The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-10
FUTURE COURSE
IS UNCERTAIN
Lawyer DeImas May Have to
Change His Plans Owing
to Jerome'S Objections.
DOUBT AND SPECULATION
STORY OF EVELYN THAW LIKE
LIZ TO BE INTERRUPTED.

Nv" IOih. reD. y--DOuDt ana specu-
iation exist tonight as 10 what course
the defense will take in the case of
Harry Thaw when the trial is resumed
Monday morning. When court ad-
journed Friday it was the intention of
Mt Delmas again to have Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw continue the narration of
the story upon which the prisoners life
may depend.
District Attorney Jerome had dra-
matically protested against any fur
her defamation Of the dead" lust be-
fore the Friday adjournment was TAX
en-, and had been upheld by Judge Fitz-
gerald IN his contention that a broader
foundation Of insanity should be laid
before the loose tattle Of the tender
ION should be spread upon the rec
Ords. The district attorneys reference
was to the question Mr.. Delmas had
put 10 Mrs. Thaw as TO whether she
and her husband had discussed togeth-
er the fate of other girls at the hands
of Stanford White"
Tactics May Be Changed.
The courts ruling that the insanity
of the defendant has not yet been suffi-
GENTLY established to admit bringing
in further details of his wife's testi-
mony may result in a temporary
change in the line of evidence. The
course to be pursued Monday depends
greatly upon the attitude Of District
Attorney Jerome. who declared he
could have offered legitimate objection
to Mrs. Thaw's testimony at the very
outset on the ground that the alleged
insanity of the defendant had not been
established, but had refrained from so
doing because OF the fact that he knew
the testimony as TO her revelations to
Harry Thaw must come out some time.
Evelyn Will Get a Rest.
II Mr.. Jerome persists on Monday
morning in his objections to the line
OF examination indicated by MIR. Del
mas question as TO stories concerning
young women other than the wife of
the defendant. the prosecuting officer
will be asked temporarily to excuse Mrs.
Thaw TO permit of the introduction of
evidence in accord with Justice F'itz-
gerald's ruling. As Mr. Jerome prob
ably will be glad of the delay before
he takes up the difficult task of cross
examining the young wife. he is ex-
pected to consent TO the plan
Harry Thaw's Will.
In that event, Mr.. Delmas will first
attempt TO get liz evidence Harry
Thaw's will, which was ruled out on
/ Friday because the many interlinea-
tons had not been sufficiently proved.
Justice Fitzgerald held the will must
! be shown 20 nave been i'm it's present
condition when il was signed.
Mr.. Delmas is very anxious to have the
/ will so I'm evidence, believing il will go
| further than any other documentary
Evelyn Nesbit's story Of her treatment
/ at the hands Of Stanford White had upon
! the mind OF the defendant.
Thaw Feared Assassination.
I Although counsel deny that the infor-
nation is altogether accurate. IL leaked
out today that zone of the provisions in
Harry ThawS will is the setting aside OF
sum OF $4,000 for the prosecution of all
persons who may be concerned. in. case
of the death Of the testator by violence.
! The probable instigatOr of this antcipat-
ed act Of violence is said to be revealed
in the provision.
Another paragraph II is reported made
provision for fund for the benefit of
young women. who. the will declared.
suffered treatment at the hands of the
reports even go so far as to say that the
names OF Mr.. Whites alleged victims are
included in the clause Of the will relat-
ing to this subject.
Thaw's will also made provision for
Howard Nesbt. Evelyn's brother. who. il
has been reported. would take the stand
i'm opposition TO his sister Young Mes
bit has been in constant attendance at
the trial in company with the late Stsn-
ford Whites secretary. but never has
gone near the group of Thaw relatives.
The rest OF Thaw's property was TO go
to his wife.
Another Pittsburg Witness.
Mr. Delmas, it is said. may call 60 the
stand on Monday an attorney from Pitts
burg who will be asked as 10 the inter
lineations made in the will and is ex-
pected to prove they were put there at
the time the testament was signed Fail
ing to show that each one OF the inter-
lineations can be remembered by the wit
ness MIR. Delmas will offer the codicil
10 the will which Is in the defendant
own handwriting without interlinea-
tiohs.
II is not definitely known whether all
the references to Stanford White are in
the codicil. but it is known some of them
are.
Evelyn Thaw also signed will on the
night of the wedding. and II is believed
that in il she carried out her previous
stipulation that none of her relatives save
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