Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-06
1t Will Begin Monday and There
viii be no More Interruptions
Till it is Finished,
ONE WITNESS FOR DEFENSE.
His Lawyers Declare That They
Look Forward to Next Week
With Utmost Confidence.
Jcronle Probably VIII Make Final
And Futile Effort 10 Have Lunacy
Commission Report Rejected.

New York April 6.,-Now that Dist
Atty Jerome has decided that he will
not apply to the appellate division OF
the supreme court for a writ OF pro-
hibttlpn relative TO the report OF the
commission in lunacyl as to Harry *.
Ihaw's sanity, ii is almost certain the
irial OF this remarkable case VIII duly
proceed to its end There Will he
no more interruptions, il is said, ami
by Monday morning when the pro-
cSedtngs are resumed for the last and
decisive week, both sides WIN have
prepared themselves fully for the final
effort 1t is understood that some
rather perfunctory procedure will take
place before the summing up begins.
but II this lac so, IT Is UNLIKELY liz Will
take Nuch time IL is said that coun-
sci foT the defense may call one and
perhaps two or three witnesses to the
stand on Monday morning.
WHO these witnesses WIN he could
not be learned. IL Is presumed tnat
Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton VIII be
one. but should this presumption be ac-
curate, 1t is not anticipated that ne
VIII be questioned al any great length.
The either witnesses win be minor ONES
and what they WILL be called upon 10
do VIII be simply to correct certain dls-
crepaueleS in tho testimony OF previous
witnesses, AS soon as the last one OF
them has left the witness chair Del
phln NJ, Delmas will announce
The defense rests" and The last
phase of the trial Will he entered upou
Nh. jerome having announced that Ne
viii call no more witnesses at all
II 10 uirNn9r a 4.
Justify his position, MIR. Jerome will
make q brief but probably character
istLe protest against the confirmation
of the report of the lunary commission.
HI win do this with but faint hope pf
saecess however, for IL Is believed 10
be n fprogone conclusion that Justice
Fitzgerald Will announce ON Monday
that he confirms the conniisslon's re-
port.
SO far as Is known no prosecuting
officer in this Jurisdiction has ever
found himself IN the curious position
that Dist. Atty. Jerome occupies. Des-
pfte his own deep-rooted BELIEF that
rhaw is irres ponslbc and a paranoiac.
Mr., jerome will be compelled TO int
press upon 1he jury that it is its duty
to find the young man guilty of delib-
crate murder Since he has said that
he VIII strive to convict Thaw, the dis
Irict attorney VIII be forced to ignore
al liltil ne mas SstlH ia CDlAII dlAu OUT Ot
It as to the prisoners mental break
down and 10 argue simply that he wens
up to Stanford White an the Madison
Square roof garden that tragic June
night and shot him 10 death through
motives OF revenge and jealousy His
speech cannot be other than an absorb
ing one. Mr.. Jerome had assistants
and clerks pack the records of the trial
the exhibits and the afiidavits into three
valises yesterday and then had them
sent 10 his Rutgers street fiat. There
between now and Monday he Will pre-
pare his summing up
AS to the defense Dolphin NJ Dell
mails has finished his speech He had
abundant time for this work, because
Mr., Hartr.dge has done all the work
connected with the relations OF the de-
Tense toward the lunacy commission.
All OF Tha%'s lawyers look forward
to next week with tho utmost conf-
dence, they say Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
lhaw, since the menace of weary weeks
OF waiting involved in Mr. Jerome's
threat t0 seek the appellate division
has vanished, is cheerful again, as is
the prisoner She visits Thaw In the
Tombs daily and spends as long a time
there as she can.