| Show detectives V S if I 1 M U R D r R I 1 CAS I 1 I 1 6 THEY ARE TO PLAY A PROMINENT PART many were employed by both thaw and white A visit to the tombs new york july 2 it was announced yesterday that today a a conference will be 16 hold between district attorney jerome who has just returned from a vacation in canada and allen alien W dvarte tho the lawyer for the family of stanford White who was shot by harry K ac thaw mr evarts will give mr jerome the private papers left by stanford white which have any an bearing on his hi s acquaintance acquaint anco with mrs alit thaw and her husband the con conference forence will mark the first move by the family of the slain to operate cooperate co with the authorities in the prosecution of tho the man wo caused liis his death until the conference is a over no statement will be made by the family I 1 with the arrival here yesterday of R richard ichard mansfield ansfield white of seattle the brother of the dead architect it was believed that tho the rule of silence which has been observed since the tragedy in the white household lio would be broken but the brother going at to the white home in east street went into retirement and refused to tc sed sec the visitors those who called were referred to lawyer evarts lawrence white the son of the dead man said that mr evarts was the only one qualified fled to discuss the case ilia his uncle who had not seen stanford for eight years bears was not sufficiently posted to talk 1411 stormer ormer judge olcott leading counsel for thaw had expected to spend sunday out of the city but 14 re were developments late saturday night which necessitated his staying over for the forenoon several I 1 bitne witnesses were found on saturday night and the lawyer was unwilling io delay seeing them none of the witnesses es threw any particularly new light aton on the case C contrary to expectations mrs thaw did not visit her jim husband band yesterday in steAn she e spent a very quie t day in tel nw hote holec ro ported that afia t line cz pecked to be joined by her mother enoth eri mrs airs holman of PIttsburg but this was wafe denied the denial was later strengthened byad by advises advices vices from pittsburg pittsburgh Pitts burgi the alie john doe proceedings started by the district attorneys office to examine amine into the ramifications of the thaw case will be continued today those witnesses who of their own volition tell the district 1 what they know odthe case will not be taken before the grand jury it will bo be only in cases where persons subpoenaed show signs of being recalcitrant that they will ha taken into the jury room A new grand rand jury will be im paneled today thaws sunday in prison was a quiet one he wa was greatly disappointed when he learned from froin a telegram from his wife that che she could not visit him with the return of district attorney jerome from his vacation in the country the investigation into the thaw tragedy was given renewed impetus today attaches of the district attorneys office had been engaged in whipping ng into shape the information concerning tho the case already at hantl hand and everything was in preparation to bo be submitted to the chief upon his arrival thaw passed a very comfortable night in his cell in tho the tombs and today appeared to be in better condition than at any time since lie he was arrested for shooting stanford white a week ago today the prisoners wife called at the usual hour today and spent some soine time with him when mrs thaw left the prison she said she found her husband in ill better spirits and moro more cheerful than at any time since the tr egedy he Is as cheerful as any one 3 in in his position could be expected to be she said paid from the prison she went to the office of her husbands attorneys allen alien W Fv everts Evir arts ts counsel for the white family called at the district attorneys tor office today and had a ten minutes talk with mr jerome this is the first occasion on which tho white family has been in touch with the t he district attorneys office tn in connection lection with the murder another call er at the district attorneys office was P L bergoff a private detec detective tivo who says he was employed by standford white for many months before the tragedy bergoff was accompanied by three of his assistants who ho he says were actively engaged in watching both mr white anti and a corps of detectives who had been employed by thaw |
