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cept those from which all reference to the
Thaw trial had been cut out. All notes
sent to them were carefully scrutinized by
the keeper in charge Of the squad, and even
books and magazines were examined for
hidden communications. It had been the
plans of the keepers to take the jurors out
for a drive today but the snow storm of the
morning seemed likely to prevent the out
ing. All the jrymen SO far chosen are,
with one exception, married men, and ar
engagements were made for them to meet
their wives today.
Thaw is Gloomy.
Little indication has been given so far
by, the lawyers for the defense as to the
line they will pursue in presenting the case
to the jury. One question asked by Mr..
Hartridge yesterday was the nearest ap-
proach to disclosing what Thaw's lawyers
may have in mind on this point He asked:
would you take into consideration all the
this defendants mind at the time Of the
killing Of Stanford Winter
Then Mr. Hartridge would ask the ques-
ton that he has put on many occasions:
would you object to any line of defense
that was within the law?' =.
The Tombs keepers said that Thaw was
somewhat gloomy this morning over the en-
forced break in the trial After his long
stay in the Tombs the trips to the court
room have been Ee-come breaks in the
monotony.- He called for all the news
papers as soon as he awoke, and read them
with avidity. =;
A note was sent to the prisoner this
morning asking him about a report that he
had been receiving threatening letters. He
was also asked about the revival of the old
report that he and his wife had contem-
plated separating in case he was acquitted
To these questions Thaw replied that he
could say nothing, and that everything that
was to be said for him must come from
his counsel.
No Truth in Reports.
called on the prisoner during the forenoon
and was with him for half an hour. Upon
leaving him he said that Thaw seemed in
good spirits and encouraged by the fact
that his trial was under way.
Mr.. Peabody subsequently put quietus
to several sensational rumors that have
sprung up since the trial began. He first
said that the report that dSsenSion existed
between Harry Thaw's mother, Mrs. Will
m m ha ms
hand, and Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw on
the other. because of the latter's friend
ship and fealty to Miss Mackenzie, was
utterly without foundation.
Miss Mackenzie said Mr. Peabody,
proved herself to be one of the best
friends Mrs. Harry Thaw ever had. She
took care Of Mrs. Thaw last summer as
tenderly a sister, when Thaw's young
that borne by any woman in New York.
She has been devotion itself ever since.
Is it to be expected that now Mrs Harry
Thaw would cast her friend aside just
for the sake Of appearances?
Nor is there any more truth in the re-
port that the other relatives Of Thaw have
her friendship for Miss Mackenzie. Mrs
William Thaw and her daughters appre-
ciate fully Miss MacKenzie's devotion to
Harry Thaw's wife. and they have never
Of the pair. This applies equally to the
Countess of Yarmouth. The reason why
she has not been. in court for the past few
days Is that she was overwrought by the
first days proceedings and had to stay at
home to recuperate. She will certainly be
in court Monday If sufficiently recovered.
THE story that Lawyer Dolphin Michael
Delmas had given an ultimatum that he
would withdraw from the case unless May
Mackenzie was kept out of the court room
Is absolutely without foundation and made
out of whole cloth.
Delmas Does Not Object.
''Mr. Delmas has no possible objection to
Miss MacKenzie's presence. He has been
too busy with his part of the case to even
know that the young woman has been in
the court, and probably would not know her
II he met her on the street today. The
story that Mr. Delmas said at the Yale
Club that either he or Miss 1aacKenZie must
keep out of court, is a silly fabrication. Mr..
Delmas left the Yale Club several weeks
ago and hasn't even visited there for a
week. Mr. Delmas left court yesterday with
a bad cold and went home, and will not be
down town today.
THE report that Harry Thaw and his
wife had contemplated divorce In case
Thaw was acquitted-is in the same cate
cory as the others, and is just as false
Somebody evidently had to make a sensa-
ton. and picked out the sequel to Molineux
trial as the basis for a similar sequel in
this
There is not a scintilla of truth in it.
duu lHdW anu Ills WlIe are more lnSoDara-
bly, bound together today than they were
before the tragedy. Lastly, it isn't true
that Thaw has received threatening letters
None of such a character has come to him.
him."
Mr.. Peabody said, in answer to a ques-
ton as to the conduct of the defense, that
Lawyer Delmas would not open the case
for Thaw. Which one of the attorneys
would make the opening address to the
jury he would not say. He said that the
matter of the closing speech to the jury
would work itself out; that who should
make 1t had not yet been decided. It may
be Lawyer Delmas, but is just as likely not
to be. Mr.. Peabody said that Mr.. Delmas
son in the examination of witnesses, par
ticularly in the cross examination. Mr..
Peabody would say nothing as to the char
acter Of the defense in detail
NO SESSION TODAY.