The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-13
DR.. B. D. Evans Proves Valu-
able Witness in the Hands
of Atty. DeImaS.
LAWYERS IN A SQUABBLE
DELMAS TAKES OFFENSE AT RE-
MARKS OF JEROME ABOUT THE
OPERATION PERFORMED ON
EVELYN THAW.
publishers PTess.I

New York. Feb. 12.-Counsei Tor
Thaw Unexpectedly announced that it
will take about two days to put in the
direct case for the defense. This, OF
course, does not take into considera-
tion the cross-examination of Thaw' S
witnesses by Mr.. Jerome, but it indi.
stand. What is regarded as an i'm
portant document in connection with
the trial was obtained by District At
torney Jerome from Abraham Hum
mel. This document is a photograph
copy of the statement which Mrs.
Harry Thaw testified Hummel dictated
when she went to his Office with Stan
ford White. The original copy, it is
stated, was destroyed, probably at the
time Mrs. Thaw says she went to
Hummels Office in search of a paper
she had signed. 1t is said that in the
statement are charges that Thaw i'll
treated her and even beat her.
There is some talk that Hummel
may be put on the stand as witness
in rebuttal, but it is -nnre likely that
Mr.. Jerome is preparing for his cross
examination of Thaw's wife.
Tuesday was the anniversary of
Harry Thaw's birthday He is SO
years old, having been born in 1871.
Counsel for defense called as a wit
ness DR.. Britton D. Evans, superin-
tendent of the state insane hospital,
at Morris Plains, n. j., who said he
first saw Thaw Aug. IA, 1906, in the
Tombs, and in all visited him eight
times, sometimes alone and at other
times accompanied by DR.. Charles g.
Wagner, who testified Monday
DR.. Evans declared he noticed dur
ing his visits to the Tombs that Thaw
suffered from forms of insanity. char
acteEized by an exaggerated ego in
Guiding adolescent insanity, the latter
due to here6ity
DR.. Evans said Thaw also exhibited
gone an explosive or Illuminating con.
dition Of mental unsoundness.
By exaggerated ego," DIR. Evans
said he meant "a disproportionate idea
of importance of self, a belief of be-
ing clothed with powers, capacity and
ability far above normal or above
those actually possessed" These
symptoms, he said. are characteristic
Of several mental diseases. DR.. Evans
acteristic of the development period
of life from 10 to 40 years. The per
son thus afflicted is known as having
a psychopathic taint, a predisposition
to mental unsoundness, the result of
heredity. Another form of insanity
Indicated" said the witness, lis known
as a paranoiad, a fixed insanity on
some subject. A third is maniacal,
where the patient jumps from one
others are characterized by the exag-
gerated ego"
rs there any specific name?" asked
Mr.. Delmas, ''given to that form of in
sanity wherein one imagines himself
ruler of the world?"
That is included in the forms of in
sanity to which have referred Both
adolescent insanity and paranoiad in
sanity are characterized by delusions
I'D ego In adolescent insanity tn
patient exhibits no marked symptoms
But when the stress comes the mar
ioes not break down as the ordinarE |
n normal man would. There is a com |
,iete loss of mental balance, an ex /
,,osive condition of the brain, the rea |
ION becomes dethroned. the will powel |
S lost and the brain is operating as g
ihip does in wind without rudder
he balance wheel is gone. The act
i such raen are not acts Of a norma
nan, but show him to be guided
isease and stress. His mind has lef
Is uaoorings and yielded to diseased
onditions- On my first visit noticed
hat Mr. Thaw suffered from a rapid |
ow Of words not characteristic of the
'ermal mind. He showed condition
Z ahaormal excitement diseased
onditios of the brain"
Lawyers Bitter SquabbIe.
ine internfinable squabbling be-
seen District Attorney Jerome and
IT Deirnas was contributed today
ltn increasing bitterness and ran
o1 AT one point Nj. DeImas III q
OF dispieassre at Mr.. Jerome.s de-
oItnlent noted an exceptDn in the
-c1To 20 ine district atorl leys con- !
&c. OF the case. Toward he close /
the nearing today, when Vi. Del ,
as nad propounded his hypothetical .
iestion 10 DT- Evans and Mr.. Jerome :
as picking Inaccuracies in the state- !
en- Oh iact as upheld by the evidence ,
lar adduced, there was a parti-
iiaTly short set TO. Mr.. Jerome OBJ :
cted % the iasinuation in the aues- ];
'n fhaf Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had
ideTgone a criminal operation. AIR
rome declared that it was wei, :
own that the operation was ner.