Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-26
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reputation from the Pacific Coast to
take charge of the case. threw down
tue substantial structure OF legal in
sanity which had been built up, toss.
cd II literally out of the window. and
made his plea unrese.vclly on tho
"unwritten law" He pictured with
great oratorical effect tho wronged
Evelyn as IAN angel child" Thaw
alternately was n "Sir Galahad." or
a "St. George" dest -oyinE the dru
gon. This line of argument rave
District Attorney Jerome an unex
Dected opening and he too disregard.
ed the mass of testimony tending TO
SHOW Thaw's mental irrespopsibility
deyoting himself to ridlculc of The
heroic roles in which Mr.. Dc!nnas had
cast the defendant and his wife. MIR
Jerome declared the tragedy was
nothing more than "a common low
vulgar Tcnderloin murder" To mo
jury he described Thaw rs n "wilful
WRETCH" INDUCED from his yo,,th ~,
wealthy parents and at last turned
ross 10 hoat his way through the
tenderloin on 100000 a YEAR, Tho
seemingly irrational writings Of Thaw
"nicn wee placed in evidence. were
u'S''iissed by Jerome as the work OF
rich millitcratc and nothing.
Thaw's New LAWYER.
pistrlct Attorney Jerome and Fran
els u T.. Caravan, his first assistant
asuih VIII nave charge of the prose-
ou.,oh' but Thaw has made an i'm.
ppI.lht change of attorneys. Re.
piacmg AIR. Delmas rs chief counsel
VIII be Martin w. Llttlcion. of Rroolk.
Nn' MI Littleton is known as n
capaoie lawyer and brilliant orator
~. me Democratic National Conven.
,ioh OF 1904 1t was he who nominatcf,
nlton b. Parker for the presidency
MI i-ittleton is n southern man. hay.
ing been born in Tennessee inst thir.
NI,ve years ago. lie is what is rcn.
orally termed sclf-madc man. havjn,
educated himself. He began the
pfactice of law in 1891, and moving
10 Daiias, Tex. served there for n
U.h as assistant prosecuting attor.
hey' Later he removed to Broollvn
ana at once became prominent f;r.
nre IN politics and at the lar For
iour years he was assistant distric,
attorney OF Kings county ana unde.
me first Mcclellan administrator IN
greater New York was president n,
brooklyn borough. Just who win no
associated with Mr. Littleton NAV NOT
ne dehnitely known until the day tho
.rial begins At present Daniel O.Beii.
and A. Russell Peabody arc mo
ohiy members of the former orrav ~
counsel credited with being IN Thaw;s
service. Because of Thaws ,mnoin.
osity 1t was not always known dnr.
ing the former trial Just who his NJ.
.orheys might be the next day. The
opening day of the coming trio, nm
douDtedly will settle whatever ois
Understanding may exist amonp conn.
sri' IL Is the hope of the prisoners
,riehds that his cause may mot no
nampered this time by the wronc,a.
among counsel which were r,nnra,,t
last winter. i'eauen'
N.Y., WllI Evelyn Take the stand7
nere is much speculation nc IN
whether or not EVELYN NesbIt Tbon,
.ne schoolgirllike figure about wh;cl,
.ue storm and tempest of tho frs,
IN, ,iiai peat out Its fury, will again take
,ne stand in hc:' husbands defense
- a. report has been current for some
.lne mat she will not, but tho Tbaw
use Always has been surrounded Nv
u'e.9 CLASS of rumor and suggestion
.hat human ingenuity can invent
u.hi,ile uecision as to the matter ~
pi"cinG Tie gin again upon the stand
,'iuy not be arrived ut until the tr,o,
- wen under way. Without her Too
mniohy there would be difficultv IN
making out case of emotional, In.
sanity-a defense which would have
10 DO relied upon to gain Thaw oh.
soiute freedom. II medical or beredi
tary insanity be the plan of tho do.
iense. the best Thaw can homo TO- a.
an Indefinite commitment to The STAT
hospital for the Criminal Ins,nn ~,
Natteawan. '''aiic Ut
Neither Thaw nor his wife roI;shos
rne idea OF placing the girl at The
i,,. VI another cross-examination
81. 'eronc. who. unmoved by her
Ears OF her burning cheeks of shame
.oiocu Ie' 10 admit the long-continueI
sia'ions which existed between her
ana s,, stanford White. and to tell the
jury III pam words of the two Euro
pcah tours she made with Thaw no.
lore becoming his wife. II was On
one OF these tours, the girl declared
.nat lhaw demanded to know of hor
'uc reason why she would moi con.
sent TO become bis wife. Then sho
,old him her life-story and of the al.
iesed wrong which was claimed 10
nave ruined her career Told fo. q
second time the wonderful storw.
might lose much of tho dramatic Of.
Icct of its first Offering. and n e
not generally believed that voun -
Mrs. Thaw. in the knowledge of Tho
cioss'examinatlon that. .would come
could hold herself together as we'll
as she did at the first trial. whom
Mr.. Jerome freely proclaimed hcr "a
one of tho hest witnesses he had ever
heard anywhere. ~
AT, The second trial may not last more