Arizona republican., 1907-02-06

New York. Feb. 5-The task Of prov
ing to the jury that Harry X. Thaw
was insane through heridity and men
tai stress when he killed Stanford
fense but when adjournment was an
nounced there was a general opinion
that little. progress had been made.
Thaw's attorneys endeavored in vain
to place before the jury evidence tend
ing. it was said. to prove insanity in a
collateral branch OF the defendants
family. but they were blocked in every
point by District Attorney jerome.
whose objections were upheld by the
rulings Of Justice Fitzgerald. The de-
fense did. however. get before the jury
the testimony OF an expert, that in his
opinion Thaw was suffering from in
sanity the night OF the tragedy. Jerome
attempted to break down the testi-
mony Of the alienist. DIR. c. c. Wiley
~ Pittsburg. and for three hours put
him through a cross examination as
severe as was ever heard in a New
York court.
The prosecutor was relentless in his
attack. and before he had finished
Wiley protcstingly declared: Il did not
come here as an expert. ! came as a
witness to fact. have been convert
ed into an expert without being pre-
pared"
The district attorney astOnished ev-
cry one by his intimate knowledge OF
medicine and its technical phraseology.
demonstrating the care with which ne
had prepared himself to meet the de-
fense Thaw's counsel have entered.
Jerome searchingly inquired into
.Wiley's record as physician and an
expert on insanity. He hurled volleys
Of technical questions at the witness
who at times sat mute and at other
times declared he could not answer or
gave evasive replies. He often brought
upon himself a sharp warning from
the district attorney - make a reply
and not an argument.
Wiley said he predicated his opin-
ion as 10 Thaw's insanity upon his
actions the night Of the tragedy. as
described in the hypothetical question
propounded by the defense and on an
incident he Witnessed in a Pittsburg
street car during 1905. Thaw. said
the doctor. acted irrationally. coming
in suddenly jerking up and down one
of the window blinds, while engaging
in wordy war with the conductor.
Have you ever examined the de-
fendant with any recognized tests OF
insanity" asked Jerome
No replied the witness.
Have you ever conversed with
him?"
NO"
The district attorney then drew
from the alienist the opinion that
Thaw's acts when he killed White
were not act OF insanity when taken
singly. but constituted evidence in
sanity considered collectively.
The witness admitted many tests to
which the district attorney referred,
such as the Romberg and the Argyll
Robertson pupil test. We're unknown
to him and when he was asked to
quote from any accepted work on in
sanity he declared he could not give
the exact language from any book
Jerome's well of knowledge seemed
never TO run dry. Thaw's counsel
sat silent without protest as jerome
grilled the first witness for the de-
fense. Thaw himself seemed to take
little interest in the cross examination
at the outset but later began to take
notes and was often in earnest cOnver-
sation with those of his counsel who
sat nearest him.
At the close OF the CrOss-eXamination
of Wiley an attempt was made to in
troduce testimony tending to show that
a strain Of insanity has existed in GER
tain branches of the Thaw family,
Among the witnesses called were AL
bert Lee Thaw of Richmond, Va. who
said his father and Harry Thaw's S