Show u n DEFENSE OF THAW HA W IS NOW I I I Delmas Decides Testimony of Prisoners Prisoner's Mother Furnishes I Unbroken Chain I WAIVES WAIVES A ALIENISTS ALIENISTS ASIDE ASIDIE I I Counsel for Defense Notifies Jerome That He Can Be Begin Begin Be- Be t tI I gin Rebuttal L Ii B William Ilos New March 1 lIar Harry K Thaw t will rest Iest his Ills chances for or liroI life liro I and amid liberty on tho ho defense completed with the testimony given by his mother moth moth- I 1 er cr in the trial on Wednesday after after- noon I District Attorney Jerome was notified noti noti- fled fied to this effect tills tHis afternoon and tomorrow morning a formal format announcement announce announcement announce announce- I ment of the tile close o of the defense will willbe be bc made This Is another of ot the unexpected unexpected un un- un- un expected coups of or Delmas It has takI taken taken tak tak- en Jerome completely unawares and I In iii con consequence It was WU understood In Inthe inthe LIt the office of the district attorney to tonight tonight tonight to- to i night that thal an adjournment will be asked until Monday lon ay In order that Jerome Jerome Jer Jer- I ome omo mn may prepare for his a There Thereas was as a story stor In Iii circulation that Jerome e would also rest his case casc but this was denied and anti with apparent I for Cor coupled with It was the I statement that the district attorney has las selected his first witness on rebuttal rebuttal rebut Jut I tal In the person of a newspaper re reI reporter re- re I I potter porter who had a a. talk with Thaw Immediately after the of ot Stanford White and who identified tho prisoner after he had given the name of John Smith In the tho tenderloin police po- po lice station Mr Mi- move in closing the case with Mrs Mis William Thaws Thaw's testimony t without calling Doctors and 1 Hammond to make answer to a a. lone u hypothetical question sensational as It ItIs itI I I Is IH is regarded by JaM a as an x ex exceedingly xI I shrewd move that l Is In perfect pert per per- t I keeping with sIth Imis direction of the tho I I case The rile counsel fur for the tho deI de- de I has noted the attitude of the I Jurors toward lo t expert mid amid J I he tins has decided to to- tota ta takA may ii te li Qi i the tho pt of t A t Mi Ii lifter 11 it conference wit with I u rm other for Thaw Thau decided it Jerome been forced iut iuta a le tie sac ac o f r n Its hi his efforts to toC I C gt t the Cc op- op ning he lit w fur i. i to get a lunacy commission it was Ivits as 35 w ll to leave c him hint In ID that lint position Aa IsS the case caso noW v stand It will be he Impossible Im Im- mn possible for 0 or thi the district attorney to tu get on the record It an any evidence touchIng touch- touch log InS upon the tho present mental condition condi tion bit of the defendant ant The calling calling- of or other othel medical men might have Ilave afforded afford afford- ed cd tho the district attorney an nn opportunity to r regain what he has lost loht In Iii this connection It was suggested today that Jerome might summon himself Doctors and Hammond of the lie experts for the defense c In the thc hope that lint tho they might testify to facts that hILt would warrant t a motion for a commission lon but lut In this respect as well as m with reference to Doctors Dana an and anil Hamilton professional ethics would woul 1 prevent pre them from front testifying for the lie state stale in a case in imi which the they had been retained h by th the lie defense This Is the tho general and public view of or the he case easo as a. It stands stands- On time the part of or counsel for the defense however It t was observed o today that thal they have hae never had any fear of oC a a. lunacy com com- mission Thaw v Perfectly Sane Xo Now Their view has been all along It was pointed out was nothing In lii Inthe the he manner an and appearance of Thaw to warrant the interruption of oC the tho trial for or an an- Inquiry as to his sanity In Ina a addition to that counsel for Thaw made nade the point that locked up In the tho lombs Tombs there would be no public menace menace menace men men- ace from the he Insanity of Thaw were he 10 Insane and therefore It would not be proper until the jury Juz has decided th he the question of his F sanity on the thc night he 10 stint shot White to appoint nn any commission commission com corn mission to decide upon his mental condition con con- Con Considerable ml misapprehension havIng hav- hav lug Ing ng arisen over o the tho exact meaning of ot Mrs ll's William Thaws Thaw's statement t on the stand on Wednesday day that she would like lo to say iy something abo about t th h hereditary insanity In order to correct ome Mrs Mrs- Thaw today authorized the statement that her purpose pur pur- pose iose e was to not tell about insane ten len In lit the Thaw family but on the theother other ther hand to deny len tho statements that thal have b been an made to that err effect ct Henry former attorney general of or California who is the law I partner of ot Delm Delmas s. s carried the that lint the tho case of or the defense nou-I nou was vas closed Both he ho and Jerome de- de I dined to discuss the matter mailer in an any way vay oven even denying ln that the defense lad had closed but it was learned later that hat this decision had been reached Will Vill Object to Adjournment Delmas will object to adjournment and will III point out In III that connection that sufficient notice has hos been given gl the tho district attorney for or hIm ilm to lo proceed with his rebuttal Uner Un- Un er the circumstances however if it un-I un the district attorney notifies the court that lie lie-is 10 Iss not Ica ready ly to proceed an au adjournment adjourn- adjourn meat nent can hardly be denied Monday however or will wIt witness the thc beginning of the tIme end It Is believed now low that within two weeks the verdict or of f the jury jimmy will ivill be bc at fit hand Counsel Counselor for or tho ho defense does not nol conceal their confidence that it will be an nn acquittal Thc lile hoy consider their case caso with the foundation laid h by hY tho the te testimony of Mrs Irs Evelyn g NesbIt Thaw tho wife an amid nd Limo tho capstone furnished by y the till of Mrs hs William WIlllam Thaw io to ho he invincIble The Thu elder Mrs Thaws Thaw's tE testimony Umon In fact act was a tower lower of or strength to te her lIar herons heron's semis on's case It bore bolo the tho stam of or sines sin sin- es and amid strength It put pUl before the lie on oil Pago n Two DEFENSE OF THAW IS NOW COMPLETE Continued from Page PIRU C One Jury JUI In vivid ld shape the Insane fancies anch M of II Thaw from a n upon hl lila his return his lily I rip to Europe on un which trip he lie hoard the stol tUI story of ur Evelyn g Net e It ItI furnished direct confirmation of oC the I statement of young Ull Mrs Mis Thaw that she Khe told the thc story lo to her husband and amI I the h tol that thal he lie told hl his mother convincing all proof of or the fact that this lila story turned the till mind of or hot her son That hut Is and andul ul of oC the lie ease cas of nC the defense It learned toda today that after aCter the adjournment of or count COUlt on oil Wednesday Mr ie i.e. Thaw with lie Iho lon of or tho jUlI judge went across tho the bridge of or Highs to lo live five with hot her son soil Oll Tho They met midway on Oil the ito bridge e and ancl Thaw threw w himself Into hi his hiM mother ins arms I know 1 had such uch a wonderful won l he rhe i cried as ho lie kl I her fervently tI I S Meet leet I Her I JlII Ag Today Iola the mother mothel and sun non met again I and hall hal a n long bug loving talk Mr oll Carnegie was with the theelder I elder Mt Mitt i t-s. t Thaw as she hit hud luul been on on the hc night before Irol Mrs Mi-a. t 1 liar Thaw rha I called earlier and spent If an un hour In InI 1 I front of or lice her hu husbands husband's l coll talking I with with him The former Nesbit p was looking In excellent health a and 1111 I Hh she shi t said ahl ld that file h felt It vety WEllI WEll Hell I We l e aie rc all sr relieved that j I Mrs s. Thaws Thaw's testimony has Im-i be been n gl I I en cn said Kuld the tue girt girl tife lre And H as f far faras II II I I ax iN we Wt women concerned we eon eon- hl lder I t the he worst o over PI r. r The rho suspense e of fir if wailing uniting to be hc called was w very wearing I on my husbands husband mother mOlher I Thaw also received ed during the I II i iday I day clay from various in em bom of or lila his court court- I I sd Hel On Ono One led carried word to him of QC the acquittal of oC the brother broth I I In lo I Culpepper Va for tb the shooting of r Ij F. F B at n In that CM oc Ih 1 the lie defense defence ha haw has been lIeen Insanity while I II I It covered ere a general plea of or unwritten 11 I law Thaw Thai In is said aid to have 1 his hi pl plea pleasure aRure ur In a D marked way over r tin the j verdict hut but he Ii declined to u 1111 uit It for or publication |