Show I I THAW IS S UP EVIDENCE Of O INSANITY r I NEW V YORK Jan 17 The The defense defonse at the Thaw trial continued today to toj j build up its over ever tightened net not of irrationality irrationality irrationality ir- ir rationality around the tho man accused of the tho murder of Stanford White I T Two important witnesses at the morn- morn 1 tog ing session ion were wre Miss Alice Alico t Fletcher hI I a lon long timo friend of the Thaws anda and a frequent n visitor at their home and andI I Miss Catherine 0 ONeill O'Neill who nursed el elI I I Thaw during six years of hi his childhood j I They both hoth declared he hc was anI an irra- irra I I youth and told of many inci- inci mci- mci I which had bad led them to tho the conI con con- I elusion Mrs lyn velyn Nesbit Thaw w was s called to the stand just before noon but hut was withdrawn a 1 moment later hater to make way for other w witnesses First Witness Today Miss Alice lice G. G FI Fletcher of Washington Washing Washing- ton toc D. D C. C who said she hail had been heen a frequent visitor at Ht the Thaw household in In Pitt and had known Harr Harry K Thaw for twenty six years was the first witness tod today Site She d declared that Harry was an n u unusual n lual child child nervous nervous and moody with wild and amid staring ry f 1 UP Tic seldom talker talked coherently and was si-as unable to carry earn un tin a sustained d conver 53 ion Throughout hout the th period you on know Harry Harr Thaw did his hia nets acts ts anti and appearance appear appeal ance milie impress you as s rational r or irrational irra irra- 7 asked Mr r. L Littleton Irrational I declared the witness Miss Fletcher told of seeing Thaw athis athis at at- t I his mothers mother's house houfe in 1003 Thaw said he h had bad d had an awful experience that thiS l' l he believed he had a disease dis dis- ese of ease ea G of of aud UH saud t hW v s going to die in die in fact he ho wanted to die I 1 He Ht Dlf mentioned Evelyn Nesbit's Nesbit e shit s I on name me frequently Ir but his talk usually was too to i incoherent to toll follow ow His C eyes looked L I without seeing ein apparently Strong Thaw Witness On cross examination Miss s Fletcher Fletche i. i I said ald that although h a frequent guest ue t 3 at atthe time the Thaw home she had nevor nr known Harry to he be placed under restraint mm in inI 1 I any an anwa wa way 1 I Mrs r William Wilhiam Thaw Tha mother of the defendant v. v was s at nt the courthouse today ready to take th the thc stand when called caer I She h plainly showed the evidences c 0 of f her recent illness 5 I Mr Jerome Jeromo wanted to know if tho witness witness' impression ion of Thaw Wl was only of a eccentric man or 01 a aoL pe person on 1 of oL unsound mind lie Ho impressed mo me always n ns as a person per son soil who was not rational declared 1 Miss iss Fletcher Didn't Eat Much lie Ho often acted oddly and would leave e his meals untouched While While- she he hail had made no tests by hy w which ich to judge t tho the defendants defendant s a senses S 'S Sall as all to fo taste distinguishing pf of colors etc ete time tho witness was 11 not willing to ail ad- mit that sh site she hid harl not noticed that his hits fell Reuse of perception d differed from the I norton normal person peN Did yon you over ever counsel with his lus I mother as a I to Thaw Thaws s mental condition couch couch- tion I 7 asked tho time prosecutor I I remember his him mothers mother's s 's anxiety and h her r speaking to me mc about it t Do Do you remember anybody you ruu over ever el discussed the Iho matter mattor with 7 I t I never pr discussed Harry Harf Thaw with ans r J i I to the tho ideas bleis of irrationality the tho witness 1 entertained and then started f to tn inquire as to whether she sho had hind over ever before observed ob ob- ob- ob served r a young moan man very tT much iu ill love loc with a chorus girl cirl when Justice Dowling Dowl Dowl- log ing interrupted to 11 there wn was wis noth- noth j ing illg in i c evidence euce so far as to au any chorus girl irl Wi ll I said the till prosecutor had hael hail YOU ou ever p u before observed ell a l young man manTho T ho told you ou of a beautiful young young youn- woman wo- wo man Ulan who had hail been len greatly wronged ron J No o. o Old Nurse Testifies I Miss Fletcher insisted that Thaws Thaw's talk constantly h was incoherent nt with a l shift shifting in of subjects She Hbo be could nut not reCall recall re Te- re- re call any particular occasion on which re h hail had el been boemi IL a i violent outbreak Catherine no 11 an nn elderly woman who ito W was I a nurse in lb the Thaw family for six years rears and anti took charge e of Harry K Thaw Iha when he be hens was ns between n T 3 and anil andi i 1 years year of age n-e n testified d aa at to the time childhood child chile hood of tho thu defendant She Ile described him a as very cn nervous and moody 1 He lie would have nervous corvette outbreaks which would end l in complete collapse His Ills mouth would twitch and there were general facial contortions Tho The nervous outbreaks occurred dur in ing all of the years cars the tho nurse was in tho employ of the tim family causing herto her herto fr to reach the time conclusion ion that harry Harry's s 's mind was affected District Attorney Jerome J eromo sought on ross examination to show that Thaw was simply a t e child bil of a nervous dispo disposition dispo- dispo and amid an un ungovernable o temper 1 Ibo Tho be admitted h he lie showed all of these tendencies It wa site she saul said necessary to tu call all in iii the time family physician n after the outbreaks Thaw suffered from front St. St Vitus dance Evel Evelyn U Is Called Mr r. Littleton hero here caused a of excitement b. b by calling Evelyn 1 Nesbit to the stand alumni It Jt had said aid yesterday r a.- a. and am n again this morning t that at athe sIte she he would woul not bo ue a witness until next v eek cek Youn Young Mrs rs Thaw in her blue schoolgirl schoolgirl school girl dress appeared promptly an anti and 1 walked briskly to 10 tho time witness witness- chair whore where Clerk Penn Penny administered the usual oath bath While hile Mrs Irl Thaw was sitting with anxious face 1 rall ready fOI for her Iter examination Mr 1 Littleton changed l tactics null and asked her hf to withdraw for the tho time bein being to tomake tomake make makl wt way for Thomas Thoma F. F Lynch who was doorman at tho Tenderloin Ten Ten- en- en rl police station at ut the tho time Thaw was confined there thero following the shooting shoot shoot- in ing of White Lynch repeated tho the testimony ho o gave gnat at the first trial as al to Thaw coin COlli- th the mornin morning after his arrest t of hearing tho thiu voices of oC children 10 0 or yea yeats i a of ago t o in the thc tier of cells above hi his own The rhe officer office said laid to Th Tb Thaw a w You must he be clop 1 I dont don't hear anything Looked Like Liko Wounded Man Mau Th Thaws Thaw's w action iu in the station im ini impressed pressed time the witness as aA irrational Doorman Barrett who was on ou duty ditty at atthe atthe the tho station when hen Thaw first was t taken In th there followed Lynch and a added ed lIi his opinion to that thai of oC his brother officer that Thaw v acte acted like liko an m irrational man Ban Barrett declared on cross that Thaw when arraigned at ut the tho sergeants sergeant's ser geant's desk in tho thou police station op like hike a t man who had been stabbed or shot himself His eyes were something terrible exclaimed the witness They The stuck out like lilo two hard bard boiled e s. s The rho officer and the district attorney relt wed tho the battle they had bad at it the tho first trial and the lImo questioning cross was con con- eon tinned at great length j Thaw tho doorman declared complained corn com durin luring during tho the night that some one was 38 beating and abusing little girls in j the station |