The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19

made public. Thaw also becueathed sums of r$2,500 each to. the Rev. Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst. to Anthony Comstock and to the lawyer named in his codicil. to be used in discovering further alleged misdeeds by Stanford White and securing redress for the women.
 At the end of the day it seemed that Thaw's counsel had made still harder the task to be met when they be=in to carry out their plan of having Thaw declared to be of sound and discerning mind to-day. Two other physicians will take the stand tomorrow. Drs. Hammond and Jelliffee and it is said that it will be part of their function to detail the improvement in Thaw's mental condition during the period of his confinement in the Tombs, declar- Ing that the stress which caused the mental explosion was removed with the putting away of Stanford White It was also said tonight that Mrs. Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw might go on the stand tomorrow afternoon to complete her story.
 The trial to-day entered it's fifth week. The opening of court found Att torney Dolphin Delmas again in his ac- customed place at the head of Thaw's counsel table. During the day there was no surface indication of the storm which it is said ragel among counsel for the defense during the latter part of last week after the trial had been adjourned because of the death of Jur- or Bottoms wife. MT Bolton was early at the criminal courts building to-day, and said that he felt perfectly able to go on with the trial. It was decided that the jurors should not again be confined until they finally retire to make up their verdict.
 Dr. Evans, who has been by far the most important witness for the defense among the medical experts, detailed at great length his conversations with Thaw in the Tombs. He told of how Thow declared that his lawyers and physicians were in a conspiracy with the district attorney to railroad him off to an asylum, and to prevent his case coming to trial He declared that ''they wanted to close this matter up.' Thaw told the physician that in his attempts to bring stanford White to | justice lie had complained to District | Attorney Jerome, and that the latter | had told him to let the matter drop; that there was nothing to it. He also complainei to Anthony Comstock and | to a detective agency
 Dr. Evans was ooToborated as to most of Thaw's statements by pr l Charles G. Wagner of Binghamton, who first figured as a witness early last week.
 Late in the afternoon District Attor- ney Jerome cross-examlned Dr. Evans briefly on the one point, of his opinion that Thaw was of unsound mind at the time of executing his will. The prosecutor and witness flashed fire at the first contact, and there was every indication that when Mir. Jerome un-
 dertook pr. Evans cross-examination in general the proceedings would be 1 lively and interestipg as any ever held in the local court room, Dr. Ev- ans met the prelimin5ry attacks bold ly, and seemed as ready with his an
 swers as the district attorney with his
 questions. This, wah Illustrated when
 MT Jerome, in a tone. of aggravation
 asked the witness: IE
 "Well what can ydg say"
 "There are many things ] could say
 but l am not permitted to say them,
 retorte1 the physician amid laughter.
 Mir. Delmas was on his feet during
 every bit of Mr, Jerome's cross-ques.
 tioning of the witness. He interposed 1 many objections, and generally was
 sustained. He looked sharply to Dr
 Evans interest. but the latter appear.
 ed to be well aware ef his privileges.
 MT. Jerome in protesting against ad,
 hitting the codicil as evidence, refer l red to "these scandalous statements.
 Mir. Delmas objected, and had his ob.
 iecton noted as to the district attor,
 ney's misconduct. A wordy confllc
 ensued, which ended by MT. Jerom, declaring that in future he would con cede nothing
 Tt is your privilege replied MT
 Delmas, mot to concele anything-no
 even common courtesy"
 "I am exercising my privilege" re
 joined the prosecutor.
 Thaw, the jury and every one else il the court room enjoyed the encounter Most of the jurymen smiled broadly |