Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-25
THAW SAYS
THERE'S NO
OISSENSION
Declares His Lawyers
Are Working in
Harmony
Statement of Prisoner Is
Made Public in
New York
Counsel Prepare for Final Desperate
Struggle to Keep Stanford
Whites Slayer from
the Madhouse
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Harry K.
Thaw tonight made public another
statement, this time denying a rumor
which he believes is current to the
effect that there Is dissension among
his counsel.
He also refers to the affidavits filed
with Justice Fitzgerald by his attorneys
in opposition to the appointment of
lunacy commission to examine him.
Russell Peabody, who gave the state
ment to the press after he had con-
ference with other members Of Thaw's
counsel, designated it 1.-THE third state
ment issued by Thaw since August 10
last"
| 1t follows:
at wish to deny the rumor that there
4 Ia dissension among my counsel.
"Owing to the limited time, affidavits
were prepared simultaneously at the
office of Mr.. Delmas and Messrs. Hart
ridge and Peabody. Four that were
completed March %, at the latter office,
were transmitted to the former and all
were printed together under Mr.. Del
mas supervision.
"Those made March % were brought
to me as I was nearest the court.
Find Them Satisfactory
"I examined the last four from
Messrs. Hartridge and Peabody and one
from Mr.. Delmas' Office and found them
eminently satisfactory.
"This method was sanctioned by Mr..
Delmas. Had I considered that any
thing in the last affidavit might be con-
sidered inappropriate for this occasion
it would have been withdrawn for the
time and corrected under Mr.. Delmas'
direction.
my mother sent her exceedingly
clear affidavit Friday morning to be
copied at the office of Hartridge and
Peabody and proceeded there later to
affix her signature under oath.
"It was written by her at her hotel
with no suggestions from any one
whomsoever, and is filed exactly as
she prepared it."
The monotony Of Thaw's Sunday at
the Tombs was broken by an uneX-
pected visit from his wife. This was
the first time since his detention that
the prisoner was allowed to receive
callers other than his counsel on Sun
day, Mrs. Thaw said:
Thaw in Good Spirits
Harry is in excellent health and is
sure that everything will come out in
his favor"
Thaw received note from Lawyer
Daniel O'Reilly explaining that none
of the legal staff would call during the
day and stating that Mr. Hartridge and
the writer were busily engaged in pre-
pairing briefs to be presented to Justice
Fitzgerald tomorrow.
District Attorney Jerome and his
chief assistant on the Thaw case were
at their offices today and Mr.. Jerome
dictated to stenographers long state
ment which took them until late in the
day to transcribe. Mr.. Jerome said 1t
was a statement to be submitted to
Justice Fitzgerald.
1t was reported that Mr.. Jerome in
tends to present not only facts refut-
ing the affidaVits presented by the de-
fense, but to submit to Judge Fitz-
gerald new and corroborative facts
supporting the affdavits on which he
originally made his suggestion to the
court that Thaw's sanity should be
inquired into.
Still Thinks Thaw Crazy
When asked il he intended to rebuilt
the twelve affdavits filed by the de-
fense he said:
"My opinion that Thaw is now crazy
and should not be on trial for his life
has undergone no change since read
ing these afhdavits, and certainly ex-
pect a commission to settle this point
definitely"
Even II Mr.. Jerome answers the af-
fidavits of the defense there will be
no further developments until Wednes-
day morning, when court will recon-
Vene.