The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-12
Lyon Got viii.

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vice president of the Union National
bank of Pittsburg, who stated that he
had received Harry Thaw's win from the
latters own hands some time prior to
April l. 1906, and had held it In a safe
deposit box until late in November last,
when he directed his secretary to for
ward it to John r. Gleason. of Thaws
counsel. Mr.. Gleason followed Mr.. Lyon
on the stand and said he had received the
will by mail on December IL, 1906, and
that absolutely no changes had been
made in the instrument during the time
1t had been in his possession. Mr.. Je-
rome admitted the progress Of the will
from Mr.. Lyon to Mr.. Gleason without
the necessity of bringing the formers
secretary as a witness. Mr.. Demas did
not offer the will in evidence today, how
ever, owing to the fact that it had not
In its entirety been proved as having
been legally executed by Thaw.
When young Mrs. Thaw was called to
the stand she was dressed precisely rs
when she occupied the witness chair last
week. AS she was taking her seat Mr.
Delmas turned to the district attorney
and renewed his demand of Wednesday
last that the note which was passed by
Mrs. Thaw to her husband at the Cafe
Martin the night of the tragedy should
be produced. Mr.. Jerome, upon the occa-
sion of the first demand, had remain ed
silent. Today he was on his feet at once
saying he would send for the slip of pa
per. It was brought from his office, was
identified by Mrs. Thaw and then read by
Mr.. Delmas as follows:
"The D was here a minute ago.
but went out again.
The contents OF the note caused a sur
prise only as to the exact wording. 1t had
generally been supposed that the note
reads, ssThe b is here" Mrs.
Thaw testified today that the .'B-----'
meant the ''blackguard." as Thaw always
referred to Sanford White whom she had
seen on the balcony of the cafe,
Carried Pistol in New York.
The other essential point Mrs. Thaw
was allowed to bring out In her testi-
money was the statement that the de-
fendant never carried pistol except In
New York. She was asked many other
ueustions enbodying various stories she
had discussed with Thaw, including the
alleged fate Of girl known to them as
'the Pie girl" at the hands of Stanford
White, but Mr. Jerome blocked every
question with sustained objection.
After compelling the defense to go into
the taking of expert testimony as to
Thaws insanity by his objections to Mrs.
Thaws testimony, Mr.. Jerome next pro-
ceeded TO block the testimony of DR..
Wagner as to the results of his six visits
to the defendant in the Tombs and his
testimony as lo Tic ia'eSt hientai coii-
dition Dr. Wagner was not allowed to
go into the conversations he had had with
the defendant nor the conclusions he had
reached from these conversations. He
was confined by Mr.. Jerome's continuous
fusilade of objections to stating what he
actually observed and he declared his
observations We're closely interlaced
with his questioning of the defendant that
he did not know if he could separate
them.
Long argument over the point raised
ended in Mr.. Delmas withdrawing any
further questions as TO the testimony,
contenting himself with asking DR.. Vag-
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