Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-07
Array Of Eminent Alienists.

The state has an array of eminent alien
lists attending every session of the trial.
They may be offered in rebuttal by Mr..
Jerome, but tn the meantime stand ready
to advise him and to keep Thaw under
their constant observation. The district
attorney did not apply to the states alien
ist for assistance in handling DR.. Wiley.
he seemed to take peculiar delight in keep
Ing that witness all to himself.
Thaw's consent that Mr.. Delmas, ''the
little Napoleon of the Pacific" should as
sumo command Of his defense, was one of
the wisest steps the young man has yet
made. Mr.. Delmas knows criminal law and
authorities from A to q, and during his
first day at the helm of Thaw's unsteady
ship of fate he created an impression which
seemed to award him the honors of his
initial combat with the state. Mr.. Jerome
found Mr.. Delmas a foeman worthy of his
best efforts. and the first witty clashes be-
tween the two gave promise of interesting
tilts from now to the end of the trial. The
two men are of such entirely different types
that pitted against each other they mike
an exceptionally interesting study
jerome Is quick, nervous, easy to anger,
sarcastic. forceful and impelling. The dis
trtet attorney may sleep at times, as his
political opponents declare, but when he To
before a jury-when he Is con the job" to
borrow phrase from the sidewalks Of
New York-his enthusiasm, his nervous,
dynamic energy Acknowledges no limit Je-
rome has q wonderful voice. 1t is always
In tune and always In control Persuasive,
he speaks with winning softness. Earn
est. his voice Is pitched In low droning
key-a sort of humming sound-dnring which
he Is driving home point after point in q
telling, transformations way. Harassing a
witness. the district attorney speaks with
a rasp which has the harshness Of big
toothed saw.
1t gets upon the nerves of the man on
the stand, and In the case of DR.. Wiley,
the witness seemed several times as IL
hn ,lon 70 1,
pounding Of that ineessant, harsh-toned in
quisitor. Aroused to anger, Jerome fares
up Hike a powder flash and pitches into a
witness with the fury Of q tiger.
MI. Delmas' Attitude.
Delmas-Delphin Michael of that name
is a lawyer in whom suavity and courtesy
are the dominant factors in appearing be-
fore a jury. He has the craft and cunning
of the old school and the dash and pro-
gressiveness Of the new. Calm, resource
full, soft Of vofce-a man to win condolences
from the very f1rSt-he maneuverS with a
skill which on yesterday, for instance, sue
ceeded in getting material facts before the
jury when these very same facts had been
open to objection On the day before impress
the prosecuting officer by any other
name than the learned district attorney"
Not once in the many times that he refers
to Mr.. Jerome-in the heat of argument or
III the quiet tones OF a Conversational inter-
rogation-does he style him as anything but
"the learned district attorney" Mr.. Jerome
doesn't adopt the language of the old
school in reply. Adjectives to him are mere
weapons of sarcasm.
Mr.. Delmas placed Mr.. Jerome yesterday
afternoon In a new role-that of silence It
was decidedly a dramatic moment. Thomas
McCaleb had testified that Evelyn Thaw
had written and passed her husband a note
while at dinner In the Cafe Martin the
evening of the tragedy. This Is the note
which Is said to have called Thaws atten-
ton to the fact that Stanford White was
also dining at the restaurant. 1t was said
to be: THAT b. (blackguard) Is here"
I'VE understand" said Mr.. Delmas that
this note is In the possession Of the learned
district attorney. 1t Is material evidence
in this case, and we now call upon the
learned district attorney to produce 1t In
court"
Jerome sat tugging at his mustache and
gazing at the floor. Delmas looked on and
waited. The court room focused the dis
trict attorney with Its gaze. He sat there