The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-19
JURORS HEAR WILL READ IN COURT
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| legal redress for four young women as
additional evidence OF the unsOundness Of
Thaw's mind when the will was drawn.
DIR. Evans said that In his opinion the
| man who dictated those provisions was of
unsound mind at the time.
Throughout the reading Of the will and
the codicil the utmost precautions were
taken to prevent the names Of Whites
/ alleged victims and Of alleged accom-
plices OF his from becoming public. In
every case the person was referred to as
.'one Miss Blank" or one Blank.
This precaution Tas not observed in
the cases Of Anthony Comstock or Dr..
Parkhurst. 10 whom, as well as to several
other persons, Thaw devised 800 each
to be used by them for prosecuting
/ White.
Prosecutor vs. Expert.
Mr. Jerome had lively session with Or.
! Evans. i'm which the experI came out very
well. The district attorney cndeavored
| fruitlesslv To get DR. Evans 20 say that
Thaw was a paranoiac when the will was
/ drawn in the Tombs Had he been able
to get the doctor to say this, he would
probably have moved at once for COM
mission in lunacy 90 examine Thaw now.
/ on the theory that pdranoia is incurable.
| The whole drift Of his examinations to
/ date has been to fix the temporal
scope Of Thaws insanity, and Il may yet
/ be that he will get sufficient admissions
/ for such a motion. But that time IS not
vet. In his examination Of DR.. Evans to
day the expert kept his head and his
4 temper. and made several effective re-
| torts to Mr. JeTome's thrusts.
-..t-.4 tore ssa M.
Wiley. whose testimony Mr.. Jerome tore
to tatters on the day the defense began
/ putting In witnesses
| Whatever the dissensions among Thaw' 8
counsel. it was announced to-day that
/ they have all been healed. There did not
seem. however, 20 be any too much cor
/ dialitv exhibited between the two camps.
! Mr.. Delmas came in with the ever-fathful
| Lawyer McPike. who busted of the Cali
| foTnlans chair with his customary elabo-
rate precautlon When Thaw came in he
had a whispered talk with Mr.. Delmas
Juror Bolton on Duty.
The appearance Of Juror Bolton In the
box put an end to any fear OF a mistrial.
! The juror had told Justice Fitzgerald that
he would BE- able, despite bis bereavement,
to give his whole attention to the ease.
The courtroom was not much more than
| half filled at either session. more than
half the number Of spectators being news
paper men. The hippodrOme element Of
/ the trial has been most exemplarily re-
duced 10 a minimum.
| The afternoon session OF court opened
UP with another check 20 the defense
/ When Dr.. Evans resumed the stand, Mr..
/ Delmas showed him the codicil 10 the
/ Thaw viii and asked him II he had read
/ il. Mr.. Delmas was obviously much sur
pTiSed when the doctor said he had not,
and there was a walt OF ten minutes
while the witness read the document
| Then counsel asked him II the codicil
contained some Of the names ThaW had
mentioned 20 him In the interviews at
/ the Tomb7 as being victims Of the prac-
/ tees Of Stanford White.
Mr.. jerome objected at this point To
/ the bringing In OF "a tide Of idle and
| sca1dalous talk
I object TO that II your honor
pleases." interrupted Mr.. Delmas. and
/ take exceptions 10 Il. and I desire il 10
be noted as improper conduct on the part
of the learned district attorney.
DeImas and jerome Have Tilt.
After some further argument Or. EVaus
was excused and Dr.. Graeme Hammond
was called He had no sooner taken his
stand. however, than Mr. Delmas changed
his mind and recalled DR.. Evans. He
handed him a copy OF the Thaw viii
proper and asked him II he had read Il.
no" said Or Evans.
why" said Mr.. Delmas. after CARING
in surprised way at his associate coun-
sci, II understood that you had read it
this noon.
I obtained copy. but I have not had
time To- read H.. said the witness, But
am perfectly willing 10 do so
I think IL IS perfectly absurd" snapped
the district attorney, jumping TO his feet.
TO call men here after seven months Of
preparation and fTitter away time Look
ing NJ documents; I won't eoncede any
thing"
MI Jerome" remarked Mr.. Delmas.
Jelly. you are not compelled 10 concede
anything even ordinary courtesy. That is
your right, il you choose TO exercise it,"
Il do exercise Il, said the district al
tcrney
Nevertheless, resumed Mr. Delmas
proceed. doctor. with your reading"
DIR. Evans Reads VIII.
Il took DR.. Evans nearly twenty minutes
to read the nine typewriter pages Of the
will Harry Thaw executed on the day of
his marriage to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
Now. doctor" said Mr.. Delmas, when
tho reading was finished I'm view of the
letters which you have already read and
in view OF the facts you testified 20 this
morning. state whether in your opinion
Mr.. Thaw, at the time he executed this
will and cOdicil, was Of sound or unsound
mind
Il am Of the opinion said the witness,
that at the time the defendant executed
these papers he was not of sound mind
He added that in those papers he found
evidences Of the same uusoundness of
mind which he discovered in the defend
ant when he first visited him in tho
Tombs
Then the district attorney took up the
cross-examination of Or. Evans. He got
out Of the witness that the form OF IN
soundness of mind the defendant had
when he executed the win was called
developmental insanity. Mr.. Jerome asked
IL it, was paranoia and the witness said
he would not classify Il as such.
Mr. Jerome wanted TO know il the de
iusions were systematized and Dr. Evans
sale they might be or might not be, he
could not say as to that from merely
learning that they existed at that one
time Witness said that defendants de-
lusions were not so fixed that held con-
tinuuusiy to one parent delusion.
Expert Match for Jerome.
DR. Evans mentioned as one delusion.
the idea Thaw had that his physicians
and lawyers were trying to railroad him
TO an asylum
DR.. Evans and the district attorney
had a long sparring match about the
word parent" as applied to decisions.
DR.. Evans would not admit that there