The Detroit times., 1908-01-18
EVELYN TO REPEAT
HER H0RRIFY|nG
STORY
NEARING MAY NOT BE IN CAM
ERA-JusTIcs CAN'T SEE
I, WHERE SUPPRESSION OF TEST.
( MoNY WOULD BENEFIT.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.--The beauti-
ful wife OF Harry X. Thaw will again
tell horrifying story from the wit
ness stand, when Harry Thaw's trial
for the killing OF Stanford White is re-
eumed on Monday morning.
She will relate the sum and SUBJ
stance OF what she told during Thaws
first trial and will tell more In re-
Spouse to skillful interrogation. by At
torney Littleton, Thaw's chief counsel
II the opinion, expressed yesterday,
by Justice Bowling holds good, the pub
lie will hear nearly all the details OF
this Story, notwithstanding the request
of District Attorney Jerome for hear
ing lin camera While Martin w. Lit
Teton, at the time Jerome asked that
the details of Mrs Thaw's testimony
be kept from the public, said he was
willing, he qualihedly said that he did
not want to commit himself. but would
take until Monday to think II over.
Harm Is Already Done.
Justice Bowling holds that the court
has no Jurisdiction over public NOR.
ais, or the effect OF Evelyn Thaw's
story OF her ruin on the public mind.
He does not see that the granting OF
Jerome's application will serve any
good purpose. The public has already
heard her story and the harm. II any,
has already been done
Around the criminal court building
this morning. Jerome's application was
the one subject of discussion. The
opinion is freely expressed that the
public was not as much considered as
the memory OF the man now dead and
the possibility of other names being
dragged through slough. II is fac.
that, during the last trial. number OF
prominent men known to have figured
In the orgies of the tower. fed the
CITY as II pestilence we're raging. Lit
6eton thus far has evidenced that he
VIII neglect nothing TO Secure a YER
dict for his client.
Iittleton is taking no chances aud IL
Is said the fear that he has decided
TO let chips fall where they may, as
he news out his case, is the only
reason for the attempt to make se-
cret OF the case. IL Evelyn Thaw is
permitted to testify In camera, 1t viii
establish precedent in the trial
which, swill permit others to do the
same. This, In the opinion of .he
lawyers. Is the desire Of the district
attorney. He has more knowledge OF
surprises intended by Littleton than
has the public at this time.
Evelyn Thaw knows all about her
husband. She can tell more about his
mental condition since her marriage
than can even his mother. She was
witness TO his vagaries in Europe,
his Wild, rash conduct. In New York,
his moods, his fits of anger, his mel
ancholy crying spells. burning anger
and all other reflections of a mind
extreme in most ways. From her the
most valuable evidence can be OBJ
tanned by the defense and the prison
er's counsel depends upon II in no
small measure
The Real Battle.
The story to be told by the young
wife will lead TO the time of Whites
tragic death. There II will stop. After
that alienists will be called-those
who declared at the last trial that
ITham was sane They will be able I
to tell whether, after life of irrational
emotions, 1t was possible for violent
shock-some Misunderstanding emotion,
to render Thaw sane. The real battle |
will then be In progress.
II was evident yesterday, when she |
was on the stand, that she was pre-
pared to plunge into the mud-lake
again. She fenced with the slightest
relevancy. Miss Fletchers acquaint. |
ance with him had remained unbroken
sup TO the present time and she -e-
called an incident that happened when |
she was visiting his mother at her
home In 1903. On this occasion Har-
ry was walking up and down the floor
of the library in very excited state. |
talking wildly and irrationally and |
telling her that he was very ill--that !
he hoped he was going to die--because
he was very much interested in a
young woman who had suffered great /
wrong. Miss Fletcher said that Mrs. |
Thaw had spoken to her of her anx-
iety about Harry's mental condition. |
but that IL was subject she did not
rarp IN discugc with tho rnntbpr