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Show THAW OUSTS DELIiAS AND HIRES O'REILLY, HIS FORMER COUNSEL ment that, he is now counsel of record for Thaw, and will be in active charge of the case hereafter. He was appointed to that position a couple of weeks ago, he says, succeeding Clifford W. Hart-ridge. Hart-ridge. Thaw appointed O'Reilly the day Hartridge started to cross-examine Dr. Mabon, O'Reilly says, and tried to frame a hypothetical question which the Judge ruled out. O Reilly is authority for the statement state-ment that he is the only one of the five lawyers Thaw has Te-engaged. Delmas and Gleason, according to O'Reilly, are out for good. O'Reilly will move' within with-in a week to have Thaw released on bail and he says he expects to succeed. NEW YORK, April 15. Interest in the case of Harry K. Thaw now centers about the probable changes he will make in his staff of lawyers. While no official announcement has been made in this regard, intimations have come from the lawyers themselves that changes have been made and that others will follow. Delphin M. Delmas, who led the fight at the recent trial, it is stated, has severed his connection with the case. Tn this connection a story of the remarkable proceedings of Thaw at a critical period of the trial is published here today. The story recites that when the trial was resumed after the report of the lunacy commission, Delmas Del-mas called Dr. Hamilton to the witness stand to have him testify as to Thaw's mental condition when the murder was committed. He was just about to question ques-tion him when he received a note from Thaw which read : "You are no longer in charge of my case'." Delmas secured the court's permission permis-sion to confer with his client, the story states, and when he asked Thaw what the note meant, Thaw is said to have replied: 'It means Just what it says. You are not going to make those men testify tes-tify that I am insane, I am sane, and you know it. You are no longer in charge of my case." Delmas then asked Thaw for permission permis-sion to withdraw, but his request was refused. Delmas, under the law, could not voluntarily retire from the case, and Thaw having told him that he (Thaw) was the leading counsel in his own case, Delmas asked what he wished done. . "I want you to take Dr. Hamilton off the stand and begin to sum up before be-fore the jury," was the reply. Delmas attempted to reason with Thaw, but he was immovable, and thereupon there-upon announced that the defendant rested his case, and Dr. Hamilton was excused without testifying. Daniel p.'Beilly makes the announce- i |