Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-13
APPLICATION WILL dc STRONG
~ OPPOSED Hy DISTRICT
ATTORNEY JEROME.
TO FIRE COUNSEL
Ramered That Owing to Disagree.
nentx An OF Thaw's Attorneys
Win Dc Dismissed.


action ensued In the Thaw case To-
day following the intense strain aud
feverlsh interest OF the many weeks
that the TRIAL vas under way. Not
one Of the lawyers In the proceed,
ings was mt his office during the ear.
iy morning hours. Thaw spent n
restless night Mt the Tombs. but &C.
cording to the attendants. slept
three or four hours. He was up ear.
ly and spent considerable time look
ing through the newspapers. To re-
porters who sent up note he re.
piled he had nothing to say just at
this time"
The first question to be decided by
the Thaw side is that of applying for
bail. District Attorney Jerome will
strongly oppose admitting Thaw 10
bah, holding that he should be treat
cd like any other person In similar
circumstances.
According to various rumors there
win b. n new alignment OF counsel
Tor TAaw. Deimas says he has not
/ Withdrawn. or been superseded. He
,was the first. caller Thaw had today
! He refused to say whether Thaw
summoned him or II he had come ai
the request on Mrs. William Thaw.
A$ New Lsttsr Msde Public.
rTnc letter written ~ Howard Mes
bit. brother of Evelyn to Harry Thaw
was made public today by some ol
Thaw's counsel. It Is said. The young
man wrote that when White was
shot, he thought 1t must be heroic tc
stand by 1.-The man whose memory
was so precious to me-" When Jer
ONE took hts statement. Howard
Neshit wrote: Il told him what Flor
ence told me. or at least was sup
posed to have told me. will put II
more strongly and say she never told
me anything against You that would
tend to hurt you In any way. l lied
thinking 1t would help the man
thought was so good"
Eve,yn's Story Converted Brother.
As to his subsequent attitude to
wards his sister and Thaw, he wrote
that after Evelyn told her story or
the stand he was with her from tha
time forward, and adds that he hat
been Influenced by designing per
sons. He says:
Il believe you were right and jus
titled in doing what you did, ant
you are now In my estimation more
than hero"
He declared that he wrote Evelyr
that he was sorry and asked her TO
$10o to pay debts he contracted IL
New York, but he added, "she seems
to be somewhat bitter at me and viii
not see me. She answered that SHIT
did not have the money" He theI
appeals to Thaw for the none.
which Evelyn did not send him, ant
declares he would rather kill him
self than go to certain persons ii
this city for help; that he will no
write home for money and at time
has felt like lending it ALL"
Jurors Were Near Row.
It leaked out that early Thursda,
morning Juror Pfaff who stood on
for conviction from the first, mad
some remarks which were resente
by four men who voted for acquitta
While at breakfast that day Juro
Steele approached Pfaff and demant
ed an apology which Pfaff refused t
make. One word led to another an
when Steele shook his fist in Pfaff
face and threatened to punch hl
head, other jurors interferred.
Thaw Bitterly Disappointed.
Although bitterly disappointed o.
er the mfstrial and especially sine
he believed mp to the last minut
that he would be acquitted, Thaw
bearing up bravely. So certain wa