The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-10
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLS BIG
CORPS OF EXPERS TO AID
IN FIGHT.
TRUMP NOT YET PLAYED


Arhi WI II Va 44t ~ Hf1fN tlii0U III Alit
Thaw trial stll ahead Of him Jerome
spent many busy hours today prepar
ing for the states case in ebuttal
Which viii begi1 Monday morning
Most OF the day lie district attorney
was closcted with nine aieaists, six
new exper having teen summoned
into consultation with Drs Flint,
Macdonald and Mahon, who have
been present throughout the trial in
the interest Of the prosecution.
Jerome declaed to discl1se the
Identity Of The members TO force OF
alienists
II was currently reported today
that jerome had ir eyocably detcrm-
ned 70 push the case 70 conclusion
and not ask for lunacr commission
All members OF the district attorneys
S aft are sangune that their chief
will be able 10 throw sufficient doubt
upon Evelyn Nesbit Thaws story to
at least tend to discredit her in the
eyes Of the jury and they further de-
clare that jerome hopes 10 have a
pgeponderarce of eXpegs testimony
ON his side OF the casc-test stimony
showing that Thaw acted as a sane
man when he shot and killed White
and has continued to act as a sane
person ever since.
To Be a Battle Of Experts.
The case, from to3ay's develop
mcuts promises to resolve itself at
last into a bal le Of experts and this
means thcgc is absolutely no grounds
fer predicting when The end will
come.
The tsial Mon6Ey will enter its
eighth week and the unexpected
mpsis seccpr in order 10 bring about its
conclusion before April Those who
have been following the case were
hopeful of an ea III termiea ion until
Jerome today went into conferen- 9
with the ahenlsts Then all hopeI
was abandoned.
Harry Thaw today gave out
statement In denial Of reports that
mis- sister the Countess Of Yarmouth,
had determined that there should b.
a separation of Harry and his wief
as soon as the trial was over Thaw
declares he loves his wife more than
ever, and that his ster absolutely !
made no such statement as was
credited to her.
The staif of county detectives al |
,ached . Jeromes' office has Leen /
sent out f9r every person mentioned /
hy Evelyn Nosbit Thaw in her tos-
timonv and efforts will he made TO |
round them all mp. nigh and low, to /
secure every biz Of outstanding eyi- /
donce that may bear any measure |
upon the tebutta Of Mrs. Thaw's !
$ ory.
It IS hardly likely that any of these !
persons viii be called upon 10 testify, |
fr it is doubtful if they can be /
c,lled under the rules Of evidence. |
eNlt the information they can give to |
The district a torney he thinks VIII
lc valuable asset 10 the peoples
case.
Jerome TO Make Sweeping Fight.
Rumors as TO details of Jerome's
line of action flew thick and fast to,
day
one rumor Is tha Jerome viii ok
TO prove that on The night Evelyn
Nesbit says She suffered al the hands
Of Stanford White. the latter was
host at a big all night dinner in the
Tower studio. sherry. the caterer, il
is said may be called to pioIuce his
books and show that White gave
dinner on that night Men who were
guests NAV also be called.
Tt is well 90 bear in mind. how
ever that young Mrs Thaw q q not
definitely fx any date in connection 7
with the original offense Of Viii @
AS nearly as she could recall she
s8id il was the dav after she had
gone to one OF Whites studios and
posed for series Of pictures. I'm
der cross examination. however she !
declared that she was not ceriei7
Former Attorney May Hurt Thaw. (
Another rumor was that one # thel
surprises would be developed in the
testimony Of f. ". Longfellow. a
{ rmer attorney for Harry Thaw.
who identified for the defense some /
oi the Thaw letters. and was today
Tor the sta Nr. Long
fellow mot the then Miss Noshiti
uu1n her return from Europe after
sha and Thaw had quarreled and it
was said today thai jerome might be
able TO prove through this witness
.lat she denied % him the stories i1
circulatin as TO whites n1 treat -
me-t OF her
Then again Howard Nesht thel
.0thar of r-8ng MTs Taau. was fn