The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-07
STOPS IT.
No Session Of Court i'm the Thaw
Trial Today.
Defense will Offer But Two
More Witnesses.
JEROME ASKS MONEY.
Wants $4,000 to Pay Expense
of States Experts
Engaged to Testify Regarding
Sanity of ThaW.

! New York, March "A death in
Justice Fitzgerald's family has post
poned the sessions of the Thaw trial
for a day and court did not sit today.
| On Friday when court reconvenes the
defense will call two more alienists,
probably DR.. Graeme NJ. Harmon and
DR.. Smith E. Jelliffe, who have been
in the court practically every day since
the trial began. Before the court ad-
Journed yesterday Mr.. Delmas leading
counsel for the defense, stated that
| there would be but two more witnesses
called.
The attorneys will devote today to
forming the hypothetical question
which they will present to these ex-
perts The question, Mr.. Delmas said
| last night. will cover every fact in the
case. How long 1t will take Mr.. Je-
rome to cross examine these experts no
one can tell. 1t will depend very
largely on their attitude and their
Willingness to give direct answers.
This decision makes it certain that a
number of the witnesses who have
been expected to testify for the de-
fense will not be called at least in the
presentation of the direct case. Among
these are Roger O'Mara, Thaw's
Pittsburg detective friend; May Mac
Kenzie, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's
chorus girl friend. Both may be called
when the defense reaches it's surre-
buttal, but it now seems doubtful if
they will be called even then.
The plans of the defense in regard
to what Mrs. William Thaw. the white
haired mother of the defendant, would
testify to were changed. 1t has been
announced that she would testify as to
insanity in her family, but Mr.. Del
mas would not allow her to do so even
after she had asked in open court to
be allowed to. This was probably due
to the fact that the defense does not
desire to pile up any more evidence of
the faint of insanity in Thaw's blood.
Mrs. Thaw's testimony as to the men
tai condition of her brother and other
mbers of her family could do moth
ing but tend to show that the taint
in the blood is one perhaps that may
be permanent The defense goes on
the theory that Thaw was insane from
early in 1903, until after June 25.
1906, but that after White. the man
whom he believed to be responsibla
for all his troubles. was dead. his mind
pidly became. normal
The defense has not yet introduced
testimony to show that Thaw is sane
today, but may do so by the experts
who are to go on the stand Friday
The only evidence that has so far been
introduced which tends to show that
testimony that when he saw him in the
Tombs october 8. his condition was
greatly improved and that the improve
ment was of a progressive character.
request to Controller Metz for an en-
ergency appropriation of $4,000 in
special revenue bonds to pay the ex-
pense of experts engaged by the state
to testify to the sanity of Harry
Thaw on the night he shot Stanford
White.
In the trial of Albert T. Patrick for
the murder of William NJ. Rice the
district attorney obtained more than
$4,000 to pay the expenses of experts
employed by the state.
Glad It's Over.
New York March $50 far as we
are concerned. we consider the worst
over" said Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
today. I'VE are all greatly relieved
that Harry's mothers testimony has
been given" she continued. THE sus-
pension Of waiting to be called bore
very heavily upon her and all of us
are happy to know it is over"
Mrs. Thaw called on her husband in
the Tombs today and announced her
prison rules permitted. Mrs. william
Thaw. Mrs. George l.. Carnegie and
the Countess of Yarmouth also called
at the prison.
Der of letters. A number of them
came from foreign countries.
Thaw's Cousin Run Over.
Hot Springs, Ark, March Mrs r.
H. Thaw of Sisterville, Va, second
cousin of Harry K. Thaw, was run over
last night on Central avenue by a team
and wagon driven by a man named
Snyder. Mrs. Thaw was taken to a
hospital and is in an extremely serious
condition. After the occurrence there
was grea: excitement among the peo-
pie who had witnessed it. They be-
lieved that the accident could have
been avoided by the driver and his at
tempt to escape incensed them more.
There was much talk of q lynching
but there has been no move in that
direction thus far.