The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
s FATE
IN HANDS Of
QUARRELERS
Excited at Reverses, Coun-
sci Clash and Californian
Emerges the Victor
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CARRIES BIG POINT
Court Refuses to Hear Tes-
timony Regarding Sanity
of Collateral Relatives

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-"It's a
farce. an internal. damned farce"
Thus did D. NJ. Delmas furiously
characterize the defense of Harry K.
Thaw. as conducted by Attorney
John B. Gleason today. And as fu-
riously as he vented his opinion Del
mas demanded control of the case.
Astounded at reverses that nearly
spelled rout for them. the associates of
Delmas were in no spirit to oppose him
and lose him from the case. So Del
mas WINS.
In consequence of serious dissension
that arose between the counsel for the
defense. promising for while to force
the withdrawal Of all the attorneys
except Mr.. Gleason. long conference
was held tonight at which the conflict
ing elements fought out t eir differences.
As result Delmas will assume abb
solute charge of the case tomorrow.
with Daniel O'Reilly as his active as
sistant and Gleason. Hartridge. Nc
Pike and Peabody acting In an ad-
visory capacity. Delmas and O'Reilly
viii conduct all the examinations al
ternately and the former viii have the
final decision in all points that may
arise.
Fiaseo following hard upon fasco in
the trial disrupted the forces Of the de-
fense. Nothing daunted by the failure
Of his opening address. Gleason took
matters out Of the hands OF Delinas,
who was 20 have conducted the exam
ination Of witnesses today, and choiceiy
crowned the legal farce show Of the day
before with a medical expert comedy
that was at times too poignant for
laughter. It was then that Delmas
pounded the table and cried: IT'S a
farce. an internal damned farcei''
BLOCKED BY JEROME
The task OF proving to a jury that
Thaw was insane. through heredity and
mental stress, when he shot and killed
Stanford White, was taken up. Gleason
endeavored in vain TO place before the
jury evidence tending. it was said, to
prove a vein in the collateral branch of
the defendants family, but they were
blocked at every point by District At
torney Jerome, whose objections were
upheld by the rulings of Justice Fitz-
gerald.
Gleason did, however, get before the
twelve men in the box the testimony OF
an expert, DR.. c. c. Wiley of Pittsburg,
that IN his opinion Harry Thaw was
suffering from insanity the night Of
the tragedy. Mr.. Jerome assailed the
evidence of the alienist, and for three
hours put him through a cross-exam-
ination as severe as was ever heard in
2 New York court. The prosecutor was
relentless in his attack, and before he
had finished DR.. Wiley protes.ingIy de-
clared:
Il didn't come here as an expert.
came as a witness to a fact, and have
been converted into an expert without
being prepared for it."
When called to the stand Dr. Wiley.
in answer to questions by Attorney
Gleason, said he had devoted much of
his life TO a study OF insanity.
DR.. Wiley was asked to state his
recollection of an incident in 1905 in
which Harry Thaw was concerned.
In the summer OF 1so5.'' said the
witness, 7 was a passenger on a
street car on the Fifth avenue line in
Pittsburg when Harry Thaw came in
without any apparent reason Thaw
rsshed for one Of the blinds TO win
dow. drew up the blind. slammed it
down again and then drew it up once
more. He had quarrel with the con-
ductor."
What was Thaw's manner
1T was dominant, vague, and his
ewes flashed from right to left
~As an expert, and from your per-
sonal observation. can you say whether
his actions were rational or irration-
al7'
Irrational"
Mr.. Gleason here formed a hypothet-
- p~~. & coIunn l.