Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-10
JEROME CONSULTS EXPERTS
siK More Prominent Alisnists Called Into
the 1haw Case,
DEFENDANT DENIES SEPARATION STORY
Trial BeGins Its Eighth Week
Monday ana IL win Probably
Continue for Three Weeks
More.

NEW YORK. March s.-with the real
work Of the prosecution stiI ahead Of him,
District Attorney Jerome spent many busy
hours today preparing for the states case
in rebuttal, which wifi begin Monday morn
| ing with the RESUMPTION 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 consuta-
| ton with Drs. Flint Macdonald and
Msbon. Mr.. Jerome declined to disclose
| the identity OF the new members to his
| force of alenists Their advent II was
| said. was to assist the district attorney
in preparing hypothetical questions which
! he will put 10 the experts when they go
| upon the witness stand
! II was currently reported today that Mr..
Jerome had determined to push the. case
| to a conclusion and not to ask for lunacy
commission. All the members OF the dis
trict attorneys stan are sanguine that
their chief will be able TO throw sufficient
doubt upon Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story
to at least tend to discredt her in the
| eyes Of the jury, and they further declare
that Mr.. Jerome hopes to have preponder-
! ance OF expert testimony on his side of the
case-testimony showing that Thaw acted
as sane man when he shot and killed
| Stanford White, and has continued to act
| as a sane person ever since.
Battle of Experts.
The case, from today's developments,
| promises to resolve itself at least into a
battle Of experts and this means that there
| is absolutely no way of predicting when
| the end will come. II Mr.. Jerome only
calls three OF his nine experts to the stand
1t IS more than likely that he will call
| hve-it means a series OF interminahle
cross denominations 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 Of the
subject displayed by Mr.. Jerome. Since
Mr.. Jerome began TO lay today so much
stress upon the subject of insanity in pre-
pairing for rebuttal 1t scarcely seems posi-
bit that his prediction as to the time Of
ending the case can come true. The de-
Tense has two aiienists In reserve, who will
be called in surrebuttal, and that means
a still longer delay.
The trial on Monday will enter it's eighth
week and the unexpected must occur in
order to bring about it's conclusion before
April 1.
| Thaw Denies Separation RumOF.
Harry Thaw today gave out a statement
in denial of the reports spread abroad TO
the effect that his sister, the Countess Of
Yarmouth, had determined 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 absolutely no such state
ment as was credited to her. The State
ment says:
! I wish to deny as emphatically as pos
| sible the published report that my sister,
| the Countess of Yarmouth. is deslrous of
bringing about a separation OF my wife
| and myself at the conclusion OF the trial,
| Perfect harmony exists between my wire,
all the members OF my family. Such a
thing as a separation has never been and
never win be considered by me or any
The Countess of Yarmouth Is very
friendly with Mrs. II. X. Thaw and aolds
her in the highest esteem; If, =
| As for myself, my love for my wife ts
| greater than II ever. was before, II that
is possible, hope that this denial from,
stery ~ OF aoT posslbi s estrnngememt
| 1t IL particularly regrettable to Mrs
| Thaw and myself that such a story should
have emanated from the source it did.
Jury VIII Take It's Choice.
Much interest attaches to the form of
the hypothetical question, which the dis
trict attorney will put before his exports
NAT DelIlldS SSeIneu TO every IdCt
connected with the case in his hypothett-
cal question, and, the defense's alienis's
gave It as their opinions that Thaw not
only was insane when he killed White
but for two months thereafter
The alienists for the state can take these
same facts and reach a diametricRl oppO-
site opinion. The Jury will have to take
it's choice and place Its own estimate on
the value of expert testimony.
The stan OF county detectives attached
to Mr. Jeromes office has been sent out
for every person mentioned by Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw I'm her testimony and efforts
will be made to round them all up high
and low to secure every bit OF outstanding
evidence that may bear in any measure
upon the rebuttal of Thaw's wife's story
1t is hardly likely that any of these per
sons will be called on to testify, for 1t Is
doubtful If they can be called under the
rules of evidence, but information they
can give to the district attorney, he thinks
win be a valuable asset to the peoples
case.