The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-09
Defendant Does Not Like Delay
in His Trial.
Feels That Incarceration Is
Unnecessarily Prolonged.
CALLED BY THE STATE
Wife of the Prisoner Is Sub
pOenaed by Jerome.
District Attorney Is After Stan.
ford White Letters.

New York, March 9-Another
weekend gap in the Thaw trial,
brought on by the sudden determine
ton of the defense to end its case with
the picture of the grief stricken moth
err on the stand in the minds of the
jurors, was a welcome relief to jurors.
lawyers and others who have had to
wrestle with expert testimony for
many days. Harry K. Thaw, the de-
PENDANT, growled a bit over the de-.
cision to adjourn as he is well pleased
with the manner in which his case has
been presented and thinks all delay is
robbing him of so many days of free
dom which he feels sure will come as
result of the Jurors verdict.
District Attorney Jerome is spending
the recess time in preparing his plan
of Febuttal. 1t seems almost certain
that he will recall Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw to the stand and thus make her
witness for the prosecution too. He
poena yesterday. Mr.. Jerome wants
her to bring to court certain letters
which Stanford White wrote to her
and which he believes are still in her
possession. When she was on the
stand. she was very doubtful about
whether the letters were still in exist
ence. Mr.. Jerome may confront her
with the testimony of her brother
IAowdru NesDlt, ana may ask her to
explain how she forgot to mention
posing for certain photographers and
a statue which are said to be not so
conventional as those she spoke of in
her previous testimony
In just what order the witnesses for
the prosecution will be called in re-
buttal has not been fully decided upon
The probable witnesses. besides Eve
iyn. NesbIt Thaw, are DR.. Francis A.
Mcclure. the Tombs physician, who
has maintained an almost constant
surveillance over the prisoner during
his confinement in the Tombs; Doctors
Flint: Macdonald and Mabon. the
alfenists; F. w. Longfellow, who was
Thaw's confidential counsel; MAY Nc
kenZie and Mrs. G. J.. Game, a friend
OF Mrs. Thaw, and probably Lawyer
Ape, Hummel, Howard Nesbit and
Charles Hartnutt. The latter was for
years confidential secretary to stan
ford White. and as such knew much of
whites ACQUAINTANCE with Evelyn
Hartnutt can tell about the trust funds
Mr.. White established for the beneft
of Mrs: Harry Thaw and her mother.
MI Delmas wentsto New Jersey la st
night and will be the guest of DR.. Brit
ton d. Evans, one of the defense's
alfenists over Sunday. He is partfcu-
larly fond of sleighing and will de-
vote most of his time to that sport
The other counsel for the defense will
also go out of town over Sunday Dis
trict Attorney Jerome will not leave
the city. but it was announced that
neither Mr.. Jerome nor his assistant,
Mr.. Garvan, will have anything to saw
about the case regarding the adjourn
ment.
When the case is resumed Monday
it will be five weeks since the
actual taking Of testimony began and
seven weeks since the case was first
called in court. The expense both to
the state and defense has been very
heavy. particularly to the defense AS
fI,exf -
DR.. Britton D. Evans. the principal
alienist. is reported as receiving 5000
day. Dr. Charles G. Wagner $3.50
day and DR.. Graeme Hammond and
Dr.. Smith Ely Jelliffe 800 a day
each.
Consultation Of Experts.
New York, March 9.-That District
y Jerome intends to devote
considerable attention to the insanity
feature of the Thaw case in his rebuff
tai examination became apparent to-
day when Doctors Mabon, Mcdonald
and Flint the aienists. and six other
insanity experts entirely new to the
case had a long conference with the
alienists for the defense was examined
closely by the experts under Mr. Je-
rome's direction.
The statement credited yesterday to
Howard Nesbit to the effect that the
Countess of Yarmouth hoped to bring
about a separation of Harry X. Thaw
and his wife was denied today by Mrs.
George L. Carnegie. one of Thaw's
sisters. Mrs. Carnegie was quoted as
saying that none of her family desires
L divorce or separation of any kind
and that Thaw would not consent to It
4 they did want it. She declared that
he statement that her sister, the
Countess of Yarmouth, had said she
would not return to England until
rhaW and his wife were separated
vas false. The position of the Thaw
amily, she added, was clearly outlined
~ the elder Mrs. Thaw, who called on
Miss Nes5it before she was married
md gave her consent to the rnarriape