The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
WHITE SENT NOTE
To THAIN'S WIZ {
Had Promised ThaW He
Would Not Write
TO Her.
MIND a BLANK
ON SEEING NOTE.
This Will Be the Line of Defense.
Witnesses Are Ready to
Swear to the Occurrence
Which Will Prove
Emotional In
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sanity
NEW YORK. January 26. --Rumors of
differences between Mrs. Harry x. Thaw
on one side. and Mrs William Thaw and
the Countess 1f Yarmouth, mother and
sister respectively OF Harry X. Thaw,
on the other. which were started yes
tcrdny. continued to be circulated to-day,
despite the denial of Thaw,s counsel that
any such differences existed. The reported
differences are said to have arisen over
the continued presence in the courtroom
of Miss May Mckenzie. the former chorus
girl, who invariably accom- panirs Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw and sits by her during the
session OF the court, Miss Mckenzie Is
said to have been the younger Mrs.
Thaw's constant companion since Harry
Tliaw shot Stanford White.
II was reported to-day that Dolphin
NJ. Delmas, the San Francisco lawyer,
who came East to defend Thaw. went
to the Hotel Lorraine, where the re-
latiyes of Harry Thaw are staying In
the hope of reconciing any differences
which might have arisen between the
women. 1t was said that Evelyn Thaw
made the first step to piacate her
mother-ln-law and sistcr-inlaw, and
that Mr.. DeIuas only consented to try
to smooth over their misunderstanding
on the agreement that Miss Mckenzie
should discontinue her appearance in
court.
Harry Thaw is said to have discussed
this matter Will, a. Russell Peabody, of
his counsel. when Mr.. Peabody visited
him in the Tornbs prison to-day. After
ward Mr.. Peabody said:
II don't believe that Mr.. Delmas
knows that Miss Mckenzie is In the
courtroom. He IS there TO work, and ]
don't believe he gives the woman a
though,
Miss Mckenzie Friend.
Early last summer, when Evelyn Thaw
was practically all alone. Miss Mckenzie
was WITH her most of the time. It is
only natural to suppose that Mrs. Thaw
wants to have Miss Mckenzie with her
now, even If the other members OF her
husbands family are with her.
He was then asked to state whether
there Is any truth in the stories that
Thaw has received many threatening let
ters since he has been In the Tombs.
matter before say anything about it:
it is possible that / may have something;
to say later said Mr.. Peabody.
"Nv client has received hundreds of
letters during the time he had been
awaiting trial in the Tombs, and have
seen nearly all OF them. None Of the
missves sent by others than friends and
relatives could be classed as threatening.
"About one in hundred of the letters
contained what may be described as uri-
favorable comment. and that is light
percentage. as letter-writing cranks as a
rule use strong words in their uncalled-
for communications"
Jurors Under Guard.
The Jurors Were kept under close sur
vei,lance at their hotel to-day. The wives
of two of them called last night but their
guards only permit conversations in the
presence of another juror and one of the
guards.
Mr.. Peabody said that Miss Mckenzie
had proved herself one of the best friends
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw ever had, and that
she took care of Mrs. Thaw last summer
when the young woman was suffering
agony greater than that borne by any
woman in New York" and has been
devoted ever since.
rs it to be expected that now Mrs. Har-
ry Thaw would cast her friend aside Just
for the sake OF appearances ?" Mr.. Pea
body asked.
He declared that there was no more
truth in the report that other relatives
NJ Thaw have .ouarreled with Evelyn Thaw
because of her friendship for Miss Nc
Kenzie. He said that Mrs William Thaw
and her daughters have never had the
slightest objection to the intimacy of tte
pair, and that this applied to the Countess
of Yarmouth. who. he said. had not
been in court for the past three dn"s
because she was overwrouSht by the
first days proceedings; that she had to
stay in the hotel to recuperate. He prom
ised that she would be in court Monday
If she had recovered
Delmas Misquoted.
MI, Peabody said that the report that
Mr.. Delmas had delivered an ultlmatum
that he would withdraw from the case
unless May Mckenzie was kept out Of
the courtroom Is absolutely without foun-
dation, and he said that Mr. Delmas had
not declared at the Yale Club that either
he or Miss Mckenzie would have to keep
out of tho courtroom.
Mr. Peabody also declared that the
report that Harry Thaw and his wife
were contemplating a divorce If Thaw
is acquitted is also false. He said that
Thaw and his wife ARE more In
separably bound together to-day than
before the tragedy"
It was said to-day that evidence Will
be put before the jury to prove that
ever since the Madison Square Garden
tragedy last June, the entire living ex-
penses Of May Mckenzie have been.
paid by some one connected with the
Thaw family. The District Attorney ~
said to have copies Of bills paid on
Miss McKenzie's account at the Hote.
lorraine Miss Mckenzie will appear
as a witness for the prosecution. during
the trial. having been subpoenaed by
tho District Attorney.
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