The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
DELMAS WILL STAY
MRS. WILLIAM THAw SUPPORTS
 CALIFORNIA LAWYER.
Juror Bolton Is Ready to Go on With the Case--Afientsts WtlI Re- Sume Testimony This
 MOrming.

New York, Feb. 17--Late tonight 1t was stated that through the interces- sion of Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry Ttaw, the dissensions between rennsef ,tgigieh threatened >rhe- dtsraet lnn of the forces of the defense, has ceased and that D. M Deimas, the Calitornia lawyer, will continue as the principal In the examination of wit nesses, and when the evidence is all In, will make the closing plea for the de- fanse. It was added that Mir. Delmas' law partner, Henry T. McPike. would not figure actively in the future court pro- ceadings.
 Rumors of dissention among the six , attorneys who have sat at the table assigned to the defense since the trial began have frequently cropped up dur ing the past few days and were as of- ten denied. There is no doubt. how ever, that there has been serious dis- agreements of some sort, and MT. Delmas has found some fault with the alleged actions of some of his asso- ciate counsel.
 The trouble. according to 0 story current today. arose over the publica- ton of an alleged interview with Att torney McPike, partner of Mir. Delmas in which Mir. McPike was quoted as criticisIng District Attorney Jerome Messrs. Hartridge. o'Reilley. Gleason, and Peabody, also counsel for Thaw. McPike to task for the remarks cred tied to him, and Mir. McPike vigorously denied the alleged interview.
 In this denial, he is said to have been supported by his partner. Mir. Delmas. On Saturday there was a five hours conference of all the counsel for the , defense at Mir. Deimas 'on1ce. At this I- -a.NA | occasion to criticise severely the lack of support on the part of his associates. \ He declared, 1t Is said, that they had done everything to discredlt him and l make him appear ridiculous and that, | although he mad been nominallv ip charge of the case in court, since the second day of the trial. he had. in fact.
 been nothing of the sort As an illus l tration of this alleged desire to confuse him. nc declared he knew nothing of Thaw's will and letters until they were handed to him as he was questioning
 a witness !n court.
 There seems little chance that the present situation in the Thaw case l will result in n mistFial. It is said that Juror Bolton. whose wife died last week and was buried Saturday. has stated that he Is willing and able to
 go on with the trial. So long as he Is willing to state that his grief will not
 prevent his giving proper attention to the proceedings, there is no way ia
 which he can be excused. Mfr. Bolton Is reported to have told Iustica Fitz. | gerald that he considers his duties as | citizen to outweigh all personai con. alterations. and that he ia willing to lay aside his grief and continue tO serve the State so long as he Is need. ed.
 Dr. Brltton D. Evans. the aIienist, {, expected to resume the stand tomorrow morning and will proceed to tell or the | conversations which he had with Thaw l on his first three visits to the Tomps | The defense believes these converse. | tions will go far to prove that at that
 time Thaw was not of sound mind. pr
 Evans will be followed by Or. ChArias G. Wagner, who will also testify as ts | his conversations with the derendant 1 Another attempt will he mace to in.
 troduce tho famous will. and 1t will
 probably be admitted. Then tt is pro.
 posed that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will Rr
 on the stand for the purpose of test, flying to various conversations with he, husband regarding other persons whom | ThaW believed to have suffered A, Whites hands. This testimony waS
 ruled out last week on the ground tnat
 it was cumulative evidence and nor ad- missible until a prima facSe case of un. soundness of mind had been establish.
 ed.
 The aliensits. it Is argued. have prov.
 ed this and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's fur.
 ther story will probably go in without
 objection. Mrs. Thaw, Harry Thawi
 mother. will then take the stand ant
 testify as to her family. and of Harry,
 early life. What else the defense vii
 offer is not known.