The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-28

spectator, out Jerome explained 1nat ne
wanted TO question her briefly. So she left
the room again.
When she came back to the stand she
was asked If when she returned from
Europe in 1903 she did not tell her brother
that Thaw had abused her brusslly in or
der 10 induce her 30 tell lies about Stan
ford Whites drugging her. She denied il
emphaticalIy.
did he not say that you should have
some means of protecting yourself, and
did he not buy you a revolver" insisted
Jerome.
..IIe did not say that and he did not buy
me a revolver. 1 never had a revolver IN
my life" declared Harry Thaws wife.
That completed the district attorneys
questioning Of Mrs. Thaw, and she left
the stand, but did not remain in the
courtroom.
DIR. BingumRn on Stand.
She was followed for an hour by DR..
Bingaman. one Of the Thaw family ply
sleians. who attended Thaw in the Tombs.
He was called by the defense. and tesd-
fed that Thaw told him he was the vic
tim OF a conspiracy to send him to an
insane asylum, and that was why he had
dismissed the lawyers he employed at
first
He was certainly laboring under q de-
fusion, and his talk was irrational" said
DR.. Bingaman
When Jerome took the witness for cross
examination, he said he wanted 10 find
about any hereditary faint In the Thaw
family
Delmas said if he wished to show that
Thaw was insane before shooting White.
that was all right If he wished 70 show
insanity at the present time, he could
not try to do it on cross examination.
Justice Fitzgerald took this view. too.
Jerome asked II Thaw showed any signs
of exaggerated personal Importance.
Well ne always esteemed himself
highly" said DR.. Bingaman. Il did not
/ see much difference IN him on this point. 4"
The witness related several things Thaw
said 20 him, which had been testified %
by Dr. Evans and DR.. Wagner. including
his statement that in killing White he had
acted as an agent Of Providence. When
the witness was allowed to go. II was with
the understanding that he would return
10 this city when Jerome wished 10 call
him as q witness for the prosecution.
II is stated that Justice Fitzgerald
wished TO wind the case up next week
Thaws counsel say now that their case
viii be all IN this week. including the
time Jerome takes for cross examination,
but this seems very improbable. and the
Thaw lawyers have before now shown
themselves bad guessers about the length
of time il would take them 20 complete
their case.
Sensation Hunters Excited.
The announcement that Mrs. Thaw had
been on the stand again brought the
crowd hack 10 the afternoon session.
/ The troubles Of the court officers were re-
doubled. If there was any chance Of
Mrs. Thaw going on the stand again
the sensation seekers were not going "a
miss IL. and they used very pull and sub
terfuge they knew 10 crowd into the
courtroom. So. when the afternoon ses-
sion began, the courtroom looked about
just as it had during every day Of the
trial
on and of the stand Mrs. Evelyn ThaW
is the center Of the stage all the time.
She came 10 court to-day with her con
slant companion. May Mckenzie. At first
she thought she would sit through the
rest Of the trial, but Jerome stopped that
scheme. He was not going 10 have the
pretty young wife Of the defendant sitting
with him. right close 10 the jury box, for
several days 90 come. She had 20 leave
the courtroom. II was done quietly. but
Mrs. Thaw was not pleased.
Does Not Seem 10 Worry.
Nothing seems 20 worry her long. how
ever Those who have seen her in the
witness room say that her spirits never
flag Even after an aIl-day session on the
stand she has been the liveiiest one Of the
group OF Thaw witnesses who have q
wait outside of the courtroom. One OF
Jerome's detectives, VINO has been over
looking In quiet way what has beer
going on around the courtroom. gave this
description Of young Mrs. Thaw.
She's a wonder. She's a treat. She's
great fun She's got everybody IN thai
bunch beaten a mile. even May Mckenzie
who s. pretty lively and good natuTed. "
When Mrs. Thaw left the courtroom to-
day Josiah and Edward Thaw both had
their usual seats behind the defendants
table. As she passed, they got up, bowed
20 her and appeared to be on the most
friendly terms. The two men of the ThaW
family make less fuss around the court
room than anybody else.
DIR. Evans on Guard.
jerome went back at Dr. Evans imme-
diately the court reconvened after lunch
con He was still driving at the subject
of paranoia. in the apparent effort to ex-
tract testimony that would indicate that
Thaw suffered from this form of insanity
at the time he made his will early in 1905
To this end Jerome began to ask about
unsystcmatized deluslcn. The witness in
many Of his replies made it plain that he
never forgot that he was being questioned
by a hostile examiner. He replied very
warily, and his answers frequently failed
TO suit the district attorney. He said that
he had seen thousands of patients who
had unsystematized decisions.
IF a person is suffering a set of false
beliefs, OF number Of false beliefs, and
they are not systematically arranged and
adhered TO and expressed. they are unsys-
tematized." he declared. He went on:
L have known people to blow out the
lights-or have heard Of it-so that theil
maginary enemies could not see them. II
a man had delusion that an enemy was
dpbi oeiSiiiiis ili4i tiVii I" NSi tam uilttttoll
and by virtue Of the existence of the light
his enemy might attack and kin him. Il
would be a logical sequence TO destroy the
light in order to thwart the alleged enemy
that Is the way II comes in"
In answer to further inquiries BY
Jerome, witness said that persons suffer.
ing from decisions take the lives of those
persons who, their insane decisions tel
them are their personal enemies
jerome Has Trouble.
About this time Jerome began to have
trouble with the witness in getting an
swers that he deemed straightforward