New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-06
TEDIOUS INQUIRY
ABOUT insanity
JERoME's LONG QUESTIONING OF
EXPERT WEARIEs JUDGE
FITZGERALD.
Is ThaW Paranoiac ?-Evans Admits
Will Shows Such Symptoms
ecutor Still Laying Foundation for
Lunacy Commission.

New York, March 2.-The insanity
OF adolescence, paranoia and the
characteristics of brain storms oc
cupied both sessions of the Thaw tria
Friday, and when adjournment until
Monday was ordeerd Dr. Britton
ID. Evans, one of the alienists for the
defense, was still under cross-exam.
ination.
District Attorney Jerome's course in
questioning the witness was somewhat
battling. During the greater part of
the time he seemed DESTROYS to have
DR.. Evans unqualifedly admit that
| Thaw suffered from paranoia, which
is practically incurable. Again he
brought from the witness the opinion
| that when Thaw armed himself he
well knew that revolver was an in
strument for self-protection, and
when fired into a human body would
produce death. Finally, the prosecut-
or wanted to know if the actions of
person suffering from a brain storm,
or mental explosion, would be charac-
terized by the calm deliberate manner
which Thaw displayed the night he
| shot Stanford White to death on the
Madison Square roof garden
Planning for Lunacy inquiry.
The net result of the day appeared
to be that Mr.. Jerome is still laying
the foundation upon which he may
ask for commission in lunacy to
judge Of the present mental condition
OF the defendant. Even to the extent
OF greatly fatiguing the judge and
jury, the district attorney dwelt upon
the subject of adolescent insanity and
paranola. endeavoring to establish
relationship between the two and be-
ing at last rewarded by Dr. Evans
admitting that the defendants will
and codicil did suggest to his mind a
paranoiac form of adolescent insanity.
Adolescent insanity, it has been ex-
planned, is common in persons during
the development period of life-from
IL to 40 years-while paranoia is a
fixed insanity upon one subject-mono-
mania.
Justice Fitzgerald indicated his IA
tigue at the three days cross-ex amin- |
alton of the expert when Mr.. Jerome
began to question DR.. Evans about his
knowledge of other instances of ado
descent insanity which had resulted in |
acts OF homicide. The alienist said |
there was woman in his hospital |
for the insane at Morris Plains, n. J..
who, in the midst of brain storm, or
mental explosion, had killed two of |
her children.
How long has she been in the asy-
lum?" asked Mr.. Jerome sharply.
Zone year.
"Is she cured?"
1t has been but eight months since
Harry Thaw shot Stanford White
DR.. Evans said the woman had
shown Improvement; that her delus-
ions were not so marked, but she was
not cured
Judge Grows Weary.
Mr.. Delmas objected to this line of
questioning.
"But, your honor" argued Mr.. Je1>
ONE, 1--WE are just getting to the point
of this thing
WELL we have been mighty long
time getting there" YEARLY remarked
the justice,
Mr.. Jerome disclaimed any respon-
sibility for the tedious length Of the
cross -examination, suggesting that the
blame was with the evasive answers
of the expert.
Il am not saying whose fault it isl
said Justice Fitzgerald, ''but I repeat
we have been long time. getting to
the point"
AS Mr.. Jerome said the rule would
cover the last questions Of his exam
nation the Adjournment until Monday
was ordered. DR.. Evans will again be
upon the stand.
49, ThaW Accuses jerome.
New York, March Harry K.
Thaw enlivened an extremely dull ses-
sion of his trial In the supreme court
Thursday by giving out to newspaper
men brief statement in which he
accused District Attorney Jerome of
having made unprofessional remarks
in court, asserted that his wifes testiA
mony was absolute truth, and III con:
clusion declared that Mrs. Thaw's |
natural real goodness was above the
comprehension CT the prosecuting Of
fcer
TRAIN blfcHED AND BURNED.
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