The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-29

be Emotional Insanity.
New York, January 26.-Rumor3 If
dIf9orences between Mrs Harry X.
ThaW on one side and Mrs. William
ThaW and the Countess of Yarmouth.
mother and sister respectively, of Har-
ry X. ThaW, on the other, which were
started yesterday, continued to lie ely
culabed today, despite Il denial b.
fhaWs counsel that any such differ
enccs existed. The reported differences
are said to have risen over the contln-
Iled presence in the court room of Miss
Mae Mckenzie, the former chorus rirl,
VINO invariably accompanies Mrs Eve
lyn ThaW and sits by her during The
session OF the court Miss McKerZiei
is SAID TO have been the younger Mrs
1haWs constant companion since Har-
ry Thaw shot Stanford White.
1t was reported today that DeiDhin
NJ. DelmaS, the SanFranclsco 'luWycr,
Whe came east to defend Thaw,. went
TO the hotel Lorraine, where the reid
tIves Of Harry Thaw are stayinS, IL
the hope of reconciling any differences
which might have arisen between the
women. 1t was said that Evelyn ThawI
made the first step to placate her |
mOther-in-LaW and sister-in-laW, and |
that Mr.. Delmas only consented 70 try |
to smooth over their misunderstand- |
ings on the agreement that Miss Nc |
KenZie should discontinue her aDuear- |
ance in court
Harry Thaw is said to have discusse /
this matter with A. Russell Peabody, OF |
Ws<eounsel, when Mr.. Peabody visited |
lD1ni in the Tombs prison today After !
7HaFd AIr. Peabody said
Il don't believe that Mr. Delmas |
Knows that Miss Mckenzie is in the
court ROOM He is there to work and
I don't believe he gives the woman
thought.
"Bariy last summer, when Evelyn
Thaw was practically all alone, Miss
Mckenzie was with her most OF the
time. 1t is only natural to suppose
that Mrs. Thaw wants to have Miss
Mckenzie with her now, even If the
other members of her husbands family
are with her.
He was then asked to state whether
there is any truth in the stories that
ThaW has received many threatening
latters since he has been in the
Tombs.
Il want to talk to counsel about this
matter before l say anything about it,
- Sc hot tTl:1
to say later said Mr.. Peabody.
) My client has received hundreds Of
QIeAors during the time he had been
awaiting trial in tn Tombs and I have
seen nearly all of them. None of the
misSiveS sent by Others than relatives
could be classed as threatening. About
one in a hundred Of the letters contain
ed what my be described as unfayorablel
comment and that is a light per cent?
age, as letter writing crapks, as rule,
use strong words in their uncalleI for
communications
The jurors were kept under close,
surveillance at their hotel today. The (
wives of two of them called last night
but their guards only permit conTersa- /
tioRs in the presence of another juror
and one the guards.
Mr. Peabody said that Miss McI>eH-
zie had proved herself one of the best
friends Mrs. Evelyn Thaw ever 'hadI
and that she took care of Mrs. Thaw !
last summer when the young woman !
was suffering agony greater than that
borne by any woman in New York.
and has been devoted ever since.
us it to be expected that now Mrs.
Harry Thaw would cast her friend I
aside just for the sake Of appearance? ," j.,
NEr. Peabody asked. ,
He declared that there was no more {
truth in the report than other relitivcsi
truth in the report that other relatives! !
T7iaw because of her friendship for
Miss Mckenzie. He said that Mrs.
William Thaw and her daughters have
never had the slightest objection 70 thel
intimacy OF the pair and that thi, ar-
pl9el to the Countess of Yarmouth, who ,