Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-07

for the day, and court will not sit to- |
day. On Friday. when court recon |
vencs, the defense will call two more |
alionis,s, probably Dr.. Graeme H. Ham
mopd and Dr. Smith Je!liffe. who have |
| been in the court room practically ey-
| cry day since the trial began.
Bui Two 1Iorc Witnesses.
Before court adjourned yesterday
Delmas stated there would be but two
| more Witnesses called The attorneys
will devote the day to forming a hypo
| the-ical question which they will put
| to these experts. This question. Del
mas said last night, will cover every
fact in the case.
| Jcromc'S Course Unknown.
How long it will take Jerome to
! cross examine these each one can tell
1t Will depend very largely on their
attitude and their willingness 10 give
! direct answers. This decision makes
! ii certain that number of witnesses
who have been reported would testify
for the defense will not be called, at
least i'll the presentation OF The direct
case. Among them are Roger Omara
Of PittSburg. detective and May MAJ
Kenzie. Both may be called when the
defense reaches its rebuttal.
Dcgcnac's Plans Changed.
Plans of the defense in regard %
what Mrs. William Thaw. the white
haired mother of the defendant. would
Testify to were changed. Il has been
announced she would testify as to in
sanity in her family, but Dclmas would
not allow her to do SO, even after she
had asked in open court to be allow
ed 10.
Enough of Such Evidence.
This was probably due to the fac.
the defense does not desire to pile up
) any more evidence of the taint of in
sanity in Thaw's blood. Mrs Thaws
testimony as to the mental condition
of her brother and other members OF
her family could do nothing but tend
10 show the taint in the blood is one
that would perhaps be permanent The
defense goes on with the theory ,hat
Thaw was insane from early in 1908
until after June %, 1906, but that after
White, the man whom he believed to
be responsible tor all his troubles, was
dead, his mind rapidly became nor
NAL.
Has Not shown Present Sanity.
The defense has not yet introduced
testimony to show that Thaw is sane
today, but may do so by Friday. Evi-
dence has so far been introduced
which tends to show he is at present
sane. by DR.. Evans testimony. and that
when he saw him in the tOmbs Oct )
his condition was greatly improved and
that improvement was of an impressive
character
Little More to Tell.
New York, March All the testi-
mony that will be offered TO save Har-
ry X. Thaw from the electric chair,
save the opinions Of TWO more experts
as to his sanity on the night he killed
Stanford White, went to the jury yes
terday with the story of Mrs. Mary
Copely Thaw his white haired mother.
, In brief, she told of events that led
> up to her sens marriage to Evelyn
! Nesbit from the time he returned from
Europe with the young woman in the
. fall of 1903. Summed up by those who
heard it, her description of her sons
manner of acting during that period
was not a picture of the way a mad
, man might be expected to act
Wanted to Go On. a
il Contrary to general expectations and
apparently against her own wishes, OF
n what she had been led to believe. she
il was not asked to tell anything about
q a hereditary tendency to insanity in
g the Thaw family. 1t caused her great
= surprise when the examination endef
* before she had told anything of the
Thaw family history. She was loatf
to leave the witness stand, seemingl,
feeling that she might do a little more
toward the defense of her son.
r Suggests Heredity.
There is the question of heredity,
n she protested when both Mr.. Delma
d and Mr. Jerome told her she NIGH
t step down.
II Il have asked you, madam, all tha
lg is considered necessary. said Thaw'
rs attorney with the utmost Difference.
)nI Mrs. Thaw half rose. hesitated. an
was about to sit down again, when th