The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-25
.THAW STATEMENT
DENIES RUM0RS
+
DECLARES IMPORTS or TRou6LE
AMONG COUNSEL ARE WITH
OUT TRUTH.
AFFIDAVITS APPROVED
by Him, He Says, Before They Were
Presented to Judge--Jeromc Pre-.
pairing to Show Proof Of
Insanity.

| New York. March 24.-Harry X
| Thaw tonight issued another state
men, this time denying rumoI
which he believes Is 5urren to the
effect that there Is dissention among
his counsel. He also refers to the
affidavits filed with Justice Fitzger
aid by bis attorneys in opposition to
| the appointment OF lunacy commits
sion to examine him.
| A Russell Peabody. who gave the
matter to the Press after he had had
| 4 conferences with Thaw's counsel,
Edesignated it as: 1.-THE third state
tment issued by Thaw since August
| 10th last"
The statement follows;
| saw the Affidavts He Says.
81 wish to deny the rumor that
there is dissentlon among my coun-
| sea. Owing to the limited time aft
davis were prepared simultaneously
at the office of Mr. Delmas and Of
jHartridge and Peabody The four
that were completed March % at the
latter office were transmitted to the
former and all OF that date were
printed together undr Mr. Delmas'
supervision.
"Those made March %, were
brought to me, as I was leaving The
court. | examined the last four from
Hartridge and Peabody ard one from
Mr.. Delmas's office and found them
eminently satisfactory.
This method was sanctioned by
Mr.. Deimas. Had | considered that
ANYTHING in these last affidavits
might be considered inappropriate fol
this occasion they would have been
withdrawn for tho time and corrected
under MIR Delmas direction, Il h
.;siy mother sent her exceedingly
clear AFFIDAVIT Friday morning to be
copied al the office OF Hartridge and
Peabody. and proceeded there later
to affiex her signature underapath. An
was written by her at her hotel with
no suggestions from anyone whomsp-l
ever, and is filed exactly as she pre-
pared It,
wife Visits Thaw in Tombs.
The monotony of Thaw's Sunday at
the Tombs was broken by an unex-
peeted visit from his wife. This was
he first time since his detention that
the prisoner was allowed TO receive
callers other than his counsel on
Sunday. Mrs Thaw had come TO the
Tombs with a message for her hus-
band aud was agreeably surprised
when told that she might visit him.
The two were together for half an
hour and when Mrs. Thaw left she
said: Harry is In excellent health
and Is sure that everything will come
out in his favor
II was reported, but not confirmed,
hat Mr. Jerome intends to present
not only facts refuting the affidavits
presented by the defense, but TO sub
NIT to Judge Fitzgerald new and cor
facts supporting the AMI
dayits on which he originally made
his suggestion to the court that
Tbaw's sanity would be inquired
into
Even II Jerome makes answer to-
morrow morning TO the affidavit filed
by the defense. there will be no fur.
tier, developments until Wednesday
morning, when court will reconvene.
Magnitude Of Trial Shown.
When court adjourned last Friday
the volumes containing the typevrit-
.cn transcript of testimony contained
more than six thousand pages. As
the pages averaged $50 words. the
total TO date exceeds 100000 words
The state has used 119 exhibits and
the defense 50. Ninety seven W.T.
nesses have been examined.