The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-05
COMSTOCk TO GO
UPON THE STAND
Head of the Society for the
Suppression of Vice to IeS-
fifty for Harry ThaW.
CONFERENCE OF LAWYERS
DEFENSE READY FOR SECOND
TRIAL.

New York Jan. 4.-The final con-
ferences of the attorneys engaged in
the defense of Harry X. Thaw were
held today without the presence of
Mrs. William Thaw, the mother, who
vas expected to go over the case in its
entirety with the lawyers. Mrs. Thaw
is still too i'll to come on from her home
i'm Pittsburg, and will not be in court
hen Thaw is called to his place on
Monday morning at 1890 o'clock. She
is expected to arrive i'm New York
within the next week or ten days, how
ever, and will be ready to again take
the stand, if the attorneys for the de-
Tense deem Atr testimony necessary.
Josiah and Edward Thaw, the BROTH
ers, and Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie,
a sister. are expected Monday.
The trial will be held in the same
branch of the supreme court as before
the room of the more or less criticised
mural decorations depicting the
"Fates' in one panel, Justice" in an
other, and Fraternity. Equality and
Liberty IN a third. The counsel rail
if the room has been extended, and the
prisoner and his attorneys will sit with
in the enclosure this time and be effec-
tually separated from his wife and
family.
Bowling Will Preside.
Justice Victor Bowling, who will pre-
side at the trial, is one of the young
est members of the state supreme
bench, but has already attained a wide
reputation as a jurist. He has eX-
pressed an intention to hold the oppos
ing attorneys steadily to their tasks,
and to expedite the trial as much as
POSSIBLE 1t is intimated that if it ap-
that the work of jury selection will be
difficult. night sessions will be held.
The demand for admissions to the
trial is expected to be heavy, but it is
promised the lines are TO be strictly
drawn. The ban upon the attendance
of women will go far toward prevent
ing a repetition of the almost riOtous
scenes in the court house corridors
which marked the opening of the first
hearing.
comstock to Testify.
Since the announcement that An
thony Comstoek. head of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, would be
called as one of the principal new wit
nesses for the defense, the rumOr has
once more gained circulation that Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Will not take the
stand; the theory being that Com
STOCK testimony VIII lIultdlt " lldL
Tkaw had heard regarding Stanford
White. and thus relieve the wife from
repeating her remarkable story. 1t
was again authoritatively stated today.
however. that young Mrs. Thaw will
be relied upon as the chief witness.
In view of the importance which is
now being attached to the testimony
of Anthony ComstOck, il is interesting
to recall what Thaw himself said in
regard to his appeal to the vice So
c:etys head, DR.. Britton d. Evans, in
ventor of the brain storm branch of
insanity. gave the words TO the jury
at the first trial. The alienist was re-
counting the details of a visit paid by
him to Thaw in the Tombs prison not
long after the tragedy.
Did Not Want to Kill White.
Referring to Stanford White at this
time, he declareds Thaw said;
Il never wanted to shoot that Crea-
ture: / never wanted to kill him.
knew that he was a sinful creature
and that ne was befouling the daugh-
tiers of mothers and fathers of Amer
lea. I did want, through legal means.
TO bring him to trial. I wanted to
bring him to a court so that his Grim
inaI doings might be brought up to the
public. and that he might be brought
to justice and suffer for that which he
had been doing"
Il know. but it did not result that
way" suggested DIR. Evans.
NO" replied Thaw; Providence
took charge of the situation. That was
an act of providence. Had it been my
judgment, l would have preferred for
him to have suffered the humiliation
and all that comes fIom laying this
matter-his dOings-befoTe a court and
the public. The shooting of a man is
an easy proposition. / think; anybody
can take a gun and shoot. I wanted
by legal processes to bring him to JUS
tice, but this act of providence came
in and settled the matter in its own
way"
What did you do?" asked DR.. Ev-
ans. ito bring this matter before the
public?" and Thaw rel lied:
Il went to Mr.. ComstOck; I went to
Mr.. Jerome; l went to a detective
agency and they reported back to me.
Mr.. Jerome said ] had better let it
drop; that there was nothing in it. but
the detective agency said they were
working on it. but did not bring me
any report which warranted me or en-
abled me to bring action against Stan
ford White in a court of law"