,
Thaw has sasaghs his la&t1taeatAna
In th@ words b. uttered tn Aas viz
tim % the nlgAG os aAe tragedy. lie
has eaainaea that ua4@T the ~anwFtt
ten -. no jury woRsA conrtea him
~ the MAJ wko had tEaaacea his
wife in her innoeaaa gfFiho<a" To
these accusations hg Thmm The
friends q Stanford White. many ~
them infi8enalal naea 81 The esEnmu
nifty. have declared thai ahe arch.
teet's Interest In the girl we're purelv
II 8 fatheFty character. They SAID
he had assisted many young wnmen
To make places for themselves TN the
world and that he was 20 more deep
iy Interested in Miss Seshit than b.
had been In q number of others ahou&
whnna no breath Of scandal has hes~a
uttered,
II has haea constantly stated thai
the Thaw case would never csssae u,
trial aud iha, the mysteries Of It's
many intricate phases would nene'
be exp1std To the light of The publie's
gaze, this Conjecture being based on
the report that a plea Ut insanit
might he entered aud accepted.
This probability. however. It Il
now said, Is past Harry Thaw ha~
himself stood In the way Of any such
plan. II Is asserted that In his re-
fusal To give ~ 10 the insanity
plea he has been steadfastly sup-
ported by his wife. who, Il Ii also
generally reported. has constantly
urged her husband tos take ON a.
tion against White. Mrs. Thaw has
been a daily visitor Ia the Tonlbs pr.
son and Mrs. william Thaw. who
was recalled from Europe when the
tragedy occurred. has also been I
frequent caller. There have been
many family conferences and many
stormy interviews In the young
mans cell. his resentment being
shown every time the suggestion OF
insanity has been offered.
4 prefer death In the electric
chair 10 "A life In 40 insane asylum.
the prisoner In credited with exclaIm
Ing.
Lewis naiaficld. of counsel TO the
Thaw family. was first called into
the ease. He engaged Judge ". NJ. K.
Oleott. Of the firm Of which former
Governor Frank =. Black IN a mem
Der. They had hardly been In tho
case u month when young Thaw at
ter an interview In the Tombs dis
missed them. lie called to his aid
Clifford W. Hartridge. a lawyer who
had been his friend for years. Now
that the trial IL approaching he has
called into the case Dolphin Michael
Delmas. one of the most noted Grim
inai lawyers OF the west. who has
come on from San Francisco to New
York to take direction Of the trial
Mr., Delmas has been quoted al ad
hitting that the "unwritten law" may
be the defense finally decided upon
District Attorney Jerome will have
personal charge Of the prosecution.
lie declared he will introduce only
such witnesses as are necessary ia
prove that Thaw had made threats
against White and the eye witnesses
OF the shooting. II will be for the de
Tense, he declares, to introduce any
evidence bearing upon the past lives
of the principles. II this Ia o IN In
to. however. the district attorney
will offer evidence In rebutta1. While
the presentation of the prosecutions
case will require only two or three
days, II Is expected there will be
great difficulty in obtaining a jury
and that the trial may continue over
a period of four or five weeks.