The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
WHITES LETTERS MAY Be A
SURPRISE IN DELMAS' HANDS
Their Contents Not known-Defend-
ants Wife Likely to Be Examined
Directly When jerome Fin
ishes-Day of Rest.

The principals in the Thaw trial spent
the day In rest, everyone apparently rel
ishing the respite from the scene which
marked yesterday, BY the time the hear
Ing is resumed next Monday morning il
is expected that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
nhaw will have entirely recovered her
composure and be prepared again to take
her place in the witness chair On Thurs
day 1t was said the young woman was on
the verge of illness, and that "A cup of
broth had been her only sustenance for
two days.
She was so weakened as the result of
her days experience that she retired i'm
mediately upon reaching ller apartments.
and did not arise until late today The
only reason which took her from her
bed even then was the call she had
promised to make upon her husband in
the Tombs prison. Ordinarily visitors ara
not allowed in the big granite building
on holidays, but an exception was made
today with regard to Harry Thaw's wife
and counsel, and 1t was we'll after noon
when Mrs. Thaw arrived at the prison.
She was accompanied by Daniel O'Reilly.
one of her husbands counsel, and was
shown at once into the consultation
ROOM
There had been reports in some of the
early editions of the papers today to the
effect that Thaw was himself in baa
physical condition, but when he appeared
to greet his wife he declared that he was
feeling exceptionally well and was en-
toying his usual vigorous health. as
Thaw rushed into the conference room he
clasped his wife in his arms saying,
MY dear, brave little wife," The Two
talked together for a long while, and
then Mr.. ORellly was called into con-
ference.
Mrs. Tlhlw was pale and worn today,
but when approached by newspaper men
smiled and tried to appear cheerful. In
reply to questions she said she was feel
ing pretty we'll"
District Attorney jerome has gone to
Lakeville, Conn, to spend the holiday re-
cess with his family
Nearly all of Thaws counsel remained
at their homes
The district attorney will keep Mrs.
Thaw on the stand at least a day and
a half more and may even stretch mis-
searching examination through
twice that length of time 1t will de-
pend upon how Mrs. Thaw feels at the
end of this period as to whether or not
Thaw's counsel will go ahead with their
redirect examination of her. Delmas
has been making copious notes during
.
and he will likely endeavor to place u
different light upon some of the Incidents
which have been disclosed.
With the cross-eXamnation only half
completed, and with the redirect and re-
cross examination still in view there
seems no way to approximate the num-
Der of days in the witness chair MIS-.
Thaw has before her. III she is much
faugued at the end of Mr.. Jerome's first
cross-eXamination, she may be released
for a time subject to recall. In view OF
the fact. however. that the defendants
counsel forced the district attorney to
proceed with the cross-examination
against his will he will very likely in
sist in return that they shall also con-
clude with the witness before she is ex-
cused from the stand.
Mrs. ThaW on direct examination iden-
titled forty-two letters as being in The
handwriting of Stanford White. The let
ters were not written to her, but to an
other girl. Mr. Delmas evidently Is hold
ing these letters for Introduction durins
the redirect examination and evidently
hopes to have them admitted as offsetting
something Mr. Jerome was expecting to
bring out on cross examination. No in
timaton has been given to what the
letters contain or to whom they were
written. They may constitute a new ele-
ment of surprise which is yet to be in
Jected into a case which has already been
so prolific of astounding Incidents.