Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-23
WITNESS CLAD
OF CHANCE To
LEAVE STAN D
Mrs. Thaw Is Hardly
Able to Arise
Visits Husband in Jail, but Shows
Effects OF Experience While
Answering Jerome's
Questions
BY Associated Pres

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.--The principals
in the Thaw trial spent the day in rest,
everyone apparently relishing the re-
spite from the scenes which marked
this weeks proceedings. BY the time
the hearing is resumed Monday morn
ing it is expected that Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw will have entirely recov-
cred her composure and be prepared
again to take her place in the witness
chair. On Thursday, it was said, the
young woman was on the verge of ILL
ness and that a cup of broth had been
her only sustenance for two days. She
was so weakened as the result of her
days experience that she retired i'm
medately upon reaching her apart
ments and did not arise until late to-
day. The only reason that she left her
bed even then was the call she had
promised to make on her husband in
the Tombs prison. Ordinarily visitors
are not allowed in the big gray build
ing on holidays, but an exception was
made today with regard to Harry
Thaw's wife and counsel.
Visits Husband
1t was we'll after noon when Mrs.
Thaw arrived at the prison. She was
accompanied by Daniel O'Reilly, one
of her husbands counsel, and was
shown at once into the consultation
room. There had been reports in some
of the cary editions of the papers to-
day to the effect that Thaw was him
self in bad physical condition, but when
he appeared to greet his wife he de-
clared that he was feeling exceptionally
well and was enjoying his usual vigor-
Gus health. AS Thaw rushed into the
conference room he clasped his wife in
his arms, saying: MY dear, brave lit
tie wife" The two talked together for
a long while, and then Mr.. O'Reilly
was called into conference.
Mrs. Thaw was pale and worn today,
but when approached by newspaper
men smiled and tried to appear cheer
full.
In reply to questions she said she was
feeling pretty we'll"
District Attorney Jerome has gone to
Lakeville, Conn.,, to spend the holiday
recess with his family.
Nearly all of Thaw's counsel re-
mained at their homes
Long Stretch for Mrs. Thaw
The district attorney will keep Mrs.
Thaw on the stand at least day and
a half more and may even stretch his
searching cross-eXamination through
twice that length of time. 1t will de-
pend upon how Mrs. Thaw feels at the
end of this period as to whether or not
Thaw's counsel will go ahead with their
redirect examination of her Mr.. Del
mas has been making copious notes
during Mr.. Jerome's questioning of the
witness and he will likely endeavor to
place a different light upon some of the
incidents which have been disclosed.
With the cross-eXamination only half
completed and with the redirect and
recross- examination still in view there
seems no way TO approximate the num-
Der of days in the witness chair Mrs.
Thaw has before her. If she is much
fatigued at the end of Mr.. Jerome's
first rosS-eXamination she may be re-
leased for a time, subject to recall.
In view of the fact, however, that the
defendants counsel forced the district
attorney to proceed with the cross-ex
animation against his will lie will very
likely insist in return that they shall
also conclude with the witness before
she is excused from the stand. Mrs.
Thaw on direct examination identified
forty-two letters as being in the hand
writing of Stanford White The letters
were not written to her, but to another
girl. Mr.. Delmas evidently is holding
these letters for Introduction during
the redirect examinations and evidently
hopes to have them admitted as offset
ting something Mr.. Jerome was expect
ed to bring out on cross s-eXamination
No intimation has been given as to what
the letters contain or to whom they
were written They may constitute a
new element of surprise which is yet TO
be injected into a case which has al
ready been so prolific of astounding in
cidentS.