Show 1110 l Ai INSANE IN INN N E EI I f tJ iJ i EXPERT DECLARE Delmas Lays Bare Policy ol of Defense in Freeing Prisoner EVELYN NESBIT TO RESUME iro ifo Will Vili Tell of Other Girls h by 13 Stanford T White All of f Which Jno Known n to H HH J. J H B William Hosier New Nev ew York Feb 1 12 I Mr Delmas to to- day duy laid bald bare the case of Harry Han Thaw Through the clear and direct and forcible forc forc- Pile ible te testimony of Dr Briton D. D Evans the lie chief alienist of Iho tho defense he lie established the tho Insane condition of the thc defendant on tho lie night that thai Stanford White was killed and in Imi n so o convincing con ing InS a manner that J Jerome rome will have tomake to tc tomake make prodigious efforts to dislodge g the Impression which the expert mado madr- madron on or orthe the minds o of the Jurors thiS Dr r Evans E testified that hat Thaw was iva Insane at the he time line he shot White While and amid that for 01 a of three months month thereafter traces tracos of oC Insanity continued 1 to lo show themselves cs clearly clearl In imi the words and amid acts of the defendant lowing this Ibis the expert rt said a slow o but st steady ady set In am and has continued to this day Thaw being beIns be be- lug Ins now the tim doctor inferred Interred In lii a perfectly per per- rational condition lIe He divided the period of ot Thaws Thaw's Insanity In In- In sanity as It showed itself after aCter the commission of or the crime the crime the first firs three visits which Dr DI Evans paid to tc him showing the prisoner in a mental condition which clearly revealed menial mental men men- tat ial unsoundness and the last lat five visits showing the thc gradual return tc to c reason Did Pitt Not Know lino Murder Was us ron Specifically the thc expert declared that thai on the the- night of June 25 last Harry Han Thaw was Incapable of ot distinguishing between rl right ht and wrong and consequently consequently con con- did not know the nature ol oC the act which was committed Stripped of or all aU the lie technicalities of or counsel arguments and amid delays this is sub substantially the result of oC to today's as sessions lons for the trial There was much in Iii addition of picturesque pie pic descriptions of oC various vallous mental mental men men- tal tat states and delusions hallucinations and illusions that thul accompany th them them them- m- m mental storms explosive and fulminating fulminating ful ful- conditions of the thc mind gl sighing of the he wind and vain imaginings im Im- Im s of if Napoleon Bonaparte Mary Man Queen of Scot Julius Caesar Geor George e Washington und and Alexander th the Great Illustrations of ten policemen seated s on the ho chandelier and amid the like omitting omitting omit omit- ting the tho several chapters of or Encyclopedia pelia pecHa which loin apparently were road In evidence S nm Tha Thau u us s I n 1111 mit t DI Dr Evanss Evans's testimony consisted on time the mailer of or if fact opinion sworn OIn to toon toon toon on his hla reputation as miS a n scientific man that hat Harry HalTY Kendall Thaw for tor a considerable con con- ble period before the sla slaying ng of oC Stanford White suffered from fromn rom Inherited Continued on Page Pago Eight J THAW WAS 1 AS INSANE i i EXPERT DECLARES Continued From Page Pago Ono One l insanity In tendencies of or which were vere developed de tic- I loped h by the thc strains occasioned bythe by bythe bythe the actions of oC Stanford White arid and aridi culmination on the thc night i reached cached their 01 1 I of or Juno 25 21 1306 1906 at Madison I Square garden This his Is what shat was after er Hh the unequivocal testimony combined com corn with that of oC Dr Ya Wagner ncr given wih t i tho 10 ra day previous an and supplemented h by bythe I i the statements of ot other witnesses as to the Iho irrational l manner of Thaw haw on the I night of the shooting In the estimation estima estina- estma- estma tion- tion of or the defense fully establish lon the the firm foundation for the plea of or In Insanity inc in- in nj n- n j c t sanity which the court has ha demanded c. c c before Mrs Ir Evelyn r Nesbit Thaw shall ti S' S be permitted to continue her narra narra- c tt tive live I i Tomorrow ow therefore we shall shah see sec seethe sc j the tile of or Mr MI Evelyn Thaw to tn toi I i- i the stand and 11 under the direction of Delmas sho alto will wi take taIe up that new I Ii branch o of the thc case which has to do tie i I with other victims of or Stanford White hUe aside from Evelyn Nesbit whose aide le lil wrongs are also said to have played cd no Inconsiderable part lart alt In dethroning the on of oC the tho defendant hK 31 hs rs v to I q l U ll ii r a law more questions s in l r Jv morning 1 fOY Mr Nr Ir Evarts I will wl 1 be dl dis- dis ll Mrs Thaw will of ol and an young n. n wi light fight then be recalled Jerome ma may that ho he had r hut but Delmas Dehmas said sll today now flow noW met all of or the legal requirements and would woul insl insist t upon being permuted permitted to continue the examination of the tho stat star witness to the end I ln Following Mrs Harry Harr Thaw on the y stand aland will be Mrs William Thaw S. S Sub Subsequent to her appearance several witnesses Inv In- In more or less Important I moe several 1 agents of or the tile Anthony Anthon v eluding sever St f Comstock nm society will wi Ot be cale called t l. l and a wi i few other witnesses before th the alienists alien len len- round out the are put back to roun case casc These alienists have been merely mereY summoned up to date to lo lay the legal t foundation for the plea of insanity One hypothetical question queston has been put fut an and after answering It I In a general generl gen gen- oral eral erl wa way they have bce beeh bech permitted to L retire When all al of the evidence for tor forthe the tho defense Is il In III they Uw will wi be recalled for fot hypothetical questions 4 The problem m ahead for ro the tho to defense he is the cro examination cross of or Evel Evelyn n In XU Thaw If H Delmas succeeds I. I t having bl h continue her story tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row morning l it is he will wil willA wi A have havo concluded with wih her an and hand ham 1 her ller over to Jerome b by the thc afternoon Assistant Dis- Dis In Ill anticipation of this tt-ic tt Attorney larvan Garvan spent all al da day dayto to today ny examining witnesses and looking assist Jerome in iii his cro cross cross- b l- l up Ut fa facts ts lo to o 4 examination Lifo Life Story of ot Girl irl to he bo Heard From all that can cm bo he learned l arne Mrs Tha Thaw Frol will al be subjected to an ordeal wl of or far severity than that tha characterized greater greter h r examiner ii Ill P which t. h-t. In of her hel lifer life so detail chief Every EvelT chief far as the rules lules of or evidence will wi per per- and the lie girl gir mil mit 18 i to he be gone Into mi will be spared pare nothing In the effort wi break th lh of the district attorney to S. S force of If the story 0 1 she has impressed the jur Jury upon In connection with the effort eroll of Je Jerome Jerome Je- Je rome to discredit the tile wife of ot the p much discussion to today tolay to- to oner there thel was tho the alleged statement which lay day over tay Abe Hummel has turne turned over to th the Humme This is believed t to district attorney ry bo lu the the- same me statement ment that was photographed pho riho- b by Stanford White and 7 afterward burned as as testified lo to by b Mrs Thaw No o one believes beHoves that Jerome Jorome Je Jo- rome Tome would have the har hardihood to in itt vl view w a n witness call Hummel as m cl of ut the fact that the former Conner member of the bar is h now under un er conviction which leh tal tal- tal- tal In a ft ease case w F for conspiracy C that narrated nar nar- lies 8 8 In fn even every particular I r rat rated l by iy Mrs Irs Thaw v But mit ut I Jerome dues does o f not call cal lum- lum hunt Huni- irtel there 1 is more moru than a R fair prospect pros pros- mo call Jerome will that Delmas Delma wi cal the tue witness stand would woul be beCi bea Jerome on T in the tha Thaw case a Ci novelty novelty even even ven ca He lIe would be lIe called caled to prove the bad I character of lumm Hummel I an and If it it i were objected to to by hy tile the district attorney that th the of nr t the Hummel lummel case that was vas the lu best H ft t might be pointed wa out by b Delmas that tile district district diStrict dis diS- attorney y as af prosecutor of Hummel Hummel Hum Hum- mel inch ha hag hal in his possession pO more facts mel concerning than are con- con muted In that flint el particular record N Jerome I in ii After Dr Hr J Jerome will vill wi also Iso tal take e con considerable l core 2 time In iii examining cross the experts ford tor the defense defence He lie is after aCea one of ot them In fn Dr Evans the S expert oSpert who wile appeared on the stand and 1 L such magnificent Impression made a that he had this the th Jurors for an hour I during which time line their ees eyes were V. V constantly on him and several ofiS of ot i'S S them constanty m manifested their disapproval by byr r tJ frowns Crowns when Jerome with wih S technical objections I Rut hint If I Jerome Is after arca Evans Evan Evans Evan Is fg loaded for Jerome The he two hadan hadan had hadan an encounter In tho the corridor on on MenS Monday Mon Men S da day afternoon when Jerome said sid Evans T E ans was WM not a n truth telling truth man S and amI Evans retorted that Jerome Jerome'S JerOne was S 'S not not a a gentleman When he th the two face each other the sparks sire are exi expected ex- ex to fly n. There Thera was vas an armed armetiS armel i A S I ti S S s S S S S I S. S J l S truce between them today toda although Jer Jerome mc took au ail an unfair advantage of I Evans and him when the tho expert expert ex ex- ex- ex pert was vas wa powerless to reply AH All Al In all al then it f probably will wi be belie betho betho tho lie end of or the week before the defense h s concluded nc ed Us Is case cape cP The rime state will wi then week for rebuttal It I has many witnesses to call including Inched Inched- ing lag three experts who have got to testify as to the sanity of or Harry Hart Thaw without ever having examined or setting get get- getting ting close to him R url Will m Help Hell Delmas pelma Is preparing a ba bath bad hour bour orso or ors orso so s for each eacil ech of ot the these Today oda he lie called caled into the tile case CC ClO Dr George Georgo Franklin formerly of California now of ot New Yoi k who Is a n noted alienist an and whose special province In the Thaw ease case will wi be to assist aLt Delmas Delma in the cro examination cross of experts Until almost the end n of tile the session this afternoon the Ulc whole days nys proceedings pro pro- pre pre- had hal been dull cul Hat lint and und stale stal if not unprofitable an and It f was only through the extreme kindness l of Jerome Jer Jer- ome flU and Delmas that tile the proceeding was rescued from l' l m the tile slough of or In- In armity Aft After I a strange performance athe at atthe atthe the he opening of the morning session when hen he lie court at a rapid clip and nd md reaching his seat sat stood erect for Cor Cora a 1 full ul aa as though striving to Lo at- at act the at attention of ot the justice e Thaw st it at the tho l. l end of the counsel table and read ead and wrote letters Idlers chatted with ll smiled and ultimately his us is counsel an yawned and closed his eyes as though nl ing a nap Dr Dt Evang had b neglected nc to rend rul tho tto Jt Ii tho tio G chio oVar h when It c time for him to his Is expert opinion on them It I was ne- ne essaiy to court for fot half hal an the notes lour hour to enable him to peruse which h he should have been permitted months When to o master three ago hen court ourt reassembled it was WR only to o be plunged lunged anew into the tedium of expert ex- ex port pert ort testimony and the outlook was I bad ad when Jeronie perked up over the I form forni orm of or hypothetical questions Attorneys Ator c s 's in Clashes His Oa first t objection was that there there- was vas no evidence before the court that tha Thaw haw had over ever paid honorable court to Evelyn Nesbit wherefore he ho objected to o the expression In the tho long column-long queston Oh said sal Delmas or off handedly make it that he was acquainted with her I will wi not split spilt H hairs Pardon me replied Jerome I Iam Iam 1 am not splitting hairs hair Par Pardon on me rejoined Delmas I I lid illi not say that you were I I- I Isaid said I II I would woul not split ha hairs s There was a 1 sardonic ring to Delmas's Delmass Del- Del Delmass Delmas's Delmass mass mas's rejoinder that grated on Jerome He waited his chance and It I came afew a afew few tew minutes later He objected to the use the ue ot of the wor word operation In the hypothetical cues cues- ques ques- tion ton On Monday lon a Delmas made Jerom Jer- Jer omo omi writhe as he put iut before the tile JU jur by h Innuendo matter which the court promptly ruled out of eVi evidence Wherefore Jerome primed to get et back hack at the ch chief chef ef counsel for Thaw haw got on his feet and blurted out that the tho operation opera- opera lion tion referred to t was WM one for tor simple ton ai whereas the defense b bythe by IY the peculiar working of tIldE their que question lon had given ghen It Intentionally as at much more sinister meaning Delmas was vas on his feet In an instant I except he cried There Is no such uch evidence e and It I is not In tho the 10 01 of the toe 11 district attorney Y to in introduce in- in a fact tact before this jury jur which Is not in Itt evidence Jerome's Ac Action ol s I Jerome a willingness to have thu tha Jun r retire tre but ut kept lighton right light on Oil 01 talking about the thing to which Delmas Delma objected d. d The Tho 11 CalIfornian California I never lost hl his temper But nut his wor words s became sharper S I except again your honor iloner ho he and I emphasize my tion I will wi ask asli that flInt it will wi bo he noted notel on the ground grund of or misconduct t on the part of or the district attorney Jerome felt fel the sting sUng aud and mado his lan language plainer Delmas DM mat noting exceptions When h n Jerome finally finally fin nn- al ally announced that if Ir Delmas Delma dl did not know the nature of at the operation h he he- could consult with wih his associates and find ilni out and Delma refused to consul con con- sul suIt sult Jerome then jabbed tile the California Califor Califor- nia nm advocate a with wih this remark Then he ho does oel not want to Insinuate u ua teI te- te te teI I I am amaze amazed at the Implied die dis discourtesy courtesy courtes of ot the district attorney h he cried warmly as a every c ope opil ol in In the thc court cour r room om woke up and ant the Jurors juror I pressed presed forward to gather gather In the de- de e- e S tan tally I 1 insinuate nothing I seek feck to lo de tie- deceive le- le nobody an anti and I think that the tho forgets forgets for for- learned district attorney strangely gets his character and his position ho to charge chare with when n assumes me mo mc wih an attempt to deceive that this physician or anyone cl else cite c. c I think upon Ullon reflection he remarks will wi see the grave rave Injustice of ot his S Prosecutor Scores Poorer a Point Jerome smiled cynically and said Mid If I tho the question does doe not mean what t ri I S uy say why not s say say- say so So o 1 I Delmas Ignored oed the query cluer and andI wheeling upon Jerome cried I May lay I ask sk fk how the district attorney attorney ator- ator ney ne I learned the tho character ehrat ch rn t t a of rt the opec oper S S atlon Yes sir was the rei reply I May a I ask aak a If he can |