The Washington herald., 1907-02-15


Mr.. Bolton FASTENED TO his home, llS7
Boston road, Bronx. Mrs. Bolton was
dead before he arrived.
When court reconvened in the after
noon the death of Mrs. Bolton was an
nounced and Justice Fitzgerald ordered an
adjournment until Monday. It is ex-
pected that the trial will then 90 on. II
is understood that Capt Ricketts,, of
the court squad. had a talk with Bolton
a noon, and from what the juror said
then 1t IS believed he will consider him
self able to give his best attention to the
evidence submitted to court and to render
upon il a fair verdict. undistracted or
Influenced in his work as a juror by his
personal bereavement
Bolton is probably the oldest juror in
the box. He conducted himself to-day
while in the courtroom Ike a strong
minded man in excellent control Of him
self There seems, therefore. that no
mistriaI will result from the death of
Mrs. Bolton. This, however, is by no
means certain, and the matter will not
be definitely decided until Justice Fitz-
gerald has had d talk with Bolton after
the funeral of his wife Just when the
funeral services will take place is not
known. 1t was said at the Bolton home
this afternoon that no announcement
would be made of it. since it was desired
that the services should be private In
the interval between now and Monday
Juror George c. Harvey will be at Juror
Bottoms house. II was Mr. Harvey who
accompanied him there when the first
summons came on Wednesday.
Juror Bolton in Box.
The first inquiry OF everybody who en-
tered the courtroom at the Criminal
Courts Building was about Mrs. Bolton
condition The news was passed around
that she had been reported at O'Clock
as feeling better. Mr. Bolton was with
the other jurors. and entered with them
when court opened. He was calm and
self-possessed, and proceeded to give close
attention to what went on.
Court opened quite as usual, and Mr.
Delmas called DR.. Evans to the witness
stand again He had scarcely got fairly
started on his testimony when Court
Capt Ricketts, entered hurrledly from
the door leading 10 Justice Fitzgerald's
chambers, stepped up TO the bench and
whispered hastily TO the judge. The lat
ter called to Mr.. jerome and Mr.. Delmas
mp, and there was a whispered confer
ence, at the end of which il was an
nOunced that a recess would be taken
until o'clock.
Bolton did not need to be told what was
the matter. He was out OF his seat and
almost out of the box before the court
had completed his customary warning 10
the jury not TO let any one talk TO them
about the case, and not to read the
papers.
Accompanied by Juror Harvey and
court attendant Mr. Bolton hurried TO
his home in the Bronx. Mrs. Bolton had
been dead some minutes when he ar
rived There We're present at the time
Of her death two trained nurses and
woman friend of the family II was
stated that the jurors wife had been IN
conscious most Of the morning and died
without regaining consciousness
She caught cold several days ago when
she made a visit to her husband at the
Broadway Central Hotel. where the
jurors have been segregated, and the
cold speedily developed into pneumonia.
As she was elderly and had a weak heart
she could not Withstand the disease.
Harry Thaw Disappointed.
Harry X Thaw was greatly disap-
pointed at the interruption to the trial
though lie said he realized that his dis
appointment was not worth mentioning
in the same breath with the grief Of the
bereaved husband. Thaw believes that
his witnesses have made a very strong
impression upon the jury, and he is i'm
patiently awaiting the day when he be
lieves he Will regain his freedom by the
"a hn dof1
ants brother, was in court this morning.
The morning proceedings, brief though
they were. established one important
point that has been in contention for sew
eral days. The defense has been making
repeated efforts TO induce Justice Fitz-
gerald TO let Or. Evans tell what Thaw
said 10 him when he examined him IN the
Tombs- The district attorney has been
trying just as hard 10 prevent It, Jerome
has all along argued that the statements
made 20 DR. Evans by Thaw were not adj
Missile as evidence, unless the defense
would admit that Thaw was insane when
he made them.
DR.. Evans on stand.
When Dr. Evans was on the stand
Wednesday, afternoon, however, Mr.. Del
mas at last allowed him to give his opfu-
Jon of the sanity Of Thaw at the time Of
those visits in the Tombs. DR.. Evans
said he thought the defendant was Of I'M
sound mind when he saw him the first
three times. on this statement, therefore.
Jerome raised no objection when Dr.
Evans was about to tell the jury what
Thaw said. But just at this moment
Court Capt Ricketts, hurried in with the
bad news about Mrs. Bolton, and pro-
ceedings came 20 an end at once.
The delay in the trial may be the means
Of gaining time in the end. 1t will give
the defense opportunity to outline the rest
OF its case thoroughly and 20 have all.
its other witnesses in readiness to 20 upon
the stand the moment they are wanted
The defense has not been well prepared
in this respect and once or twice Justice
Fitzgerald has referred to this fact
sharply.
The report that Jerome will allow the
viii Thaw drew on the day of his mar
rigge to be admitted in evidence without
further testimony as 10 its genuineness
is iil-fOunded. The will is not to be ad
mitted until after evidence has been intro
duced TO make it legally certain that the
document in its present state is the one
Thaw executed the day he married Evelyn
Nesbit
EhaW COHapSes.
Thew had come into court in apparent
good humOr with himself and his case.
He had grinned amiably upon his lawyers
and had set himself to the task of open
ing pile of letters, many Of them con
tanning valentines, when there came the
interruption which may mean so much
to his trial Now he was led away,
scowling and plucking at the ends Of
his hair