The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-23
.THAW HAS TRUMP
NOT YET PLAYED
LETTERS WRITTEN eY WHITE
MAY HAVE IMPORTANT
BEARING ON CASE.
.EvELYN'S LONG ORDEAL
May Continue for Several Days
Principals in New York's Muir
der Case Enjoy Very
Quiet Day.

New York, Feb. 22.--The principa's
Iof the Thaw trial spent The day nj
iest, every ono apparently relishl,s
the respite from he scenes wnith
marked The weeks proceeding b.
the time the hearing is resumed next
! Moeday morning II is expected that
Mrs. Fhaw will have entirely regov
cred her composure and be pre9are
again 70 take her place as witness
She visited her husband at fhc
Tonhs today and ihe two had a long
conference with their attorney. Dan.
! iel O'Rieliy Mrs Thaw was pale AMI
| worn today but when approached by
| newspaper men smiled and tried III
appear cheerful District Attofne5
Jerome has gon TO Lake Vllle Com.
to spend the holiday recess with hts
family Nearly all OF Thaw's counsel
remained al their homes
Wife 10 Again Take Stand.
Jerome will keep Mrs. Thaw on the
staud at least a day and a haf more
ana may even stfetcn MS searching
examination through twice that
length OF time. Ii will depend npal
how Mrs Thaw feels at ha end of
this period as TO whether or ao
Thaw's counsel viii 10 ahead " IL
their redirect examination Of her.
Delmas has been making coploas
notes during Jerome's questioning NJ
witness and he will likely endeay3r
to place a differeue light upon some
Incidents disclosed.
With the cross examination oalg
half completed and the redirect ard
recross examination SIN IN view
there seems NJ way to appioximata
the number Of days in the witness
chair Mr. Thaw has before her
If she II much fatigued the enl
.of Jerome's first cross examination
she may he released for n time. sub
iec 10 recall In view of circnh1.
stances. however, the defeadan. i
counsel forcing the d.strie a'terpay
~ afgsst'e 90 e9a ii ~
lagairf ~ wilt herwiil xerg iieelv
insist IN tetiirn that tlieN shall also
corclude with the witness be'ofe she
II excused from the stand.
Letters May Mean Much
Mrs Thav on direct examination
identified 70 letters as he.ng in the
handwi ting OF White. The letters
were not written to her but 10 an.
1ther girl Delmas evidently is hail-
ng the e letters for Introduction dur
ng the redirect examination ard eyi.
iently hopes to have them admitted
IS offsetting something Jerome was
expected TO bring out on c!ols ex-
No intimaton has been given as 10
What the letters contain or Ia whom
hey were written. They may eonsii-
ute new element of .nrprise whi.a
s yet TO be iciected into case which
las already been so prolific OF as.
Oundiug inciden s.
Jeromes Strongest Point.
u S believed that District Attorney
Jerome won a trcmendous po'nt
When he made EVELYN Neshit Thaw
av she and Harry Thaw appealed 10
stanford White % use his Influence
win MIS-. Holman to stop ter ~
empt. 10 separate them while they
we're living together in Paris As this
,ppesl 70 as in the shape Of a TELEGRAM
.ent after Thaw bad been told of
Viii e's outrageous conduct toward
Ter. and she had refused % wed
rhaw because Of these things Il is
'egarded as a particularly stroug
'olnt for the State Il is supposed -
how that White wa not the mini
disturbing agency that he has beca
epres ned on the contrary. n -ow
Dpears as a friend when needed.
OF course the defense will en-
eavor 20 place a far different liner.
.retation on this remarkable ainhs-
Ion Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw I, m1r
uccaet
IN The absence Of sensations t1iav
be- puhlic's interest contiruas in fha
ua7irg 'duei Of sexes7 that wavel
when EVELYN Nesld Thaw
'as pilloriel by District Attorney
arcme as few human ever We G.. n
bis connection the special writer, n
'day papers are ex-eptionany il.
resting