Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
MONEY
EXPOSED
GOTHAM

his wife; met them abroad and at a
name of Stanford White come up
drew a revolver from his pocket and
said, This is for White; will xii
him on sight"
When the Thaw trial was resumed
today DR.. Evans was recalled and his
cross-examination was continued by
Mr. jerome. Mr.. Jerome spent twenty
minutes in trying to get DIR. Evans to
say he had carefully" read certain
letters, but he would only go as far
as saying he had done the best he
could. Mr.. Jerome told him to go
ahead and read them again and the
witness proceeded to do so.
DR.. Evans was asked by Jerome this
morning:
'The question is you do consider
Thaw demented today
No" replied Dr. Evans
I'm your opinion was he ever de-
mented. I mean your own general def
milton of it?"
No"
"At what time did Thaw suffer from
insane melancholia?"
you tried to get me to say 1t was
melancholia," replied DIR. Evans, but
said it was in melancholic state
of mind. 1t was a depressed state but
not a distinct or fixed form of me
ancholia'
At what time was he so suffering?"
81 should say about the time of his
marriage and the making of his will"
you believe then that he was in
sane at the time of his marriage?"
"He was not mentally sound at that
time, there was temporary aberra-
tion.'
BASED solely on your examinations
and excluding everything else do you
think he was suffering from melan-
cholia at any of this time?"
81 believe at the time of the shoot
ing and little before he was in de-
pressed or melancholic condition"
Mr.. Jerome tried to tie the doctor
down to positive statement that he
could by his examinations and exclud-
ing everything else, state whether or
not Thaw was suffering from melan-
cholia on April A, 1905. the day of his
marriage. This the doctor would not
state positively.
But by taking into consideration
the will and codicil as well, can you
state whether he was insane at the
time of his marriage?'
Yes, as l have said think he was
of unsound mind. | could not classify
II for it might change from one form
to another
Recess was taken.
During the recess Mr.. O'Reilly plead
ed with District Attorney Jerome for
permission for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
to remain In the court room, now that
her testimony is concluded.
Il guess we had better keep her
out" said Jerome.
During the testimony in the Thaw
case this afternoon it was shown thai
most of the letters written by Thaw
and introduced denoted decided in
sanity.
New York, Mar Harry Kendall
Thaw came into the court room this
morning with a defiant air. He push
ed a number of chairs, that stood in
his way, to one side with loud noise
and dropped into his seat and glared
In the direction of the district attor-
ney. 1t was evident that the feeling
that prompted him to write his state
ment yesterday had not yet left him.
Jerome noticed him and audibly
whispered TO one of the county de
tectives who was sitting beside him
This man arose and walked ovei
behind the judges bench and took NJ
a position so that he could be within
reach of Thaw in a moment. The lit
tie by-play was observed by every
body and Thaw's attorneys held ;
whispered consultation during which
there was much shaking of heads
Hen " TNituy
closer to Thaw and 1t was eviden
that the latters' attorneys, as well al
everybody else, feared that the &C
cused man was contemplating an out
burst OF some sort. However, he con
tented himself with throwing occasion
al fiery glances at the district attor
ney.
At the opening of the trial Distric
Attorney Jerome announced that h
had received a second package OF lie,
ters from J. d. Lyons, the Pittsbur
banker. who until November last ha
custody OF Thaw's will. The letter
received today were written to Nj
Lyon by Thaw while In the Tomb