The Washington herald., 1907-04-14
THAW'S LAWYERS
TO BE DISMISSED
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make the opening speech. At that time
i had examined a number of witnesses
/ and mapped out a plan of defense, MF.
/ Gleason made his speech without con-
sulting me. After that-after he had
put Dr. Wiley ON the stand-we went
back to the witnesses had selected and
they were followed in the original order
prepared by me.
''As TO the summing up by Mr.. Delmas.
/ You remember that he produced note
4 from Mr.. Thaw saying that he was in
charge of the case. After that l was
not consulted about his closing speech,
and we did not know what he was going
] to say.
Thaws Opposed Insanity Plea.
Friends Of Mr.. Delmas said to-day that
he left out any reference TO insanity and
avoided the question of insanity as much
as possible, at the request of the Thaw
family 1t was the Countess of Yarmouth,
/ it was said. who was particularly anxious
/ that nothing should be said about taint
of insanity in the Thaw family. This was
communicated to Mr. Delmas and ne not
only obeyed Instructions but took on his
own shoulders the responsibility of cut
ting out that part OF the case. Mr. Hart
ridge said he knew nothing of it.
! Speaking OF MT. Delmas, although he
refused TO comment on his work, Mr.
Hartridge said that so far as Mr. Del
mas was concerned. he had finished the
/ job he was retained 10 do He did not
/ know whether Mr.. Delmas would con-
/ tinue in the case. He said that after
/ looking up Mr.. Delmas' record he had
retained him, but Mr.. Delmas was first
I suggested by Henry Clay McPike, who
Z ga N
/ Mr. Delmas' abilities. After that Mr..
/ Delmas was retained. after he had made
I two trips across the continent.
From several sources came reports to-
! day that there will be litigation before the
| fees OF the Thaw lawyers are finally
| settled. Mr Hartridge declined to say
/ what Mr. Delmas fee was. but he said
that he had received all the money that
was coming 10 him 10 date-that he had
/ been paid in successive 1nstallments-and
/ that there would never be any reason
] for him to sue.
Mrs. Ihaw Wants Accounting.
/ On the other hand, it was said that
Mrs. William Thaw wanted an accounting
/ for certain moneys that had been paid
( out. Some of this money is said 20 have
gone for theatrical enterprises which, ii
was expected would enlist public sympa-
/ thy for Thaw. At least that is said to
/ have been the explanation of where the
money went Mr. Hartridge said he did
not know of anything of the kind, and
/ he was in a position TO know of any
such thing.
! The accounting. according 10 the re-
port, called for an explanation Of the ex-
penditure of from $4,000 to S50000.
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Tombs to-day she looked as if she had
/ been having a crying spell. She denied
/ that she was in such condition that she
/ had been ordered out of the city by her
/ physician. She said that she intended to
stay here 50 that she could be near her
/ husband Questioned about Mr. Delmas
/ being dropped. she said;
Who told you that? 1t cannot be dis
cussed,
After that Lawyer Peabody saw Thaw
He made statement in which he said
he was authorized BY Thaw 10 announce
that there had been no change in his law
yers.
Jurors Talk Freely.
The jurors talked freely to-day about
their troubles. worries. and trials ia the
/ jury-room. while they deHberated for
/ forty-seven hours on the question OF
Thaw's innocence or guilt. Altogether il
was a pretty strenuous session. as the
reports indicated Immediately after the
/ jury had been discharged. Each juror
made a speech outlining his views. Juror
Dennee, who finally voted for acquittal on
the ground Of insanity, was the orator OF
the crowd. The jurors unite in saying
that the Delmas silver tongue rang Ike
/ brass compared with Dennee. One juror
said to-day that he felt he could spend
another forty-eight hours being locked up
just 10 hear Dennee again.
There was one unanimous vote taken in
I the juTy room. Tweuty-four hours had
been spent iu discussion and argument
One of the Jurors got up and said he had
an important proposition 10 advance. He
looked around sOlemnly. Had he some
thing new 10 put foTth-somethng they
had all forgotten about?
Il move that somebody supply us with
cots" he said, He looked longingIy at
the only comfortable resting place in the
I room. d couch. Juror Steele had that An
/ enthusiastic vote was taken at once, the
/ result being twelve votes for cots with
| a request to Justice Fitzgerald. The re-
( quest was sent to the court. who sent
back word that he had diligently looked
up the laws on the subject, but could find
nothing that would justify INN in getting
cots.
Policeman Approaches Jury.
One OF the Jurors said that when they
were on the way to the hotel policeman
/ came up to three of them and said that he
wanted 10 make a confidential remark. 1t
was 10 the effect that Thaw's father was
a member of a secret society and that
/ ought TO be kept in mind.
Jurors Pfaff and Steele made things
/ very lively so lively that one time two
jurors had to step between them. It
} turned out that Pfaff heard one or two
of the jurors discussing the proceed
I ings of the lunacy commission. which
The jurors were supposed to know
i nothing about. and also other state
ments printed in the newspapers, and
he made some pertinent remarks about
| it. He said it was no use to try to get
/ certain men to argue reasonably and
sensibly when they had violated their
| Oaths and were going outside of the
evidence in the case.
One of the jurors remarked that
there was nothing better to talk about;
that District Attorney jerome had been
TOO sarcastic with some of the defense's
witnesses. Then up rose several jurors.
! including oue who was voting for ac-
quittal, and declared that Mr.. Jerome
had been very fair, that the witnesses