Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-14
Replied 10 Jerome's Questions so Quickly That Delmas
 Hadn't Time 10 Object
RULED OUT BY JUDGE
Delmas. However, Was Willing to Let the Question and the Answer e Stand as the Jury Had Heard
 Both Jerome and Abe.

NeW, York, March 14.-After Abra- ham Hummel had been called to the stand at the opening of the Thaw trial to-day. Dolphin Delmas began his reply to District Attorney Jerome as to the admissibility of the evidence Hummel has to offer regarding the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is said to have made in his office. In this affidavit MT Jerome stated to the court yester- day Miss Nesbit asserted that Thaw had beaten her with dog whip when she refused to sign papers he had prepared charging Stanford White with her ruin. MT Jerome de- clared that Thaw's wife swore to Hummel that the charge against White was not true. Mr Jerome says that this evidence, if allowed, will tend to show that Evelyn Nesbit may not have told the defendant the story which is said to have unseated his mental balance.
 MT Jerome may call eight experts Tn all. Unless the defense shall ob- Ject he will swear all of them at once and read the long hypothetical ques- tion he has prepared to them. Then in turn they will take the stand and state their opinions.
 In beginning his argument, MT Delmas touched first upon the pro- fessional relations existing between Evelyn Nesbit and Hummel at she time the afiidavit was made.
 Hummel said yesterday that he WAS employed by White.
 We still contend" said Mir Del mas, that this witness was acting in the capacity of attorney to this girl. It is not for him. by his word, to de- ny that such a relation existed. How ever we will reserve that objection
 Mir Delmas then discussed the qllcs- ton of the admissibfflty of evidence contradicting the statements of . wit ness made out of court.
 It is on this ground that Mir Jerome hopes to have Hnmmel testify. Mir Delmas referred to certain authori. ties which were cited by District .it- torney Jerome yesterday, and said he was amazed to find that one of the mentioned "states exactly the reverse of what the learned dis trict attorney announced" A Mir Delmas was much more brief than the district attorney had been, and finally asked that the court rule out Hummel's testimony as improper and having no bearing on the case.
 Justice Fitzgerald sustained Mir Delmas' objection to Hummel's testi- mony. ..-.
 Jerome again asked Hummel if Evelyn Nesbit told him she had told Thaw it was not true Stanford White had drugged and ruined her and be- fore Delmas could object the witness replied quickly ''She certainly did"
 After some heated words, Mir Del mas said "The question and answer are in: let them stand
 It was then agreed to excuse Hum- mel temporarily and go on with the states experts this afternoon.
 District Attorney Jerome swore in six experts this afternoon. They were as follows: Flint. Mabon, Hirsch. Diefendorf. of Middletown, Conn. Pritchard and Ferris. He did not swear Drs Hamilton and McDon- ald. who have been in the court room since the trial began. The hypotheti- al question contains about fifteen thousand words and covers practical Y all the evidence in the case.