Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04

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for, I've got to go down some time, 70,
! might as well take me down the elevator
now. I don't want to cause any annoy
| ance?"
| AS to whether the man was sane or in
| sane" replied Dr. Evans, 1.-The remark con
| veys nothing. 1t may simply have meant
| that there was a crowd at the elevator and
| he did not want to annoy anybody by OBJ.
| structing the way"
In the moments Immediately following
| the shooting of White, the witness said
Thaw might have had an insane appreci
alton Of all the incidents. There was. said
DR.. Evans, nothing in the evidence to show
| that Thaw knew he had been arrested fol
killing White, and the only thing tending
| to show he did know it was his statement
| that it was an act of Providence. rs
But that was subsequently, said Mr.
Jerome. I'm asking for the condition Of
his mind that night. In most cases where
insane persons kill, when not in a maniacal
| condition, do they usually possess enough
intelligence to know these things?"
sometimes, not always
A Brain Storm.
when he was on the elevator did he
know what he had done?''
There had been by that time reorgan-
| ization Of his mental forces, and by that
time he knew that he had done something. "
Therefore, if there had been brain
storm he had recovered in this short time
sufficiently to know what he had done?"
THAT is one Of the characteristics of a
brain storm, but can't say whether or not
he knew at that time what he had DONE"
The witness believed that in the brain
storm the defendant had an insane knowl-
edge of what he did-not the knowledge of
a sound mind. The sane man reasons in a
logical manner; the insane man in an illog-
ical manner. Although reason was de-
throned, the witness said, the defendant
had an insane knowledge that he was at
lacking White
The New York statute is explicit on the
subject of insanity as defense in criminal
cases. 1t provides that the person COM
hitting the crime must be SO insane as
not to know the nature or quality Of the
act, or to know that the act is wrong"
Something Of Importance.
DR.. Evans, in explaining his answer, de-
clared that if Thaw had been walking in a
delirium following a fever he would I'M
consciously have been directed in the way
he took, for his mind was so saturated
with the one idea of his wife's ruin.
Mr.. Jerome questioned the witness again
as to what light was thrown by Thaws
declaration in the elevator: Il did 1t be-
cause he ruined my wife, and DR.. Evans
replied that the defendant evidently knew
something had been done and that the
something had to do with the running of his
wife.
He realized that something Of Importance
had TRANSFERRED.
DR.. Evans also said that he thought Thaw
realized he was under arrest when he asked
that his wife be taken to a hotel and that
George Carnegie, his brother-in-law, be sent
for.
Thaw Paid No Attention.
The witness declared the fact that the de-
PENDANT did not ask why he was under ar
rest, conveyed no light as to his mental
condition.
Thaw was paying absolutely no attention
to DR.. Evans all this while, but busted him.
self with reading the letters he had re-
ceived this morning. AS usual he made
notes on each letter after finishing it's
perusal. -. So ..-.--.t.. -
DR.. Evans was-unable to understand the
exact relative positions Of Thaw and White
before and at the time of the shooting, SO
Mr.. Jerome acted the scene out TO rhim.
We'll imagine Mr.. Delmas Is the victim,''
he said, turning suddenly on the California
attorney.
Mr.. Delmas lodged and the Judge and jury
laughed.
Mr.. Jerome explained with many gestures
and described Thaw's passage down the
roof garden his turning to the left and
walking twenty-five feet to the table where
White sat with his head resting on his
hand. Then" said Mr.. Jerome, The turn
ed deliberately and calmly and shot Stan
ford White dead. Does that fact show that
he knew what he was doing?"
Motive Unknown.
NO" replied DR.. Evans, Ibis calmness
does not show he knew, but might indicate
that perhaps he did,
he did?'
Il have no means of knowing whether his
motive was sane or insane
Did he know he was approaching
White?"
81 can't tell, but it is reasonable to be-
lieve he did.
when he walked down to the tai calm
ly and turned quietly, does that show any
thing?"
1T seems to me it shows he was acting
in an abnormal manner"
Would the fact that Thaw and his party
each had a cocktail and several bottles of
champagne shortly before have any in
fluence on the AFFAIR."
Not directly. If it had each one of the
four would have shot some one"
White the Figure.
Does the fact that in shooting Thaw
placed the pistol close to Whites head mean
anything to your
1T would lead to the belief that White
was the figure he was after?"
What is indicated to you, as a scientific
man, by Thaws declaration to his wife,
L have saved your life asked District At
torney Jerome?
''The fact that he had done something,
and had done 1t to save her life
What is conveyed by the fact that
Thaw was sitting quietly talking to his
wife until they started to leave the roof
garden?"
THE fact that his outward appearance
was calm had nothing to do with the mat
ter-mental agitation does not necessarily
mean muscular agitation
Doctor continued Mr.. Jerome, docs
the fact that Thaw told you in the Tombs
that he had not wanted to kill Stanford