The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-24

New York. Jan 23-The state of the
Thaw case when court adjourned this
afternoon. indicated that the trial would
in all probability be over by the end
Of next week. thus winding it up within
a month The first trial took nearly
three months.
To-days evidence was largely con-
tributcd by the medical witnesses for the
defense, the two principal ones being Dr.
Charles G. Wagner and Dr. Britton ID.
Evans, both of whom testified at the
first trial. Their evidence to-day related
exclusively to what they had observed
when they had visited Thaw III the Tombs
prison. after the shooting OF Stanford
White, and of what Thaw said TO them
ON the occasions OF their visits.
Much of what they testified was repe-
tition of their previous testimony but
between them they contributed "a num-
Der of new details of much interest,
These conversations with Thaw were ad-
missable, if intended TO throw light upon
the defendants mental condition at the
time the conversations occurred
Thaw told the physicians about a din
ner he attended, in company with Craig
Wadsw0rth as the guest Of Stanford
White, at the Madison Square Garden
tower; of his efforts TO get Mr.. Jerome
10 prosecute White: of the first time he
ever saw Evelyn Nesbit Thaw; of the
conspiracy in which he said White was
engaged To have him killed. and of the
results Of the examinations that were
made OF the defendant.
The hypothetical Question.
The examinations of both Dr. Evans
and DR. Wagner We're brought down 10
the point where their opinion OF the
defendants mental condition was logically
next IN order. At that point MI Little
ton had 90 suspend their examination.
because the hypothetical question is YET
20 be prepared. Al Justice Bowling
suggestion, counsel will agree upon GER
tain things that are TO be excluded from
the question as patiently Objectionable.
This Will save time that might other
wise be wasted i'm argument iu open
court Copies of Mr. Lituctous hypo-
thctical question also will be furnished
10 the court and 20 Mr.. Jerome. before
the thing is propoundcd.
BY agreement, each side will be limited
TO three expert witnesses. For the de-
Tense they Will be DIS. Wagner Evans,
Hud Jeliffe. Mr. JoTJme's experts. if he
really calls any. viii probably De DTS
Flint Macdonald, ana NabUU. hut 10 is
far from certain that the district attor-
ney will put any experts on the witness
stand. His cross-eXamination of the &c
fenSc'S experts is not likely 20 occupy
anywhere near as much time as on the
occasion of the first trial, either
Tomorrow the defense is expected 10
put upon the witness stand several Wit
uesses and trained nurses from England
and France who Will testify regarding
Thaw condition AT various times when
they served him professionally abroad.
One of the physicians will tell Of the time
when the defendant had brain fever at
Monte Carlo a fact already testified TO
10y q woman who attended him ~ that
time.
Mrs. Caine TestiGcs.
Catherine T.. Caine. who was witness
at the last trial was called 10 the stand
by Mr.. Littleton. She said that she met
Miss Nesbit in 1853, and knew her mother
She told of the conversation she heard
between Thaw and young Mrs. Thaw's
mother while she stayed i'm a bathroom al
the request Of AIRS. Nesbit Thsw. she