Show A till ASYLUM 0 a 0 E A D X C B but u t district attorney jerome brome is directing the prosecution so As to force a commission in lunacy which will determine whether the defendant is now an insane person new york feb 13 15 close observe ers of the thaw trial which has been postponed for sever several al days because of ot the death of a jurors wife belleve I 1 the present trend of the trial as shown in the last two days is toward a commission in III lunacy to determine I 1 i officially harry thaws condition pf af mind this belief Is suggested br b district attorney geromes Je romes apparent willingness to admit part of the will by his readiness to withhold technical 4 objections to the testimony of thaws amily physicians tending to throw light upon the defendants mental status and by his is policy in admitting without opposition tho the conver bation between thaw and dr evans when the latter wag examining tho the prisoner prison br in the tombs cansel Cun counsel sel for thaw have reached I 1 age opinion that the trial may be terii bated abruptly any day next week from this cause so fully convinced are ahey that jerome will make this move that they are planning to agh him on this line thaw himself Is creal credited ted with having declared that he lie would not face the asylum in preference to sing sing aad and the d catl chair so it can be sien r with ath what feeling this expected move of mr N I 1 r jerome is creating in the camp of the defense lt t one of thaws lawyers in s speaking peaking of the probable plan for a lunacy boqi mission said yesterday 7 aj 1 As the case has progressed front fron day to day wo we have become more and more convinced by the conduct of the district attorney and his ills experts who are observing the defendant for him that chat it has been and Is 19 his purpose to lead the case to the point where lie can apply properly for a commis j slon sion in lunacy J we dont don want twant the boy declared in sane we want him acquitted no n added the resumption of the trial on ou mon depend on how juror dolton iv whose ha 8 e wife died dle d yesterday stands the ordeal put on him by this afflic tion it was the general opinion in III court yesterday that bolton ohp appears to be a man of determination will stand the strain and that the arll will be continued dr evans will then go on the stand again and it Is expected that he lie will try to substantiate stait lite his opinion that thaw was insane in august by giving thaws own words to him during three examinations ami nations following testimony from the defendants expert it is expected that district attorney jerome jemmo will be prepared to make his application to the court for a commission tn in lunacy if it should be following the admittance of testimony fromar from Dr evans mrs at thaw will not chiave hav to complete her story nor will she have to face a cross examination which many have predicted would be a terrible ordeal for her mr air jerome when questioned last night on the subject of the possible close of therrial the trial by an application for a commission dealin ed to discuss ohp matter in any way dr josiah strong president of the american institute for social service said today that harry K thaw consulted him more than two years ago about breaking up a den office of vice in this thir city which was protected by a wealthy man thaw did not say where atwan located but put dr strong said the bollog roan man told him such a story t that hat it made hie his blood boil boll death has again invaded harry thaws thas environments close upon the death of the wife of juror bolton came the announcement today of the death last night of michael mchael downey who for top months had been thaws night keeper upon the second tier pf af cells which Is known aa as murderers row downey ney had been a keeper in the tombs for foi more than twenty eight years when harry thaw first came to the tho tombs downey did not look with favor rl upon the new now prisoner but during the long watches of the night W when hea j thaw paced up and down ithe the narrow confines of his cell a warm friendship sprang up between the two downey Is buried tomorrow a wreath bearing thaws card will rest upon the casket thaw gent sent tho the order for the flowers to warden flynn F soon af ter he beard heard of the keepers death the following statement as to mr jp romes position with regard to the sanity or ln insanity sanity of thaw was made today mr jerome dw doe i not know whether or not thaw is insane none of hi assistants assi know none of the experts retained for the prosecution ic know n 0 w these experts have not had ah an opportunity port unity to examine thaw they are present in court at the trial with an open mind they would like to know it any experts retained forthe for abe de 1 fenske will L ay that in their thaw la Is now insane the district attorney will join with them thew in n th the e fe re quest to the court for the ament of a a commission in lunacy ta decide on the question of the defeY defendants a sanity antte harry lot counsel for thaw it said bald today when the trial is resumed week dr evan evans will conclude his tea tee and dr wagner will be recalled to tell of his conversations with ith thaw mr thaws wife will then finish her story atory and his big mother will he called for the first time finally finlly after mr air thaws will haa has been bean introduced trod as I 1 evid evidence t nee it ji js probate pro babe I 1 that the family phy cleus of the thaw family will complete their tes the alienists allenis tF will be 4 a few final questions oun in order to round wat ut the case and then unless something new develops the defense probably will rest |