The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07
fIV TRIAL TO Be
| SOON CONCLUDED
|uusy Delmas, for Defense,
viii Begin His Argu-
ment Monday.
l@SHOULD AT LEAST
| REACH JURY THURSDAY
N Probability That Any
Evidence Will Pro-
4 long the Case.

IL YORK, April 6.-That the
4 [,rrp.out Thaw trial, now IN its
q, week, will be finished this COM
,st, now seems almost certain.
y s no sign Of any moro delays
4 y. already has extended long be-
y N time ever before required to
4, rurdsr case in New York.
lllsn McLane Hamilton, the
who was on the stand when
a,s was suddenly stopped by the
L. Attorneys suggestion for the
E,tuent Of q commission in lunacy,
.whablv be recalled Monday. The
= commission having decided that
4 4 now sane. Mr.. Jerome pxob-
rjlI he prevented from asking Or.
|,Sou regarding his opinion as to
rs present sanity. Therefore,
= i little that he can cross-ex-
4, lhe alienist on.
lfhsr the defense will call more
-.sps is problematical. IT is stat
Ia they expect to require no more
A ODE hour to complete their case.
|lt is true, there is no reason why
ass should not go to the jury on
|rir.
Jerome Is Now Through.
fri,f Attorney Jerome said to-
n hat he had no more witnesses.
y kgal procedure in New York the
|tatlsl Of the defense ends the
. fhe only way in which the prose
d can get evidence before the
n iitsr the defense closes It's sur
|il is by special permission of the
! q the ground that the evidence
|Ely discovered, or that the wit"
= we're not within the jurisdiction
,ourt when the prosecution was
Ia a its direct case.
II seeks ago. at one Of the many
: yhsn the case seemed nearing its
\ i was agreed between th at
that each should have a full
y summing up; in other words,
Fither should be forced TO break
2rsss in the middle. Mr.. Delmas
y that time that he would not
more than one day for his ar
Il is said now, however. tnat
|r REQUIRE two days. If this is
as, be will probably begin Mon
as should finish Tuesday. Mr. |
II still says that he will not re-
rrre than one day, and there !
"a the latest, he should complete !
1.Fmnt Wednesday. Justice Fitz-
y charge TO the jury should not
hore than three or four honrs.
Ss therefore very possible that
~ will be in the jury's hands by |
The Opposing Pleas.
psnas will plead for absolute
Al on the ground that Thaw's
sis unbalanced at tbhe time he
Hsl the crime, and that, IN
me face that. he has since re-
Dis mental balance, he should
Ea to 20 free. Mr.. Jerome. on
''f hand, will argue that Tbaw
ah within the meaning Of the
Ven be killed Stanford White,
ne crime was planned and pre-
llsa, and that nc should suffer
f,ishe penalty Of The law.
w mol expect that it Will take us
lrsa an hour to close cur case, -
euuerd W, Hartridge, Thaw's at
Of record. "Our evidence is
ave for few matters. purely
and nothing remains but the
SE mp. ! am not sure whether
.-imas Will be able TO finish his
u one day, but he may begin
Naking Of the action of the
commission. and Of the mental
lmcal examination of Tbaw, Mr..
'ah' to give the inside history
d s'earlng before the lunacy
aon, / waived all constitu-
nehts and told the commission
,ny question it saw fit, except
D,a MN not to answer any qucs-
guy the trial and the case.
member Of the commission did
question about the case,
~ ADVICE he declined TO answer
Answered All Questions.
8 the commissioners sent for me
sa ss me II ] could not with
ADVICE, so as to allow
answer the question. / then
,-S 10 answer any question that
si;0yrs ~ oil the commission might
l supposed that he did so,
ol Know what he did, for ]
ar; ,oom and was not present at
nation any more than Mr..
"ss Ny attitude in turning
@osc upon the commission
" confidence in mis- ability to
l',, ueep in my heart | believe
;, pas WAS insane when he did the
opl have always conterded
es,st tusas to have a trial, When
b ,xs Mus made to have him rail.
otA 'le asylum he protested that
E1h 70 De tried. and | upheld
Ess l have known Thaw FOR n
m and | have the advantage
EES Io nave only come in CON
h,.tni mlately, In the Tombs
Asf III ba,,ashls nus mental balance and bis
ex<l