The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Europeans Will Testify for
 ThaW on Monday
EVELYN THAN INTERVIEWED
Remarkable Statements Fall From Lips of Thaw's Wife, Who Com ments on Persons Who Mani
 fest interest in Trial.


 New York January 5.-(Special.) .)-Dis- trict Attorney Jerome will bring Abe Hummei the disbarred lawyer, from Blackwell's Island next week to repeat the testimony in the second trial of Harry Thaw, which he gave year ago on be- half of the prosecution.
 The defense plans to put Dr. John A. Benjamin, the family physician of the Thaws, and to tell of Thaw's sickliness in infancy and his peculiar conduct as a boy.
 When the defense rests Jerome will offer as witness in rebuttal the disbar- red lawyer. Cstensibly his object will be to have Hummel contradict the tes- timony of Thaw's wife but in reality his object will be to get to the present jury Hummeps own statement of the famous af fidavit in which he swears Evelyn Nes- bit came to his office in 1903 after her trip to Europe with Harry Thaw-the afternoon in which she is quoted as say ing that Thaw practically Kidnapped her and that he was a victim of drug habits and that he made a practice of beating her with dog whip.
 Thaw's wife was not bit disconcerted over the prospect of Hummel's testimony when she reached the Tombs prison on her regular daily visit.
 Remarkable Interview.
 She gave a remarkable interview while waiting to see her husband, then in con ference with Lawyer Peabody.
 Young Mrs. Thaw took with her to the Tombs pr. Jeliffees translation of Jo- seph Grasset's book, "The semi-Insane and Semi Responsible" She showed it to the reporter, pointing out chapters on men and women in drama and literature and said: T find it very interesting, par tcularly those chapters" then she re- ferred to the women writers who attend the trial of her husband. Apparently these women can't forgive men because of my youth, because of my unfortunate pos session of a sense of humor,' she said. 'I know that everything that is being done is being done in the best possible way for Harry's interest I feel absolutely certain that he will not be convicted, so what's the use of my putting on longe face?
 "The first trial was my first experience in a court where trial for murder was being conducted. I was very much im- pressed with the whole proceeding and could not understand the attitude of the reporters, who, whiled their spare mo- ments when they were not writing by jokes. l now appreciate that it Is more than impossible to expect a reporter to pull long face at every murder trial he attends. One of those women writing does not think even posses soul. I am not even human. l don't know of any thing mora silly"
 Bitter Reflection. Mrs Thaw paused and apparently re- fected rather bitterly on the writer who had denied her the possession of a soul, Then she went on: T wonder if this writer could stand an analytical test of her past? Would she appear as good un- der such a test as she now appears? What some persons write in the news papers is absolutely foolish.
 Why only the other day they say 1 received 5000 a week from MT. Thaw's s family. That Is absolutely absurd. haven't any money. l haven't a cent in any bank in this city, or elsewhere. I am just as happy without it as with it. T like good things. I like good food. I like canvasback duck, for instance. But 1 can also eat a ham sandwich and en- 1 joy it.
 This particular writer says I married Harry for his money. That Is also foolish, because if 1t had not been for Harry's money and standing I would have snapped him up long before I did There would | then have bet.. no barrier between us. l could have married a man much
 wealthier than MT. Thaw, so then what becomes of the theory of this writer that l am without a soul and not even q human?" Five New Witnesses. Five witnesses who are expected to strengthen the net of insanity drawn about Harry Thaw arrived today on the steamship Adriatic. Three physicians, l two masseurs and the wife of one of the | physicians compose the party. Their names on the passenger list were: l Dr. Albert Abrams, Dr. Russell Wells, | Dr. Gauja and William s. Garratt and l John A. Wahrman, masseurs. | Not one of the five would say word | about the object of their visit nor would | they admit that they intended to testify | in the Thaw case.
 | In quarantine Hugh Herendon, manag ] ing clerk to Martin w. Littleton, Thaw' s l lawyer, boarded the steamship. He at | once sought the group and counselled | them to talk to no one. On the pier other representatives of the defence, including l a couple of private detectives, were wait ing ready to fend off any of Jerome s | process servers.
 | As soon as the foreigners had made | the customary declarations to the customs | officials they were bundled into cabs and | taken direct to Littletons office. They | all are to tell, 1t is said of alleged ira | tional acts and statements of Harry Thaw | on the occasion of one or another of his | visits to Europe during the times when l he was i'll enough to require medical care. | These new witnesses will finish the case l for the defense up to the presentation l of the hypothetical question.
 l It Is not thought that Jerome will cross 1 examine the experts to the length that l he did last time; that he may call his re- buttal witnesses by Wednesday morning