The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10
Nine EXPERTS
TO GO ON STAND
Intention of Jerome to Prove
That ThaW Is Not Insane and
Never Has Been.
END OF TRIAL NOT IN SIGHT
ANOTHER STATEMENT BY THE
ACCUSED.

New York, March 9.-With the real
work of the prosecution still ahead of
him, District Attorney Jerome spent
many busy hours today preparing for
the states case in rebuttal. which will
begin Monday morning with the re-
sumption of the trial of Harry X.
Thaw before Justice Fitzgerald. Most
OF the day the district attorney was
closeted with nine alienists. six new ex
perts having been summoned into con-
sultation with Drs. Mcdonald and Ma
bon. Mr.. Jerome declined to discuss
the identity Of the new members of his
force of alienists. Their advent. il was
said. was to assist the district attorney
in preparing his hypothetical questions
which he viii put to the experts when
they go upon the witness stand.
Will Declare Thaw Sane.
1t was currently reported today that
Mr.. Jerome had determined to push the
case to a conclusion and not 20 ask for
a lunacy commission. All the members
of the district attorneys staff are san
Suine that their chief will be able 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 a 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 conIin-
ued TO act as sane person ever since.
Battle of Experts.
The case from todays developments
promises to resolve itself at last into
battle of experts. and this means that
there is absolutely no way of predicting
when the end will come. If Mr.. Jerome
calls only three of his nine experts to
the stand-it is more. than likely that
he VIII call five-it means a series of
interminable cross-examinations by
Dolphin NJ. Delmas. the leading counsel
for the defense Mr. Delmas thus will
be given an opportunity TO match his
medical knowledge against the very
thorough understanding or the subject
displayed by Mr. jerome. Since Mr..
Jerome began to lay today so much
stress upon the subject of insanity I'm
preparing for rebuttal it scarcely
seems possible that his prediction as to
the time of ending the case can come
true. The defense has two alienists in
reserve who viii be called in sur-rebut-
tai, and that means a still longer de
lay.
The trial on Monday will enter. it's
eighth week. and the unexpected must
occur in order to bring about its con-
clusion before April l.
Statement by Thaw.
Harry Thaw today gave out state
ment in denial of the reports spread
abroad to the effect that his sister. the
Countess of Yarmouth. had determined
that 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 no such statement as was cred
tied to her.
II wish to deny as emphatieally as
possible the published reports that my
sister. the Countess of Yarmouth. is
DESTROYS of bringing about a separa-
ton of my wife and myself at the con-
clusion of the trial. Perfect harmony
exists between my wife and my sister
and myself, as indeed, between all
members of my family. Such a thing
as separation has never been and never
viii be considered by me or any of my
relatives.
friendly with Mrs. H. X. Thaw and
holds her in the highest esteem.
AS for myself. my love for my wife
is greater than it ever was before. if
that is possible. ] hope this denial
from me will forever set at rest the
absurd story of a separation.
II is peculiarly regrettable to Mrs.
Thaw and myself that such a story
should have emanated from the source
it did,
Much interest attaches to the form of
the hypothetical question which the
district attorney will ask his experts.
Jury Can Take Its Choice.
Mr.. Delmas seemed TO include every
fact connected with the case in his
hypothetical question. and the defense's
alienists gave it as their opinion that
Thaw not only was insane when he
killed Stanford White, but for two
months thereafter. If the alienists for
the state can take these same facts and
reach a Numerically opposite opinion.
the jury will have to take it's choice and
place its own estimate upon the value
of expert testimony.
The staff of county detectives at
tached to Mr.. Jerome's Office have been
sent cut for every person mentioned by
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw in her testimony.
and efforts will be made to round them
up 10 secure every bit of outstanding
evidence that may bear in any measure
on the rebuttai of Thaw's wife's story.
1t is hardly likely that any of these
persons VIII be called upon to testify.
for ii is doubtful if they can be called
under the. rules of evidence. But in
formation they can give to the district
afforr1av he thinks will he x-oI,.otsl1 i