The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-25
.THAW STATEMENT
DENIES RUMORS
DECLARES REPoRTs or TRoUBLE
AMONG COUNSEL ARE WITH
OUT TRUTH.
.AFF|DAVITS APPROVED
BY Him, He Says, Before They Were
Presented to Judgc--Jeromc Pre-.
pairing to Show Proof Of
insanity.

| New York, March 24.--Harry X
jThaw tonight issued another state
ment, this time denying rumor
which he believes is curren to the
effect that there Is dissention among
| his counsel. He also refers to the
affidavits filed with Justice Fitzger-
aid, by. bis attorneys In opposition to
| the appointment OF lunacy commits
sion TO examine him. ma
| A Russell Peabody, who gave the
matter to the Press after he had had
| 4 conferences with Thaw's counsel,
designated 1t as: "The third state
tment issued by Thaw since August
| 10th last,
The statement follows:
Saw the Affidavlts He Says.
81 wish to deny the rumor that
there Is dissention among my coun-
sci. Owing to the limited time affi
davits were prepared simultaneously
al the office Of Mr.. Delmas and Of
jHartridge and Peabody. The four
that were completed March 22 at the
latter office were transmitted to the
former and all Of that date were
printed together undr MIR. Delmas'
supervision.
Those made March %, were
brought to me, as was leaving The
court. | examined the last four from
Hartridge and Peabody ard one from
lMr. Delmas's office and found them
eminently satisfactory.
This method was sanctioned by
Mr.. Delmas. Had | considered That
anything III these last affldayits
might be considered inappropriate FOL
this occasion they would have been
Withdrawn for thr time and corrected
under Mr Deimas' direction, Il =
my mother sent her excesdinHIy
clear affidavit Friday morning to bc
copied al the Office OF Hartridge and
Peabody. and proceeded there later
Ito affiex her signature under rpath. H
was written by her at her hotel with
M suggestions from anyone whomsp-'
ever. and is filed exactly as she pre-
pared it.
wife Visits Thaw in Tombs.
The monotony of Thaw's Sunday at
the Tombs was broken by an unex-
pected visit from his wife. This was
he first time since his detention that
the prisoner was allowed TO receive
callers other than his counsel on
Sunday. Mrs. Thaw had come TO the
1ombs with a message for her bus-
band and was agreeably surprised
when told that she might visit him.
The two were together for half an
hour and when Mrs. Thaw left she
said: Harry Is I'm excellent health
and is sure that everything will come
Jut in his favor"
II was reported, but not confirmed.
hat Mr.. Jerome intends to present
aot only facts refuting the affidavits
presented by the defense. but 10 sub
nit to Judge Fitzgerald new and cor
facts supporting the All
davits on which he originally made
his suggestion to tho court that
Thaw's sanity would be inquired
into
Even Il jerome makes answer to-
morrow morning 10 the affidavit filed
by the defense. there will be no fur
ther, developments until Wednesday
morning. when court will reconvene.
Magnitude Of Trial Shown.
When court adjourned last Friday
the volumes containing the typevrit-
.en transcript of testimony contained
more than six thousand pages. As
the pages averaged $50 words. the
total To date exceeds 100000 words
The state has used Il9 exhibits and
the defense 50. Ninety seven W.T.
nesses have been examined.