The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-09
Prisoners Relatives De-
sire Him to Divorce
Evelyn If Freed.
.NESBlT TRIES
TO WARN SISTER
Trial Postponed Until Monday to
Allow Jerome to Prepare
Hinlself-Humrnel, Mes
bit and Young Mrs.
Thaw to Be
Called.

NEW YORK. s!arch S.-The defense
In the Thaw case rested to-day i'm
mediately after the conyening of court,
and an adjournment thereupon was
ordered until Monday morning next at
1890 o'clock. District Attorney jerome
said that, while he had Ven informally
notified yesterday afternoon Of the
change in the plans OF the defendants
counsel, he had come to court to-day
expecting to be confronted by additional
expert testimony as to Thaw's state Of
mind. His witnesses were not ready, he
added, and 1t WAS upon this representa-
ton, and with the freely granted con-
| sent OF the defense, that the adjourn
ment was taken.
The court proceedings occupied less
than five minutes, and District Attorney
Jerome returned at once to his Office and
| began preparing his campaign OF rebuttal
| testimony. Almost his first move was
| to have subpoena served upon Mrs
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, requiring her to
| produce In court any letters she may
| have in her possession written by Stan
| ford White.
The district attorney also had May
| MacKenzie notified to be in court Mon
| day prepared to go upon the witness
| stand. She is the intimate friend
OF Thaw's wife. and during the first
stages of the trial the two were IN
| separable. Lately, however, Miss Mac
| Kenzie has been seen but seldom about
| the Criminal Courts building.
4. Jerome Is Uncertain.
Just what District Attorney Jerome
4 intends to prove, or will be allowed
to prove on rebuttal remains as deep
mystery as ever. The prosecutor
| t.tr To rha1, NJ "a
how far he can go in attacking Evelyn
IThaw's story and in adducing evidence
tending to contradict and discredit
"a her. His plan of campaign may bs
entirely changed at any time ay ar
adverse decision from Justice Fitz-
gerald. Mr.. Delmas for the defense
Z undoubtedly will make Mr. Jerome
progress difficult by continued obiec
tions. The rules of evidence invoked
from those in any recent murder tria
in this Jurisdiction, and it has beer
evident from the first that the attor.
ncys on both sides have been feelins
, their way cautiously.
Shyster Humr11el to Appear.
District Attorney Jerome undoubt
edly will again summon Abraham Hum
mel, a lawyer. to the stand to testif,
! as to the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit i:
alleged to have signed, charging Thav
y with cruelties because "she would no
: tell lies" about Stanford White, Th
4 prosecutor attempted to introduce thi
testimony by interrupting young Mrs
. Tfaw's narrative, but the Testimony wa
!. barred at that time. Mr.. Jerome believe
!, that upon rebuttal Justice Fitzgerald will
: allow him a much wider latitude thai
= was granted on cross-examination
/, Howard .Nesbit was with the distric
= attorney to-day, and it Is said he wi
be called to the stand to testify tina
;, his sister told him Thaw had treate
:. her cruelty while abroad in 1903 becaus
. she again would not tell lies abou
Stanford White" Mr.. Jerome hopes b
the brother to corroborate the testtmon
he expects to elicit from Abraham Hun
mel, the latter being under indictmer
; at the present time for alleged suborna
tion of PERJURY in the Dodge-Mor
divorce tangle.
To Jury on Friday.
With all the witnesses here enumerate
and many others under subpoena, NJ
Jerome adhered to-day to his predictio
OF last night that the case might he give
to the jury by Friday.
,of He would not modify what he sal
yesterday to tho effect that in the pre-,
l. ent state of the evidence he would al
J, suredly let the case 60 to the jury, ar
J. not ask for a lunacy commission. Th
H. determination on tho district attorney
st part pleases Thaw's lawyers and the d
st fendant himself, who all along has fearc
Id the asylum for the criminal insane fl
r. more than verdict as to his guilt
as innocence under the statutes
If Despite Mr.. Jerome's hope for dete
tn mination Of the long drawn out ca
ze within the next week. few OF those wi
of have kept track of the progress OF IL
trial are willing to hazard a predctit
Il that the end Is less than two weel
~, away,
~ There We're many rumors current I
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