The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-10

New York. March 9.-When the district
attorneys office closed up at s o'clock
tonight there was no doubt left as to
the prosecutions side in the trial of
Harry X. Thaw. Everything indicated
that District Attorney Jerome had aban-
doned any idea of getting a lunacy COM
mission and that from now on every effort
viii be made TO bring about a conviction.
Nine doctors were summoned TO the
district attorneys Office to-day. Three
were alienists who have been attending
the trial right along. They were Drs.
Mabon. Flint, and Macdonald. The others
were doctors who have not been men
toned in the case. From the little that
was disclosed in the district attorney s
Office they are said to be the most emf
nent insanity experts In the country.
Jerome refused to make their names pub
llc. II is quite probable that he will put
1--WE or six of them on the stand to testify
that Thaw was sane when he killed Stan
ford White.
Jerome Stirs Up Things.
When Jerome reached the district at
torneys office this morning he turned
things upside down. The first thing he
did was 10 announce that he would need
every stenographer and clerk in the office
until late in the evening. After that the
experts began 10 arrive.
Many Of them came from out-of-town.
Everybody in the district attorneys Of
fee was under orders not 20 give out the
names of the doctors. It was Jerome's in
tention that the defense should not know
what he was doing.
The nine alienists were assembled in
the library Of the district attorneys Of
lice. Then al the evidence in the case
was presented to them. Jerome told
them all that he wanted to know was
what their opinions were, and il did not
make any difference to him whether
they said Thaw was sane or insane. All
he wanted 10 know was their opinion. Tn
Ill late tonight Jerome and his assistants
were busy preparing a hypothetical ques-
tion to form the basis of an opinion from
the experts for the prosecution that
Thaw was not insane when he killed
White
The insanity experts left the Criminal
Courts building at o'clock tonight. At
that time Jerome was almost worn out.
From early in the day he had been wres-
ting with the experts. most Of whom
had no idea of the case except from the
newspapers.
ThEw Denies RumOF.
After Thaw's wife had had a talk with
him in the Tombs to-day. he took the
trouble 10 deny story that the Countess
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thing in her power to separate him from
his wife should he be acquitted. Thav
made this statement:
i wish 10 deny as emphatically as pos
sible the published report that my sister.
the Countess Of Yarmouth, is DESTROYS
of bringing about a separation between
my wife and me at the conclusion of the
trial Perfect harmony exists between
my wife, my sister. and myself. as, in
deed. between all the members Of my
family. Such thing as "a separation has
never been. or never will be. considered
by me or by my relatives. The Countess
of Yarmouth is very friendly with Mrs.
II. X. ThaW, and holds her in the highest
esteem. AS for myself. my love for my
wife is greater to-day than il ever was
before, il that is possible I hope that
this denial from me viii forever set al
rest the absurd story Of a possible
arrangement"
Thaw got a present to-day from an
Italian, Raphael CasCOne. who had been
convicted or murder, but got new trial
Cascone gave him picture Of Washing
ton, surrounded by postage stamps. Thaw
thought so much of it that he gave it to
his wife.