Show JEROME IS BEATEN SAY SAV THAW COUNSEL Attempt to Establish Lunacy Commission Virtual Admission Admission Admission Ad Ad- mission of Defeat WILL FIGHT ANY SUCH STEP An Angered b hj by New c n i ll 11 Nesbit to Go Through Most Mosi os Hitter flitter Ordeal This Week cl I e eBy B By William WilHam Hotter New York Feb 23 Jerome 3 Jerome Is beaten I Counsel for Cor Harry Kentan Thaw to today today to- to day tIny thus succinctly char characterized the rumors of t tho the district attorneys attorney's statement statement statement state state- ment that a 0 commission in lunacy Is Isto Isto isto I to bo be asked for to pass upon the present present present pres pres- ent sa sanity n It of or the accused slayer ot or Stanford White In a LL statement which Clifford W. W issued o over his own sl signature signa signa- nature na- na ture It was pithily pointed out that a n warrant for tOl t such uch a 11 commission at al tho the present stage of oC tho Clio trial could only bo be real reach lead in the light of oC a 1 confession of defeat but hut counsel hastened to add that an any such request would be ho fought h the tho last ditch The statement was the outcome o of rumors minors printed In omo of the morning papers that the tho commission was as to tobe tobe tobe be asked for tor Monday Ion a morning There was nothing definite In the tho rumors hut but in inlow low flow of what has gone gono before go read In I them hum a 0 feeler from rom the district attorneys attorney's office and was prompt to set out the tho position of oC tho the defense l' l The Tho statements said Mr Ir Hartridge Hart Hart- ridge In ono or o more of tho the morning papers written as aa If IC leaking from Cram the the district attorneys attorney's office 8 as gl glIng giving ing out his his- intention to apply for a commission lu in lunacy for tor Harry Kendall Kendall Kendall Ken Ken- dall Thaw is tho the most outrageous nn and unwarranted thing which has yet et oc occurred occurred oc- oc In ill a trial remarkable for the number of false statements made about the defendant and amI his wife to fair tall minded minded mind mind- It Is only necessary a ed public to call their attention to Continued n i on pago a o 2 I 1 J JEROME IS BE BEATEN TEN SAY THAW THA J COUNSEL Continued from flOI pago pigo gc 1 1 tho fact tact that Drs anti and Ding Ding- aman arnan am an testified before Mrs irs Evelyn Nesbit Nesbit Nes- Nes bit bi Thaw was put on un time the stand in order older to have tho the public appreciate that th the district attorney was not Im- Im presed so much with wih tho the value alue of of their testimony In regard to lo Insanity at the tIme time an and that it was not until after afe Mrs 18 Thaw haw had hal revealed to lo the world the lie horrible overpowering cause which culminated In iii a n mind temporarily overturned at the time lime into of or the tho fatal shot that tho the testimony of or orthe tIme the two doctors became so remarkably important for COl the time district attorneys attorney's side It I is a pity pHy that the press of or New NewYork NewYork York which directly or 01 indirectly I might reach some of or the jurors should print statements purporting to give lh the district attorneys attorney's attitude but hut which In n reality tend end to jn influence ce a result other othor than th W f I s 's 3 I balled out ou b by the lie which purported pur pU ported to 10 10 present ont tho thin plans plaits of of- tho time district attorney at Ut the time resumption of oC time the trial on Monday As a matter of ur fact from foist whatever source time the rumors were inspired It I ou ought ht to tn be well wel I known that no nij lunacy lunacy lun lila acy commission lon can cami bo he appointed uness unless un- un less hess ess there them is absolute evidence e of th the inability of oC tho the defendant to conies confer rationally with wih his counsel as tl to plans for Cor his Imis defense That he lie is doing this every evelY day tar is patent Intent t to everyone who attends the tIme trial anti and of or itself is sufficient surf surf- to kill ki time thc rumors that a n lunacy commission is Know no Nothing hi I of or Iu Now v. Presumably Jerome's action acton I in a summoning Doctors Deemar antI and who were originally called caled i hy y th the tho defense and anI have given mon nony concerning Insanity in iii the time Thaw family is taken taleen as meaning that he lie hopes to secure from them the time evidence evi dence on which to base bae an aim application ton for fOI or a commission Hut But the tIme Thaw Thiat l awyers assert that neither of or these doctors knows anything about Thaws Thaw's l resent present mental menial conditions anti and can ant therefore give gl e no testimony touching upon th time the first st point upon which Justice Fitzgerald would demand Information on an application for a a commission in iii lunacy It I 1 Is as asserted that Jerome will wi try to got from thorn thom testimony showing showinG that Thaw inherited insanity that he Ito has it I In his blood that other near es surer l' l ti t 1 a r with wih homicidal al- al mania and nJ t that i t the l f form orm of Jn insanity Irene from which Thaw haw Is Js I s suffering Is incurable The Time natural c of this is that time tho defendant s should he be sent to an nn Insane asylum eimas imas and company however den deny emphatically that lint any aims such testimony ny can be bo secured from Crom t the Ime lw two witnesses or that the tho facts fact arcos are arc arens I ns ts stated If fr thi this suggestion In Indeed come comes fr mOm from m the district t l attorneys attorney's said aill Hartridge lt it in cans that he Is ready rendy I Ito t to o confess conCe c that thirst ho he is beaten Harry JarlY certainly Is IN not aim any moro more Inne in insane insane In- In sane ne now than thamm when time the trial began He has h been en consulting with us and directing his defense all al the time time ant Will I Fight Commission lon Idea Mea To this Peabody added If I Mr Mm 11 Jerome makes any such uch move as that either cither at tho time reconvening of court on Monday or later hater Mr lr D Delmas supported sup sup- ported h by other counsel fill HI fight sUJ- sUJ against It to the time last last hitch ditch The he r revival of or the lunacy commission commission commis commis- sion rumor was Ow Ite chief chit development in iii the time c case se today and among the time counsel for Thaw it I created great groat anger since time they view low their case ce as practically won von nn and do not look Jook favorably upon uon such a no flank fank mo e movement move move- m mOat ment nt by hy the district attorney y as would woul rob loh them of oC their hard earned victory ThC They insist that tho Insanity from irom which Thaw suffered on the tho night he ho sho shot White and amid which was brought rought about in iii a mind rendered d susceptible to violent chances by heredity traits through h the nets of White hit has since passed away auth that flint or the time defon defendants defendant's reason has haR returned to a n extent to bring his con con- entirely within tIme the meaning of meaninG the time law Therefore time they resent this effort at t thi this stage of the time case to Interrupt tile tho natural course of or the trial trial They he complain com coin plain plaits also of or other influences lint are arc areat at work worl to prejudice tho the public a against I the Thaws ThawS The Time star story for 10 In Instance tance of I the tho payment of ot 31 l by tho the Thaws to Harry Thaws Thaw's wife wire In return for Cor the story stO she has told upon UllO t time the witness wines stand Sees Stes Husband In iii time the tie Young Mrs l' l Thaw haw sought surcease from front her woos woo In the tho only place where It I Is h. h left heft lef t tat for her hm now noi th the tho I Tombs She Site reached the dull dul gr gray city prison shortly shorty af after r 10 o'clock in inthe inthe inthe the morning and remained thero there until un un- til m Ii a n few rew minutes b before foro 1 o'clock the hour when all ni visitors are dismissed Both Dolls she and Harry Thaw were ero more 1010 composed to today I than on the time day before They rhey talked talet long and anti earnestly Oa oar ear nO nestly Hy together and when whon the wife emerged from tho the Tombs again g s so 10 was waR In a measure cheerful Asked as asto asto asto to her health she sho replied repell I ji feel eel very well 01 toda today but but there was a Jeep deep pathos In the tone with wih which she sho made her answer And nd how Is la Harry ITo Ho is in good spirits Are Arc you coming down to seo eo o him tomorrow I 1 would like to pi she hc r replied wistfully wistfully ful fully but hut it I is Sunday you know Inow Mrs 18 1 Thaw was driven directly to tho time Hotel Loraine From Fro the time district attorneys attorney's ollice tho the word worl came forth that lint a 0 a more trying ordeal tItan than any that she Rho has ha yet pt gone through with wih awaits her hor when she Rhe resumes the tho witness wit wit- wl- wl ness flees ns stand Monday Jerome it Is said sW holds in i ires res reserve re his greatest c cards l' l S for Cor the time final Inal day All AU that has baa gone 1 before fore If Ir you can con picture such sueh sueha uelma a n horrible situation has been heen In o n measure but preliminary Try 1 f fo to Destroy holo Story SPay It I Is said sill that he be hp m working forward forward forward for for- ward to a tt point where he Ime will wi be enabled enabled en en- to demolish the tho entire story ston that the wife of oC time tho defendant has told I upon the Uw stand To o do this he lie has ha had nil all his agents agent at work Mazie Folletto Fol- Fol letto lotte hn has told him many mammy details etall derived de tie- l- l rived from roam her confidential relations with Evelyn Nesbit Nesbit A fresh bu budget of information ha has come conic from Mr Mrs Holman in PIttsburg All AU the time persons whose names were given to J Jerome while the time girl was on tl the stand last week have been looked up tip anti and tho the district attorney y Is prepared to deliver de tie- leer le- le liver livet er his imis final blows blows Ho lo will vI probably proba bly blip finish his examination cross cross of 11 ofIra Mrs Ira Thaw Monday M afternoon Mrs tr Thaw Is prepared lh also o. o She ha has determined to t hold back nothing and since she has hns been heen instructed to stick wholly to tho time truth In nil an her er ans answers answer her lies counsel are confident that that whatever the outcome It Jt will wi not nOl Injure the time end that the they all ni have hav In lii view view time the vindication of or the thO prisoner at time the liar bar Mrs William Thaw called at the Tombs Tomb while Mrs rH Thaw was with the defendant deCeit deCeit- dant today and amid remained about half bait an hour after ar which she spent some time In the time office of or In II the Equitable ng Mrs Thaw will wi probably be he cal called 1 to the stand Immediately nC after aftem r the cross ex of ot her law in has been concluded District t Attorney Jerome was vias wo today 1 to get It In communication with wih Miss ls hattie Hattle Forsythe another companion of oC Evelyn Nesbit from whom he desires information for Cor material immaterial In aldin aiding him in cross examination cross of the tit young wife Miss MIR Forsythe thc left lef the city a a short time beCome the trial started end and has hM since remained outside of the time Jurl jurisdiction of or the court court Slut She Is said al to be In Providence It I was Rai said today by a a lawyer for Cor Thaw v that the thE police of this city had made al all al arrangements to raid Whites White's tower studie studie stu stu- die tho the night following the shooting White having arranged for that time a party parly ni nt at which several illegal ilk features had hati h been n pia planned J d The Time same same lawyer lawr gave Thaw Thaws own dr description of the o shooting |