Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-09
THE THAW CASE.

The chief counsel Tor Harry IL. Ihaw,
Dolphin NJ. Dslmas, displayed yesterday
a sample of the adroitness in the man
agement Of criminal defenses which
made his fortune and fame in California.
1t was a master stroke upon the part OF
tho lawyer, and did not escspe comment
in the courtroom. This is what happen
cd Evelyn Nesbit Tnaw was on the wit
ness stand in the afternoon being exam
med by Mr.. Delmas. She had related,
with great detail, the long conversation
between herself and husband, in which
she had set forth plainly her reasons for
refusing to marry rhsw. The drift of the
examination wss toward Whites conduct
With other young girls, as the stories OF
his conduct had been related to Evelyn.
SIR. d lmss had secured most sen
sstional answer TO his question as to
whether or not the Witness had learned
il other young girls who had suffered
the same fate that she suffered at the
hands of White. Mrs. Thsw answered
that she had and Mr.. D-lnss was upon
the point OF ascertalning how many young
girls Mrs. rhaW bad heard were ruined
by White when SIR. Jerome arose and
protested sgainst the line of examina-
ton. At this point there was a long
discussion between counsel, at the close
Of which, after another witness had been
called, Mr.. Delmas would have proceed
ed in a modified way with the examina-
ton of Mrs. rnaw.
He realizsd, however, the great value
to the defense of the answer which Mrs.
Thsw had made 10 his last question, snt
shrewdly asked for adjournment an hour
and half before the usual hour, knos-
ing that the answer to his last question
would leave q deeper impression upon
the minds Of the jury than be would be
permitted TO bring out 10 aoy iurther
examination ofhIs witness that day. Thus
the Jurors are left with the last question
snd answer distinct in their memories
and with the impression to deepen With
the week end adjournment. Lawyers
cay that this move upon the part
of Delmss revealed his keenness In the
particular line in which he is famous
that of creating and intensifying favor
able impression upon tho mines OF the
jury.
For the fist time an inlimation was
given yesterday of the point, which, il
established, will probably rusult in the
aequttal of Harry Thaw under the un-
written law--that Stanford White was
unwilling to give mp Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw even after she had become the
wife of his rival, and that he sought
even after It had become evident that
sho was trying to live down her black
eued past, to drag her down again to the
depths from which she had been lifted
by her genuine love for Thaw.
Day by day a number OF Tha~'s
rambling snd unintelligiblo love letters
to Evelyn Nesbit we're produced to sho"
his mental condition
Ihaw executed will the day Of bis
marriage devising all his wealth TO her
The defense attempted to introduce
Harry Thaw's will, said to contain names
Of girls wronged by White.
The court adjourned with Mr.. Thaw
still on the stand, and her direct exam
iuatiou will be resumed Monday,
District Attorney Jerome is prevented
from attacking Mrs. Thsw's testimony
and undermining its influence With the
jury, because the New York Law pro-
yldes that where insanity is pleaded az q
defense, the prosecution is Precluded from
controyetting aug statements which have
oeen made to the defendant, whether
tFfa or faieo