Evening journal., 1907-03-02
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NEW YORK, March 2.-District At
torney Jerome is reported to have re-
ceived a letter to-day from craig
Wadsworth. second secretary of the
American Embassy at London oller-
ing information which is expected 10
produce one Of the greatest sensations
of the Thaw trial. The letter WIS eN-
pected by Jerome and arrived on the
Teutonic which docked last evening
Mr.. Wadsworth, who knew the IhaW
party during the now famous Euro
pean trip Of 1903. volunteers informa-
tom Of startling nature.
Word received here from friends OF
Wadsworth in London says the en-
bassy secretary has offered to make
a deposition Of the facts In his knoMl-
edge for use by Jerome. MT Waas-
worth is said 10 have in his possession
numerous letters from Thaw carry
Indicating the insanity of the Wrl'er
and of such a nature as to be inNal-
uable I'm clearing Up hitherto mysterl-
Gus facts in the case.
These Wadsworth letters are said to
throw an entirely new light on the
tragedy. Wadsworth asserting that
Thaw was completely under the iniiu-
enco of Evelsn. This might hint at
another motive for killing White.
The Wadsworth letters are regarded
as 30 valuable that IL is predicted der
ONE may ask that attorneys be sent
TO London to take Wadsworth's depo-
siion
His Lawyers Look Hassard.
When De-phin Delmas, Clifford w
Hartridge and John p. Gleason left the
courtroom together yesterday they
were looking haggard and faugued.
il Is "a dihicult matter 10 follow Dis
trict Attorney Jerome i'm his mere less
tearing apart Of the expert testimony
of the defence and at the same time
ride herd on client who is likely To
beain picking May flies off McPike's s
whiskers at any moment.
DR.. Evans. moreover. fell into sew
eral traps yesterday DR. Evans con-
vevs the impression while testifying
that he devotes far more thought TO
dodging the questions of District At
tornev Jerome than TO answering them
and. involved in a tango Of questions
Yesterday. he made several admissions
that rather undermined his opinion
that Thaw was crazy for one short
rroment on the night Of June %, and
then recovered his sanity in some mar
velous and inexplicable fashion.
These admissions were made yester-
dav by DR. Evans:
That Harry Thaw was suffering
from adolescent insanity in a much
more acute form i'm 1905.
That he suffered from an outbreak 81
adolescent insanity in 1906.
At the same time he is prepared Ia
tastfy that Thaw is sane at this
tim-.
Mr.. Jerome's Position.
This line Of questions and answers
indicated only one purpose. District
Attorney Jerome will meet the con-
tention that Harry Thaw was tempo
rarily insane when he killed Stanford
White by showing that he was as
sane then as he is now.
This will work both ways. and il IS
now evident TO the most jaundiced Of
the yellow sympathizers with Thaw
that a commission to examine into his
sanity is the most likely outcome OF
this trial at this time. Much will de-
pend upon Thaw's condition when he
comes into court on Monday morning
il he goes back as rapidly as he has
done i'm the last three days It is quite
likely that there viii be nothing for
Mr.. Jerome to do but to ask for a
commission at once.
No one who has known Harry Thav
as a night rounder in the Tenderloin