Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-16
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IN making his motf3n for an adjourn
ment, Jerome gave van indication OF
how long the trial will last He said
he would have no more witnesses af-
ter the affidavit had been disposed OF,
than the experts There VII be eight
of them, but they will all be sworn
at the same time. when the hypotheti-
cal question will be read to them. Je-
rome said that his case should be
through by Friday. Unless there Is
some slip-up the jury should have the
case by the middle of next week.
Defense Gets Setback.
New York, March 13.--James Clinch
Smi II, over whose testimony one of
he greatest fights in the trial of Harry
Thaw took place yesterday, was recall
Cd to tic stand foo cross-examination
at the hands of Mr.. Delmas this morn
ing. Mr. Delmas closely questioned
the brother-in-law of Stanford White
concerning the contents of the cable
gram which Smith says he received
/ from District Attorney Jerome, and
which was sent for the purpose of get
! ting Mr.. Smith to return from Europe
lin time to testify at the trial.
/ Should young Thaw be found guilty
of the wilful murder of White, the yer.
dict will rest largely upon the testi-
mony of Mr.. Smith, who described
how, during the hour and a half imme-
diately preceding the shooting Of Mr..
White Harry Thaw passed much OF
the time in conversation with the wit.
ness on the Madison Square roof gar
den In perfectly lucid and rational
manner. HE said, they discussed topics
varying as widely as the stock market.
the outlook for Steel preferred and
! Amalgamated Copper and the attract.
iveness of buxom brunette to
whom Thaw offered to introduce
Smith.
The witness did not know that his
brother-in-law, Stanford White, was on
the roof garden, bat several times
Thaw interrupted their long conversa-
ton and left his chair to stroll through
the audience, intently scanning it, as
if looking for some person whom he
could not locate. At last the defend
ant mounted to the gallery, and from
that higher point OF vantage renewed
his inspection.
On descending from the gallery
Thaw had evidently found what he
was looking for. He passed Mr. Smith
with a nod and went directly to anoth
er part of the garden where his wife
sat with Truxton Beale and Thomas
I McCaIeb. Thaw and his wife and
guests Immediately started to leave
place, and moment later the three
pistol shots We're fired and Stanford
White fell dead.
HummelI on the Stand.
Abe Hummell, the former well
known divorce lawyer, was called to
the stand at the conclusion of Mr..
Smiths testimony, and there was an
other tilt between Mr. Jerome and Mr..
Delmas over the admissability of his
evidence. and again the district at
torney carried his point.
Hummell stated that Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw visited his law office shortly af-
ter her return from Europe in 1908,
and told him the story of Thaw's
treatment of her while in Paris, and
this story he dictated to his stem
ographer Hummell said that the girl
then told him that Harry Thaw hated
Stanford White, and wanted to put the
architect behind the bars
End of Trial in Sight.
The end of the trial at last seems in
sight. and the IL men who have been
in the jury box for nearly eight weeks
are to be Harry Thaw's judges. Tenta-
tive plans for the final stages of the
trial were agreed upon today by OPP
posing counsel, even to the, detail of
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