The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-28
'ALIENISTS E AS WITNESSES Drs. Evans and Binga
 man Testify. JEROME STRIKES TARTAR Expert on Insanity Proves Quick
 at Repartee. Evelyn Took stand For Few Minutes and District Attorney Indicated
 That He Would Call
 Howard Nesbit.

New fOrk, FeD. xe--1uteTeSt III eH0 Thaw trial today centered in the ma nouvers of District Attorney Jerome. who seemed to give further indication of his purpose in the naar future to apply to the court for a commission in lunacy to report upon the present condition of the defendants mind.
 The witness stand for the greatest part of the day was occupied by Dr. Britton D. Evans director of the New Jersey Hospital for the Insane at Mor- ris Plains, N J an alienist for the de- fense who was up for cross examina- tion. MT. Jerome sought to direct his efforts at getting from Dr. Evans in- formation as to the exact recognized forms of insanity from which the ex- pert declared Harry K. Thaw was suf- fering at the time of the brain storm" which resulted In the killing of White
 Dr. Evans had testified that in his will he displayed evidences of melan- cholic state of mind.
 The district attorney dwelt for an hour or more upon the subject or melancholia and then asked the expert if 1t was not true that in acute melan- cholia there Is a recurrence of the af- flictfon in at least one-thfrd of all cases Dr. Evans said there was.
 MT Jerome said he intended calling as a witness in rebuttal Dr. Allan Mc- Lane Hamilton, the alienist who was first employed by the Thaw defense, but who was not heretofore figured in the trial Dr..Hamilton recently re- turned from Europe and in a publish ed interview just after he landed, was reported to have said that he came to the time of the tragedy and that he is insane now.
 The district attorney also stated that he would call Dr. Charles r. Binga- man of Pittsburg. the Thaw family physician in rebnttal.
 Dr. Bingaman on stand. Dr. Bingaman was on the stand for a short while today, but Mir. Delmas ob- jected when Mir. Jerome started ia to cross examine the physician as to in- sanity in the Thaw family on the ground that the witness had not quali- fled as an expert. MT. Jerome there upon told Dr. Bingaman to hold him self in readiness to take the stand for the state. Dr. Bingaman told today of visiting Thaw in the Tombs during August last when the prisoner seemed much depressed and suffered from the delusion that conspiracy had been formed against him, complaining that he was not allowed to put paper over the grating in his cell door because they wanted the cold air to blow in and give him pneumonia so he would die and his case never come to trial.
 By recalling Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to the stand for a few questions which he had omitted in his long cross examination, MT. Jerome early today indicated that he would callIIoward Neshit, her brother, to contradict her in matter of credibility He asked Mrs. Thaw if she had not told her brother that Thaw had treated her cruelty while abroad because she re- fused to tell lies about Stanford White and say he had drugged and mistreat- ed her.
 He also wanted to know if the broth CT had not bought her a pistol with which she might defend herself against Thaw. The defendants wife denied absolutely that there was any truth in any of these statements and said she had never owned or carried pistol In her life.
 Mir. Delmas announced today that the defense would conclude It's case this week. This, however, was upon the assumption that district attorney Je- rome would conclude his cross exam nations of pr. Evans and Wagner to- day.
 MT. Jerome did not even finish with pr. Evans and he will be recalled to- morrow morning. John Deemar, the physician to Mrs. William Thaw's fam fly. will follow Dr. Evans and then will come Dr. Wagner. After these have testified Mrs. William Thaw her self will take the stand. according to present plans The defense may, ther~. fore conclude by Monday or Tuesday of next week. If MT. Jerome moves for a lunacy commission it is expected he will do so during the taking of the rebuttal testimony next week.
 During the crosse examination of Dr. Evans. Thaw began to write rapidly, and told the reporters that he was preparing a statement. His action at tracted the attention of his lawyers, who apparently wished to dissuade the defendant from making formal state- ment public.
 However. the following. written upon a scrap of paper. finally reached the press table: This Is the second state ment Mir. Thaw has made since August 10: With chances d million to one against her, it is wonderful that Mrs Thaws testimony prevailed against the District Attorney and his black legs {"