The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-28

Chats U%nconc@nedIy, but
Won't Answer Doctors.
Defence NOT DISCLOSED.


by His Brother MANY Women e
Thaw Letters-Mr. OIcott Has Not
Yet Found u Letter 10 Mrs. Thaw
From stanford White Dated Since Her
Marriage-Cast Taken Of the Murdered
architects Face-The Burial To-day.
That Harry Thaw was perfectly sans
when he murdered Stanford White on Mon
day night, and that no amount Of evidence
can be produced at his trial concerning his
past life and his escapades sufficien to make
q jury believe him insane, was the opinion
arrived at yesterday by those engaged in
| the prosecution of the case,
This was the result of what happened
yesterday morning, in the opening round
of the legal battle, VIII en- Thaw was taken
over to the Criminal Courts building to bs
examined by the District Attorney experts.
Whent Thaw faced the experts he sat
down easily In a chair and announ ced in a
determined way that he wasn't going to
answer any Of their questions put to him
on the subject of his mental condition. He
could not be induced to change his mind
although counsel let it appear that Thaw
had his consent to submit to the examina-
ton.
Thaw was not silent, by any means. H3
asked some remarkable questions OF the
doctors himself, made credit
able to a man Of normal intelligence and
talked in an easy and natural way. All
he said was taken down.
The excuse which Thaw made, through
Judge Olcott, his counsel, according to the
stat ement Of the latter, at the examination
was that he wanted to describe his condi-
tion first to DIR. Allan MoLane Hamilton,
expert for the defence. After that, he
said, he might submit to the examination
of the District Attorneys experts. DIR.
Hamilton was retained only yesterday by
the defence. He had not had a change to
see Thaw until the examination yesterday.
The prosecutions experts, Drs. Macdonald,
| Flint and Mabon, we're retained the morning
after the murder and saw Thaw half an hour
after he had been lodged in a Tombs cell.
1t was pointed out by one of those on the
| prosecutions side that what Thaw did
yesterday was what any lawyer might have
! advised him to do under the circumstances
Thaw's lawyers denied, however, that they
| had given him privately any such advice.
| Almost az soon as they saw Thaw on Tues
| day they had consented to having him
examined yesterday.
TIL MAD IN THAw's BEARING.
The examination was held at 11:So In the
library on the top foor. Thaw was brought
! over from his cell handcuffed to q keeper.
He had on a collar that had seen two days
wear and did not resemble at all the trim
| figure known to Broadway. He had spent
a good night, however, had done a bit Of
exercising in the corridor and looked In
pretty good shape
In the library we're first Drs. Macdonald,
Flint and Mabon, Assistant District At
torney Caravan and a stenographer. Ter
ence j. McManus was there to represent
Thaw, but Thaw didn't seem satisfied and
insisted on having Judge Oloott sent for.
DR.. Macdonald started to introduce him.
self, when Thaw broke in on him sharply.
Il beg your pardon" he said. Il intend
to answer no questions whatsoever"
DR.. Macdonald seemed rather surprised. .
Before he could say anything Thaw turned
around to DR.. Austin Flint and said pleas
antly.
Doctor. has your son gone to Newport
this summer"
He's gone to tho YeIlowst one. Do you
know him?' said DR.. Flint.
"Oh, I know him very well, y said Thaw;
as easily as though he had been at his IA
vorite all night restaurant, talking around
the table. "I've been to the Yellowstone,
but it, not what it was"
Just then DR.. Hamilton came In and was
introduced. Thaw asked him pleasantly
II he would prescribe a cigar. DR.. Ham
ilton pulled out one and Thaw began to
smoke. Then he turned to DR.. Macdonald.
Doctor, he said, with a twinkle in his eye,
you're too wise to smoke too much"
When DR.. Macdonald said he believed
in doing things in moderation Thaw laughed, )
took a puff and still looking at DR.. Macdon-
aid, with a bit Of a smile playing over his
features az though he was enjoying this
new experience. said:
as it distinctly normal for a real human
being to be born without the habit Of
smoking--that is, to be bonn without n
suffi Gent prediction to acquire the habit?'
Il don't know about that, said one Of the
doctors. Some have those propensities.T
HE SIMPLY WON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.
There was more talk Of this character.
Thaw chatting easily, according to some OF
those present, until Mr.. Oloott, who had
been sent for. arrived. He and DR.. Hamil-
ton took Thaw to one end Of the room and
talked with him in low tones. Then Mr..
Olcott came back n made the announce
ment that Thaw would not be examined.
1T is because Of his condition-his feelinRs
he says explained his counsel. "We have
urged him to talk out, but he won't. Ne
told us that he felt too liz and too nervous.
/ told him that there must be some explana-
ton given. He said to say that 1t was simply
obstinacy.'
Mr.. Olcott went on to give a lot more
things that Thaw Aad said to him, winding
up by declaring that Thaw had said that II
DR.. Hamilton onsented, after a oonsulta-
ton, he would submit TO questions by the
other doctors. When Mr., Caravan insisted
that Thaw should make these explanations
and etafements for himaaIf inataad