The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-14
THAW'SN EWLAWYER SEES Him
SAID TO HAVE REFERRED TO HIS
CLIENT as A WRECK,
which Doesn't Agree with the District
Attorneys Information Mike DeImas
Of the California mar the Latest
Of the Many Lawyers for the Defence.

OF the Many Lawyers for the Defence'
Harry r.. Tbsw will be put on trial on
Monday, December 8. for the murder of
Stanford White. The trial will be in the
Court Of General Sessions, according to
the present arrangements, although Dis
trict Attorney Jerome said last night that
that had not been definitely settled on.
II Thaw ia tried in General Sessions IL will
undoubtedly be before Recorder COT
District Attorney Jerome will have charge
Of the prosecution and Thaw will have a
corps Of lawyers, including Dolphin Michael
Delmas OF San Francisco. who il recog-
nized as a leader of the bar on the Pacific
Coast AND who has just been brought into
the case BY Thsw.
Mr.. Delmas had a long talk with Thaw
m the Tombs yesterday afternoon. 1t was
his second interview, as he had had a short
talk with Thsw on Monday afternoon
before he went to the Tombs yesterda y
afternoon Mr.. Delmas had q talk with
some reporters at 100 Broadway, where
he has had offices since he came here from
b Pacific Coast q short time ago. Mr..
Delmas wa asked about his visit to Thaw
on Monday afternoon and he was quoted as
having said:
Il have never seen a more pitiable wreck.
Young Thaw has gone all to pieces. /
was astonished when I saw him. He IL
under great mental strain and II il only
q question OF how long he can keep It up. !
told his mother that"
MIR. Delmas's visit to Thsw yesterday
lasted bout two hours. He was joined by
clifford w. Hartridge, who il Thaw's ooun-
sci OF record. Mr.. Hartridge hurried to
the Tombs from his Office. Before he
got there Mr.. Delmas had been joined by
John h. Iselin, who was formerly one of
Mr.. Jerome's deputy assistant t..
When Mr.. Delmas went into the Tombs
he was most genial. When he came out
he wasn't so pleasant. Il won't say a
word about the Thaw case" he said, slap
ping his hand on q wooden railing. He
declined to say whether or not he had been
quoted correctly. There is one thing that
Mrs. William II. Tbsw. mother OF the prison.
or, has insisted on from the start. That
Ia that Thaw's counse must not do any
talk ing about the case. which may explain
why Mr.. Hartridge went to the Tombs in
such a hurry after he had seen the pub
lished interview. Also, Harry Thaw reads
all the new 81 arers ana be Ia not pleased
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The reports received by the Dist r1ct
Attorneys Office. which has kept a close
watch on Thaw since his arrest, are to the
eff cot that Thaw' q condition has improved
by fifty per cent. since be killed White.
he has gained in weight and every day
he eats three big m sals. He also has tai en-
q great interest in his Personal aft airs.
In his cell he has a big box, which cont aims
a lot OF his private RAP ers Of which he has
tai en- charve himsel NJ According 10 DIR.
Mcclure, the Tombs physician, who has
mentally and physically.
Mr.. Delmas comes to the Fast with the
reputation of being the best rleader with a
jury in the Far West. In his hon e count ~
he is described as the MAJ oieon OF the
bar" not alone because Of his ability but
because, his adm irers say, he resembles
physically MAJ oieon I. As Mr.. Delr as
wall ed out Of the Tombs yesterday after
noon wearinEa top hat, m en- who lave ! ert
in touch with GRIN inal cases in this city for
a generation said that Mr.. Deln as n ivht
he TT istak en- at a quick glance for ohm r.
Fellows.
Mr.. Delmas-Mike DeInas he is called
on the Pacific S~lope-is a roly-poly sort OF
a person. He is probably a couple of inches
over Ave feet. He has an almost oval.
~ u" A"SNf eN $3.50
old
He has had many important civil cases
In San Francisco. II is said that in four
teen criminal cases in which he appeared
he always succeeded in freeing his client
Truxton Beale, a Californian. is understood
to have had a great deal to do with bring
ing him into the Thaw case. Mr.. Delmas
was advisory counsel for Beale when he
was tried for shooting Frederick Marriott
the editor of a San Francisco paper. who
NHVhIiohnI a aNffFr1IOIlR m m ora nh ahnIIf
Miss Marie Oge, whom Beale subsequently
married.
Delmas was also counsel for the Fair
heirs.
Mr.. Delmas is said 20 nave lost heavily
in the San Francisco earthquake. that
being one OF his principal reasons for COM
ing here. IL is not his intention, he SAYS
to devote himself to the criminal law. He
took the Thaw case because It would be a
good means OF introducing himself to the
New York public. He plans, however, to
take up civil practice here.
According to Mr.. Delmas or his friends,
he is TO lave entire charge OF the Thaw
case preparing the defence, selecting the
jury, conducting she defence, to summing
up TO the jury. That doesn't agree with
the ideas Of Mr.. Hartridge, who says he
retained Mr.. Delmas. Mr.. Hartridge says
that Mr.. Delmas will be one of the lawyers
in the case.
As a matter Of fact Thaw is now known to
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Me srs. Delmas, Hnrtridge, Gle Ison, PEI
body, Watson, GINS and 1selin. IL is ssid
on rretty good authority that other lawyers
hive been engaged. notably a local lawyer
who his gsined a re utation for defending
criminnl cases here. Two lawyers TO whom
overtures were made but declined were
Jose h H. Choate and John 4. Parsons.
IL In also known that William Rand, Jr.,
who was Mr.. Jerome's chief of staff; Abe
Levy, John F.. Mcintyre ind James ".
Osborne have been consulted. There are
others on the list.
No steo has yet been taken by any OF
Thaw's counsel for O commission to examine
into his sanity. IL is believed that the de-
fence will be a combination OF the un-
written law and the so-oalled emotional
insanity which WIS worked successfully
in the Josephine Terranova case. In that
Mrs. Harry Thaw will be a witness.
The District Attorneys oSIce has been
working on the Thaw case right along.
Witnesses nave been examined end reex-
amined by Assistant District Attorney
Garvsn. There are hints around The Dis
trict Attorneys ONCE that when the trial
10 started the prosecution will resent some
evidence which will be hard ~ combat by
the defence.