Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
END b SECOND TRIAL
OF HARRY THAW
IN SIGHT
Testimony viii Be Completed
BY End OF This Week. When
Attorneys Can Begin
Arguments.
ONLY ALIENISTS REMAIN
TO Be EXAMINED
Attorneys Have Been Able to
Make Better Time and Argu-
ments Are Not Expected TO
be as Long as In
Former Trial.

New York, Jan. 23.--The end of
the second trial of Harry X. Thaw.
charged with the murder of Stanford
White, is in sight and 1t Is prob
able that the end of the week will
see the testimony finished. The ar
guments of the attorneys will prob
ably begin early next week and the
case can then go to the jury at the
end of the week.
With the exception of some tech
nical testimony by alienists all the
evidence that the defense Is expected
to offer has been given, and the ex-
animation of these witnesses should
not occupy the attention of the court
more than a few days.
1t Is not probable that many wit
nesses, IL any. will be called in re-
buttal for the reason that the tesd-
mony of all the witnesses has been
as nearly complete as it has been pos
sible to secure. Having the evidence
of the former trial as a guide the
attorneys have been able to secure
the important evidence in much less
time than was required at the first
hearing. and were able also to make
more thorough examination of all
the witnesses summoned
The arguments are not expected to
occupy as much time as they did al
the former trial. Prosecutor Jerome
will probably confine his arguments
TO form as brief as possible and 1t
is not the Intention of the defense TO
elaborate 10 any great extent, al
though the evidence regarding insan-
Hy in the Thaw family will give At
torney Littleton an opportunity de-
MED the attorneys for the defense at
the first trial.
The defense does not rely on Eve
lyn Thaw's story of her life as much
as on the evidence introduced 10y
members OF the Thaw family, show
ing the presence OF insanity in the
family fe..-s ears Evidence concern
ing tfe boyhood of Thaw, showing
him to have an unusual nature, and
the testimony of witnesses who told
of his actions during the two weeks
previous to the shooting, also form
one of the strongest parts of the evi-
dence that Thaw was mentally ir
responsible when the shooting took
place.
DIR. Charles c.. Warner, superin-
tendent OF the state hospital for the
insane was on the stand during most
of the morning session. He told in
detail of the physical examination
he made with DIR. II. d. Evans of
Harry Thaw in the Tombs during the
four months following the killing of
Stanford White. He was permitted
to tell of the conversations he had
with Thaw when the latter talked
about his life and about the criminal
acts which he alleged Stanford White
had committed.
According to DIR. Warner, Thaw
declared that he had never intended
to attack White but that Providence
took the matter out of his hands
He also told of the practices which
he said were the common events OF
Whites life. In general the testi-
mony OF DR.. Wagner was the same
as that given at the first trial.
Justice Dowling held a conference
with the attorneys this morning in
regard TO limiting the introduction OF
expert testimony, and announced that
he would limit the expert evidence
to three physicians on each side,