Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-03-07

; made unprofeSsional REMARKS In courf
asserted that his wife's testimony wa
absolute truth and In conclusion d.
clared that Mrs. Thsw's natural rea
goodness" was above the comprsher
sion Of the prosecuting officer.
It was Just before adjournment an
after many hours Of expert testimon'
az to the meaning OF extracts fron
eight letters written BY the defendant
with their relation to the sanity o
insanity Of tho writer, that 1'haw saw
his statement to the press. II follows
"This Is Mr.. Thaw's second state
ment since August 10th.
with chances millions to on
against her after the catastrophe II
1901, It Is wonderful that Mrs. H. X
Thaw prevailed in the cross examina
ton, against the prosecution backet
by blacklegs.
Her testimony was absolute truth
Our evidence was Of conversations
The cross-examination has proved the
exact facts under oath.
"Mr, Jerome finding his informanti
in certain lines, falsifiers, concluded
by more usual methods, which is tc
his credit.
However, from some of his ques
tons and some of his unprofessional
remarks in court, It appeared clearly
that the natural and real goodness Of
the witness Is above his comprehen
slon.'
Thaw began to prepare his state
ment wednesday afternoon. One Of
the newspapers tables adjoins the
table occupied by his counsel and re-
porter sitting near the defendant read
over the latter's shoulder the two open
ing paragraphs When the papers ap
peared wednesday with the extracts
from his statement printed in display
type, Thaw was much chagrined.
Thursday In court he took the reporter
to task. He said that he had not In
tended to make the statement public
until the end of the trial. He further
asserted that many mistakes appeared
in the portion of the statemen that was
published and added that he might
make a correction later.
Wednesday night in his cell In the
Tombs Thaw completed his statement
and Thursday he handed the original
draft to a reporter he has known for
years and In whom he had confidence.
He also handed the newspaper man a
brown envelope.
Seal the statement up in this en-
velope," said Thaw, "Rnd write your
name across the flap. am going to
have some typewriter copies made
and when they are completed ! want
you to compare them with the original
and II they are all right they will be
given out"
Daniel O'Reilly, one Of Thaw's law
yers, said later that he also had copy
Of Thaw's statement, but would not
give 1t out until the defendant direct
cd him to do so. Late Thursday after
noon the typewriter copies suddenly
appeare in court. Attention was first
attracted to them by Thaw handing
a carbon capy to his newspaper friend
and asking him to compare 1t with
the original. Four or five other cop
les lay on the counsel table In front Of
the defendant. One Of the reporters
reached over, picked up the copies and
hastily left the courtroom. He was
quickly followed by other reporters and
soon the statement was being flashed
into newspaper offices throughout the
country. The copies and the original
we're exact, and Thaw then said he
was content to have the statement re-
leased as a correction to the garbled
statement which appeared Thursday
morning.
Clifford Hartridge of Thaws counsel
and Mr.. Delmas declared later they
had no knowledge Of the statement
having been prepared or given out In
court.
Dr.. Brltton D. Evans, the alienist,
was in the witness chair all day, un-
dergolng cross-examination by District
Attorney Jerome. The prosecutor said
he would probably keep Dr.. Evans on
the stand drought Friday. This
makes indefinite the time when the
defense will rest.
DR.. Evans and Mr.. Jerome spent the
entire day in going over eight letters
written by Thaw and culling out some
excerpts on which Dr.. DVans based
his belief that they were written by
q person Of unsound mind.
do you mean a insane person?
asked Mr.. Jerome.
"Yes," replied the witness, but not
In fhA eenaa that tAA person mishk a.
ways remain insane"
This was the essence Of the days
work. Mr.. Jerome scanned az interest
ed as the expert In searching out the
phrases in the letters which might be
construed as the writings Of an insane
man and for the first time the Jurors
were permitted thoroughly to examine
Photographic copies Of the letter. As
the witness and the prosecutor poured
tediously over the documents, the fur
ors we're enabled to follow them close
ly. The district attorney apparently
wanted the letters 10 be Thoroughly