The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-06
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME
SAYS HE WILL NOT ADVANCE
TON THE CALENDAR.
IMPORTANT WITNESS DEAD
VALET OF ACCUSED MILLIONAIRE
PASSES AWAY IN A HoSPIT-
Al IN NEW YORK.

New York, July 3.-That there is
no prospect of a speedy trial for Har-
ry Kendall Thaw has been announced
by District Attorney Jerome, who re-
turned to town for two days to devote
his personal attention to the case.
Owing to the fact that during the sum-
mer there are only two parts of the
court of general sessions in session
and that the trial would probably last
two or three weeks, the district at
torney decided not to advance the
Thaw case on the calendar Thaw
will hardly be arraigned before Octo-
Der.
The death Monday 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 Caravan
has given out the substance of the last
statement made to him by Bedford.
From him Mr.. Caravan said he
learned that Thaw was not addicted
to the use of any drug. Bedford de-
clared 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 carried revolver for three
of four months, by stating that Thaw
had carried weapon for about two
years In connection with the Eu-
ropean trip of Thaw and Miss Nesbitt,
he said he had accompanied Thaw
and that Thaw and Miss Nesbitt had
occupied adjoining. connecting rooms.
The only marriage he had heard of,
he said, was the one that had taken
place at Pittsburg. Mr.. White, he
said, had never called upon Mrs. Thaw,
to his knowledge.
Detectives Guarded White.
Mr.. Caravan examined P. L. Bergoff.
q private detective, no says that for
many months he was employed with
three assistants by Mr.. White to
guard him and to keep watch on a
corps of detectives employed by Thaw.
Three detectives employed by Thaw
to watch White for about six months
were also examined. They were j.
w. Rookie, Mr.. Daniel and Harry RAJ
leight They, according to the as
sistant district attorney, had been in
To fol RI
a steamship pier and to engage men
to pick quarrels with him at the pier
in order to annoy the architect.
For the first time since his i'm
prisonment a week ago, Thaw was
permitted to exercise in the open air.
With about forty others he was taken
to the courtyard of the prison and all
walked around the elliptical track
around the side of the yard. The
west side was shady and the east side
sunny. After two laps, Thaw found
the sun too hot and dropped out and
sought a shady corner. Later he
again entered the line and made a
few more laps but soon asked per-
mission of the guards to stay in the
shady spot for the rest of the exer-
else time.
1t is likely that Thaw's request was
not so much due to fatigue or disin-
clination to stay in the sun, as to the
fact that the windows of several sky
scrapers around the prison were filled,
from the fourth story up with people
armed with field glasses, who were
watching the walking prisoners. When
Thaw got into the shade of the wall
he could not be seen by these curious
ones