The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-02
Evans Never Flinches
Under Jerome's Fire

NEW YORK. March DIR. Evans re-
sumed the stand after the noon recess
yesterday and was questioned by Jerome
as follows:
Q.-Have you examined the testimony
Of DR.. Deemar?
Al have.
Q.-Is that what you had in mind as
the fourth outbreak.
At enables me TO reach a conc9u-
sion as to another outbreak.
Q.-When did il occur?
A.-According to the testimony DR..
Bingaman was called on November e.
1903, and remained in attendance until
December Il, 1903.
Q.-WEat do the viii and codicil show I?
A.-They show a paranOad form; that
he had decisions that he was being per-
secuted.
Q.-Were those paranoiac forms a
manifestation Of developmental adde's
cent insanity?
A.-There was the delusion of persecu-
tion and then there was the simple mel
anchoIic state which DR.. Bingaman had
found in a man in 1903. and then came
the explosive condition.
Jerome read the question from the
early testimony. He was trying to pin
DR.. Evans down 10 the admission that
the will and codicil show a form of
paranOiad insanity.
They suggest a paranoiad, adolescent
insanity. but other exhibits and other
facts tend TO show the unsoundness of
mind of the subject was OF varied
forms. I take into consideration in
reaching this conclusion the testimony
of Drs. Deemar and Bingaman.
Insanity Shown in Codicil.
Q.-what is there in the will and
codicil that shows paranoiad form of
adolescent insanity?
A.-The words "in case 1 shall be made
away with and any person be suspected
1 will that the sum of $4,000 be set
aside for the conviction and punishment
OF said suspected persons" There are
certain symptoms which show a posi-
tive mental unbalance. whether or not
they are paranoiad is a question
claim that he was in an apprehensive
state Of mind, men who are in a perfect
state Of mind would require a sufficient
ground for suspecting a person and the
delusiOn which engenderS suspicion
without any sufficient ground shows a
paranoiad state OF mind. This form
| Ing somewhat Of an idea of system
would call IL a paranoiad fOrm-that is
y
II said the codicil did not show the
same form of paranoia that this part OF
the will does"
Odd the defendant ever have in his
| life that sort of thing which you have
/ before defined-the paranoiai of adde's
/ cent insanity?
! Am my opinion he did
! Odd he have IL when he killed
| Stanford White?
/ Al have no means of knowing.
Q.-When did the defendant have this
/ fOrm2
AT the time he dictated article s
/ of his will he was suffering from form
/ OF adOleScent insanity.
| Q.-In your opinion did he ever suffer
from a paranOiad form of adolescence
Ayes, when he wrote the cOdicil.
ON your opinion, at what other
period did he suffer from IL?
A.-When l first saw him in the TombS
and he told me about the persecution.
Dr.. Evans Shows Impatience.
Q.-Is there any 9th IT period except
those two?
Al cannot positively say, and have
a number of times said that I cannot
say positively as to that: nor would
have attempted TO make any classified
ton. had I not been forced to it by your
persistency
OWN you answer my question, doc
| tor? You said he was suffering this
! form of insanity when he wrote the
will and codicil, and when you saw hin
in the Tombs?
Al cannot come TO any definite
| classification.