The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
WIFE STOPPED
TELLING HER STORY.
Jerome Interposes Vigorous 0b<
jections and Blocks the De-
fense at Many Points.
By-Play Of Mrs. .s8
Thaw While
on Stand. isS
ny SAMUEL IopK1ns ADAM.,,s

by SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMs.Ssa as3
NEW. YORK. February 11-Through8
the arid region Of expert testimony
where that puff ball of legal vegetation
the Hypothetical question. tlourisles and
| burst scattering the dry dust abroad "a
the Thaw trial made slow progress to-
| day. VI
! What derogations there were led into e
| the squally, tnfertile desert of technical
| argument, or to the admission or nor-ss
admission of evidence. II
Indications appeared to-day tending to H
i, strengthen the growing Impression that
| the dcfcnse's case had not been care /,
fully prepared The sudden and inde-s
cisivo shifting of the lines of defense
suggests this. Thus to-day, Mr.. Delmas,
beginning with Harry Thnw's will, ran.
into a stone wall there; then changed
tho ground by a so-called Justification"
! plea, calling Evelyn Nesblt Thaw to the Il
stand to show that the defendant be-
lieved his life to be In danger from
Stanford White, being checked inSiwhich
endeavor he put his second expert on
the stand, apparently as an emergency
measure, since DR.. Wagner SO little ex-5
pected to be called at that time that hes
had left behind his notes in the examiria-
ton of Harry Thaw.
Judge Sounds Intimation ss II,
That Defense Incongruous 4
As against Lawyer Delmas's S announce
ment that Thaw would rely upon every
FORM OF defense proper to the laws OF 4
the State of New York, Justice Fitzger-
aid practically gave q sound intlmationE,
o-day that certain lines OF defense we're
nnongruous' Twas in his decision s9ls-
taining one of District Attorney Jeronle'e 4
many object ions by which the defense
was blocked time upon time. s SSSSSs
81 II young Mrs. a Thaw is SUFFERING n from
the nervous g train she gave no pidenca
of 1t while on the witness stand. There 1
was the same quiet assured self-posses-
sion, the same easy, slightly langutda
poise, and the same precision In answer
ing questions. When the examination be-Ss
gan, Thnw half arose in his chair to lean
over to Lawyer AIcPke Whispering sonleN
long communication which the lawyer
Immediately passed on to Dellnas. Lean
Ing to the other side the defendant then K
Went over the matter with Delmas "A ss
this time the winess had kept her deep
brooding eyes on her husband but lio#s
sooner had he turned to face hel, than
she lot her gaze wander away with that s4
dreamy. absent expression that goes SO N
admirably with her frail pale beauty.
The Young Wire Engages
in Puzzling By-PlaySB
Then began II curious demonstration
on Thnws part. With every evidence OF S@
nervous eagerness, he kept raising and
lowering his eyes to catch her glance,
Several times he rubbed his hands across
his face and eyclids. His lips pnrsed and
twisted a little. He smiled shyly,
Uneasiness on her part seemed to- lie
the outcomeof his attention. She moved Il
grestlessly III her chair, whereas she cliur-
acterstically sits relaxed. almost limp
only occasionally leaning forward to en-
fphasize a reply Each time that her row
ing glance met her husbands slla looked IL
hastily away, as ii ashamed or timld,
though her replies to questions were as L.
direct as ever. 1t was&n queer, puzzling (
little by-plny.