Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
=;dAW's Wife IS ON WAY
mAg TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM
Two Central Figures In Tragic Tri-
angle Will Face Each Other
on Tuesday.
HE Is ENTIRELY UNCONCERNED
His Counsel Expresses Doubt That
She Will Be Put on Stand for Fear
Of What Might Be Shown on Cross
Examination.
ISpecial to The Times-Dispatch.l

York TO, take the witness stand against !
her husband In his fight for freedom |
Husband and wife. the two living
figures in the tragic triangle upon
which the eyes of the country have
been centered for nine years, will con-
front each other next Tuesday before
Justice Hendrck and jury in the
supreme struggle which Harry *.
Thaw is making to establish his sanity.
Served with a subpoena By officers
OF the State to-day at her summer
camp near Chateaugay Lake, the wo-
man whose testimony saved Thaw from
the electric chair and sent him to the
madhouse, will arrive tomorrow morn
ing, willing witness in the States
effort to send him back to Matteawan.
Thaw heard the news with absolute
unconccrn. When a reporter informed
him that his wife was on her way he
neither paled nor flushed. He shrugged
his shoulders indinerently and said:
NO comment TO make.
John 3. Stanchfield, chief counsel for
Thaw. expressed doubt as 10 the pur-
pose of the State to put Mrs. Thaw on
the stand.
They don't dare produce her." he
said. FOR fear Of what might be shown
on cross-examination."
COUNSEL TO PAVE WAY
FOR wIFE'S APPEARANCE
Nevertheless 1t Is known that be-
tween now and Tuesday Cook and
Becker, the deputies Attorney-G General
who are opposing Thaw's liberation,
will pave the way for his wife's APP
pearance by putting on record mass
OF testimony bearing upon his insanity.
the reading of which was under way
when court took recess this after
noon until tomorrow morning.
This foundation laid, on Tuesday
morning Mrs. Thaw Will be called. and
within five feet OF where her husband
sits at the counsel table. be put
through an examination as 10 her hus-
bands sanity. which, before the end is
reached It Is believed, will run the
entire eamut of the Thaw- White trag-
edy.
Immediately following Mrs. Thaw.
and the effect which her appearance
on the stand may have upon him Thaw
himself will be called by the state
for cross-eSamination.
By this supreme dramatic testimony
Thaw will stand or fall.
Thaw is ready. In the bitter con-
test which is impending; me strong
weapon which his counsel will use in
combating the wife will be her alleged
self-interest
First blood for the Tnaw forces was
scored ten minutes inter news was re-
ceiyed to-day that Mrs. Thaw was COM
ing. DR.. Charles K. Mills. Thaw's
alienist, was under redirect eXamina-
ton.
Doctor" ne was asked. in your
conversations with Mr.. Thaw. did he
ever REFER W NitN q N''N'''S''S ~
former proceedinss?"
yes" was the reply. He didn't
think she really had anything serious
against him, but was fearful II he got
out he might deprive her Of some OF
qasher interests"
That Is TO say" said Abel I. Smith.
''as long as he was in Matteawan, he
couldn't make a WHIP"
That was one OF the things"
DESIRES TO PROTECT
INTERESTS SOS
In the dispatches from Malone. y.
Y, one OF the reasons given by Mrs.
Thaw for her decision to appear
against her HUSBAND IS her desire to
protect the interests Of Russell Thaw,
her son.
with the conclusion OF the cross-
examination OF DR.. Mills this afternoon,
the Thaw case was completed and
Stanchfield rested. The State immedi-
ately began the presentation Of its case
against Thaw with the reading of the
Matteawan case book. which consists OF
a minute record of Thaw's conduct
since his commitment.
After this reading had proceeded for
an hour. counsel got together in an
agreement to eliminate large portions
Of this book. which Will be put in some
time Tomorrow. There following the
reading OF the testimony OF Mrs. Mary
Copley Thaw. mother of Thaw, given at
the second murder trial, on which the
alleged insanity of Thaw is largely
based. Mrs, Thaw left the courtroom
soon after Cook started the reading OF
this mass of evidence. He was still
engaged in the reading when court re-
cessed.
This testimony goes fully into the
insanity which runs In the Thaw fam
lily, and Into the incidents Of his youth
It Will be followed by the reading of
the testimony. also given at the second
trial by his nurses. physicians. school
teachers and attendants. Then will fol-
low Mrs. Thaw with her testimony as
to the first meeting with Thaw, and
her relations with him down to the
night OF the murder Of Stanford White
To the end, Stanchfeld and Smith
maintained their high level in building
up strong presumptive case of sanity
for their client. Little or no impress
sion was made on DR.. Mills in the
gruelling cross-examnation to which
he was subjected by Becker
Touching upon Thaw's alleged illu-
sion that conspiracy had been ar
ranged. Immediately after the shooting,
to railroad" him to Matteawan, Or.
Mills said:
THOUGHT THERE WAS PLAN
TO PUT HIM IN MATTEAWAN
t.Tbaw said he didn't think there was
aXy Conspiracy, but he did think there
was a plan TO send him to Nlatteawan.
and that 1t wasn't the right thing to
do. The facts should be brought out,
he said, regarding Stanford White"
Becker asked DR.. Mills about the mis-
takes Thaw admitted having made in
his life.
What did he say about those mis-
takes?"
HE said the greatest mistake in his
life was the killing of Stanford White"
do you think Thaw, at any time
you have seen him, has shown signs
OF what in religion we call repent
ance?"
IT believe he has deeply regretted
the killing Of White"
Abel !. Smith, reading from the tes-
timony of w. NJ. x. Olcott. first coun-
sci for Thaw. showed that just after
the murder there had been talk among
lawyers, Jerome, alieniSts and others of