The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-17
 OF WITNESSES Causes a Delay in Thaw
 Trial. NO AFTERNOON SESSION HELD Mother of the Defendant May Take
 Stand Today. Much Evidence introduced Yesterday Tending to show Thaw's rrra- tioaai Acts of the Past sev-
 eral Years.


 ing to New York by steamer and train, caused an abandonment of the after noon session of the Thaw trial today and cut the morning sitting down to less than two hours.
 MT. Littleton, leading counsel for the defense. announced that beginning to- morrow. he would hurry the case along as rapidly as possible. It was neces- sary, he explained. that all the evidence having to do with Thaw's alleged irra- tionaI acts of the past several years. should be introduced before the medical experts are called to the stand to express scientific opinion as to the defendants mental condition st the time he killed Stanford White.
 Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the accused, arrived from PittsburE to- day and if strong enough, may taks the sstand tomorrow. She has been III for more than a month, and at one time 1t was feared she would not be able to attend the trial at all. Mrs. Evelyn Nes- blt Thaw will not be offered as q witt ness until some time next week All Of the indications so far have been tnat District Attorney Jerome will make desperate light to have her 'essamohs ruled out this year.
 The elder Mrsl Thaw figured indi- rectlv in tho evidence taken today. A letter written by her in lsSA 70 Ine y,,ssfer Of the little Pennsylvanla sehooI. where her son was a pupil. was fdentifsd by the master and read to the jury. It told of the mother sar =. am and inc fear she entertained that h{a mind even then was unbaianc- ed. The schoolmaster. now Ts years os age. was an impressive witness. he t- Ahraharn R. Beck. an uncle 0t former Assistant Attorney Genera flames M, Beck. and he related many incidents which led him to the concsu- sion that young Thaw uhaoee.sx nes srratfonai. The former Assistank At- s fSrnev General was spectascr ak the - .s..s 5ss . lss ass1 SSsn1 ss,sain gosnan, formerly door rsencr af the Madison Square Gerae.s z ,haatre, where Evelyn Nesbig playeo fn "A Cirl From Dixie. tn lvyss s Lss peafcd the story he told as sne snrs ass white to find and Kill ThAw DeAots dayllsh'im May New witnsnaea.
 xxrt.h aouaa Of the testimony .hst was introduced at tne srat trial. this with numerous WIt- - neeses who are appearing TOT tne .. nass lime. the defense in the trlai ga hslLS s K. Thaw for the killing oz .na <, ' 1. VThite continues to pile np evidence iny tsnded to show that the young defena- anf was not mentally sound when ns fired the shots which caused me oe@e' of the architect.
 ance of witnesses who are on tner way from Europe, Mir. Litteton' 1nAW z chiSf counsel. is putting on tne stana uvitnaaaeR who detail in some cases. Sacts that in themselves seem or littie inanortance, but which, the lawyers ne- lieve, win confirm the stories or tas more important witness@A
 This morning August Weber, wno waa a butler in the house occupied py inc Thaws in 1908, in New nork, te- sunled the stand to finish the story which he began yesterday. Little in- csdants in Thaw,s life at the time was recalled by the butler, incidents of his Nervousness. his forgetfulness and ms seemine Responsibility are counted on bv the defense to show that for loDg time preceding the fatal shooting or White, Thaw was mentally irresponsi- ble. 1t is evidently the object or tne defense as planned by Mir. Littleton, 70 hrirr before the jury every person who knew Thaw throughout the years be- fore the tragedy of the Madison Square Garden. who is supposed to detail any incident to the remotest degree, might tend to convince the jury that the de- fendant was irrational.
 House servants and club servants teachers and medical attendants. in fact all classes of people, who knew or saw Thaw, have been subpoenaed by the defense to add theft testimony to that Of the men and women who were actual witnesses of the shooting, In the enort to show that not only was he irrational at the time of the shooting, put that his irrationality on that occasion was only continuation of irrational acts LG VaRFQ before, and which were the result of inherited insanity, an insanity which existed in his mothers as well as hls fathers family before he was born.
 Weber Resumes Stand.
 August Weber. the former Thaw but Ter, who yesterday testified to various incidents in the life of Harry K. Thaw, during the early months of 1903, was recalled to the witness stand when the trial was opened today. He was asked by Mir. Littleton. for the defense, If ThaW's actions, if he observed them while employed in the Washington and Pittsburg homes. impressed him as ra- tional or irrational.
 irrational" replied the witness promptly.
 District Attorney Jerome then began his cross examination.
 He had the witness repeat several of the incidents he related yesterday and was asked if. he considered a $5 tip from Thaw an irrational act.
 Tt seemed queer for what did" said Weber.
 The witness declared that Thaw was not dissipating and seemed healthy when he knew him. but always was nervous and excitable.
 Christopher Baggap, steward of the New York Whist Club, was recalled to give the dates of Thaw's visit to the club in I9O4-5 and 1906. Mir. Jerome brought out from the witness that he was able on each of these occasions to play bridge whist with the best play CTS In the club.
 Raymond A Brown, music publish. CT and eye witness of the killing oi Stanford White. heEe. was called and tegtifed to Thaw's irrational appear ance on the roof garden.
 Brown said he knew Thaw in past years personally and spoke to him du- ring an intermission in the perform s.rxf ePaf R nArnN1f