Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-09
Defense will Make an Effort 10 Have IL, Introduced When
 Court Resumes
A QUEER DOCUMENT
Mrs Thaw VIII Co on Stand Again. Eiierts That VIII Be Made 10 Break Down her
 Testimony !

New York, Feb 9.-The nature of District Attorney ,Jerome's cross-ex- animation of Evelyn Nesbft Thaw. who has already spent two days on the witness stand in defense of her husband, was the principal subject of discussion when court adjourned late yesterday until Monday morn ing. Mrs Thaw's direct examination has continued almost without inter- ruption for two days, and there is as yet no sign of the climax-the mo- ment when the attorneys for the de- fense. will turn her over to the district attorney for crOss-examination.
 The district attorney has a. difiicult problem to face in this cross-exam- ination. With the truth or falsity of the stories the witness has testified she told her husband, he has nothing to do. The statement that she told him these things MT Jerome cannot possibly disprove. His strongest chance in cross-examination is to make her stumble in the story as he has told 1t with the gentle guidance of her husbands attorneys, or com pei her to admit telling him other things about her past life which would tend to minimize in his mind the effect of the story of her rela- tions with Stanford White. He can introduce evidence, if he has 1t, gen. orally affecting her credibility. as witness. but as for the main state- ments in her, testimony---the stories which made her recital perhaps the most shocking yer heard in court in this city-Stanford White himself, If he were alive, could not go on the witness stand and deny them. The point in the case is not as to the truth of these stories. but as to their effetc on Thaw's mind.
 This fact was impressed on the jury yesterday when the court, at the request of the district attorney, informed the jury that under the law the prosecution could not introduce evidence with the object of disprov- ing any statement that Evlyn Nesbit Thaw has made. except the statement that she told her husband all the things she has testifled to.
 That MT Jerome will strenuously object to the further introduction of what he termed 'tattlings of the Tenderloin," was plainly shown late yesterday when he claimed. and was sustained by the court, that as yet there had been no evidence shown that Thaw is now, or ever was in- sane, and that until this was shown any more of these stories would be entirely immaterial. This ruling by the court may bar any other stories that Evelyn Thaw may have to tell. until such time as 1t has been shown that there is . reasonable doubt as to the proper balance of Thaw's mind at the time of the shooting.
 If this is done then the fiood-gates are likely to open for the admission of almost anything that Thaw may have told his wife or she told him. or that he heard In any other way. that to any extent might have con- tributed to the unbalancing of his mind. Several attempts were made yesterday to, show that Thaw was of unsound mind. but the district attor- ney was successful in blocking, them for the time being. fi
 Thaw's attorneys stated last night that Mrs Thaw would again assume the stand Monday morning on direct examination.