Evening journal., 1907-02-11


tween attorneys resulted. and after
several minutes. Attorney Delalas sug-
eested a five-lninutes recess. jerome
iaughingly admitted thai tho defense
had made one move TO which he would
offer no objection.
For fve minutes the spectators
moved about the room and talked.
wolcoming the relaxation from the te-
dious examination OF the experts. Or.
Wagner returned TO the witness stand
and Attorney Deinas resumed his ex-
animation.
There was more room In the u1al
room after the recess as many OF the
sensation lovers exideptly ap4paQpea
hope Of herring shy scandal whiie the
experts were in control Of the situation.
The Letters Again. 4-sftdt.
Judge Delmas showed DR. Wagner
the letters written by rhaw 20 Law
yer Frederick Longfelow. offered In
evidence last week. lie started TO read
the crazy. incoheffent iuissives which
caused so much CONSERVATION when
read Thursday and Friday. owing TO
thteir rambling style. and the spccta-
tors dozed, knowing Il would require
a fun half hour for Dr. Wegnes to read
through the letters.
BY our C,qyn Wire, Publishers Press.
NE wYoRK. Feb, iL-Balked at
every turn BY the clever tactics and
sustained objections of District Attor-
ney Jerome. the defence in the trial
OF Harry X 1haw FOR the murder OF
Stanford white was to-day forced to
cry for quarter and seek an adjourn
ment until the napoleonic Delmas could
marshal his badly shattered forces.
The fight opened with an attempt by
Delmas to get before the jury the now
famous WI Of Thaw made on his
wedding eve. with the calling OF the
first witness. J. d. Lyons, Of Pittsburg,
In whose custody the document had
been left By phaw, jerome made Il ev-
ident that he would fight to the last
ditch to have the document excluded.
He based his objection on the ground
that the document was evidence along
the line OF the insanity plea and that
TO date the defence had introduced on
testimony. expert or otherwise, TO bear
out the theory Of the defendants in
sanity. Lyons was withdrawn and At
forney Gleason. IN whose hands tho
win was placed az evidence. was next
called. Again Jerome's tactics resulted
in checlomating the defence and Glea-
son left the stand and the matter OF tho
viii was allowed 10 80 over temporarily
Evelyn rhaw was then recalled and
the defence switched It's tactics and
sought 70 introduce evidence along the
line OF its self-defence plea, but again
Jcrome's objections on the ground that
no basis had been offered for this line
OF defence was sustained and after
ioundering about for an hour and en-
gazing in a squabble over the techni-
caiities, Delmas requested an adjourn
mont az 1920.
Evelyn Thaw was recalled form the
stand and IL Is probable that she will
not again be summoned az a witness
until more OF the expert testimony has
been introduced.
During the afternoon session the dc.
fence win devote its time to building
up the basis Of its sanity and self-de.
fence plea.
The most important feature Of the
morning session was tho getting be-
fore the jury Of tho contents OF the
note which Evelyn passed 20 her hus-
band al the table at Martins on the
night of tho Staying OF Stanword White
The first announcement Of the day
was an cdict from the bench that with
the exception OF the six actively en-
gagged newspaper women. no member Of
the gentler sex was TO be permitted in
the court room during the remainder
OF the trial The order caused a buzz
81 indignation among a regiment OF
oackling scandal mongers and sensa-
ton seekers brought out by the beau
tiful spring weather and to lay siege
70 the outer doors OF the criminal court
buiIdinE.. Their protests were In vain
however. and when court was called
90 order the only women present were
tna six designated
Thaw was brought into court at 1o.S
looking fresh and ia good spirits. but
there vas a fash OF disappointment
On his face as he noted that no mem
ber % his family was IN court Judge
Deinas accompanied Mrs. Harry Ken
dali Thaw into court. but left her IN
tho clerks office. where she remained
% greet her husband when he was
brought into the prisoners pen.
Fiaut Over Tha~'s WiIk
~ D. Lyons. president OF the
Union National Bank Of Pittsburg was
the drst witness called by the defence
% identity the will Of Harry X Thaw
on which to-day's fsht seems TO centre
district Attorney Jcrome Immediate
ly objected to Mr.. Lyon as a witness
HIS contention was the same as that
raiscd last week when the will was
temporarily barred on the ground thai
no evidence had been offercd 20 lay the
foundation OF proof OF Thaw's insan-
ity. jerome insisted on some further
proof OF Harry Kendall Thaw's weak
rnindedness.. which brought from Judg,
Deimas the first word upholding the
victim OF Jerofne's vivisection, as an
expert. --
In his answer Judge Delnas declared
that while the defence has an abund.
ance of expert testimony to Introduce
providing that Thaw was insane h,
tho time he shot stanford White. II 1.
the purpose OF the defence to introduc,
tho facts in the case first enumerat,
Thaw's ecccntricities ana then clincl
the case by introduction OF the testi
nony Of the experts at the close.
After long wrangle between Jeromi
and, Deimas, following an objection b.
the former 20 the testimony OF MI
Lyon on the ground that the defenc
had not yet established a basis for tn
insanity plea. the prosecutor baciSe'
down and Lyon was allowed 10 testif
10 having received from, Harry Kenda.
1haw. prior 10 April. 1906 the will owe
which the fight Is being made.
Mr.. Lyon declared that the enyclop
containing the viii was unbroken dur
ing the time Il was IN his possession