The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1907-02-07
ROW IN TAAW CAMP
Quarrel Among Counsel Follows
Routing Of Witness.
WITNESSES TELL OF DEED

Prosecution Opens Fight With Stories
o. 6ystanders on Fatal Night - De-
fsnaants Wife to Tell Of Relations
With White.
New York, Feb g. The task Of PROV
I ing to jury that Harry f. Thaw was
insane through heredity and mental
stress when he shot and killed Stan
ford White was taken up by the de-
tense in this famous case. but it is the
general opinion in the courtroom that
the other experts for the defense must
fare better than DR.. Charles J. Wiley,
the first one called, if they are to ac-
campIish anything for the defendant
on every point the defense was beat
en BIZ the prosecution. After holding
OBJ Thaw's expert witness. DR.. Charles
]. wiley, to ridicule District Attorney
Jerome succeeded In keeping from the
stand Witnesses whose testimony was
considered by the defense to be most
inaporfsMf II. proving that Thaw was
lSfans when III shot Stamford white.
Many and conflicting runners, but all
4 Ia effect that 1 serieus difference Of
epinion as to the conduct Of the de-
tense In the Thaw murder trial, fol
l6wsd q conference Of the prisoners At
toznsyn Ths reports were based chief
b on the understanding that Thaw's
khoice Of John b. Gleason as the lead
ane factor In the defense was not sat
assactory to the other attorneys, par
4icuIarly Attorneys Delmas and Nc
PIKE.
Counsel Threaten TO Resire-
From one source it was declared
mat i've Of the attorneys had told Mr..
Gleason that he must not hereafter
usurp the chief role Of the defense, or
IL be did the others would retire from
The case. x &
4 serious cause Of complaint, it was
assolarsd, was that at a conference
uAaw's legal advisers decided not to
4all DIR. Wiley, the Pittsburs alienist.
as a Witness at the present time, and
IL was therefore with the greatest sur
prise that they heard his name called
hy Mr.. Gleason as the first witness. 1t
had also been their intention to call
Mira. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, but this
move was frustrated, 1t was said.
peTmas inlay Leave Case.
LAWYER Michael Dolphin Delmas of
die Caiiforrfa bar special pleader re-
tainod by Harry X Thaw, it was re
ported. eontemplates withdrawing from
he case because of the unsatisfactory
progress Of the defense on the arst
day.
Bsnjamin Bowman telegraph oper-
ator who was 70 tell Of a conversation
held with Thaw in September, 1908.
which the defense relied upon to show
Ihaw had been subject to haliucina-
lions at that time, was not permitted
Is testify. This also occurred when
Albert g. Thaw, second cousin of the
defendant, took the stand.
with the exception of DR.. Wiley, the
1naws family physician was the only
witness for the defense allowed to tes-
Thaw Family Doctor Called.
" A. Bingaman, called by the
fiefsf,se, said he was for years the
Thar Family physician. Mr. Gleason
asked
sFor what disease did yeu nrst treat
Harry Thaw?''
t:Duriak the first few years he went
through measles humps, chickenpox
ana scarlet fever"
when you first saw him, did you
not notice bis nervous condition Z"
Il was. always very nervous"
How ala he sleep?"
Very bA<lly 4
ssF'or how long a time was he sub
1ecf III 81 yitus' dancer
'sFcr period Of a few weeks"
Aftsr Dr Bingaman had described
ST Vitus dance Mr. Jerome asked
single question
.s7ow old wa Thaw when he had St.
.;Yitua dance
~ years
ffar f1agging through day mainly
f5lled with the technical cross examina-
ton of pr. whey, the Pittsburg allen
Isl. Interest revived when It was init
i, ated By counsel that Evelyn TnaW
would probably be put on the stand
very soon
BIZ. Wiiey BsdIy afsattIed."
me t3isco1iififlira Of DR.. Wiley by MT.
3oronas was complete.
\. i man who has insane homieidaf
4 q 61ncies AZ thirty six years OF age
|srouId probably hars other delusiens
I; IS .l1<.x Is sinflsy Acts would he notY'
III. Jerome nsked him
Y *3H II { Il d PROBABILITY, = said DIR.