The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
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siiAty nerves are unstrung; the tension
I. Il great / will not Sbs cxatnitied TO- day..
FL f,ressed Y for Swarer expla e! alton q :
HIS refusal, he said 81 havei't any =
have none al all. Put IL down to obsti:.
lie had had promised MI. olcott before
the examiners met to submit to the
examination. j # a H A
Very Obstinate.
'.'This refusal will hurt you," Mr. Oh
colt is said to have pleaded.
vs. ~ don't care. replied Thaw. Nothing
{ But absolute force will get me to allow
myself to be examined, & or to say any.
thing to-day. VIZ think I first ought to
talk with DR. Ean milton, and then have
Ia talk with Mr.. Deianeld Later Twill
tell you whether will talk with the
csmn:lttee Or not. Il.
Y lie was t7etl taken back to his cell.
II Mr.. Olcott said later that he wal un-a
able to account for Thaw's attitude and
that he could only attribute It TO ur, I'M
accountable stnacy. As bis counsel, he
said, he had no objection to Thaw's an an !.
swering any OF the Questions add resssd
! to him by the physicians. !s ~
the alienists had departed Mrs
sThaw was permitted to see her husband % x
for the first time since his arrest. She
came to the Ton1bs In q carriage $ac--
companlct BY her husbands brother
Josiah CT Thaw. The meeting between,
husband and wife was affectionateS and
they. remained together talking is an
lundertone for nearly an hour. ThaW also
George G. Carnegie, a and Clifford W.
"a M
Before visiting tho r n1bs, Mrs. = h il
had long conference with forn1er Judge
fOlcott and Frederick Delafeld, at which
III is believed that the line Of defence
was discussed .! 81 Al
81 Letters from White.
+ when asked about the letters from
White which Mrs Thaw yesterday turned
over 10 Mr.. Delafield, II MI. 81 Olcott sald
that he believed they would bes.of ma
tcrial value to the defence. Further than
this he declined to comment on the case Sc
a Coroner sDooley announced this a1terI--3.
noon that the inquest, which opens TO-
morrow, would not be merely lorna,
oceeding& to establish the cause OF
whites death, but that all available Wit VII
nesses would be examined for the pu r -$S
nose OF fixing the crime on T haW IN order re
that he might be held for the action s 9 y. q
the grand Jury. Mrs. Thaw Will no = az Gs
pear a the inquest. y, III
lin the m ca n time the district attorneys
office Will prosecute a most sea rchins X, a
yestigation OF the habits and m oYemen ITS
and White during e. period q
several weeks previous to the tragedy
s5s No less than twenty witnesses wei 9
eva mined IN connection with the case by
the ~ district attorneys Office today.
Among the most prominent OF these was
.Thaw' s valet. William Bedford. who has
been in his service for six years. and is
believed to be conversan With the events
which are supposed to have been the In
mediate incentive to the crime. Fl II n
Important Witness.
II was announced at the office OF the
district attorney that Mr.. Garyin, who.
IA preparing the case against II haw to-
dayB dIscoved a witness who alleged that
he 4 overheard White N make derogn tory
remarks concerning Mrs. Thaw@ while an
the Cafe Martin a few hours before he
was shot. i35 hs ist35 .
According to the witness, whose name
is concealed for the present, he heard
the remarks Of White. who was seated
two or three tables away. and Sevid ently,,
was not whispering All tha Is time N 3
and Mrs. ~ were IN the cafe dining. !
5It is believed that III IS itness Will mot
appear before the coroner, but that he
will be reserved & for the trial q,
Another important witness B who was
examined by Mr.. Garvin to day was Nelly
Lea gt, Mrs. Thaw 81 NAL ID.
ms The funeral OF u Mr.. White will 4 Ike
place to.morrow from his late summer
residence at st. James. L. III Il