Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-14
Announcement Made by Attorney After
Consulting the Prisoner,
MANY RuNORs OF CHANGE OF COUNSEL
Howard Nesbit writes Letter 70
Defendant stating His Post
tiOn and AsKinE for
Money.

release on bail would be made He declined
to go into details regarding this action.
There were various rumors that habeas
corpus proceedings might by brought The
Thaw family stands ready to furnish bail
in almost any amount.
District Attorney jerome announced that
he would make a strong fight against the
granting Of bail to Thaw and dadded that
he intended to prosecute him for murder
in the first degree, this latter assertion COM
ing In reply to a suggestion that he had
compounded with the defendants counsel
on a plea of insanity and would agree to
send Thaw to Mattewan.
The next interesting development came
when Mr.. Peabody left Thaw after late
visit and said in reply to questions IA to
the stories that Thaw had changed his
counsel:
Mr.. Thaw authorizes me to say that thus
far he has made to change Of COUNSEL. You
may say that as emphatically as you please
OF course we don't know what viii hap
pen next week"
Thaw f. Much Dfstressed.
How does Thaw take the situation?" the
lawyer was asked.
He is much distressed and feels badly
about It," Mr.. Peabody replied.
Asked as to the program for next week,
he said I'VE have no fixed program. Mon
day we shall decided what is best to be
done"
Mr.. Delmas held a long conference with
Thaw today, and Mrs. Thaw saw her hus-
band during the visiting hours.
A somewhat sensational development
was the publication Of letter said to have
been written by Howard Nesbit, Evelyn
Thaws brother, explaining his position in
ba aelrfpg Tina
Altogether Thaw spent a quiet day The
influx Of mail at all deliveries which has
kept him busy since he first went to CELL
was diminished somewhat today.
Mrs Harry X. T7taw was somewhat wan
and worn when she appeared at the Tombs
today, but seemed in good spirits. Other
members of the Thaw family remained at
| their hotel
| In the Jury Room.
A number of interesting incidents are
being related about the jury's doings dur
ing its long hours in Its room. After the
case had been given to the twelve men,
Juror PfafT suggested that the delibera.
tions be preceded with a prayer. Juror
Gerstmau objected on the ground that he
was OF the Jewish faith, but he was per-
| suaded to consent. His consent was cou-
pied with a proviso that he should be per-
mitted to offer a prayer of his own after
the Christian prayer There was no objec-
ton TO this and thus two prayers were
| said.
Conflicting accounts are being given OF
! the effect of the nervous strain, the sleep
lessness and the stubborn attitude OF one
part of the jury toward the other. But
Juror Harry c. Brearley, who furnished
the newspapers with detailed account of
his and his fellow Jurors acts, denies this
and insists that the nervous strain they
were all undergoing and their conscien-
tiousness resulted only in some lively argu-
ments, which were magnihed afterwards
into Quarrels.
Rumors are rife, despite statements tend
ing to minimize them, that owing to dis.
agreements of all Thaw's present counsel
only Daniel OReilly will be retained for
the next trial When Mrs William Thaw
was asked as to Mr. ORenly's retention
however, she declined to speak Of IT,
Then again, it is reported that the Thaw
family may go back to their Original
counsel, the firm of Black, Olcott Grubei
& BOnynge.
Estimates are being made of the tota
cost of the trial This is placed al about
100000, OF which about 100000 falls upor
the Thaws
Letter from Howard Nesbit.
A letter written by Howard Nesbit
brother Of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, to Harr.
Thaw was made public today, it is said
by some of Thaw's counsel. In it tn,
young man wrote that when White wa
shot he thought it would be heroic t
stand by the man whose memory to IN,
was so precious" When District Attorne!
Jerome took his statement Howard Nesbi
wrote:
/ told him what Florence told me-or a
least was supposed TO have told me-
p will put IL more strongly and say she neVe
, told me anything against you that wOul
tend to hurt you In any way. l lied
thinking It would help the man l though
was so good.
AS to his subsequent attitude toward hi
2 sister and Thaw he wrote
After Florence told her story on tn
stand, believe me, l was with her fror
that time on, heart and soul never I'm
] tended to say one word against her II pu
on the stand. I would have forgotte
everything l knew. l would have periure
myself out and out, If you wish to call
/ am not afraid Of Jerome. Anothe
thing | wish you to bear in mind and tina
= Is that / was Influenced by artful and d.
signing persons. who urged me on TO TAX
the stand that I did.
l love and cherish Florence as an
brother should, and II breaks my heart
think l cannot see her. | want to So
her and tell her how sorry | am. Sh
Z would listen to me. ] am sure
" I believe you were right and justified
"a doing what you did, and you are now,
= my estimation, more than a hero. / loo
~ upon you now as n man fully sane an
,e capable Of holding your own in ever
~ crisis
Is Young Man Wants Money.
It He declared that he wrote TO Evelyn thu
u Re was sorry and asked her for 500 to pc
le debts he had contracted in New York, b1
he added, she seems to be somewhat bItt
x at me yet and will not see me. 81
D., answered that she did not have the money
" Perhaps he was wrong In coming in Ne
10 York, but his parents were responsible f
s. that, he wrote, adding that he Is now tn
to Thaws cause. He then appeals to Tina
ID for the money which Evelyn did not ser
s. to him and declares that he would rath
kin himself than go to certain persc'
ID In This city for help"
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