| Show EVELYN NESBIT THAW VISITS HER HUSBAND sights at insane asylum had a depressing effect poughkeepsie N Y feb 4 A brief examination and observation of tile the mental condition of harry aj K thaw no now confined in Matte awan st state ate hospital for the criminal insane was held yesterday by dr allan W ferriss president of the new york state lunacy commission and dr lamb superintendent or of the institution the examination was of a preliminary I 1 character thaw and the physicians talking casually together for about half an hour after the examination dr ferriss said it was too early to give an opinion on thaws mental condition tho the examination interrupted a visit of mrs evelyn nesbit thaw and daniel oreilly ORe llly of thaws counsel ahr came up from N new ew york it was mrs thaws first visit to her husband sine since his arrival at Matte awan and she appeared I 1 depressed over the situation in which her husband found himself among the insane mrs thaw and counsel spent over an hour with thaw after which they visited the various departments of the institution mrs thaw saidi 1 will not see harry again until wednesday he told me not to come today for he thought the trip tiresome and the things I 1 had seen would be too much illuce for me mrs william thaw Is unable to como as yet but perhaps will accompany me on wednesday that Is no place for harry la in with all those insane people why the colors on oil the wall are even depressing I 1 found harry doing nicely and satisfied with the food he was getting but I 1 do not think a man of his sanity should be thrown irl in with those people alienists Allenis ts evans and jelliffe retained by the thaw family held several conferences feren ces with thaw during the day it Is believed here that unless thaw is discharged through the operation cooperation co of the state authorities within a few weeks habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted in the supreme court here that mrs I 1 irs thaw does not expect the immediate discharge of her husband Is indicated by her engage men lor for two weeks of a room in a hotel at fishkill landing where she will be only a a short dis distance taice away from Matte awan |
