The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-26
They Are Not Paying
Evelyn to Testify.
TIRED OF THE SCANDAL
signs still Point TO Jerome Making an
Effort 10 send Tliaw to an Insane
.ieNlum-Countc~S of Yarmouth
Not Il Dcecrtcr From Cause
of Her Brother.
Of Her Brother.
(By the Associated Press

New York. Feb. 23.-Counsel for
Harry r. Thaw spent 4 good part az
the dag denying the usual crop Of ru-
mors which spring up during every
Weekend adjournment of the trial.
The attorneys were particularly anx-
lous to have it understood that they
Will fight any attempt on the part Of
District Attorney jerome u halt the
trial and ave a commission in lu-
macy appointed to inquire into and
report as to ThaW's present mental
condition.
Despite this. however, the belief
goWs that Mr.. Jerome is continually
pointing his efforts in that direction.
He may have been influenced by his
idea in making his cross-eXamination
Of Evelyn Thaw perhaps unnecessa-
rily cruel when he was dwelling upon
her intimate relations with Stanford
White. He hoped that the attorneys
for the defense might profit by this
first show of severity and agree to the
appointment of q commission. When
they failed to do this, after the first
session last Thursday, Mr.. Jerome
manOeuVred in another direction. He
himself declaring openly that he z
no taste for the ordeal for which he
was Subjecting the frail young WO-
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stopped Gong enough to put upon the
stand Doctors Deemar and Bingaman,
physicians to both branches Of the
prisoners falnily-the former to the
COpleys, Mrs. ThaW's parents, and the
latter to the ThaWs. 1t is said that
Mr.. Jerome's idea was to build from
the testimony of these two physicians
the ground work for his application
for d lunacy commission. The de-
Tense objected strenuousfy to the ply
sicianS taking the stand 1T this time,
despite the fact that they were sum
moned from PittsbuIg III behalf of
the defendant, Mr.. Jerome was 50
insistent that Doctors Deemar II
Bingaman should be called that jus
tice Fitzgerald was led t. inquire:
Are they your witnesses, Mr.. Dis
triCJ Attorney. or wore they sum-
moncd BY the dcfcase? z"
Mr.. Jerome replied taat their tcsti-
mony was Of such vital importance to
the case that they might be his Wit
nesses if the defendants counsel were
o willing to have them go upon the
stand.
.'cronc and the Doctors.
some days ago MI. Jerome was
given permission to examine the two
physicians in his office. the idea be
ing that their testimony might be
taken in the form of dcuositiOnS. EVi-
IDENTIFY something occurred during the
= animation to cause the defense to
take 4 new view Of the matter. The
district attorney in insisting that the
doctors be heard declared chat il was
necessary for them to take the tand.
as the Introduction of dispositions was
not possible without the consent Of
the other side. In his anxiety to in
troducc the testimony of h phySi-
clans last Thursday the prosecutor
went to the extent of declaring that
he had reason to believe that they
were about to depart from the juris-
diction of the court. He further de-
CARED that under a decision of the
New York Circuit Court of Appeals. it
vas Impossible to eXtradite witnesses
from another State. even though they
had left this jurisdiction Whic under
subpoena. Mr.. Jerome all the lille
had h personal assurance OF both
they would return at any time. and
he had full confidence in them. as he
indicated later il the day when his
sit on W~ashington's birthday and to-
day. 1t is held that Mr.. JerOme's
anxiety to have the doctors testify at
the earliest possible ome can have
but one meaning-that their evidence
has to do with the defendants state
Of mind, as shown through hereditary
taints in both branches of the family.
Earlier in the trial before MIR. Jerome
had examined the witnesses in person.
he was opposed to and blocked most
Of their testimony. . he is more
than anxious to get it upo the record.