The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-01
THAW ISSUES STATEMENT.
Acts in Opposition to the Advice of His
Attorneys.

New York March Harry Il TnaW
enlivened an extremely dull session OF
his trial Thursday afternoon ana INCL
dentaIly played into District Attorney
.Jerome's hand by giving out a br1ef
statement in which he accuses District
Attorney Jerome of having mace I'M
professional remarks in court, asserted
that his wife's testimony was apsolute
truth. and in conclusion deciareu lne I'D,
Mrs Thaw's natural real goodness
was above the comprehension of the
prosecuting officer.
II was lust about adjournment and
after many hours of expert testlnohy
as to the meaning OF extracts IioIi'
eight letters written py tne ,,t+7r ~ ~
with their relation to the sanity or IN
sanity of the writer, that Thaw gave MS
statement to the press.
1t follows:
This is Mr.. Thaw's second statement
since August 10.
her after the catastrophe in 1901, 1t is
wonderful that Mrs H. K. ThaW pre-
vailed in the cross examination, against
the prosecution backed by biackiegs:
Her testimony was apsolute tru e.au
.Our evidence was of conversations.
The cross examination has proved the
exact facts under oath.
MIR. Jerome finding his informants
in certain lines falsifiers, concluded by
more usual methods, which is to his
"However. from some of his questions
and some of his unprofessional remarks
in court. it appeared clearly that the
natural and real goodness OF the Witness
is a hove his COMPREHENSION
Clifford Hartridge OF InaW couIlse,
and Mr.. Del1nas declared later they had
no knowledge of its having been prepareu
or given out 1t is considered that the de-
fen6ant's statement furnishes the district
attorney somethin- tangible upon WhtGn
to work if he stir slres an ~
dttion.
Wednesday afternoon. One of the neWspa-
per tables adjoins the table occupied py
his counsel and a reporter sitting near the
defendant read over the latter shouIoel
The two opening paragraphs When the
papers appeared with tne eXtrdSes II -
his statement ,pprinted IN oIspt taS7 ~ r. (;
court he took the reporter to task he sal1
he had not intended to make tne IS, sts H. r.
further asserted that many mistakes ap,
peared in the portion of the stateHe n
that was published. and added that ne
might make a correction later.
Wednesday night in his cell in ths
Ton1bs Thaw completeG ms draft ~
q reporter he has known for years. and IN
whom he had confidence. He also hand-
seal the statement uo in this enve-
lone. . said Thaw land write your name
across the flap am maze gein and % When Wien they
are completed I want you e TO h 1on up u s
them with the original, and md i they are az
Daniel O'ReiIly one of Thaw's lawyers
said later that he also had a copy q
Thaw's statement. but would not give y
ont until the defendant directed him to dc
so. Late yesterday afternoon the type
written copies suddenly appeared in court
Attention was first attracted to them by
Thaw handed a carpon copy to his news
paper friend and asked him to compare II
with the original
-Four or Ave other copies lay on the
counsel table in front Of the defendant
One of the reporters reached over, picked
up the COPIES and hastily left the court
room. He was quickly followed by othe-
reporters and soon the statement was be
ing flashed into newspaper Offices
throughout the country. The copies and
the original were exact. and Thaw thefl
said he was content to have the statement
released rs 2 correction t. the garbled
statement which appeared yesterday
morning.