Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-28
HAIRY THAU FEARS
A LUNACY INQUIRY.
WORRIED BY REPORTS THAT
JEROME WILL ASK FOR
COMMISSION.
Defendants Mother Is Said to Have
Given Her Consent to This Plan,
But the Prosecuting Attorney Still
Hesitates.

.tarCr1QS0, p0ISOud1 COuuS6l W I1dify
*. Thaw, visited the prisoner at the
Tombs Sunday and for an hour the
two discussed various matters, among
them, it was said, the possibility that
the prosecution might seek to inter
|rupt the cross-examination of the de-
PENDANTS wife when Thaws trial is
resumed Monday morning.
!, 1t had been reported though with
iout apparent authority, that District
attorney Jerome would shift his at
tack on the defense and insist that
the direct examination of Drs. Deemar
and Bingaman, the alienists for the
defense, be concluded before the state
continued it's cross examination of
Mrs Thaw. This move would be CON
strued as in the direction of an appli-
cation for lunacy commission to ex-
anime Thaw. .." ..a...
+ The report is said to have reached
the prisoner and caused him no little
,uneasiness. Mr.. Hartridge, however,
was able to assure him that Mrs.
:Thaws examination would be CON-
witnesses. Stipulation to this effect
had been given, the lawyer said.
.. Mother Said to Be Willing. So
y That ThaWs fears have some basis
in fact was evidenced in a statement
credited to court official According
to this man, Mrs. William Thaw,
mother Of Harry, two days ago ap-
preached the district attorney through
friends and expressed her willingness
that commission in lunacy be ap-
pointed. The mothers state of mind,
it was said, was the result of having
read the narrowing story told on the
witness stand by her daughter-in-law,
and the merciless cross examination
BY Jerome, combined with the natural
shrinking she felt from taking the
witness stand herself.
It is understood that Mr.. Jerome, on
ibis part, wishes to avoid at this time
isuch drastic action as asking for a
.lunacy commission. He has declared
lin court, however, that if he could be
convinced that the slayer of Stanford
white was insane, he would drop the
prosecution.
Mrs. Thaw Visits Husband.
!: New York, Feb. 23-The principals
in the Thaw trial spent Friday in rest,
everyone apparently relishing the res
;pite from the scenes which marked
this weeks proceedings. BY the time
the hearing is resumed next Monday
Emorning it is expected that Mrs. Eve
ilyn Nesbit Thaw will have entirely re-
covered her composure and be pre-
pared again to take her place in the
witness chair.
'pOn Thursday it was said the young
woman was on the verge of illness,
and that cup of broth had been her
only sustenance for two days. She
was so weakened as the result of her
days experience that she retired i'm
mediately upon reaching her apart
ments and did not arise until late Fri
day. The only reason which took her
from her bed even then was the call
she had promised to make upon her
husband in the Tombs prison. Ordi-
narily visitors are not allowed in the
big gray building on holidays, but an
exception was made with regard to
Harry Thaw's wife and counsel.
y Mrs. Thaw Visits Husband.
!. 1t was well after noon when Mrs
Thaw arrived at the prison. She was
accompanied by Daniel O'Reilly, one
Of her husbands counsel, and was
shown at once into the consultation
room. There had been reports in
some of the earlier editions of the pa
pers to the effect that Thaw was him
self in bad physical condition, but
when he appeared to greet his wife
he declared that he was feeling excep-
,tionally well and was enjoying his
usual vigorous health. AS Thaw
rushed into the conference room he
clasped his wife in his arms, saying
E5"My dear, brave little wife, The two
talked together for a long while.
Mrs. Thaw was pale and worn, but