New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
THAW STILL CONFIDENT
Erpects to Refute Wfe's Testimony
and Proue Sanity on Stand.

Not IN the Ieas-disrnaved by his wffes testimony
that he had threatened her life, Harry x Ihaw
rose early yesterday and plunged into new plans
for his clearance of the charge Of insanity The
investigation been postponed until week from
Monday and the whole OF next week VIII oe
spent by Thaw and his counsel preparing for the
mental examination which Thaw will undergo on
the stand this time instead Of in private room
The day before Deputy Attorney General Clark
said, in opposing this action: 1T is well known
that paranoiac be drilled to conceal his
symptoms. and the Telator seems TO be weli
drilled" Now that he knows he viii be examineo
in open court Thaw is confident Of his release
and at the present time Is not In the least eN-
cited by the ordeal which he Will have TO undergo
Il made no statement TO Mrs Thaw az Mattea-
wan elsewhere" Thaw said yesterday IN the
White Plains Jail. that I had missed STANFORD
White by two minutes the day before the shoot
ing. am equally emphatic in saying that never
threatened TO kill her if l got out Of Mattea"an-
That story is utterly absurd.
Il bear malice against her for her testimony
and she had need to fear that would She
has simply weakly yielded 10 persons who wanteo
her give such testimony Letters Which SHe
identified YESTERDAY will show that since the Visit
in which she said that I threatened her she mas
acknowledged that had been sending her money
right along and that she was in no fear of me
When l go on the stand 1 believe that can
absolutely demonstrate my sanity to every one
But l glad that these questions are TO he asked
in the presence of Justice Mills. who can decide
by first hand evidence for himself whether or not
I am insane If 1 were to be examined by alien
lists in a room apart from the court they could
report that any trivial thing did showed insanity.
but when 1 am examined in open court the justice
can himself. This is the first fair chance
I have had to prove my sanity since was locked
up"
Thaw did not seem concerned about his wife one
way- or another and he wins his liberty the two
probably will have little do with each other.
Thaw said yesterday that far as his life was
concerned she had become a negligible quantity.
although her present allowance of 500 month
would be continued
Mrs. Mary {. Thaw has prepared a pamphlet
dealing with the Thaw side Of the case since the
shooting. In il she says that her has been
much misunderstood ana that he is entitled TO his
full liberty to-day 1t planned 10 make this
public to-day, but IT withheld that certain cor
rections might be made
Charles MOrschauser counsel for Thav. says he
VIII produce witnesses who will testify when the
hearing is resumed that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw has
often declared that her husband is insane
He says that the testimony has not caused the re-
lator any concern particularly he show that
after the time Of the alleged threat she visited him
alone in the DutChess County jail. where there
plenty of opportunities for Thaw 70 attempt
accomplish his threat If he ever had made
Witnesses will be produced he SAID. who will
prove that Mrs Thaw often told them that her
husband never crazy. she had known him
for seven years. and that surely a wife should
know better than any else the mental cOndi-
tiOn of her husband.
The contents OF the letters from Mrs ThaW
will prove that Mrs. Thaw's testimony is open 20
question They filed with endearing terms
that she knew that he insane, that it was
a shame 10 keep him in Matteawan and that she
hoped he would soon be out, and would do every
thing to help free him