The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
WILMINGTON, n. c.. FEBRUARY s. 1907

years and said he had not been ragu-
larly employed during that periol
Have you been paid any money by
this defendant or his attorneys?" le-
manded Mr.. Jerome at the close % his
examination.
NO" came the emphatic reply from
the witness
Have you been promised any
thing?'
No
Thomas McCaleb, the young Califor
nian who was with Thaw'5 party lfIe
night of the tragedy, was witdcss
! during the afternoon session.
| It was he who testified that at din
| ner that evening Mrs. Thaw had sud
| denly asked her husband for pencil,
, scribbled a few words ana passed =
| folded piece of paper to MIN. Wha.
! was ir this note the witness did not
| know and he was not allowed because
| of an objection by the district aLtor-
ney, to testify as to what change Of
manner, if any. it produced in ThAW.
1t has been reported from time to
time that it was in this note tHdt
young Mrs ThaW referring 10 Whit.
wrote to her husband: That D.
-- (black guard is here. We IN
derstoOd said Mr.. Delmas, that his
note is now in the possession OF the
learned district attorney. We W2'it
to get at the contents Of that slip of
paper, believing it TO be material eVl-
dence. We demand that the Learned
district attorney produce it.
Mr.. Jerome sat silent. He tu5gc1
at his short, stubby moustache. 1nere
was absolute and dramatic stiffness IN
the court room as Mr.. Dellnas stoo1
waiting and all eyes were turned on
the district attorney. He continued TO
look at the floor. After waiting some
little time, Mr.. Delmas resumed:
take it that the silence OF the leai NEG
district attorney is not ATTENDED as Il
discourtesy, but conception CT "uS%
he feels to be his duty III me matter
We will attempt later to prove me
contents Of the note
McCaleb detailed, SO far rs he COULD
the incidents of the night OF tIe
tragedy. He was leaving the rCoL Gar-
den with Mrs. Thaw, and thought
Harry was following when the t&rc7
nistol shots were heard. Mrs. Ina"
exclaimed: My God, he's shot 1nd
then ooh, Harry, what have you GONE
and why did you do IT.,
r. Thaw replied Il have saved your
life' and bent and kissed her.
On cross examination Mr.. jerome
went briefly into the past history ol
the witness MI. MeCaleb said ne
knew Thaw some years ago IN Paris
and subsequently in California.
Did you ever try to borro" any
money from him." demanded the dis
triCt attorney.
Never witness replied.
IT came out during the redirect eX-
animation that McCaleb had met MT
Jerome some months ago at the Union
club and discussed the case with him.
The witness answered a question to
which the district attorney had taken
exception and in which he had been
upheld by the court.
Mr. Jerome f1ared up in rage:
'Why did you do that?' he demanueo'
sT call the courts attention to TINS
man. this literary person who says he
has written two books-comlng here
and answering questions TO wnere
there is objection. It is indecent
Mr., Delmas pleaded that While the
witness may have been in error the
question was not important he sasu
il was misfortune to man 10 nave
10 testify in such a case, out he
Thought that nevertheless the witness
was entitled to courtsy. Justice t1tz-
gerald agreed on this point but au~
monished the witness to be more care
full in the future.
Mr. Jerome again took the witness.
You say you met ME at the UNION
club; now how many drinks nao you
had that night?"
'J don't know had one with you,
came the reply, and it was some tune
before the bailiffs could restore order
in the court room. Justice tltzsera1d
threatened to move any person VINO
again created a disturbance. Ihe court
room was crowded at the time, many
pailv drssed women having been All
mitted by the court officers during the
luncheon recess. For the hrSC tins
since the trial began the court Oh
ficers seemed to have let down the bar
riers to the idly curious.
Dr.. John Deemar, who was on the
stand yesterday, but not allowed 70
testify, and recalled today and testified
that Henry w Copeley, the defend
ants uncle on the maternal side had
been insane Mr. Jerome had declared
earl in the day that he would not oo-
jeCt to the testimony as to insanity IN.
the family provided that proper found
ationsr were laid for it. When, how
ever, DR.. Deemar started to testify 2s
to a cousin Of the defendant MIR. Je-
],