Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
THAW WAS GUEST
STAMFORD WHITE
Attended Dinner Party in Madison
Square Garden Tower.
TRIAL DRAWING TO CLOSE

New York, Jan. 24.-When an ad-
journment of the Thaw trial was taken
in order to enable the attorneys for
the defense to prepare their long hypO-
thetical question covering all the evil
dence in the case, there seemed no
longer any doubt that next week will
bring the second hearing to a close.
Justice Bowling has decided to limit
each side to three expert witnesses, and
TWO of the defense's trio were heard
as to the facts of the mental and ply
steal examinations they made of Harry
Thaw in the tombs prison following
his arrest for the killing of Stanford
White
No experts for the state have yet ap-
peared in the courtroom, and Mr.. Je-
rome has not indicated the manner in
which he will combat the testimony of
the alienists in the employ of the de-
fense. All of the doctors who served
Mr. Jerome at the first hearing are un-
der subpoena by the defense, not as
paid experts, but as possible witnesses
in sur-rebuttal of any action the dis
trict attorney may take in rebutting
the insanity plea that has been built
up.
AS Mr.. Jerome turned the tables
upon Mrs. William Thaw by reading
to the jury the affidavit she made
year ago to the lunacy commission
which was testing her sons condition
of mind so the defense may show
seeming reversal by having the states
alienists admit upon the stand that
they made affidavits a year ago in
which they expressed the opinion that
Harry Thaw was suffering from in
durable paranoia and had been a vic
tim of that mental malady for many
years.
DR.. Charles G. Wagner, Of Pingham-
ton, N Y, and DR.. Britton L. Evans,
Of Morris Plains, N. J., both superin-
tendants of state institutions for the
insane, were on the stand. In detail
ing their conversations with Thaw in
the Tombs they brought out more
clearly two points which were CLOSED
over last year. The first of these was
| to the effect that Thaw had told them
that in 1900 or 1901 he had been
| guest OF Stanford White at a dinner
party in the Madison Square Garden
| tower. He had left early and been ac-
cuspd OF breaking up the party Some
| of the guests did not eat much. Thaw
| declared, and the young woman who
sat next to him declared the food was
| bad.
Thaw also told the physicians of the
first time he saw Evelyn Nesbit. 1t
was in 1901 in front of theatre. "A
| pure looking girl" he described her.
When he asked who she was he was
! told the name was Nesbit, and "she be-
longs to Stanford White" Thaw man
| aged afterward to meet the girl at an
after theatre supper in company with
several other chorus people.
The European witnesses who are to
be heard for the defense will arrive on
the steamer Adriatic. The court ses-
sion begins at ten o'clock, and every
effort will be made to have them there
at that time, as Mr.. LittletOn is anx-
| iOus their evidence shall be in before
he puts his hypothetical question. Be
sides Drs. Wagner ac1 Evans, the
| question will be answered for the de-
fense by DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe, of
Columbia University. who also ap-
peared at the last trial
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is so sure of her
husbands acquittal that she has pur-
chased an expensive wardrobe to wear
when the prison gates open for him.
1t is said she and her husband will go
abroad at once if he is acquitted and
she is getting ready so there will be no
delay