The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-28
YOUNG THAH IS
PERFECTLY SANE
Jerome'S AIieniStS Visit Slayer
of White, but Meet With
a Rebuff.
WIFE ALSO AT THE T0MBS
LETTERS WHICH MAY EXPLAIN
THE TRAGEDY.

perfectly sane, was the report MADE to
day by the sIienists retained by the dis
trict attorneys office 10 examine into the
prisoners mental condition. This report
was made after the physicians had spent
an hour with Thaw, who. in defiance of
the advice OF his counsel, former Judge
OIcotJ- refused 10 answer any questions,
and declared that nothing short of actual
force would compel him 70 submit TO
physical examination
When the committee Of physicians called
upon the prison e. Ihow said firmly, as
the first member was introduced to him
by DIT. Allan McLsane Hamilton, retained
Tor the defense
Il beg your pardon; I viii answer no
questions whatever.
Thaw Would Not Answer.
Then began general conversation on
trivial subjects with DIT. Austin Flint and
Dr. Hamilton. Thaw deity parrylng any
questions that had any bearing on his
mental or physical condition. Finding him
obdurate, the doctors hurriedly summoned
Mr.. OiCOtt but TO him Thaw vehemently
reiterated his determination to answer no
questions.
You can put it down. to the condition
of my feelings, if you will. said Thaw.
My nerves are UnstrUng: their tension is
sreat. viii not be examined today
Pressed for a clearer cause for his re-
fusdl he said.
Il haven't any; I have none at all.
Put il down 10 Obstinacy, if YOU wish"
He had promised Mr.. Olcott before the
Nolii4ileis mt 10 Suoiiilt 10 lIe eAdLiiii4-
ton
Could Not Be influenced.
This refusal will hurt you" Mr.. Olcott
Is said To have pleaded.
Il don't care Nothing but absolute
force viii get me 10 allow myself TO be
examined or 10 say anything today.
think l first ought 10 talk with DR.. Ham
iiton and then have a talk with Mr.. Della
field Later L viii tell YOU whether l
viii talk with the commission or not"
He was then taken back to his cell.
Mr. OlCOtt said later that he was I'M
able to account for Thaw's attitude, and
that he could only attribute il to unac-
countable obstinacv- As ais counsel he
said. he had no objection TO Tnaw's an
swering any of the questions addressed 10
him by the physicians
Visited by His Wife.
After the aljenists had departed Mrs
IhaW was permitted 10 see her husband
Tor the first time since his arrest She
came to the TOmbs in ca riage. accom-
Ednied by her husbands brother. Joseph
G. Thaw- The meeting between husband
end wife was aftecuOnate, and they re-
NAMED together talking IN an undertOGe
fOr nearly an hour. Thaw also received
q visit from his sister. Mrs. George <.
carnegie, and Clifford ". HartridSe Of
GIttSburg.
Before visiting the Tombs Mrs Thaw
had a long conference with former Judge
Olcott and Frederick Delafield at which
il was said the line of defense was dis
cuSSed and the intention to interpOse
pea OF insanity was confirmed
When asked ABOUT the letters from
White which Mrs. Thaw Yesterday turned
over TO Mr. Delafield Mr. Olcott said
that ne believed they were OF material
value TO the defense Further than this
he declined to comment on the case
Inquest Today.
Coroner DOOIey announced today that
the inquest which opens tomorrow would
not be a formal proceeding to establish
the cause of Whites death, but that all
available witnesses viii be examined for
the purpose OF fixing the crime on ThaW
II order that ne might be leld for the
action of the grand jury. Mrs. Thaw viii
not appear at the inquest and it was
said today that in all probability she viii
lot be required to appear before the
grand jury, in which case her testimony
viii not be taken until the trial In the
meantime the district attorneys office
VIII prosecute a most searching inVeStf-
cation of the habits and movements of
Jhaw and White during a period of sew
eral weeks previous 10 the tragedy.
Witnesses Examined.
No less than twenty witnesses were ex-
amtned in connection with the case by
the district attorneys Office today
Among the most prominent Of these was
Thaw valet, William Belfor1 who has
been in his service for six years and is
beneVed to be cOnVerSant with the events
which are supposed 10 have been the i'm
mediate incentive TO the crime
1t was announced at the office of the
Is preparing the case against Tnaw, to
day discovered a witness who alleged that
he overheard White make derOgatoTy re-
marks concerning Mrs. InaW while in
the Cafe Martin a few hours befOT- he
vas shot. According TO the witness, Y nose
name IS concealed Tor the present, ne
seated two or three tables away and evil
IDENTIFY was not whispering.
At that time Mr. and Mrs. Thaw were
IL the cafe dining It IS believed that
'Eis witness viii not appear before the
coronerS jury but that he VIII be re-
served for the trial
Another important witness who was ex-
amined by Mr. Garvin today was Nellie
Leahy, Mrs. Thaw's maid.
The funeral Of Mr.. White viii take
place tomorrow from his late summer
residence at St. James, 1. J.
Left His Wife in April.
In the course of today's investigations
as 20 Thaw.s recent movements in the
killing OF White. il was learned that
ThaW sailed for Europe on April "a last
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II after stormy
scene with his wife. with the avOwed
purpose of never returning 10 her. on the
same boat with him was his sister. the
Countess Of Yarmouth At the time of
the sailing of the boat the sister was not
aware that her brother was a passenger
for he apparently took pains that his pres
ence should be concealed until after the
sailing h0dr- According to report made
10 the agents Of the line. Thaw said sew
eral times in the smoking saloon that hig
1 ufe had beeu ruined ana mat ne had
f'left that woman for good and all"
y Sister Induced Him to Return.
kThaw is said to have made this same
announcement to the Countess of Var
mouth IS soon as he made his presence
known TO her. IT was reported aboard
the boat that his sister pleaded with him
TO return 10 his wife on the next boat
from the other side
AnDarently the sisters pleading had
some effect on Thaw. for he remained on
the other side only few days taking
return passage at the last minute on the
kaiserin Augusta \ ictoria- The steamer
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