Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-06
TOday's Telegraphic News
The Thaw Trial.

just PitfioHo W VIC OpouiHb VI TIC SOutt,
this morning, It Was announced that
throughout the rest of the hearing,
Dolphin NJ. Delmas will be in charge,
assisted by Attorney Daniel O'Reilly.
Attorneys Gleason, Hsrtridge, McPike
and Peabody will act in an advisory ca
pacily.
John PALMER, sx-iudge of the New
York court, and the attorney who defend
ed Josephine Terranovs, in her trial for
the murder OF her uncle and aunt, and
Who secured her acquittal, on plea Of
emotional insanity and recourse TO the
"unwritten law" today reviews the trial
of Harry X. Thsw which in many WAYS
bears q marked resemblance to the Ter
rsnova case
When Harry K. Thsw came into the
curt room today, he appeared to be Oh
the verge Of a nervous breakdown. 1t
vas evident that he is not so insane as
to fail to appreciate what crazy. mess
was made OF The first round of his defense
Yesterday. BE was CHASTITY pale. dis
lips twitched and trembling hands be-
traysd bis mental state. Ii was appar-
ent that The unfaltering belief he has
had in the ability OF his counsel TO clear
him of the charge Of numbering STAN
ford White, had sustained a hard blow.
Nor was Thaw the only one perturoed.
HIS attorneys are apparently in panicsy
state. Attorney Gleason's legal houn-
dering yesterday has thrown the half
million dollar defense into a state of
"nerves." Some radical shake-up 10
the defense is momentsrlly expected.
1t IS SAID that the near-cOllaose state
of Harry Thaw is shared by his wife.
While Ev. lyn was barred from the court
room yesterday and today, she sat in a
room adjoining and as the extra editions
of the papers were brought to her hour
ly, with tue full report Of the proceed
ings, she read the accounts aud trembled.
Not until today was the full realization
brought home 10 her of what she would
undergo when she took the stand Her
friends say that the resolution OF the
y ing wife continues strong and that
she will not faller when called to the
stand, but her body is BY no means
strong and her complete collapse is
feared.
District Attorney Jerome opened the
proceedings today with long EXPOSE
lion on su objection to the introduction
Of certain testimony admitted yesterday
and the question of insanity tests.
During the prosecutors argument that
certain questions Of the witness, A. Lee
rhqw, we're not admissible, Judge Del
mas arose and quietly remarked that the
witness had been Withdrawn. Then
every one knew that henceforth the
California lawyer, sometimes called the
Napoleon Of the California Bar,
would be 10 full charge of Thaw's case.
Benz amin Bowman, door keeper at
the Madison Square Theater, was the
first witness to take the stand. Bowman
told of conservation he had with
White in 1904 at Madison Square Thea
tire. "White came to me after the show"
said Bowman, land asked me If Evelyn
Nesbit had gone home. | told him yes,
and he said 1 was a liar, [ told
him to go back on the stage and see for
himself. White came back and putting
bis hand in his pocket and drawing a
revolver, said I'll find and kill that -
49, before daylight Whites face was
black with anger"
"Did you tell any member of the
Thaw family ?"
"Yes, saw Dir. Thaw on Fifth
Avenue five days later and toll him, "
said Bowman.
Justice ii .zgtrAld at this point, when
the witness had again testified that White
had called Thaw an obnoxious name,
said al there are any ladies' present
whose sense OF properety will be offend
ed by the language that will be used 10
the testimony they may now have the
opportunity OF leaving the court" the
Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs Carnegie
left their sesls aud quickly left the room
OF the score or more women in the court
room only three left their seats, again
the judge repeated,his dlrc tion concern
ing women with sense of propriety but
there vas no more among the feminine
portions of the spectators who left.
District Attorney Jerome took up the
cross examination Of Bowman carrying
the witness slowly and carefully over all
the details of his life.
At the close Of the crosse examination
the Court adjourned until 9 o'clock.
The threatened rout nf Thsw's defense
has been headed of. At the time of the
noon adjournment today the last vestige
Of panic among the balf-millon-dollar
array OF legal talent had disappeared.
The superior cunning of Delmas was
shown in the examination OF the first
witness for the defense, Benz. B'gman,
former door keeper Of the Madison
Square Theatre, who testified to having
hoard White threaten TO kill Thaw.
Under clever haOdling by Delmas Bow
man proved & good witness for the de-
tense and Jerome was unable to discount
his testimony.
Boston, Feb. GA friend Of Walter
Scott, better known as "Scotty" the
Death Valley miner, has received word
here that Scott is now on his way to
testify at the Thaw case. Scott, who is
expected to arrive in New York, today,
is said to have been present at the Madi
son Square one night about year ago,
aud according to his story, was the
means of preventing S AFFORD White
from killing Harry Thaw. It is said be
now has the revolver which White In