The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-30
THAW UNDERGOES
 SEVERE CHILLING Jerome Fails to Break Down Prisoners Composure WEEK MORE OF HEARING Exchange of Questions and Answers Is Very Satisfactory To Thaw and
 Counsel Who Hope for
 Ultimate Release.
WEEK MORE OF HEARING

White Plains, N. Y, July 29.--William Travers Jerome, district attorney of New York, prosecutor at both Thaw mur- der trials, finished his inquisltion of Har- ry K. Thaw in the supreme court at 5:25 o'clock this evening. This ends perhaps the most surprising chapter of the long court procedure in which the young Pitts burger has figured, certainly the most surprising in this latest phase of the case-Thaw's fight to prove himself sane and obtain his release from the Mattea- wan asylum for the criminal insane.
 All told yesterday and today Harry Thaw faced MT. Jeromes lightning thrusts for ten hours, yet he held his own at all times.
 Tomorrow he will be in the hands of friends His attorney. Charles Morech- auser, expects to call him in the morn ing. This examination may be as long as Jerome's and after 1t the district att torney may have a few more questions to ask.
 Notwithstanding the mental strain he was under yesterday and today Thaw labored far into tonight with his attorney in Justice Mills ante-room, going over the multitude of records used today by MT. Jerome in his rapid fire of cross- questions.
 NThaW Well Satisfied.
 On the whole Thaw and his attorney are well satisfied with the days work. Thaw showed even more confidence than he exhibited during the first encounter; in fact, his self-satisfaction at one time almost cost him dear, when he ventured into heated passage at arms with the district attorney. But he checked him. self when he realized that he had noth- ing to gain and everything to lose by a show of temper. Except for this squall the exchange of questions and answers with here and there an occasion ~ saiiy of wit, progressed smoothly from 1:15 to adjournment.
 Yesterday MT Jerome devoted himself to the prisoners life history. Today he based his questions chiefly upon various documents, letters and memoranda which he produced in surprising numbers The one he found most useful was a tablet containing 26 sheets of foolscap paer on which were pasted strange variety of newspaper clippings and scraps of man. uscript. Thaw identified it as something he had prepared and sent to Dolphin M. Delmas, his chief counsel during the first trial, for use in preparing his closing speech to the jury. Some of it's contents were strange enough to cause suspicious of the authors sanity, but these bits Thaw invariably explained by saying they were letters written to him and his family by persons whose kind intentions probably were better than their mental balance.
 Quoted Scripture.
 Thaw's part of the compilation showed him as a man of many tastes and inter- ests. In 1t he quoted passages of scrip lures regarding sins against the young and referred to the dragon tales in Per cy's Reliques'' for striking similes re- garding Stanford White.
 While Thaw was, of course, the central figure at the hearing today, there were two other witnesses, Susan Merrill, the former New York lodging house keeper, and Clifford w. Hartridge, Thaw's former attorney. Mrs. Merrill went further into details regarding Thaw's alleged abuse of young women at her house. She ad- mitted having had dealings also with Stanford White
 Hartridge testified to the truth of parts of her story. He said that the money he turned over to the woman which she said was used to prevent the girls Thaw whipped from making trouble, did not come from Thaw himself He said that he had received s1oS,00o from Mrs. William Thaw, but had used a larger part of it for ''yarious purposes connected with his employment by the family"
 Evelyn Thaw was an interested auditor in court again today, but her husband on the stand ignored her presence.
 Indications are that the hearing will last at least a week longer.