Evening journal., 1907-03-01
THAW AS MAD TO-DAY AS
WHEN He KILLED WHITE
Jerome Tries to Prove This To-day BY Dr.. Evans
But AIienist Will Not Say Pittsburgers In
sanity is ACute--State Will Now EndeavOr to
Prove Thaw Insane BY Its Own AIenists


BY Our Own Wire. Publishers Press.
NEW YORK, March HAIRY Thaw
was insane when he wrote the Long
fellow letters i'm 1903; when he mar
i FRIED Evelyn Nsbit April 4, 1905, and on
4 the night he killed Sanford White,
a June 25, 1906. according to the testi-
+ mony Of Dr. Britton d. Evans to-day.
4 with these facts as base the District
4 Attorney sought to have the expert ad-
mith that Thaw's insanity was chronic
and still exists.
DIR. Evans side e-stepped the issue. but
it is believed that Jerome viii later
seek to prove his point by statements
Of his own alienists founded on DIT.
Evans testimony to-day While DR..
Evans neatly avoided all traps set for
him by the State Jerome was well
pleased with his work and believed
that the facts admitted to-day, coupled
A with evidences OF Thaw's mental in
. stability in childhood and his pre-
. natai influences tending towards insan-
a ity, will enable him to prove that Thaw
is quite as mad to-day as the night he
u fired the shots that killed stanford
White
Dr. Evans was the only ness of
the session. and while the contest be-
tween him and the prosecutor waged
5 quite as hercely as yesterday it was
not marked by the personal animus
4 which entered into yesterdays pro-
ceedings.
When the court opened Jerome ex-
planned to Justice Fitzgerald that an
other batch Of Thaw's letters to Banker
Lyon at Pittsburg had arrived. These
were the letters written since June %
the night Of the shooting, over which
the attorneys had a wrangle on Tues
day. Jerome asked the court to orde'
the package opened and carbon copie'
made. This was done after the letters
had been marked for identification.
In an twenty-one Of Thtw's letters tC
4 Lyon are now before the court.
Dr. Evans was called to the stand
and Jerome resumed the cross-exami-
nation of the Longfellow letters writ
ten by Thaw, which were under con
sidera ton all day yesterday.
Have you any knowledge in regarl
TO the mental condition Of this defend
ant which you have rot testified to-?
asked Jerome.
Judge Rebukes Evans.
Justice Fitzgerald showed his de
termination to prevent prolongation o.
the examination by saying:
For the information of the witness
will say that knowledge does no
mean information The word knowl
edge means things that you have seer
or heard. I do not wish an confusion
as to the meaning of the word and {
long examination along that line"
DR.. Evans answered as follows;
II think there were some things a
my last visit to the defendant whicl
have not been elaborated
Jerome tried to get a more definite
answer. but Delmas interposed and Je
rome dropped the point.
Jerome tried to find out from d.
Evans that he considered the letter
'rhaw wrote to lawyer Longfellov
showed as to Thaw's mental condi
tion at the time they were written.
They indicate a condition of menta
instability" was the answer.
Thaw Was Under Delusion.
DR.. Evans declined to say this menis
instability was insanity although Je
rome pressed him closely on the point
Jerome then showed DR.. Evans tn
letters Thaw wrote to ComstOcks an
the Vice Society, urging an investiga
tion of Whites studios and chargin
the mistreatment OF youn girls in thcs
dens and asked If il was the same typ
of letter as the Longfellow epistl
showing mental instability.
please point out in a general wa
the points indicating mental instabil
ity''
DR.. Evans enumerated several point
1.-The charges that young girls wer
rnistreated in these studios; that
crowd of "rich criminals" maintaine
the places. and that screams had bee
heard in the rooms. All these thingi
DIR. Evans declared. Indicated that tn
writer was laboring under delusion.
I Viii Does Not Indicate Insanity.
Jerome handed him Thaw's viii an
the codicil, which provides a sum
be used in Furnishing certain men ao
cused Of wronging Individual girls en-
tnerated by Thaw. This document ID
Evans said. also showed evidences {
a similar delusion.
aCan you tell. basing your opinio
on this letter and the vii and codiei
whether the write= Of these papers wa
of unsound mind2"
Dr. Evans said he could not. II
said there was evidence Of a delusion-
continual delusion-that innocef
young women were being wronged b'
there was not enough in the documer
TO determine the writer's condition
mind.
Jerome then asked
Doctor take into consideration eN
hibits from "A" TO "I" (Longfellow lei
ters). next exhibit "R" tComstoc
FiatemenD: exhibit "Ge' tThaw's let
ters about his wife IN Paris); the wi
md codicil: all the facts assumed ny
pothetical question. and al the fact