Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-07-02 | Page 6 | Thaw Sane, Says Alienist

THAW SANE, SAYS ALIENIST. Killing of White Was Due to Jealousy Instead of Paronoia. New York Dr. Charles P. Bancroft, Ban-croft, head of the New Hampshire state hospital for the insane and a member of the federal commission which examined Harry K. Thaw during dur-ing his sojourn in New Hampshire, testified Tuesday that in his opinion Thaw not only was sane, but always had been sane. Dr. Bancroft testified as an expert alienist in the jury proceedings pro-ceedings to determine Thaw's mental condition. Thaw's act in killing Stanford White, Dr. Bancroft said, was due to jealousy and not to a diseased condition condi-tion of mind.