The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
That Is How Thaw Case Is Shap-
ing in the Final
Stages.
JEROME HAS SIX MORE
AUTHORITIES ON INSANITY
Defendant Issues Statement De-
claring That He Loves Evelyn
More Than Ever.

real work Of the prosecution still ahead
Of him, District Attorney Jerome spent
many busy hours today preparing for
the States case in rebuttal, which will
begin Monday morning with the re-
sumption of the trial of Harry K. Thaw
before Justice Fitzgerald. Most of the
day the District Attorney was closeted
with nine alien,sts, six new experts
having been summoned into consultation
with Drs. Mcdonald and Mabon. Mr.,
Jerome declined to discuss the identity
OF the new members to his force OF
alienists. Their advent, il was said.
preparing his hypothetical questions
which he will put TO the experts when
they 60 upon the witness stand.
II was currently reported today that
Mr.. Jerome had determined to push the
case 10 conclusion and not to ask for
lunacy commission. All the members
OF the District Attorney staff are SAN
guine that their, chief will be able to
throw sufficient doubt upon Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw s story to at least tend to dis
credit her in the eyes of the Jury. and
they further declare that Mr. Jerome
hopes to have preponderance of expert
testimony on his side of the case-tes-
timony showing that Thaw acted as a
sane man when he shot and killed Stan
ford White and has continued to act as
n sane person ever since.
Battle of Experts.
The case from today's developments
promises to resolve itself at last into
a battle of experts, and this means that
there is absolutely no way of predicting
when the end will come, If Mr.. Jerome
calls only three of his nine experts TO
the stend-it is more than likely that
he Will call fve-it means series OF
interminable cross.examinatlous by Del
phjn M. Delmas. the leading counsel for
the defense Mr.. Dclmss TINS will he
gwen an opportunity TO match his
medical knowledge against the very
thorough understanding of the subject
displayed by Mr., Jerome Since Mr..
Jerome began TO lay today so much
stress upon the subject of insanity in
preparing for rebuttal, 1T scarcely seems
possible that his prediction as To the
time of ending the case can come true.
The defense has two alienists in reserve
who Will be called in sur-rebuttal and
that means a still longer delay
The trial on Monday will enter its
eighth week and the unexpected must
occur in order TO bring about its CON
cluslon before April l.
Harry Thaw today gave out a state
ment in denial OF the reports spread
abroad to the effect that his sister, the
Countess of Yarmouth, had determined
that there should be n separation OF
Harry and his wife as soon as the trial
was over. Thaw declared he loves his
wife more than ever and that his sister
made no such statement as was credit
ed to her, saying;
Says All Is Harmony.
~ wish TO deny as emphatically as
possible the published reports that my
sister, the Countess of Yarmouth is de-
slrous of bringing about separation
of my wife and myself at the copelu-
sion of the trial, Perfect harmony ex-
lists between my wife and my sister and
Of my family. Such a thing as separa-
tion has never been and never will be
considered by me nor any of my rela-
tives.
''The Countess of Yarmouth is very
friendly with Mrs, II, X. Thaw. and
holds her in the highest esteem.
GAS for myself. my love for my wife
is greater than 1t ever was before. it
that is possible. [ hope this denial
from me will forever set at rest the
absurd story OF a separation.
cit is peculiarly regrettable to Mrs.
Thaw and myself that such a story
should have emanated from the source
it did. -
Much interest attaches to the form
District Attorney will ask his experts.
Mr., Delmas seemed to include every,
fact connected with the case III his
Hypothetical question, and the defense
alieuists gave it as their opinion that
Thaw not only was insane when he
killed Stanford White but for months
thereafter If the alienists for the
State can take these facts and reach
diametrically opposite opinion the
jury will have TO take its choice and
place It's own estimate upon the value
of expert testimony,
The staff of county detectives at
tached to Mr.. Jerome S Office has been
sent out for every person mentioned by
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her testimony.
and efforts will be made to round them
up to secure every bit of outstanding
evidence that may bear in any meas
ure on the rebuttal Of Thaw s wife 9
story. 1t is hardly likely that any OF
these persons will be called upon TO
testify, for it. is doubtful if they can
be called under the rules of evidence.
But information they can give TO the
District Attorney, he thinks, Will be
valuable to the people S case.