The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-25
LitdttOR Gets Delay to Allow Wit- nessts to Arrive
SHARP TILT BY ATTORNEYS
Jerome Tries To Learn the Names of Expected Witnesses From LittIeton, But the Latter Proves Too
 Much of Match for Him.

New York. January 24.-The blinding snowstorm which swept New York today caused the first serious interruption of the Thaw trial. It put an embargo on practically all shipping in the lower bay and prevented the big steamer Adriatic from reaching her dock. On board the liner are four physicians and a trained nurse from Europe, who are to testify for the defense. The request for an adjourn ment until Monday made upon the court was granted by Justice Bowling. MT. Littleton promised to have the long hypo- thetical question ready immediately after his few remaining witnesses of fact have testified on Monday, and unless MT. Je- romes cross-examination of the experts is unxpectedly long the defense will rest by Monday night.
 The prosecution will proceed on Tuesday with its<rebuttal and should not occupy more< than a day and half. The sur rehkfttal by the defense. will be brief and iF spite of todays delay the case should fend by Friday or Saturday of next week.
 The witnesses who are to land from the Adriatic are expected to tell of alleged irrational outbreaks by Thaw in Europe long before Evelyn Nesbit came into his life. The district attorney tried to secure the names of the witnesses from MT. Lit tleton today, and there was lively ex- change of words for few minutes, end ing with the identity of the newcomers as much Of a mystery as ever.
 MT. Littleton in his request for ad- journment said ke believed the delay would result in expediting the case, as he would employ the intervening time in preparing the hypothetical question for the experts and submitting a draft of it to District Attorney Jerome fal any sugges- tlons or objections he may have to offer.
 There was a lively tilt between coun- sel just before the adjournment was announced. District Attorney Jerome said he would not oppose the motion for ad journment, provided MT. Littleton would furnish him the names of the witnesses who are arriving on the Adriatic.
 MT. Litteton objected, but Justice Dowl- ing said the district attorneys request was a reasonable one. MT. Littleton said it had been his experience that whenever the district attorney knew of the arrival of any witness for the de- fense he has had people meet them with subpoenas and has subjected them to a long examination. I do not intend" he added, that he shall know my case be- fore it is presented here in court"
 What + want Is to find out whether these people you are bringing here are shysters, charaltans or men of character
 "I will give you their names after they
 ''I will give yo utheir nar7e1 after they have landed and their addresses. as well, , MT. Littleton said. That is, if the dis trict attorney is willing to give me the names of the witnesses he will call in re- buttal?"
 "The district attorney is not required to do that" interposed Justice Bowling.
 "Then I don't think I ought to be forced to tell him the names of my wit nesses.'
 "Oh, very well, then" put in MT. Je- rome, eff you don't want to do it, all right
 Justice Bowling put an end to the con- troversy by granting the adjournment.
 MT. Littleton said the defense undoubt- edly would conclude its case on Monday and District Attorney Jerome announced that the people were ready to proceed in rebuttal at any time.