Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-01
THAW ACCUSES
JEROME Of
MISCONDUCT
IN COURT
Says His Wife'S Natural Good
ness Is Beyond and Above
the Comprehension of the
District Attorney,
TESTIMONY ABSOLUTELY
TRUE DECLARES PRISONER

With Searching Cross Exam
ination of AIieniSt-- Defend
ants Letters Read to Jury,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire ]
New York Feb. 2S.-HaTy *.
Thaw enlivencd an extremely dull ses-
sion of his trial today by giving out
a brief statement in which he accused
District Attorney Jerome of having
made unprofessional remarks in
court. asserted that his Wife's testi-
mony was absolutely true, and in con-
clusion declared that MIS- Thaw's
natural goodness" was above the
comprehension of the prosecuting OFF,
Ger.
IT was lust before adjournment and
after many hours of expert testimony
as to the meaning of extracts from
eight letters written by the defendant,
with their relation to the sanity or in
sanity of the writer, that ThaW gave
his statement to the reporters. 1t fol-
lows;
This is Mr.. Thaw's second state
mont since August 10:
"With chances millions to one
against her after the catastrophe in
1901 il is wonderful that Mrs. f. *.
ThNW. prevailed i'm the cross-eXamina-
ton, against the prosecution backed
by blackle@s.
Her testimony was absolutely
true
"Our evidence was Of conversations
The croSs-cNamination has proved the
3aet 3aets pnder oath
Mr. Jerome finding his informants
n icrtain laes falsihers, concluded By
smost nsuahtme.bods. which is 70 Ills
credit
However, from some Of his ques-
tions ana some Of his unprofessional
remarks in court 1t appeared clearly
that the natural and real goodness Of
the witness is above his cOmprchen-
sion"
ThaW began to prepare his state
ment yesterday afternoon. one of the
newspaper tables adjOins the table oc-
cupied by his counsel and a reporter
sitting near the defendant read over
the latter's shoulder the two opening
paragraphs When the papers ap-
pcarcd yesterday With the extracts
from his statement printed in dis
play type Thaw was much chagrined.
Today in court he took the reporter 10
task He said he had not intended To
make the statement public until the
end Of the trial. He further asserted
that many mistakes appeared in the
portion of the statement that was
publishcd. and added that he might
make a correction later
Last night in his cell in the TOmbs
Thaw completed his statement and to-
day handed the original draft to re-
porter he has known for years and In
whom he had confidence. He also
handed the newspaper man 4 brown
envelope.
seal up the statement in this en-
velopc,' said Thaw, "and write your
name across the flap. ! am going to
have some typcwritten copies made,
and when they are completed | want
YOU to compare them with the Origi-
nal, and il they are all right, they will
be given out.
Daniel O'Riclly. one of Thaws law
ycrs. said later that he also had a
copy of Thaw's statement. but would
not give it out until the defendant
directed him to do so. Late this af-
tcrnooon the typewriter copies sud-
denly appeared in court. Attention
was first attracted to them By ThaW
handing a carbon copy to his newspa-
per friend and asking him to compare
il with the original. Four or five cop
les lay on the counsel table in front OF
the defendant One of the reporters
reached over, picked up a copy and
hastily left the court room. He was
quickly followed by the other report
crs and so the statement was flashed
into newspaper offices throughout the
country, and Thaw then said he was
content to have the statement re-
leased as q correction to the garbled
statement which appeared this morn
ing.
Clifford Hartrdge, of Thaw's coun-
sci. and Mr.. De!mas declared later
that they had no knowledge Of the
statement having been prepared or
given out.
Thaw daily receives hundreds of let
terl, nearly al Of which EXPRESS hope
and the belief that he will be acquit-
ted. He brings many of these to court
with him and spends a good part ef
the day in reading them with eviden.
satisfaction.
Several letters were handed to DR..
Evans after recess for examination
and he said that taking them singly
he would not say positively that the
writer was insane,
nave tNdlilllfh al VI AI'1t lNA7
ters together" said DR.. Evans, land 1t
is practically impossible for me 70
separate them in expressing a dagno-
sis Of insanity. Taken altogether with
what | know of the case. they indi-
cate to me that the writer's mind was
unsound. Taken individually and eX-
Guiding the history of the case. they
no more than suggest mental irregu-
larity"
Dr. Britton D. Evans. the alienist,
was in the witness chair all day. un-
dcrgoing crosse examination by District
Attorney Jerome. The prosecutor said
he would probably keen Dr. Evans
on tho stand throughout tomorrow.
This makes indefinite the time when
the defense VIII rest.
Dr. Evans and Mr. Jerome spent
the entire day in going over letters
written by Thaw and cutting out some
excerpts on which DR.. Evans based his