The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-03
Finding Of Lunacy Com
mission tobein Judges
Hands Tomorrow.
.EXANlNATlON1OF
PRISONER TODAY
Specialists to Subject Him to
Mental and Physical Test
After All the T stimony
Is InEvidence Of
Dr.. Hamilton
Admitted.

NEW YORK. April 2.--It was defi-
$niteiy stated tonight after session
which lasted from 1920 o'clock this
morning till 6:3O this evening, that
the lunacy commission, which is in-S
squlring into the present mental state
of Harry X. Thaw will conclude It's
5labors tomorrow and will have res
Ported its conclusions to Justice Fitz-
gerald before the hour set for the
Tllaw#jury to report in court on Thurs
day morning.
There will be a brief public session
of the commission to morrow to hear
u final witness, an alienlst, offered by
District Attorney Jerome, and then
will follow a private mental and ply
ssical examination Of the defendant. 1T \
was stated tonight that only the
members of the commission and the
official alSstenographer would be present
at Thaw's last ordeal, both attorneys
for the defense : nd the district aattor-
neyl being barred. 9.8 y Ssss
Have Private Examination.
The announcement that the COM
mission desired to 4 renew It's private
examinat Ion o E II yrhaw3 3caine4at the end
of NJ day e o many xvi tnesses. and was
Bin;Athe nature Of ssa complete surprise.t
The de ecisionS was pro babl lyss due to- tllet
sconflictln ng clara4 Fer Of the testimony
heard to-day. It was tter!5 battle
of &alienists with those engag ged by tho
district attorney declaring Thaw to-
be absolutely incapable Of understand
ing his own condition, of realizing tho
nature Of the charg e against him or
of nationally comforting with counsel, !
while those engaged by the defense
declared that Thaw throughout the
trial had actedSin a rational manner,5
had nationally advised his counsel in@
their hearing, and fully understood
and appreciated everything connected
with hisScase and trial.
Writings Of Insane Man.
The experts for the prosecution ad-
mitted5 that they had reached their
conclusions as to Thaw's present state
OF mental unsoundness from distant
| observations of him In the courtroom
ana from writings alleged to have
eTanated from him during the trial.
Among the latter were twenty-four3
pages of newspaper clippings ana men,
orenda written by Thaw as suggestions
to his chief attorney, Dolphin Nj
tDemas, for4his summing up address
to the jury. Mr.. Jeromes experts de-
clared these writings. introduced be
fore the commission by the defendants
own counsel to prove his sanity, were
tho writings OF an insane man.. The
experts for the defense declared there
was absolutely nothing in the writings
ul,on which to predicate an opinion
| OF mental unsoundness. s
After the experts had finished Mr..
| tDelmas himself took tho stand de-
|L'ared that many OF Thaw's sugEes-5
tions were most valuable, and that he
! intended to incorporate some of the
suggestions In his summing UP ad.
| dress. @
The alicnists for tho defense in
|testltylng, declared that they had the
advantage Of constant personal cX-
amnations of tho defendant, wlilo
the prosecutions witnesses had not.
| The Tombs physician. two chnplains
Of tho City Prison. several guards and
q probation officer took tho stand ana
testified that Thaw In prison had act-5
ed and spoken like a rational man.
Admit Hamilton T Testimony.
The commission decided to-day Ito,
admit the much-discussed testimony
OF Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, who
stated that lo made four examina-
tlons OF Harry Thaw, the last in8July,
1906, Lie came to the conclusion at
that time that Taw was suserlng
4 from chronic delusonal insanity or
I paranoia, and still held to that belief.
On cross-examination. DR.. Hamilton
admitted he had not examined the de-
fendant recentN The qefendnnts
counsel fought against DR.. 11amlltons
testimony to the Very last. Failing In
| the plea ofsprofessonal pre7ilege as
| a bar, they argued tat his examina-
| tions OF the defendant We're too re-
mote to be or any value Mt this time.
The commission decided to allow the
| testimony.
Members OF tho commission cross.
examined several of the district at
torney's alienists at length, inquirlng
as to tho consistency OF their testi-
mony now that Thuw Is insane and
has becn SO for several years, as
| against their testimony at the trial
| when In answer to n Hypothetical ques-
ton they declared Thnw knew the
nature and quality or Ills act when
! llo shot and Killed Stamford NVhlte, and
knew that the act was wrong. DR.
| Austin rllnt declared that Thaw WAS
| Insane from tho allenist's point OF View
! when the homicide occurred, hut was
not insane In the language of the law
| Mr. Jerome's experts, ono after am
other, agreed that 'rhaw lsga paranoiac
and that his case IL rncurable.
Dr. Flint gave u nav touch to tho
1 form of insanity from which IL 4iS
4 linlleged Thnw Is suffering, by dcclar-
ing that his FORMER paranoiacal delus
| SiOnS or persecution are raniuly chang. Il