The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-12

New York, Feb lit was Unexpectedly
announced this evening by counsel for
Harry X. Thaw. who is being tried for
the murder of Stanford White, that IL
will take about two days more TO put in
the direct case for the defense. This. Of
course, does not take into consideration
the cross-examination Of Thaw's wit
nesses by Mr.. Jerome, but il does mean
that Thaw will not go on the stand.
Mrs. William Thaw. the prisoner
mother. will probably be a witness for
him tomorrow. The cross-examinatiOn
OF Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has not yet
begun and she may be called again 10
give further testimony for her husband.
The efforts o. the defense to get in
Thaw's will, which he says he made on
the night Of his marriage. did not sue
ceed to-day, although a PittsbuTg banker
came here to testify that it was delivered
to him by Thaw and that he had given It
to Lawyer Gleason, of counsel for Thaw,
after the shooting. II is still necessary
for the defense TO prove that the viii is
admissible at this trial
One OF Thaw's experts, pr. ChsIes g.
Wagner, of Binghamton, swOre that
Thaw was Of unsound mind and did not
know he was doing wrong on the night
he killed White on the Madison Square
Garden roof
jerome Meets HummeI.
Not the least interesting development of
the day was a meeting between Abe Hum
mel. whose name has been brought into
a..
This was az luncheon. Hummel and his
former partner Nathaniel Cohen. were
sitting I'm a restaurant in Franklin street
when Mr.. Jerome came in. Mr.. Jerome
and Hummel had brief conference In a
back room. Then Mr.. Jerome went hack
20 the table where he sits with his assist
ants every day, and made number OF
notes in a little book. Another brief CON
ference followed with Hummel and Mr.
jerome did some more note-taking.
II is known that Hummel has turned
over 10 the district attorney a photo
era phic copy Of the statement which
Esxeiyn Neshis-TTaw says he d}esatesi
when she went TO his Office with Stanford
White. The original copy was destroyed,
probably at the time young Mrs. Thaw
saws she went to Hummers Office in
search Of q paper which she had signed
IN the statement are charges that ThaW
:n-treated her, and even beat her. II is un-
derStoOd. There is some talk that Hum
mel may be put on the stand as a witness
in rebuttal but IL IS more likely that Mr
Jerome is preparing for his crOss-exami-
nation of the young woman.
Mrs. Tbavv on stand.
The defense in the Thsw trial did not
make as rapid strides to-day as on the
last two days OF last week It
was not for lack Of trying. however.
Harry Thaw's girish wife. about whom
the entire tragedy has revolved. was
again witness, but she spent most Of
her time sitting quietly in the witness
chair and gazing in a wondering way at
the lawyers and the judge. while they
argued about the sdmissibility Of certain
evidence which she had been called to
give.
Apparently she was just as full OF
stories about Stanford Whites activities
in Broadway life as she had been the
very first morning she appeared in court.
but to-day she was not allowed 10 tell
them. Time and again Mr.. Delmas tried
to frame his questions In such way as
10 induce the court to let her tell about
what she told Thaw OF the relations Of
young girls other than herself with the
architect Of what she told him about the
pie girl and of what he told her about
his fear that Stanford White would take
his life. But in few cases was he sue
cessfuL
From the very first, District Attorney
Jerome was alert and persistent with OBJ
jectiOns to the introduction of more of
what he called the "tattle and scandal Of
the Tenderloin.
Before he dismissed little Mrs Thaw.
however. Mr.. Delmas succeeded in getting
in the records the fact that she knew
Harry Thaw TO have carried a pistol
habitually while in New York after
Christmas Eve 1903 It was on Christmas
Eve. 1903, it will be remembered, that. aC-
cording to the testimony of the ex-
dOorkeeper of the Madison Square Thea
ter stanford White threatened TO 'hnd
and kill that -- before daylight"
It was by way of following out his
promise to the court to produce the tes-
timOny necessary regarding Thaw's
mental state that Mr. Delmas then called
10 the stand Or. Charles 6. Wagner, the
Binghamton alienist, to whom counsel
propounded an enormously long hypo-
thetical question based upon and involv-
ing most Of the contentious of the de-
fense regarding the circumstances that led
up to the killing of Stanford White Some
of these circumstances have been testi-
fed to by witnesses for the defense, and
testimony viii be introduced TO substan-
tiate the rest. To this question Dr. Wag-
ner replied that, assuming all the circum-
stances to be as stated in the question.
Thaw was irrational when he shot White.
Strengthen Proof.
It is expected that this line of proof will
be bolstered up by Dr. Britain D. Evans
and DIT. Graeme Hammond, who are also
drawn to testify for the defense. When
this has been done, it is now part of
the plan of the defense to return TO the
line of inquiry which the district attorney
headed off to-day
If Mr.. Jerome continues his policy of
to-day, there will be no cross-examination
by the prosecution until the defense
has completed its direct case. Then. OF
course, will come what Is expected to be
the most delicate. difficult, and important
task that the prosecution has to perform.
namely, the cross-examination Of little
Mrs. Thaw. To that viii be added Wit
nesses in rebuttal. and undoubtedly an
attempt will be made to attack the credI-
biiity OF Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony.
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