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7HAW'S COUNSEL
VERY CONFIDENT.
Fee Perfectly Sure That the
Lunacy Commission win Find
Their Client Sane.
THE DEFENSE WILL REST.
Report Probably win he Made Thurs,
hayr---B, Agreement, the Summing
W WIN Last Two Days.

New York .Aprn IAN important
development in the court proceedings
against Hurry * Tnaw Is the am
nutlncernent today by counsc for the
prisoner th0t the Thaw side rests 50
far as further testimony 10y their side
is concerned before the lunacy commis~
sion. The defense believes that this
VIII help 70 bring this particular hear
Ing 10 a close by Tuesday night yhGt
the trial. delayed for more than IL week
by tho movement to- determine Thaw's
sanity ut the present time can he tm~
haedAteIy resumed. The defense as~
suwes, OF course, that the commission
wll Ilnd that Ihaw Is now sane an
fact they are supremacy confident OF
such all outcome Dlslns their opinion
oil the splendid SnoNsng lnaw is salu
To have maze MAen ques uOned by tho
cpIllEllSaiON ers-
DIST .Atty. Jerome does MOI share the
opIllitn of The defense that the COM,
mission VIII conclude it's hearing OH
TUESDAY, Tie said the ueIGnSe WAS
assuming too lAurh and Expressed the
beiier mat several days wound elApse
before the commission reported Mr
Jetonte believes thai the commission
besides, that The testimony of DR. AL
IAN McISaue Hamilton wll be adInlt~
led There is no doubt that the hear
Ing viii be prolonged IL the state S ALIEN
lists are allowed TO testify as fully ~
MIR. Jerome wishes them to do, but the
defense lawyers believe That theg
will Only be permitted 10 tell what they
think OF 1haws present condition ana
facts of the distant past, on whlch
most of their conclusions are bSlseuS
will be eliminated
Daniel OReilly, who since the CONF
mission was appointed. has taken an &C.
tive part In the defense with CliIro4d
W. Hartrldge, made the announcement
that ThaW will stand ON his testimony
before the commission aud that couh-
sci VIII call no witnesses. He said
'.r'lle defense Will offer mo- Witnesses
We viii not call any alienists, although
we IsiloW that Mr.. Jerome has the prohl-
lsc OF the commissioners 20 near what
his experts have TO say ON tlAe WILL
ings OF Thaw, on the evidence as ad-
drIced at the trial, and on the opser-
vations they have made during tAo
Mr. o'Reily expressed ihe opinior
that Ior. Hamilton would not be a.
lowed TO testify and he added mat ne
hoped the whole matter wonld ne ei"'
ed Tuesday night :,
81 do moi see why it should not be,
concluded Mr.. o'Rellly. There viii be
"a brief session OF Justice Fitzgerald $
court today, but the Jury VILE again, ne
dismissed, probably until "Wednesday
to await the report of the lhIaacS c"rli-
mission
II is probable that the Thaw iunaSy
commission will report Thursday MORN
inr The case was adjourned last Week
until this morning and when the Jury
was called before the court To-Day Jus :
tica Fitzgerald adjourned the trlal
again unuil Thursday morning
The lunacy commission Will meet 10
morrow and II is expected THAT theY
w;fl be ready 10 report Thursday.
In case the commission tinds that
rThav Is today insane within the mean
ing of the law, the trial VIII be sIoppeh
but IL they find that he Is capable OF
going on, the trial VIII be fesNtneu at
once 1t is doubtful " the defense Will
call amy other witnesses
AS soon as the defense rests The sum-
ming up win begin, and under the
agreement made between the attor-
neys. will last for two days
The members OF the Thaw jury have
petisioned Justice Fitzgerald 10 allow
them SIS "a day for Jury services Instead
az the customary allowance OF 81 day
TIE cotton is based upon am instance In
which the cOurf made a similar in-
crease I'm the jury $ allowance after me
case had been extended TO an unusual
length
When Mrs. Evelyn Thaw made her
daily visit 10 her husband I'm the Tomns
today she WAS met by Il process server.
who Ina nded her subpoena directing
her To appear befole the lunacy cont-
mission tomorrow. Mrs. Thaw appar'
emily had not anticipated this move
and appeared voly much dlstuloeI
when the M ture OF the PAPER was lnsdo
Known TO her.
DO they expect mo TO testify against
my husband" she asked.
She WAS told that her presence wa
merely "A matter OF routine. but this did
not seem a. assure her Dist ANY,
Jerome declined 10 make known his
purpose In calling Mrs. Thtlw before
the commission