Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-25
Manner In Which Affi-
davits Were Made.
A Dozen Of Them Filled By
Lawyers For Defence.
Jerome Still Believes Prisoner In
sane---visit From Evelyn.

New York, March 24.-Harry h.
Thaw tonight made public another
statement this time denying a rumor
which hc believes is current that there
is a disseI-isr. ;.mOng his counsel. He
also refers to the affldavits filed with
Justice Fitzgerald by his attorneys.
opposing the appointment of lunacy
commission to examine him.
a Russell Peabody, who gave the
matter to the press after he had had
conference with other members OF
Thaw's counsel, designated it as 1.-The
third statement issued by Thaw since
August 10 last" 1t follows:
81 wish to deny the rumor that there
is dissenSion among my counsel. Owing
to the limited time afiidavits were pre-
pared simultaneously at the office Of
Mr.. Ielmas and OF Messrs. Hartridge &
Peabody. Four that We're competed
March y at the latter office We're trans
1nittcd 10 the former and all Of that
date were printed together under Mr..
Dclmas' supervision.
"Thosc made March % were brought
20 rnc, as | was nearest the court. | eX-
amined the last four, from MesSrS.
Iartritlgn & Pea body ANA one from Mr..
DcImas' office ana found them eminent
~ satisfactory.
"rnis method was sanctioned by Mr..
DclnaS. Had | considered that any
thing in these last aiiidavits might be
considered inappropriate for this occa-
sion they would have been withdrawn
for the time and corrected under Mir.
Dclmas' direction.
"My mother sent her exceedingly
clear affidavit Friday morning to be
copied at the office of MeSSrs. Hart
ridge & Peabody, and proceeded there
later to affix her signature under oath.
1t was written by her at the note!
with no suggestions from anyon"
whomsoever. and is filed exactly as she
prepared it"
Tho monotony If ThaWS Sunday at
the TombS was broken by an unc Xpect-
ed visit from his wife. This was the
first time since his detention that tn"
prisoner was allowed to receive callers
other than his counsel on Sunday
Mrs. Thaw had come to the Tomts with
a message for her husband and was
agrceably surprised vhcu tolI that she
might visit him. The tvs" were To-
yether for aalf hour and when Mrs
Thaw left she said:
Harry is in excellent health and is
his favor
The prisoners attorneys did not visit
him today During the afternoon
which he devoted chiefly 10 his CORES
pondcnce. ThaW received Il not" iroE
Lawyer Daniel Ol>ciily. explaining thai
none Of In. legal staff would call dur
ing the day and stating that Mr.. Hart
ridge and the " ritter We're buSlly en-
yaynd in preparing briefs to be pre-.
scented to Justice Fitzgerald tomorrow
District attorney Jerom" and hi!
chief assistant on the Thaw case Tart
at their offices today. Mr.. Jerome l"i
about two hours dictated to 4 corps o,
stenographt rs Il long settlement Whc.
took them until late in the day to tran
scribe Mr.. jerome said it was a state
ment to be submitted to Justice F!fZ
gerald and would not he given out u
advance Of its presentation ~ court.
The district attorney would not ~
that his statement was 10 be used III re-
butting the statements sworn to b;
Thaw's mother. his lawyers and his aliea
lists and contained in the l. affidavit:
filed by the defence yesterday.
1t was reported. but not confirmed, thai
Mr.. Jerome intends to present not onl;
facts rotu, nr IN" aff;davits presented by
the defence, nt' to submit to justice
Fitzcerald new and corroborative fact:
supporting the affidavits on which n
originally made his suggestion to thu
court that Thaw's present sanity should
be inquired irto.
Irpon being asked If he intended to re
but the u affdavits filed by the defenc.
he said:
INV opinion that Thaw is now Graz,
and should not be IN trial for his lif'
has undergone no change since reading
these afidavits. And ] certainly eXpec'
n commission to settle this point def
nitely.''
Even if Mr.. Jerome makes answer to
morrow morning to the affidavits fled by
the defence there will be no further dc
veiopments until Wednesday morning
when court will reConvene.
When court adjourned last Friday. thu
volumes containing the typewriter tran
script of testimony were filled with more
than COCO pages. AS the pages average
go words, the total to dat" exceeds 1..ho
OCO words. The people have mad use o
ll9 exhibits to support their witnesses
testimony and the defence have Introduc
ed 60 exhibits for n similar purpos"
Ninety-seven individuals have been ex
amined on the witness stand.