The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
t JEROME MAY
 STRIKE SOON May Make Lunacy Com
 mission Effort. ACTION EXPECTED MONDAY Th,u,,s ro,rsst VII E;ohf All
ACTION EXPECTED MONDAY
Thzw's Counsel Will Fight All
 Moves loward This Ind.
Evelyn, as Usual. Called on Prisoner Husband and Days Rest Seems to Have Given Her
 strength.

ry K. Thaw spent good part of to- day denying the usual crop Of recess rumors which si ring up during every weekend adjournment of the trial The attorneys were particularly anxious to have 1t understood that they will fight any attempt on the part of District Attorney Jerome to halt the trial and nave a commission in lunacy appointed to inquire Into and report as to Ihaw's mental condition
 Despite this. however. the belief grows that Mr. Jerome is continually pointing his efforts in that diraction, He perha;s may have been influenced by this idea in making his cross-ex- animation of Evelyn Thaw perhaps un- necessarily cruel when ne was dwell ing upon her intimate relations with White.
 He hoped that the attorneys for the defe ,se might profit by this first show of severity and agree to the appoint ments of a commission. When they failed to do this after the first session last Thursday. MT. Jerome manoeuvred in another direction. He himself dec1aring that he had no taste for the ordeal to which he was subjecting the frail young woman and wanted to have her testimony stop ed long enough to put upon the stand Drs. Deemar and Bingaman, the phy- sicians of both branches of the prison CTS family.
 It is now said that Mr. Jerome's idea was to build up from the tests- nony of these two physicians the groundwork for his application for lunacy comniss on. The defense ob- jected strenuoIsly to the Fhysicfans taking the stand al this time. despite the fact that they were summoned from Pittsburx Tn F..half of the defendant MT Jerome was so insistent that Drs, Deemar and Bii.Saman should be called xFf ff.kura uvS quire: ''Ars they your witnesses, MT. District Attorney. or were they sum fnoned by the defeuseT z
 Dcfense Afsasd of Experte.
 Mr., Jereme srepliet that thelr tessi- niony was of such vital importance to inc case that fhex might be his wit nesses if tue defendants counsel were not willing to have them go upon the stand.
 some days ago Mr. Jerome was glv- en permission to examine the two phy- Hlcians ir his office. the Idea being that their testimony might be taken in the form of depositions. Evidently some thing occurred during the examination to cause the defense to take new view of the matter.
 1t is he'd that Mr. Jerome's anxiety to have the doctors testify at the earliest possible moment can have but one n1eaning-that their evidence has to do with the defendants state of mind as shown through hereditary taints from both branches of ThAw's family
 Earlier in the trial. before MT. Jer ome had examined the witness in person. he was opposed. 10 and blocked most of their testimony. Now he is more than anxious to get 1t upon the records
 It is also reported today that Mrs William Thaw and other members Of the Thaw family are anxious that the trial with all its shocking revelations shall stop. District Attorney Jerome has just begun to show the strength of his hand. 1t Is said in testing the credibilitv of young Mrs. Thaw and will present evidence concerning her relations with the defendant before her marriage. Everything that ever transpired between them seems to be known to the prosecution.
 When the trial is resumed Monday morning. Mr. Jerome may again try to induce the defendant attorneys to allow Drs, Deemar and Bingaman to gc upon the stand. If they follow Thaws wishes, however, they wilt oppose this move Mir. Jerome is not likely to ask for a commission until more medical testimony Is taken. The breaking down of Mrs. Thaw's story will have little effect upon the ques- ton of the sanity or insanity of the oeIenoahI, Whlch IS the real issue or the case. If commission in lunacy Is not appointed the trial may drag along for four or five weeks yet.
 Evelyn Needed Rest.
 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. wife of the man who shot Stanford White, for her sake sadly needed the three days grace brought by the holiday from District Attorney Jerome's searching cross examination. This was indica- ted by the appearance of the young woman when she visited her husband in the Tombs yesterday. So i'm ressed was Harry Thaw himself by the change in his wife thst he embraced her when she was brought to him yesterday, and as If to give her encouragement exclaimed: My dear. brave little wife."
 Mrs Thaw looked but a shadow of her former self and those who have seen her almost daily since the trial began and who saw her yesterday said the change was almost ghastly.
 Mrs Thaw's face looked gaunt, hol- low and sickiS She seemed wearied and all but worn out physically hut she tried to smile bravely at her hushand's words
 Roth Tbaw and his wife were con eerned about a statement printed yes- ferdav that no matter what was the outcome of the t,'al young Mrs Thaw wuuld receive sSNo.n00 as r ward for her teStifving for her huspand. t was IntIr,ated that soon after her hus- hsnd.s arrest she talked of going abroad but gave this Idea up after |; had heen arranged that she was to aet $500 900 She refused to say any. thing about the story, but Lawyer Gleason denied 1t emphatically.
 GIeasOn's Emphatic Denial.
 "You can characterize that as malicious. cruH false and inhumap statement" he said. Immediately after his arrest, Mrs Thaw said to her husband: T will stand by you, Harry And she has stood by him and there is nothing more that any one could do than she has done. That shows just how preposterous that statement is"
 The attempt which may be made by Jerome to have a commission in lunacy appointed to examine Harry R. Thaw