The San Francisco call., 1907-02-18
DELMAS FLAYS
HIS ASSOCIATES
IN THAN CASE
Says That They Have Tried
to Discredit Him in the
Courtroom
ATTORNEY IS ANGRY
Declares That Conduct of
Counsel Means Death
to the Defendant
ATTORNEY IS ANGRY
ANOTHER ROW DUE

ANOTHER ROW DUE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Thaw
trial will be resumed tomorrow as
if there were no jealous controversy
raging among counsel for the defense.
So far as known no agreement has
been reached and the trouble is likely
to break out anew at any time.
The Call correspondent is able to
give the cause of the trouble, viz:
Delmas was treated cavalierly by his
associates, who, jealous of the prom
inent part he had taken in the Thaw
defense, concluded to ignore him as far
as possible. He was not informed of
the nature of certain evidence to be
given by some of the very witnesses
he was going to cross examine, and it
was apparent to him that his associates
were trying to handicap him. 1t was
the following statement made by Del
mas to newspaper men that brought
the trouble to climax yesterday:
"From the first my associates have
done everything in their power to dis
credit me and make me appear ridicu-
lous in the courtroom" Delmas said.
.'At the close of the first day of the
trial I demanded that all the counsel
meet in my office. When they had come
together 1 told them plainly their con-
duct of the case meant nothing less
than the murder OF their c1fent. said
1 would be no party to it and unless
they stopped where they were and gave
me entire charge of the case from that
point my resignation was in their
hands
DELMAS PRESENTS ULTEMATUM
sole charge of the case without protest
and from that time until the present l
have been nominally senior counsel of
the defense AS matter of fact l have
been no such thing. Beginning with
the conclusion of my direct examina-
ton of Mrs. Thaw they began their at
tempts to confuse me and make me ap
pear incompetent to handle the case.
Evidence 1 had never seen or heard of
was sprung on me in the courtroom at
a moments notice.
witnesses l knew nothing of were
called and was left to question them
without having the slightest idea as to
what their testimony was.
II stood this line of behavior on my
associates part until l could endure it
no longer. Then 1 called a second con-
ference in my office When they had
assembled again / presented my ulti-
matum. 1 told them that either they
were to produce before me every par
ticle of evidence in their possession and
give me the benefit of all their know
ledge on every point connected with
the case or l would retire They con-
sented to this, but did not keep their
word
When Hartridge was made ac-
quainted with Delmas' statement he
expressed great astonishment and sent
Immediately for Gleason and Peabody,
both of whom were in different parts
of the city attending to important mat
ters connected with the trial. After
they had learned the facts it was de-
mand retraction of his statements or
his withdrawal from the case.
HARTRIDGE MAKES REPLY
Hartridge said to the newspaper:
"McPike. who was A. H. HummeTs rep
resentative in California, a fact 1 have
learned only recently, came here soon
after the shooting last summer and
asked me to obtain the services of
time, and then Delmas came across the
continent and personally asked that L
retain him in the case Again, 1 made
no positive arrangement and he re-
turned to California with no assurance
that he was to be retained. But he
was afterward employed by me and
made of counsel McPike never was
retained in any capacity, and has no
more to do with the defense than any
other spectator. To date his chief ac-
tivity has been confined to hlling a
chair at the counsel table and doing
errands for Delmas."
Late Saturday afternon Hartridge,
Peabody, Gleason and OReilly ap-
peared at Delmas' Office and attributed
to him certain remarks derogatory to
them. Delmas denied making them
and the lawyers called up a Herald re-
porter to substantiate what Delmas had
said
You are willing to have it appear
that McPike was Hummel's representa-
tive in California;" asked Delmas. .I