The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-18
OtLMAS TO keep
UP THAW'S FIGHT
MOTHER OF DEFENDANT INTER.
cEDEs TO PREVENT A sERI.
Gus RUPTURE.
ATTORNEYS IN A ROW
Over ct2tement Said T. Have Been
Issued by Mop ke-Thaw Says
He Was Prompted BY
Providence.

New York Feb, 17,--Late tonight It
was stated that through the interce
sion cf Mrs William Thaw, mother
OF Harry X Thaw tn dissension be
tween the counsel which yesterday
! threatened a disruption Of The forces
OF the defense had ceased, and that
/ D. NJ Delmas. the California lawyer
Iwll continue as The principal examin.
er of witnesses and make the closing
! plea for the defense II Is added that
Delmas' law partner Henry T. Nc
! Pike. will not figure actively in the
! future proceedings.
The following statement is credited
to Delmas tcnigat;
"All statements that intend 10
withdraw as counsel or have been
asked to withdraw. are without fouus
datiou and absolutely false,
Sorit to probable changes in the
counsel in charge Of The defense of
Thaw cont nued to circ late today
and rumors OF di seusi-n II among the
six attorneys frequently cropped up
and were as often denied There Is
no doubt however that there have
been serious disagreements of some
sort, and that DeImas has found fault
with some of Il associate counsel
McPke Cause Of Clash.
The trouble, according To- a report
today. arose Owe The publication Of
an alleged interview with Attorney
McPike, the partner Of Delmas in
which McPike was quoted as CRITICS
ing rome. Messrs Hartridge
O'Rielly. Gleason and Peabody are
said TO have taken him seriously TO
task for his remarks and McPike Wig
orously denied me alleged interview
IN this he is said to have been sup
ported by Delmas
Saturday a five hour conference was
held al Delma office and 1t Is sa "a
that Delmas took occasion to criticise
severely the lack of support from his
associates. He declared that they
had done everything to discredit him
and make him appear ridicu'ogs. and
that, although he had been nominally
in charge of the case since the second
day Of tho trial. had in fact Eeen
nothing OF the suw
Knew Nothing of Will.
As an illustration he declared he
knew nothing Of Thaw's will and let
ters until thy were handed
to him as be was questioning the wit
ness in court
There seems little chanc that the
case viii result in m'strial II ISL
said that Juror Joseph b. Bolton
Whose wife died last week. stated he
was willing and able to go on with
the trial 10 Is Reported TO hays
told Justice Fitzgerald that he con
siders his duies as citizen to out
weigh his personal considerations.
Prompted BY Providence.
Il believed an along that White
ought to be behind the bars P'lt sud
denly Providence submitted the plan
to me OF killing him on the Roof Gar
den"
Harry Thaw. shortly after 'he
of Stanford White. made this
statement TO Dr. Evans the insanity
expert
It will be repeated 10 the jury by
Dr. Evans when the trial Of the case
is resumed Monday.
Thie is the tes imony that Deimas
has fought TO get before the jury
from the beginning Of the trial and
which Jerome. with skill and determi.
nation equal to that Of the California
lawyer has fought against
Delmas' victory In getting the testi- |
monv before the jury is rather ia the 2
nature Of a compromise. He Was
forced by Jerome to conccde that
Thaw was in.ane at the time Dr. I
Evans had this conversation with him .
and the concession leaves Harry X
Thaw in an insane condition for a I
period ~ three months after The kill,
ing Of White.
Following that period Dr Evans
To-. tilted. the condition of tho defend .
ant becsn to show Improvement and .
The Improvement had continued uU
.o tlr -fn1e Of he -zperi's last visit .
.1 the defendant. which vas in Sep
.ember
The peril Of Thaw's position under
The concession therefore is that So
far as ihe testimony now before the
jury IS concerned his mental co dit.on +.
Is left in doubt-he is s-ill improving
Eotad Hin. frrnrovad
There IS strong probability. how
ever. that expert yet 70 be called for
he defense wjH testify 10 stilI later
visits 10 the Tombs ar which they
'ound he defendant condition 50 afr
improved as 70 make him wholly sane
within the meaning of the law
Thav s. lawyers are not making ny