Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-23

lowed in the big gray building on
holidays, but an exception was made
today With regard to Harry Thaw's
wife and counsel.
Jerome Takes Holiday.
District Attorney Jerome has gone
to l.akevillc. Conn. 10 spend the
holiday recess with his family
Nearly all of Tllaw's counsel re.
manned at their homes.
Tho district attorney Will keep
Mrs. rhnw on the stand at least n
day and half more and may oven
stretch his hearing through twice
that length of time 1t VIII depend
upon how Mrs. 1'haw feels at tho
end OF this period rs to whether or
not Thaw's counsel will 20 ahend
With their redirect examination Of
her.
DeImas Aiming Himself.
Mr.. Dclmas has been making cop.
ious notes during Mr.. Jcrome's Ques
toning of the witness and he will
likely cndcnvor To place different
liL'lt upon some or tho incidents
which lave been disclosed Witt
tho cross examination only half com.
plctcd a"d with the redirect and
recrohs examination still in view
there seems no way to approximate
tic number OF days In tho witness
chn'r Mrs. Thaw has before her
If she Is much fatigued at the
end of Mr. Jerome's first cross OK.
animation, she may be released for
time, subject to recall In view
of the fact however that tho de-
fcndnnts counsel forced the district
attorney to proceed with the cross
examination against his will. he will
likely Insist In return that they
shall also conclude with the witness
before she Is relcased from the
stand.
More Revolving Details.
The detail of the European trip
In 1904 Ia still to be gone into by
Mr. Jerome. The return TO America
and the false announcement OF
Thaws marriage to Evelyn Mes.
bit VIXEN the first scandal arose
Is still to he told OF. The facts
of the pursuit Of the young woman
by Stanford White after her mar.
rlaEc, which the defense told Of In
the opening address, must be brought
out
or course tho truth OF the story
which Mrs. Thaw actually told her
husband and which Is said To have
unbalanced his mind, cannot be qucs
toned IL she told him the story
ami MS result his mind became de
ranged, the tnth of the story Is
lmmaterIal. s.St 8a
- odtysss 10 ysraslsy u Witness. sss
All, that the cross examination
can develop Is n doubt as to the
veracity 0f the witness. doubt M
To whether sha really did toll him or
not. Tho real issue: did Thaw's
actions after lie heard tho story
did his r latioas with Evelyn Nesbit.
covering n period OF two years after
this revelations: did his treatment
e |'ar and White, and n thousand
other things indicate mat he was
Srooding over the story or that ne
was taking advantage Of III"
THIS Ia for tho jury to decide and
this Is the doub, that District ~.
'o,ney Jerome Is attempting TO in
still in the minds Of the jurors.
a New Element.
Mrs. 'Thaw, on direct examination
identified forty two letters rs being
In the handwriting OF Stanford White
The letters were not written to her,
bui 10 another girl. Mr.. Delmas
evidently Is holding these letters for
.ntrodnction during the redirect on.
animation aud evidently hopes To
have them admitted rs offsettine
something Mr. Jerome was expected
IN bring out on cross examination
No inL'maiion has heen given as
10 what the letters contain, or to
whom they were written.
They may constitute a new clr.
nncnt of surprise which is yet e
re injected in Il case which HAS
already been so prolific of nstound
ing incidents.