Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-11

say whether he had decided uponf any
change In regard to the presentaVbn OF
evidence as result OF the rr(eations
moned to his once last Saturday IL wheth-
er their answers IN regard to ThGw's sanity
or insanity the night Of Stanford Whites
murder had caused him to make any rad
teal change In the wording of the hypothet-
ical question which will be addressed TO
the medical experts for the prosecution this
week. Subpoena servers were kept busy
between the court house and Mr.. Jerome's
home.
Thaw's Lawyers Not Idle.
Mr.. Delmas. the captain of the Thaw l.aal
forces. went out to Morristown on Satur-
day afternoon, there to be the guest of
DIR. Britton D. Evans of the State Insane
Asylum. He was joined there yesterday
morning by H. Clay McPike. his, partner.
The lawyers did not return to town until
late last night. MIR. Delnas. however. COM
municated with his client yesterday through
his confidential stenographer. who was adj
mitted to the Tombs early In the day. The
young woman said that she had come from
Mr.. Delmas and. after being identified oy
Warden Flynn. was escorted to the second
tier. where she talked for some time with
Thaw outside the gate.
Upon receiving the message the prisoner
spent some time in writing. after which
he summoned clerk. to whom he gave %
to defray the expense Of some long -distan e
telephoning-
Stanford Whites Letters.
Clifford W. Hartridge. Russell Peabody
and John B. Gleason also took a respite
and spent the day quietly at home.
Dan OReilly was the only one Of the
Thaw lawyers who took any active steps
in the case. Mr.. O'Reilly called on Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw at the Lorraine yes
terday afternoon to talk over the course
| that % ia tO in regard to the sub
poena duces tecum for all of STANFORD
Whites letters in her possession. which
was served on her by Mr.. Jerome during
her croSS-examination. So far the younger
Mrs. Thaw has not produced these letters.
and whether she will do so none of the
Thaw lawyers would say yesterday. In
this connection it may be werth noting that
Clifford W. Hartridge, although served
with similar subpoena ,duces tecum by
District Attorney Jerome at the same time
as Mrs. Thaw was served has paid no fur
ther attention to the request. Mr.. Jerome
himself. If he intends to compel the pro-
duction Of the letters in case Mrs. Thaw
and Mr.. Hartridge fail to bring them to
court voluntarily, has made no statement
as to the means by which he intends to
accomplish his object
None of the Thaw lawyers would say
yesterday whether they were anticipating
any radical change on Mr.. Jerome's part.
1t was learned, however, that they expect
that either Evelyn Nesbit Thaw or Mae
Mackenzie will be the first witness called
to the stand this morning. These witnesses
will be followed, the Thaw lawyers believe.
by others through whose testimony Mr.. Je-
rome will attempt to shatter the CREDIBLE
ity Of the long story about her pursuit by
Stamford White which she swere on the
stand she had told to Harry Thaw. Be
sides Policeman Anthony Debes. who took
Thaw from the Madison Square roof gar
den to the Tenderloin station after the
shooting. and Detective Sergeants Nc
Carthy and Mccain. who were on duty at
ia Uh1a Tbapy there before
his removal to the Tombs the district at
torney will call about dozen policemen
who were in the Tenderloin station.
Through these witnesses and a newspaper
reporter who had an interview with Thaw
the night Of his arrest Mr.. Jerome will try
to show that Thaws actions after the first
few hours of the shooting did not impress
onlookers as those of a crazy man. The
defense expects that Abe Hummel will also
be called again to the stand. and that Mr..
Jerome will reserve his battery Of medical
experts until he has finished with the lay
witnesses.
Will Try to Discredit Evelyn.
That Mr.. Jerome has not let IN In his
attempt to discredit the younger Mrs.
Thaw's story became known yesterday,
when 1t was learned that he has under sub
poena a witness who can make some inter-
esting disclosures as to her relations with
Jack Barrymore, the actor. before she ever
Whatever evidence the district attorney
may offer in rebuttal. 1t is quite certain
that Mrs. William Thaw. the mother Of the
prisoner, will not again be called to the
witness stand by the lawyers for the de-
Tense. 1t was learned yesterday that she
will be present today at the trial and will
continue to attend all the sessions until the
fate of her son is decided. Just how long
this wifi be will depend very largely. 1t is
thought. on the character of the testimony
which Mr.. Jerome may deduce from the
witnesses other than the medical experts.
Should he attempt to bring out array
of witnesses to attack Mrs. Evelyn Thaw's
statements. it is eXeptced that the de-
rense will call many new witnesses in sur
rebuttal. On the other hand. even if Mr..
Jerome bases his case most strongly on the
testimony of the persons who observed
Thaw and talked with him on the night OF
the murder and upon the medical experts.
1t is possible that the defense will conclude
its sur-rebuttal and that the case may go
to the jury early next week.
Much of Harry Thaw's time in the Tombs
yesterday was taken up with the perusal of
notes sent to him by messengers from his
wife at the Hotel Lorraine and with writ
ing replies to them He found time to at
tend the Presbyterian service, as usual,
and when he was not busy receiving or an
swering notes from his wife, took the 90
pertunfty to read what the newspapers had
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