The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-03
THAW TRIAL
 IN THE FALL Will Not Be Taken Up
 This Summer.
DECISION OF ATTORNEY JEROME
Thinks It Would Be Unfair to
 Other Defendants.
Prisoner Passes Comfortable Night, and His Wife Says He Is As Cheerful As Could Well He
 Expected.

ol DiStFlCt ALLOEuey SSIOhiS ihOAh ms vacation in the country, the investfga- ton into the Thaw- White tragedy was given renewed impetus today. Att taches of the district attorneys office had been engaged in whipping into shape the information concerning the case already at hand and everything was in preparation to be submitted to the chief upon his arrival.
 Thaw passed very comfortable night In his cell in the Tombs and to- day appeared to be in better .ondi- ton than at any time since ne was arrested for shooting Stanford White. a week ago today. The prisoners wife called at the usual hour today and spent some time with him.
 When Mrs. Thaw left the prison she said that she found her husband in better spirits and more cheerful than at any time since the tragedy. He is as cheerful as any one in his position could be expected to be-" she said. From the prison she went to the office of her husbands attorneys.
 Allen w. Evarts. counsel for the White family. called at the district attorneys office today and had a ten minutes talk with Mir. Jerome. This Is the first occasion on which the White family has been in touch with the district attorneys office in con- nection wit hthe murder.
 Detective For White.
 Another caller at the district at- torney's office was P. L. BergoR, prl- vate detective. who says he was em- ployed by Stanford White for many months before the tragedy. Bergoff was accompanied by three of his as- Eistants who he says were actively en- gagged in watching both MT. White and a corps of detectives who had been employed by Thaw.
 William Bedford, Harry K. Thaw's valet, died in the Presbyterian Hos pital today from complications follow ing an operation for appendicitis. Red ford was removed to the hospital Fri- day night and was operated upon Sat urday last He was expected to be one of the most ir- portant witnesses at the trial of Thaw.
 District Attorney Jerome said today, that there would be no speedy tr;"i Of Thaw, During the summer vaca- tion there are only two parts of the general sessions court in session. and Mir. Jerome believes that to rut mur- der trial. which would probably last two or three weeks nr the calendar. would he unfair to at least fifty or sixty per cent of the other prisoners. who have a prior claim to have their cases settled.
 MT. Jerome refused to discuss the visit of MT. Evarts, nor would he have anything 10 say regarding the arrival in New York of the architects brother. R. Nj. White. He said that the details of the case are in the hands of Mir. Gar van. The district attorney will re- main here only until Wednesday, and will then resume his vacation.
 The death today of Thaw's valet, William Bedford. in the Presbyterian Hospital from complications following an operation for appendicitis, removed an important witness from the case. Assistant District Attorney Garvan to- day gave out the substance of the last statement to him by Bedford.
 Not a Victim of Drugs.
 From him MT Garvan said that he learned that Thaw was not addicted to any drug Bedford declared that he had not acted as the ''go between" for White to get notes to Mrs. Thaw. He had seen no notes passed, he alleged. The Thaws' he. said. never quarreled.
 As to the revolver. the valet supple mented his previous statement that Thaw had a revolver for three or four months by stating that Thaw had car ried a weapon for about two years. In connection with the European trip or Thaw and Miss Nesbitt. he said that he had accompanied Thaw and that Thaw and Miss Nesbit had occupied ad- joining connecting rooms. The only marriage he had heard of, he said, was the one that had taken place at Pittsburs. Mir. White he said. had never called upon Mrs. Thaw to his knowledge.
 MT. Garvan examined today P. l. Bergoff, a private detective who says that for many months he was employ ed with three assistants by MT. White to guard him and to keep watch OF q corps of detectives employed " Thaw. Three detectives employed by Thaw to watch White for about six months were also examined, They were J. w Rorke, William Mcdonald and Harry Raleigh. They. according to the assistant dlstilc attorney had been Instructed py ma" to follow White to a steamship pier and to engage men to pick quarrels with him at the pier In order to annoy the architect.