The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

he is out of the city. for the Waldorf
one time lived there. 1t is limited that
McCaleb did not relish the publicity
attendant upon his appearance as a wit
ness and is keeping out Of reach. I
asked Delmas and McPike if they knew
where he was and they declared that
they did not 1t is said that few
DAYS ago Prosecutor Jerome would
have been glad to have availed himself
Of McCaieb's reappearance on the stand.
But this was before he decided to
ask for lunacy commission. Jerome
wanted Caleb's testimony to corrobor-
ate that OF James Clinch Smith. Stan
ford Whites brother-in-l law. TO prove
that on the night OF the tragedy. when
McCaleb dined with Thaw. the latter
appeared to be entirely rational But
now that Jerome has changed his tao-
tics and is trying to make it appear
that Thaw is insane at the present
time. he is not so eager to prove that
only short time ago Thaw was in his
right senses.
Another witness who is keeping cut
OF the way is Jack Barrymore. son
of the famous tragedisn. Maurice Bar
rynore. and brother OF Miss Ethel. the
popular actress At one time young
Jack and Florence Nesbit. the chorus
girl. were the best OF friends.
And in this connection it is well
known that Jerome. the prosecutor. is
= great admirer OF Jack Barrymore's
talented sister. and it may be that on
this account young Barrymore has been
excused from attendance as = witness
Miss Barrymore and others We're en-
tertsined by Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome the
other night at the Cafe Martin. Je-
rome talked freely OF the Thaw trial
relaxing from the rigid rules OF Sc
crecy that usually invest his utter
ances. and gave his hearers to under
stand that they were being made his
measure to be thus conhded in. until
they read in the next mornings pa
pers interviews with Jerome in which
he had similarly unburdened himself
bev nights ago at the house of
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Jerome told a
lot of things about coming develop
ments in the Thaw trial. and each one
Of Mrs Fish's guests was swelled with
importsnce-until the next morning.
when the newspapers contained the
same information. All OF which goes
to show that the District Attorney
knows what he is giving away.
The Thaw trial has been in progress
now for nine weeks, and has cost the
state a small fortune If the life OF
poor man had been at stake. under the
same circumstances, he would prob
ably have been "railroaded" to the
penitentiary inside OF a few days. But
the Thaws are worth anywhere from
twenty TO thirty millions. II is idle to
speculate on how much the trial has
cost them. or win cost, before il is all
over with. 1t is just as futile to spec
ulate on the fees that the Thaw coun-
sci are to receive. Delmss fee, il he
wins, has been estimated as high as
half q million. while writer in this
mornings Times. who assumes to
speak with some authority, or at least
with an intimate knowledge of the
facts. says that quarter of million
will pay the fees of the entire bunch
OF six lawyers.
The general opinion here is that n
trial is resumed the jury viii disa-
gree. and that all of this agony will
have to be suffered again. But If Thaw
is declared insane by lunacy com
mission .(and<the New York public re-
CARDS this as 3 consummation devoutly
to be wished) Thaw will be sent to the
asylum for the criminal insane at Mat
teawan.
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