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Show HARRY TURNED TO r EVELYN TQAVE . ... HIM FROM DEATH ' NEW YORK. Feb. B.TbV defense In' the trial of Harry K. Thaw was expected to. begin today to forre the links In tho chain of circumstances which. It ta altered, al-tered, disordered his brain and led to the mental explosion whloh claimed Stanford Stan-ford White aa Its victim. The evidence promised to be Introduced to 'bear out the claim set forth In the opening; address of Thaw's attorney. J. B. Oleaaon. to the Jury yesterday afternoon baa lent a great human mtereat to the trial, aa there waa an Impression that Evelyn Thaw would tell a story, the half of which had not yet been publicly known. It waa apparent that the defendant depended de-pended upon hi frail little wife to, turn the tide for him. It waa her wrongs, if there were any. hlch la to Impress the Jury. Thaw believes he will show that any man placed In the elrfumajancee where he found himself must have lot his mental balance, and arted as he did. Upon the effect of her story, baring the whole of her past life, the prisoner's fate In large measure rests, though the picture pic-ture of his white-haired, elderly mother taking the witness stand tn save him from a felon s death, was expected to have such weight m-tth the Jury aa only a man with a venerable mother can appreciate. ap-preciate. Lost His Mental Poise. It was claimed by Gleason yesterday afternoon that Thaw's Insanity began to be apparent three or four year ago. He met Evelyn N'esblt In 1901, so It Is to be Inferred that his mental disorders had their beginning subsequent to the meeting meet-ing of the two young persons and the attachment at-tachment Thaw formed for the girl. In this way the defense hopes to build up tlie theory that Thaw lost mental poise through worry over the wrongs he felt his wife had suffered at the hands of another. an-other. Thaw's counsel having resisted the attempt at-tempt of District Attorney Jerome yesterday yes-terday afternoon to have the defense disclose dis-close Its list of early witnesses, in rder that the prosecution might be ready for the cross-examination of such aa It Intended In-tended to submit to that ordeal, refused this morning to Indicate the order tn which they would Introduce the testimony testi-mony necessary to build the structure by which they hope to free Thaw of criminal crim-inal guilt. The Mother's Sacrifice. Mrs. William Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw were both expected to he early witnesses. wit-nesses. It has been reporter! aeverai times from Pittsburg that the elder Mrs. Thaw has been urged by pernors of Influence not to allow the plen of hereditary Insanity In-sanity to be entered In behalf of her wayward way-ward son. The disregard this woman, whose Fo.-lal ambitions once knew no bounds, and who.e daughter Is the wife of an English Earl, now feels for all the things that once seemed sacred and dear, when they eiand in the way of life and liberty of the son on whom she has lavished lav-ished fortune after fortune. Is illustrated by the fact that not only did she consent con-sent to the plea of Insanity through heredity, but would actually take the stand to offer whatever testimony Is within her power to help make this defense de-fense of Insanity a tangible thing. Thife who have followed the case since the trial began have shown the greatest rerect for the heartbroken, sorrow-burdened mother, ar.d they frankly exprene sympathy with her over the ordeal of the witness chair. It will be a mother's love for her son. I.lttle Evelyn Thaw has been growing paler day by day ns the time approaches for her to take the witness stand She knew she would be at the mercy of a determined de-termined prosecutor, who realizes the weight of the story she would tell the Jury. District Attorney Jerome's detectives detec-tives have traced her life from early girlhood. girl-hood. She Is now n!y CI years old. but has lived the life of thrice those years. Evelyn's Fearful Ordeal. "She will tell you wit h her own lips the reason why she declined to marrv Harrv Thaw when he first nsked her to heroine his wife." Attorney Gleason promised the Thaw Ji;rv. 'SumVe It to say that the reason had to do with an experience In her life asei-voate,l w1:h Stanford White." It Is this part "of the story which was exf-erted to Vie the rnuMal fftture nf the defense. Vht your Mrs Thaw has to tell the world when she taices the witness -hair she has told ii' one j,ut her hus- hand and his lawyers They alone knew the ptiry whl' h was to he unfolded to the Jurv as the wife's share In the plea for his life. Tin- promised interept nf fvdav's pro-i-r e.iinfrs rcsul'ed In :reat pi sure h.ung hrouRht to henr mi the 'urt officers for the privilege -f entering" 'he courtroom but Justice Kltzprald. who is presiding r' the trial, has determined to adhere to Lie rule of e. hiding 'he public. The witnesses wit-nesses have also been e. hided hv .order of the i,-uirt. Mrs TIihw and the prisoner's pris-oner's wife had to go with the others. |