Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-12
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day. One of her predecessors was j.. ID
Lyon, vice president of the Union Ma
tional bank of Pittsburg, who stated
that he had received Harry Thaw':
will from the latter's own hands some
time prior to April 1, 1906, and had
held it in a safe deposit box until late
in November last, when he directed
his secretary to forward it to John b.
| Gleason of Thaw's counsel.
When young Mrs. Thaw was called
to the stand she was dressed precisely
as when she occupied the witness chair
last week. AS she was taking her
seat Mr.. Delmas turned to the district
attorney and renewed his demand Of
Wednesday last that the note which
was passed by Mrs. Thaw to her hus-
band at the Cafe Martin the night of
the tragedy should be produced. Mr..
Jerome upon the occasion Of the first
demand had remained silent, but now
he was on his feet at once, saying he
would send for the slip Of paper. II
was brought and identified by Mrs.
Thaw and then read by Mr.. Delmas,
rs follows:
"The b. was here n minute ago, but
went out again."
The contents of the note caused a
surprise only as to the exact wording.
1t had generally been supposed that
the note read, 1.-THE b. is here" Mrs.
Thaw testified that 'the b." meant
"the blackguard," as Thaw always so
referred to Stanford White.
The only other essential point Mrs.
Thaw was allowed to bring out in
her testimony was the statement that
the defendant never carried a pistol
except when in New York city. She
was asked many other questions en-
bodying various stories she had dis
cussed with Thaw, including the al
legged fate of q girl who was said to
have died in an almshouse and known
to them as ''the pie girl' at the hands
of Stanford White, but Mr.. Jerome
| blocked every question with a sustain
ed objection.
After compelling the defense to so
into the taking of expert testimony as
to Thaw's insanity by his objections
| to Mrs. Thaw's testimony, Mr.. Jerome
| next proceeded to block the testimony
of DR.. Wagner as to the results of his
six visits TO the defendant in the
Tombs and his tests as to the latter's
mental condition. DR.. Wagner was
not allowed to go into the conversa-
ton he had had with the defendant
nor the conclusions he had reached
from these conversations. He was
fusillade of objections to stating what
he actually observed. and he declared
his observations were SO closely inter.
laced with his questioning of the de-
PENDANT that he did not know if he
could separate them. A long argument
C the point resulted in Mr.. Delmas
withdrawing any further questions as
to the tests. ~contenting himself with
asking DR.. Wagner to give his opinion
of the hypothetical question covering
the evidence in the case. The ques-
ton was almost record breaking in
length - comprehensive resume of
the entire case, including Mrs. Thaw's
personal narrative.
In his hypothetical question Mr.. Del
mas accused Stanford White of having
"~drugged' the Nesbit girl and of hav-
ing attempted to renew 'communica-
ton Of relations with her subsequent
to her marriage. Mr.. Jerome objected
m fl1osn Foo ttp ~ Df tI.N .,k. -
il was amended to embrace the evil
dence of record as TO the disputed
points. 1t was ON the amended uues-
ton that DIR. Wagner gave it as his
opinion that Harry Thaw did not
know, because of defective reason,
that his act in killing Stanford White
was wrong. Here the experts direct
examination was ended, and he stepped
aside for cross examination later.
When he is taken in hand by Mr.. Je-
rome he will have to give detailed
reasons for his opinion. DR.. Evans Of
the New Jersey State Hospital For the
Insane will be the next witness for
the defense.
A new rule by Justice Fitzgerald
barring from the courtroom all women
not engaged in active newspaper work
went into effect and worked well, as
many of those who, bedecked in gay
costumes, had occupied fronts seats
heretofore were on hand bright and
early, but to NJ avail. The court Of
ticers had direct orders this time and
obeyed them implicitly.