The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-12
70 ASK DEATH PENALTY
Jerome Won't Apply For Lunacy
Commission in Thaw Case.
SIX NEW ALIENlsTs CALLED

District Attorney viii Try to Prove
That Thaw Was Sane When He
Killed White-Prisoner Denies He
May Divorce Evelyn.
New York, March ll.-With the real
work of the prosecution still ahead OF
him. District Attorney Jerome began
calling witnesses in rebuttal in the
trial of Harry X. Thaw before Justice
Six new alienists have been
summoned in consultation with DIS.
Flint. Macdonald and Mahon. who have
been present throughout the trial in
the interest OF the prosecution. Mr..
Jerome declined to disclose the iden-
tity of the new members OF his force
of alienists. Their advent into the
case. it was said. was for the purpose
of assisting the district attorney IN
preparing hypothetical questions which
ne will put to the experts when they
90 upon the witness stand.
Il was currently reported that Mr..
Jerome had irrevocably determined TO
push the case to a conclusion, and not
to ask for a lunacy commission. All
the members of the district attorneys
staff are sanguine that their chief Will
be ablt TO throw sufficient doubt upon
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story to at least
tend to discredit her in the eyes OF the
Jury. and they further declare that Mr..
Jerome hopes TO have preponderance
OF expert testimony on his side OF the
case-testimony showing that Thaw
acted as a sane man when he shot and
killed Stanford White. and has con-
tinued to act as a sane person ever
since that time.
The case. from these developments,
promises to resolve itself at last into
battle of experts. and this means
that there is absolutely no way OF pre-
dieting when the end will come. II
Mr. Jerome only calls three of his nine
experts to the stand-it is more than
likely that he will call fve-it means
a series of interminable cross-examina-
lions by Dolphin NJ. Delmas the lead
iag counsel for the defense. Mr.. Del
mas thus will be given an opportunity
TO match his medical knowledge
against the very thorough understand
ing OF the subject displayed by Mr..
Jerome
Harry Thaw gave ont statement In
denial of the reports spread abroad
to'the effect that his sister. the Coun-
tess OF Yarmouth. had determined there
should be a separation of Harry and
his wife as soon as the trial was over.
Thaw declares he loves his wife more
than ever and that his sister made
absolutely no statement as was cred
tied to her.
The statement Is as follows.
Il wish to deny as emphatically g
possible the published repOr; that my
sister. the Countess OF Yarmouth. 50
DESTROYS of bringing about a separa-
lion between my wife and me at the
conclusion of the trial Perfect har-
mony exists between my wife. my sis
ter and myself as. indeed. between all
The members of my family. Such n
thing as q separation has never been
and never will be considered by me or
any OF my relatives
THE Countess OF Yarmouth is very
friendly with Mrs. II. X. Thaw, and
holds her in the highest esteem.
"As for myself. my love for my wife
is greater than it was before. If that
is possible. | hope that this denial
from me will forever set at rest the
absurd story of a possible estrange-
ment
1T is peculiarly regrettable to Mrs.
Thaw and myself that such story
should have eminated from the source
Il did"