The Washington times., 1908-01-28
Abe Hummel's TeSti-
mony at First Trial
viii Be Read in
Court.
Witnesses in Rebuttal
Say Prisoner Appeared
Rational When He
Fired Shot.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-The BEGINNING
| OF the end OF the second trial OF
Harry K. Thaw for the killing Of stan
ford White is in sight. Mr.. Jerome an
nounced today that he only wanted 10
present Abe HummeFs testimony before
resting his case, which viii probably
take place late this afternoon. II viii
take him three hours to sum I'D. he
SAYS, and Mr. IlttIeton- OF the defense
expects Justice DowIing will charge the
/ jury Thursday morning and about noon
OF that day the deliberations on Thaw's
fate may begin.
Court, jury, and prisoner VII not 90
TO Blackwells Island to hear HumneI
testify as was expected. but the Law
yer's evidence at the first trial viii be
read TO the jurors.
New witnesses through whom Mr.
Jerome expects to prove beyond a doubt
4 that Thaw was sane at the time he shot
White. were called today b. the State.
TIE district attorney called no alienists-
hut decided to rest his case on the tes-
tlmOny Of eye-witnesses 10 the tragedy,
and the contradictory evidence given by.
the experts for the defense on cross
examination.
AAouEuL 4udW hdIloUaA.
Steven Lindley. treasurer OF tho
American Real Estate Company. the
first witness. testified that he was in
Madison Square Garden the night OF
the tragedy, sat near White, and
thought Thaw appeared rational.
Myer Cohen. manager for Charles II.
Harris, song publisher, also saw the
shooting and also deemed Thaw "a
tlonal.
Acted Like Sane Man.
H. F. Balez, a publisher; Paul Brude.
fireman Of the city department, and
Warner Paxton, the engineer al the
Garden. all Of whom witnessed the traE-
edy. were quickly sworn and declared
inaW acted Ike a sane man. They 0c-
cupled the stand but d brief time.
Police Officer Anthony L. Debs, who
arrested Thaw, and officer Dennis
Wright, who took him 20 tire station.
both sWOTo ThaW acted nationally Po-
lice Lieutenant Mccarthy before whom
ThaW was aTTaigned told ID. his being
brought 20 the station and 4 g.uE fictl-
uous name ThaW's acts l-.nrcssed Nc
CaTthy as rational
DR.. Francis Mcclure. Il ssnbs phys
ician, who has had Thaw -.aIer has Co
servation since his arrest. vas called but
not permitted 10 testify as 10 ThaW's
condition, as Mr. Littleton invoked the
code section which prohibits doctor tes-
tifying as fc Information Obtained while
acting in his professional capacity.
Fells of EvtIyn's Affidavit.
Abraham sneickcr. who. as a clerk
fore Howe & IIummel, witnessed
Evelyn Nesbit's signature to the aTl-
davit detailing Thaw's alleged crueIties
10 her in Europe. told OF going TO
Whites apartments. in Ne hson Square
Garden tower October q, 1902
There he found White and Miss Nesbit
in evening dress. She had the AFFIDAVIT
and told him she had read Il. She then
signature Witness, shown the photo
graph copy, could not Identify her sig
nature.
Jerome Near Ind.
Jerome then announced ne had but
one other witness to call aud the Hum
mel matter 10 dispose Of, after which
he would rest. This announcement that
the district attorney would not call
any experts came as 4 great surprise.
as 1t does that the case viii
surely go tOttbe jury tomorrow.
Recess was taken for ten minutes
while counsel conferred over the Hum
mel matter. Littleton feared the efrect
of compelling the jury 10 visit Black
wells Island prison, and finally con-
5ented to the affidavit and Hummers
evidence at the first trial being read TO
The Jury and admitted
This winds up the evidence In the
case, and all that win remain TO bs
lone viii be the sun ming Up by Little
on for the defense, by Jerome for the
people, and the charging OF the Jury
1y Justice Bowling