Thaw Trial Rebuttal Hearsay Fight Over Nesbit Testimony
On day one of rebuttal in the Thaw trial District Attorney Jerome challenged the admissibility of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s story as evidence to influence Thaw’s mind. Justice Fitzgerald sustained the ruling that the tale’s truth was not material, while allowing limited use to show effect.
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New York
Harry K. Thay
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thar
Oones
Delphin M. Delmas
de Fens
Delmas
Justice Fitzgerald
Ethel Thomas
Ile
Longfelow
Evelyn Nespit
Abraham Haromel
Twaw
Stanford White
Hodging
Tenderloin
Rudolph Wirthaus
Evelyn Wresbit
Twenty-fourth Street
Thaw
Fitzgerald
Evelyn Thaw
Abraham Hummel
Stormey
Evelyn Thawe
Isaa
Evelyn Nestit
Mr. Delmas
Thomas
Mr. Jerome
Paris
Branford White
Hummel
Longfellow
Thaw Trial Details Face Off Over Evelyn Nesbit Letter
The Thaw trial heard Frederick W. Longfellow identify a letter Nesbit Thaw handed to him in 1903 upon arrival from Europe. Jurors were told about Ethel Thomas suit papers served on Thaw and about assertions linking Stanford White to alleged perversions. Debates over admissibility and focus on Thaw’s mindset continued as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified and the court cautioned the jury to rely on sworn testimony only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Frederick W. Longfellow
Thaw
Harry
Longfellow
Ethel Thomas
K. Thaw
Delmas
Stanford White
Thaw Case Witnesses Clash Over Remarks and Affidavits
Testimony in the Thaw trial centers on Evelyn Nesbit's letters and an Hummel affidavit. Witnesses discuss phone calls, handwriting, and whether Nesbit spoke with Thaw or her husband in Paris. Police and defense lawyers spar over admissibility while noting Thaw's rational appearance and the sequence of events surrounding the shooting.
Thaw Case Testimony on Sanity and Confrontation
Police officers testified that White's killer Thaw appeared rational, while coroner's physician Lehane was recalled to discuss powder marks on the face. Witnesses described arrest conversations and tensions over whispered questioning, with objections raised to guard juror hearing.
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Timothy Lehane
Fitzgerald
Thagg
Dennis Wright
Madison Avenue
Hiv
Alea
Fifth Avenue
Jerome's Way Blocked in Thaw Case Testimony
District Attorney Jerome questions Dr. Rudolph Witthaus about poisons and insensibility in a hypothetical rape scenario involving a 16 year old girl. The exchange centers on whether a poison could cause temporary unresponsiveness and later recovery as described, with Objections over admissibility.
Witness Testimony in Thaw Case Faces Admonitions
Court session recounts arguments over what evidence may be admitted and whether statements about Thaw’s sanity are in rebuttal or part of the case in chief. Justice Fitzgerald overrules objections as James Clinch Smith testifies Thaw spoke to him at the Garden. The hearing adjourns with District Attorney Jerome planning to submit authorities later.
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Jerome
James Clinch Smith
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden
Delmas
Mr Smith
Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Mr. Smith
Smith
Debnas
Tie
Carlyle
Smyth
Harris
Oelmeys
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Frederick W. Longfellow
Tas
Ethel Thomas
Thew
Justice Fitzgerald
Evelyn Nesbit
Mr. Longfellow
Mr. Jerome
Jos
Longfellow
Evelyn V Nesbit
David McCarthy
Station House
Mingell
John Smith
White
United States
William H._tHodeins
Delafield
Hornblower
Choate
O'Reilly
Garvan
Capt. Hodging
Mr. Garvan
Capt Hodgins
Henry S. Blaise
Myer Cohen
Mr. O'Reilly
Fitzgerald
Dr. Witthaus
Madison Avenue
Onea
Rebbuttal
Hitzgerald
Weather conditions from D. 8 Dept of Agriculture report
A historical Weather Bureau bulletin outlines pressure drops across the Central valleys and Upper Lake region with rains in the Upper Mississippi Valley and light snows in the Northwest. Warmer in the Central and Southwest, colder in the South Atlantic and Northwest. Forecasts call for rain or snow across the Midwest and Ohio valleys by Tuesday, with possible rain into New England by Tuesday night. Winds along Atlantic coasts vary, with brisk conditions on Lake Michigan and easterly to southeasterly winds offshore. Flood warnings issued for the Mississippi below Vicksburg with potential sixteen foot rise at New Orleans by March 18.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Upper Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Gulf States
South Atlantic
Atlesouyl
Misciasippi
Ohio
Upper Lake
Lower Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
Port
Towa
Rose Gulf
South Atlantic States
Midale
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Daxatan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Mississippi
Upper Lake and ‘Western Lower Lake Regions. "the Winds Along the New England
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
Misatesippi
Vickeburg
New Orleans
Teddy's Tide and Sun Table and Loss Report
Tide and sun details are listed for a station with high tide at 4 p m low tides at 12:65 a m and 3 08 p m sunrise at 6 16 am and sunset at 5 05 pm The report notes a theft from the Lorene L cabin launch on Sixth Street NW with missing graphophone records a brass marine company and a German silver handled hunting knife The value of stolen goods is listed as zero The funeral of John Garden a flotrat will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm with Washington Naval Chapter No 6 H A M to attend Educational Contest runners may obtain back issue catalogs at the publication office.
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H. H. Hompler
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lorene L
Masons
John €. Garden
Anacostia
Washington
Trial of Capt Swift over Connecticut grounding to proceed
Navy announces a court martial for Captain William Swift commanding the battleship Connecticut after a January grounding at Culebra. Swift to be relieved and return to face charges of gross inefficiency and neglect of duty with a thirteen member panel likely to include rear admirals. The case centers on Swift’s course change near a buoy as Lieutenant Commander Chandler, son of ex Secretary Chandler, set a southeast course. The Connecticut avoided greater damage only after engine reversal. The trial will occur in Northern waters with testimony from Connecticut officers and possibly at Quarantine or Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Navy Department
Court of Indusry
Connecticut
Culebra
Willam Swift
Brooklyn, Navy Yard
Swift
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Lloyd H. Chandler
William HE. Chandler
Target Bay
Chandler
Queetington
Brooklyn
Ard
Bureau of Navigation
Perry Garst
Rhode Island
York
Former Senator James L. Pugh Sent Home for Funeral
The body of former Senator James L. Pugh of Alabama was sent to his former home in Hulaula where a funeral is planned tomorrow. Mrs. Pugh and family accompanied the casket. The funeral party departed at 9 o'clock aboard the Southern Railway.
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James L. Pugh
Alabama
Hulaula
Ala
James S. Lynch
Washington
William Lynch
Eighth Street
Mr. Lynch
Prince George County
Pia
William
Thomas Lynch
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Teddy
Lansburgh & Bro
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Uty
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Home Savings Bank
7Th and Mass, Ave. N. W
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7Th St. S. W
Burchell
Guherenforts
Leach Chemical Co
Cineinauti
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Ave
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Randle Highland
U.S
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Randle Highlands
Dupont Circle
TS. Beatty Company
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Wang
Sion Law
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