Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-06
THAW CHANGES
COUNSEL AGAIN
Attorney Delmas to
Conduct Fight
For Life.
DEFENSE 50 FAR IS STRONG
Examination of Witnesses
Proceeds Rapidly--.Drama-
tic Scene in Court.

New York, Feb. 6.-The interest in
the opening of the Thaw case today
centered in the maneuvers of the
counsel for the defense, who seemed
dissatisfied with the manner in which
Attorney Gleason conducted the case
yesterday
Attorney Delmas Takes Charge.
AS soon as the case opened today
1t was seen that Attorney DeImas had
assumed entire charge. 1t was said
that Delmas delivered the ultimatum
that he would withdraw from the case
unless he was given a free hand to
conduct the case in the fight for
Thaw's life.
White Had Threatened Thaw.
Benjamin Bowman doorkeeper at
the Madison Square Roof Garden
Theater was the first witness called
at the morning session,
"A few nights after Christmas" he
said, Stanford White came up to
me after the show and wanted to
know if Miss Nesbt had gone home
| told him she had. He replied. You
are liar. told him to go
back upon the stage and see for him.
self When he returned and as he
passed me he pulled a pistol from
his pocket and muttered: I'll kill
that - before daylight. The
witness said he communicated this
threat to Harry Thaw.
Incident Occurred in 1908.
On cross examination Bowman said
the incident had occurred on Christ
mas eve in 1903. He stated further
that he told White that Miss Nesbit
had gone home with Thaw. He said
White did not mention Thaw by name
when he made The threat of killing.
Piano Dealer Poor Witness.
William G. Howard, a piano deal,
er, succeeded Bowman upon the stand
He testified that he did not know
White, but that the man had been
pointed out to him as White. An
objection was made to his stating his
conversation with this man as there
had been no Identification of White
made, Attorney Delmas thereupon
withdrew the witness until a future
time
Newspaper Man Saw Shooting.
Martin Green. a newspaper man,
was the next witness. He witnessed
the shooting of White by Thaw He
testified that Thaw was very pale at
the time, that his eyes seemed about
to pop from his head and that his
hair was hanging down on his fore
head.
I'm your opinion was his action ra
tional or irrational?" was asked.
District Attorney Jerome objected
because the witness was not com.
petent expert. Attorney Delmas
quoted many authorities in support
of his question, but the district at.
torney still contended that the deci-
sions had been superseded by later
opinions.
Thereupon the court ordered re-
cess until 2 O'Clock, during which time
the attorneys were to consult the
authorities on the question.
Jerome's Objection Overruled.
At the afternoon session of court |
Justice Fitzgerald overruled Mr.. Je-
rome's objection and the witness
Green was directed to answer. He |
said that Thaw's actions were IRA
tional.
On cross examination Green stated |
that he had no experience with in
sane persons and he judged entirely |
from Thaw's conduct.
Anticipated Trouble.
Thomas McCaleb, who accompanied !,
the Thaws to dinner the evening OF
the tragedy testified that he saw Mrs
Thaw pass her husband a note at the
table at the Cafe.
A Dramatic Scene.
There was a dramatic scene when
Attorney Delmas called upon District
Jerome to produce the note.
Mr.. Jerome sat silent and would not