The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-07
JURY TO DECIDE
ON WIFE STORY
THAW's FATE BELIEVED TO REST
SOLELY ON THE EFFECT or
HER TESTIMONY.
EARLY ENDING EXPECTED
IN Famous Triai--Jerome Only Hope
is in Disagreement--Many Hope
to Hear Delmas'
Plea.

| New York. April 6.-ThaL the long
drawn oGt Thaw trial, now In Its
Twelfth week. win be finished this
coming week. now seems almost Ger
tain. There is no syn Of amy more
of the delays which hav@ marked the
case from the very beginning
1 III. Hamilton, the ai!enist, who was
On the stand when the case was
topped suddenly by the district at,
| Sorneya suggestion for the appoint.
| nent Of a commission iii lunacy will
,iobably be recalled when the trial Is
esumed on Monday Whether or not
he defense will call any ut re wit
less ~ probIematical. II Ii statei
hat they expect to require no more
han an hour to complete their case
District Attorney Jerome said To-.
ut he had no moae witnesses
whose evidence be would try to place
before the jury Delmas and other
members of the defens'e counsel are
preparing for the end Cf the trial.
All day today The California lawyer
was buslly engaged in going over the
testimony in preparation of what Is
expected to be tho greatest oratorical
affogt Of his career
Delmas, the Undefeated
Delmas has defended scores of men
accused Of murder and has never suf.
cred a defeat He intends I'd throw
al Of his skill and energy into this
address, and scores of lawyers have
made arrangements to be present,
and there are many persons coming
from distant cities IN the hope of
gaming entrance to the trial chamber
TO Witness the closing scenes.
Delnias wifi be ready To psoceed on
Monday morning. bur The protest of
Jerome againsi the confirmation OF
the report, and the incidental details
hat must be gone through with, win
axe mp so much time that the recess
until 2 O'Clock will be necessary.
Beginning at o'clock Delmas will |
talk until the hour of adjournment, |
and then resuming his address on
morning, will conclude some
time during the afternoon.
Jerome TO Be Brief.
He will cover every point of the
case. but, ii Is said will give only
minimum of time to the expert testi-
nony, making his main appeal TO the
reason Of the jurors and their com
non sense and asking them to decide.
lfter considering the evidence OF
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, whether her
story, told 70 a man Of Harry Thaw's
with the other burdens
hat he was compelled to bear
through the agency of Stanford White
,ould not reasonably be imagined as
empo arly ovelthrowing the reason
# the defendant.
Jerome will begin his summing up
n Wednesday morning. The district
attorney said today that he probably
would speak only three or four hours
n all
There is almost as much interest in
his address as there is in that to be
by Delmas People are
Inxious 10 see how Jerome will frame
lis appeal to the jury to convict Of
murder in the first degree man
whom he has stamped in open court
insane.
Wife's Story Still Crucial Point.
All Of these speeches win he before
he jury by Wednesday night. and
thursday will be given mp to the
barge Of the jury This probably
fill consume about three hours. So
hat early on Thursday afternoon the
ase ought 10 be given over to the
ury.
The verdict may come at any time
Z u may not come at all Generally
peaking. a disagreement Is what Is
most looked for. The district at;or
ey's Office has practically abandoaed
y hope Of securing a verdict OF
piIty.
In ihe final analysis II will be the
tory Of little Mrs Thaw. worrying
er life away in the closing stages of
be- trial, that viii make or break the
efendant. The verdict will be de-