Show mm LAWYER JEROME IS LO LONGWINDED Justice Fitzgerald Indicates His Weariness Over the th Tedious Cross Examination New New w York March arh 1 IThe The insanity of ot adolescence paranoia and the character of brain storm occupied both sessions of the Thaw trial today toda and when adjournment until unU Monde Monday morning was ordered Dr Britton Briton D Evans Eans one DIme of the alienists for or the defense was sti under District Attorney course coure ui in u questioning the time witness was somewhat battling baffling He lie Hf seemed desirous to have han Dr Evans Ens admit admi that Thaw suffered from paranoia is l practically Incur Incurable Incur incurable able Then again be he brought from the witness th th the opinion that when hen Thaw armed ared himself he be well wel knew kew that a rt n nolyer r oler volver was en n Instrument for tion ton and when fired into a human body bh might produce pt luce death eth Finally the prose prosecutor wanted an ed to know kno If the actions of a I person suffering from rum a brain brin storm or mental explosion would woul be by oy the calm cairn considerate manner which Thaw 1 haw displayed the night lie 1 shot Stan Stanford Stanford Stanford ford White to death on the Madison Madisn Square roof garden ff ft r Foundation for Commission The net results appeared to be that Mi Mr MI Jerome Is still sti laying the fOundation on he may maj ask for a commission in in lunacy to judge jude the present montal con COI condition cn of f the defendant Even Een to the ex cx t nt of or greatly fatiguing the time jury jur and Judge the district attorney dwelt del on th tl subject of adolescent insanity and para paranoia par paranoia i nola noia endeavoring to establish a relation relationShip ship between n the to two and was at last re rewarded rewarded warded by Dr Evans admitting that de defendants defendants defendant a will wi and codicil did suggest o 0 ohis ohI his hI mind a paranoiac form tonn of adolescent Insanity Adolescent Insanity it 1 has been explained 13 ta i common in persons persona during the development period of Iffe from 10 Q to 10 I 0 j ears while paranoia is a fixed In tn Insanity sanity upon one subject monomania Justice Fitzgerald Indicated his hi fatigue fatge at the three days o othe of th the expert epert when Mr Jerome began to question Queston Dr Evans about his knowledge of ot other instances of ot adolescent insanity which had resulted In acts of homi homicide ride cide Cde The alienist said there was as a woman wom woman woman an in his hospital for tor the Insane at Mor Morris Morris ris Plains Plain who in n the midst of ot a brain brainstorm brainstorm storm torm or mental explosion had bad killed two of ot her children After a number of questions by b Mr Ir Je JermE Jereme reme objection was made by to this line lne of ot examination Mr lr Jerome argued arged that we are juu ju totting feLting to the point of this thins thIng thin This CIma Thil brought out a I weary remark from the Judge to the effect that we have lun been beena be n na a mighty might long time getting there Long Time Getting There Mr dr Ir Jerome disclaimed responsibility for or the tedious sug suggesting suggesting gesting that the the blame was with the eva evasive evasive sive siye answers of the witness 01 I am not saying aing whose fault tault It I Is s said ald d the Judge judg but I repeat we 1 have been a long time tm getting to 1 the point The district attorney and the Judge had lied hadi nother i wordy conflict near the end cf et the day da when Mr lr Jerome asked Dr r Evans to lb give his opinion of or Dr Allen I en McLane MeLane Hamilton who Is reported to tl have hae said that he believed Harry Thaw to be suffering from a form of ot Insanity which could collid not nt possibly have hae been eradicated eradicated by this time ness 1 I refuse to answer replied rIed the wit witness witness witness nessIr Mr Ir Jerome argued the point and an cited a part of the record In the cars care cr crat at Albany Alban where the presiding had bad allowed one export to give an a opinion of knottier another n ther Now will wi you direct dict the witness to suggested Mr Ir Jerome inquiringly inquiringly of ot the Justice justi I t will wil not replied d the Justice He adde added that he would not rule finally on un inthe the point until he bad had read rend the entire entre rec rc record rc or ord of the trial ta As Mr r Jerome said the ruling would cover the te last ques questions questions tom of his examination the adjournment until Monday wa was ordered Dr Evans will again be on the stand wi agin Adolescent Insanity Dr Evans declared dec today todar toda that Thaw showed a degree of adolescent Insanity when he wrote rote the letters leter in 1908 1902 90 after Evelyn had told him of her al alleged alleged alleged wrong at the hands of or Stanford White The delusions delusion apparent in the letters were more concentrated In the will willand wl willand and codicil executed April Avri 4 16 J and anil when taken by b themselves Indicated a paranoiac form of ot the thc Insanity of ado adolescence adolescence On June 25 1906 when Thaw Tha shot and killed kle White Dr Evans said the Defendant was suffering suffering from an ex explosive explosive plosive outbreak of adolescent insanity Mr lr Jerome tried to make mke the time witness admit that a person Insane from 1903 9 to lo 19 1906 suffered from a chronic form fonn of ot men mental mental tal tat disorder but Dr Evans Eans insisted that the evidence merely showed showe acute out outbursts outburst outbursts burst bursts and not a chronic state Now Noa that Evelyn Eveyn Nesbit Thaw Is no longer upon the stand and the center of ofal al ill all Interest the prisoner Ii Is I attracting more and more attention He lie gave gae out no additional statements today but cre created cre almost as a great geat a sensation as on n yesterday when he Issued his attack upon the unprofessional methods of f the dis district district district attorney Through his hla counsel Thaw obtained per permission permission mission to absent abet himself from the th room room When V hen en he got into the prisoners prisoners pen Thaw threw off his hla hl hat brought hi his heels together and began violently to go through a drill at setting ip up exercise When he be had finished Thaw announced that he was ws ready to return to announce the court curt room declaring he be had been be n compelled to take the exercise Mr r Jerome was later Informed of or the conduct and made notes note upon It Thaw It again brought to court several large arge packages of ot letters which he reed read r with avidity and made pencil notes upon wih ach tach He fl took apparently no Interest in In the he Lbs fencing between the district distrct attorney and ind the alienist |