Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-13
JEROME TO PROSECUTE
WILL CONDUCT THAw-WHITE
MURDER CASE.

The case OF the people VS.. Harry Kendall
Thaw, charged with the murder Of Stan
ford White. will be called in part one gem
eral sessions, New York city, on October /.
The witnesses under subpoena for the state,
including May Mackenzie, have been sum
moned for that day
District Attorney Jerome will conduct the
prosecution In person. He will be aided by
his assistant. Frank P. Caravan, who had
and will have charge of the case up to the
time of the trial
That the trial will be held in the court IN
which the case will be called is improbable
Judge Rosalsky is sitting in part one, but
the chances are that motion will be made
to transfer the case to the criminal branch
OF the supreme court. and it is not unlikely
that an upstate justice will be assigned to
preside.
Mr.. Jerome returned to New York from
LaKeVllle yesterday morning and will be at
his office every day this week. Early next
week he will leave for the southern trip
which he has planned. He conferred at
length with Mr.. Garvan yesterday afternoon
regarding the case, but said later that there
was nothing to tell about 1t.
arrangements for meeting of Mrs.
Mayme c. Schwarz, a most valuable wit
ness. with the prosecuting office were made
yesterday afternoon. Attorney Caravan was
told that she was ready to talk freely re-
garding her knowledge of the Thaws, Bill
ly" sturgts and Stanford White, and that
an interview between her and Mr. GarYan
might be arranged to take place In her
apartments. This was satisfactory to Mr.
Caravan, who later met Mr.. Young at the
Bar Association by agreement. Mr.. Gar
vans stenographer Joined them Then Mrs.
Schwarz was communicated with by tele-
phone 1t developed that she was feeling
too Ill to see Mr.. Garvan yesterday and
Is understood that Mr., Young has promised
that his client will withhold nothing.
Statement From the Thaws.
sued a semi official statement yesterday.
practically denying all acquaintance with
Mrs. Schwarz Mrs. Schwarz was running
a boarding house, she says, when Evelyn
Nesbit first came to New York with a girl
friend, and both she and the friend stopped
with her for time.
Mr.. Thaw has recollection at all of
woman of the name of Schwarz,' this friend
said, and Mrs. Thaw says that while she
dimly remembers having been introduced
to woman of that name, she never called
upon dined with her.
EX-Judge Olcott was asked II there had
been any important Developments in the
case of the defense. He said there had not
been. =
Have you heard from Billy sturgis," he
was asked. except through the copy of
the letter he wrote Assistant District At
torney Garvan relative to his attitude as a
prospective witness2"
THE copy Of the letter to Mr.. Caravan
was inclosed in long letter to me- the
lawyer answered.
"Will you send to Berlin, Conn, to see Mr..
Sturgis?"
1T will not be necessary We saw Mr.
Sturgis week ago and secured a full state
ment from him. We know all that he knows
about the case
Then he will be a witness for the de-
fense?'
II did not say that. That Is something
that will be determined by events"
That Sturgis has been seen by the defense
and has given Thaw's lawyers the informa-
ton at his command excited no comment in
the Office of the district attorney. where it
was said that the tenor Of his letter to
Mr.. Caravan, including his announced inten-
ton of remaining IN Connecticut. was that
Of a witness for the defense.
In Berlin yesterday Sturgis renewed his
declaration that If the district attorney
wanted any information he would have to
go to Connecticut to get It,