The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-17

! A--Sergeant McCann came to the
/ called TO the cell, warning Thaw that
| against him. Thaw then mnmbled
something that could not hear. and
the coroner went away.
Odd he come back?
Ayes. he asked Thaw DO you
/ desire TO make statement Thaw
! spoke up and said that he wanted first
10 see his counsel.
Q-was there any talk OF Choate
being out OF town?
Ayes, Thaw said he wanted him
for his lawyer. but thought he might
be out OF town. He said. Send for
Mcintosh
Q-You said to Thaw when you
brought the coroner there. that he
wanted him TO make statement. and
that Thaw asked Statement about
what?" And you told him the man
vas dead?
A-No. | would not be so foolish rs
10 tell him he was dead. II he did not
know Il. told him the coroner usual
ly takes their ante-mortem statements.
Q-Did you not say: II went up
with them and came back again. and
said 10 Thaw: do you not know
this man?"
Al told him Il was the coroner. he
said: What does he wantY | safe
He wants you TO make a statement
what does he want me TO make
statement for?" he asked. said:
Don't you know that Stanford White
r. dead % He replied, What, dead :,
I ask. did you not say all thisY
A-No. not all of 1t.
Mrs. VIM. Thaw came from sick
bed In Pittsburg 10 aid her yon In his
Asht for life. Her condition has been
and Ia critical. Those near her say
she rs utterly broken spirit and
body.
AGED Mother Weeps In Depot.
As she alighted from the train. &C
companied by a nurse. her steps fal'
tered, her face was almost ashen ana
her hands shook. Mrs. Geo. l. Car
nesie. Josiah Thaw and Daniel O'Reil
" met her. AS Josiah Thaw rushed
forward and embraced her tears rolled
down her face. She was led TO her
carriage which had been waiting for
an hour and the party drove TO the
Lorraine.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was not at the
train. nor did she call at the hotel TO
see her husbands mother.
Mrs. Thaw at the hotel collapsed
and was put to bed and every precau-
ton was taken to avoid further strain,
her meeting with her relatives having
tested her powers to the utmost. She
sent word to a newspaper reporter
through Josiah Thaw that she was too
III to see him.
Mrs. Thaw has been suffering from
rheumatism and nervous disorders,
and these, combined with the mental
suffering she has undergone In the
past IS months, have caused her TO
fail in health rapidly.
The shock Of the publicity given the
suit Of her daughter. Alice, the Coun-
tess OF Yarmouth to annul her mar
rage with the Earl OF Yarmouth, caus.
ed her to take to her bed. She did
not leave until summoned TO New
York by Mr.. Littleton, to tell OF Har-
rvs conduct as boy and Of her fears
OF his mental condition when child.
Mrs. Thaw to Tell All.
The mothers story will furnish the
climax to Martin W. Littleron's care
fully constructed case in which he has
endeavored to show that Thaw has
been insane. Mrs.. Thaw Is credited
with having inspired the insanity de-
Tense, sacrificing family pride to free
her son. 1t IL believed that she will
hold back none OF the narrowing incl
dents that have wrecked the life Of the
young millionaire. Her story will be
one of dramatic intensity.
Jerome Nay Fall In Line.
A move Of District Attorney Jerome
has given rise TO the belief that he
! intends to fall in line with the defense
and establish the insanity of the pris-
Toner
Thax winces In the court room as
his eccentricities are related. He