Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-09
Judge and jerome Clash.

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Judge and jerome Clash.
Yesterdays session was made nota-
BILE by a clash between District Attor-
ney Jerome and Justice Fitzgerald, at
| the climax of which the prosecuting
officer refused point blank to cite to
| the court the authorities upon which
he was predicating an argument.
81 have such a high respect for the
courts of this jurisdiction" retorted
Mr. Jerome, that I will not submit au-
thorities on a question Of law which is
so elemental in character and upon
which the authorities are so abundant
that | must presume the learned court
knows of them"
Judges Ire Aroused.
With flushed face and a sharp rap
| of his gavel, Justice Fitzgerald said If
| the district attorney did not submit
| the authorities the court would assume
| that he did not know of any. Mr..
| Jerome did not submit the authorities
| and Justice Fitzgerald ruled in favor
| of the defense on the point at issue,
which, briefly stated, was the question
as to whether the state on cross-exanl-
nation should be allowed to go farther
with an expert witness than counsel
for the defense was allowed to go upon
direct examination.
Questions Are Technical.
Dr., Wagner was allowed to give his
conversations with Thaw during the
period that he believed the defendant
to be of unsound mind. He said Thaw
remembered having approached and
having shot White. He protested,
however, that he had not intended at
any time to kill the man, but wanted
to have him legally punished.
Much of the day was given over to
technical questions concerning the
mental and physical examinations to
which Thaw was subjected in the
Tombs by Drs. Wagner and Evans.
New York March 7.-Another dra-
matte chapter was added to the trial Of
Harry K. Thaw yesterday when the
mother of the defendant took the wit
ness stand to contribute what she
might toward saving her son. Mrs.
Thaw's story before the jury was brief.
Mr.. Delmas limited her examination
to the change she had noted in her
sons condition following his return
from Paris in 1908, after Evelyn Mes
bit had told him her life story, and
District Attorney Jerome conducted a
short and Intellectual cross-exanlina-
ton.
Wanted to Tell More.
But Mrs. Thaw felt she had not done
her all and was loath to leave the wit
ness chair.
There is the question of heredity,"
she protested when both Mr.. Delmas
and Mr.. Jerome told her she might
step down.
II have asked you. madam. all that
is considered necessary" said Thaws
attorney with the utmost Difference.
Mrs. Thaw half rose, hesitated, and
was about to sit down again when the
leading counsel for the defense offered
her his hand to assist her from the
stand.
Mother Breaks Down.
Twice during her recital Of the
events which had caused her to fear
that all was not right with her son.
Mrs. Thaw was unable to proceed.
Her face flushed, she made an effort
to speak, but the words would not
come. She said that when Harry came
home in 1903 he seemed depressed and
apparently had lost interest in life
She told in a motherly way Of her So
licitude for the boy.
HE told me a wicked man-probably
the wickedest man in all New York
had ruined his life"
1t was not until some time after he
had offered this explanation that she
learned the story of the young woman
who was to become her daughter-ln-
law.
Story Will Carry Weight.
If Harry Thaw's fate is thrown into
the hands of the twelve men in the
jury box who heard the mothers story
there seems little doubt but that what
she said will carry wonderful weight
with it, But Mr.. Jerome gave the I'M
preston that he might use the moth
er's testimony as a weapon in another
1irection-in his fight to have a COM
mission appointed to test the present
state of mind of the defendant.
At the end of Mrs. Thaws examina-
ton court adjourned until Friday
morning, death in Justice Fitzger-
AIDS family causing an abandonment
of the Thursday sitting.