Evening journal., 1907-03-19
EXPERTS AGAIN
HOLD FORTH
DR.. JeIIiffe Says Circular
Insanity" May Have Caused
,Thaw Crime
BELIEVES IN BRAIN STORMS

BY Our Own Wire. Publishers Press.
NEW YORK March i9-The snowy
weather kept down the crowd az the
rhaw trial to-day. Scarcely q corporais
guard of spectators were present when
court opened
Dr. Smith ely Jailine was called aud
jerome pursued his cross examination.
Jerome tried to make Dr. Jenime say
that In deciding as 10 Thaws insanity
when he killed White he had included
facts not sustained in the Hypothetical
question DR. Jellime insisted that he
had excluded everything except the
fact outlined to him $50 far as the
human mind to exclude facts known
TO IT,"
Jelliffe admitted other facts brought
on I'm the testimony not included in the
hypothetical question which he deemed
OF value. In sparring With the prose-
cutor he proved as worthy as Dr
/ Evans
Jerome referred the witness to the
classification ia the book ON the forms
Of insanity. He asked il the insanity
Thaw suffered from, came under this
or that form described.
Thm the attack on the Hmnmel affidavit
would be reserved for Delmas' argument
was geenrally Believed. The liule attorney
himself furnished the material for such an
onslaught. He swore bis relations with
Evelyn were not those of attorney and
client Yet tho Affidavit shows on its face
Il was drawn as the basis for "a legal ace
ton and Is signed by Howe and Hum
mel. Attorneys for the plhiutif" Evelyn
Ncsbit II was rumored to-day Delmas
would begin proceedings to have Hummel
indicted for perjury on his testimony.
Hummers uns8vorv record win also be
sued TO discredt his reliability as witt
ness and raise the question whether he did
not manufacture the affidavit out az
whole cloth as Evelyn has intimated he
did.
with the prospect of the speedy terminus
ton Of his trial rhaw has frightened con-
s'derably He appeared better yesterday
than on any day since the trial began To-
day he was sun IN apparent good spirits.
Any prolongaton OF the ease woHld prob
ably worry him more than allowing d to
go to the jury without further efforts 90
offset the States case
Might Have Had Circular Insanity
Circular insanity was one of the forms
which Dr. Jeline said Thaw might have
been suffering from. Jerome tried to air
|the witness down to a statement that
Thaw was suffering from paranoia. Dr
leJline admitted Thaw might have had
acute pannoia as distinguished from
chronic pafanoia.
Jerome finally gave up. bafned, and
asked If DR. Jeline subscribed 20 Dr
Evans theory OF "brainstorms.' Dr. Jel-
I ife supported Evans view.
"As 1 understand DIR. Evans" he ex-
planned. "hc said the defendant was suf-
efrng from insanity during which he had
a sudden outbreak which he termed a
"brainstorm" for The purpose Of descsib-
/ ing it radically TO the lHymind.
Dr. Jeline said he could subscribe to This
description.
Dr. Jeline went further than any OF
the other experts by saying he could re-
call several cases of 'brainstorns' where
/ the victims could remember their acts
during the "braiustorms' after their re-
eovery.
The cases he said. could be described as
Instances of mild systematized delusional
paranoia with recovery
jerome hNNlU NOT NINNlk NNMM lllN wis
ness and finally be and the doctor both
: lost their tempers once on the next ques-
tion Jerome tried 10 make the expert say
there was nothing m Thaw's conversation
with james Ciinch smith. a few moments
before the killing indicating insanity
In my opinion no actual unsoundness
of mind IS disclosed but I think parts Of
the conversation show irrauonality" said
the doctor.
Mr.. Jeline uhen said ne considered
Thaws talking to Smith who 90 an ap-
poarances was older than himself as a
younger man. telling him he could not
remember certain event because he was
too young was another evidence Of in-
coherency in the roof garden conversation.
Doctor for how long before tho shoot
ing did you think This defendant had been
lnsaney'' jerome asked. taking new
tack.
For two years and a half"
"And did this insanity continue until
June rs, l9OeT
DR. Jeliffe avoided "a compromising an
swcr
Il think that during that period he had
recurring attacks OF insanity" he an
swered.
Dog Catcher After Ducks.