The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-02

Q.-f1dO ne SullCltnk lnNetAib|iieS ~
understand that he was carrying re.
volver when he was carrying loaded
revolver while he was in the city OF
New York on June %, 1906?
Ale may have known he was car
rying a pistol. / see no evidence that
he did not know he was carrying
revolver. / don't think he could real
lie
Insane Can Operate Pistol.
o.-on that same statement of fact
was he Of sufficient intelligence 20 un-
derstand that to discharge pistol into
a human body would cause death?
Ale may have carried the pistol
for protection The intelligence of an
insane man would cause him to operate
a pistol in the same way as sane
man.
O.-Taking into consideration the facts
OF the hypothetical question and the
will, the codicil. the Comstock letter and
the facts you may know, did the defend
ant up TO June ., 1905, have SUFFICIENT
| Intelligence 90 understand that lOade4
| pistol discharged into the BODY of hui
man being would cause DEATH
| A.-Most of the time / think he did.
| Q.-Where is there in the facts on
which you have been asked 70 base your
| opinion anything TO show that he ala
| not have sufficient intelligence 70 know
] that 10 discharge pistol into human
/ body would cause deathE
| -
would not have known the effect or
| discharging a revolver. That any time
/ in his abnormally excited periods he
would get into this condition Is my be-
| lief.
When Thaw Showed Emotion.
Q.-You understand that he never car
ried the revolver outside Of New York
city?
Avery time this terrible subject
| which weighed down his mind, came
upon him, he was made TO suffer by
these brain storms and his reason was
dethroned IL was not with him at the
time and cannot say, nor can anyone
else under the same circumstances but
| that he put the pistol into his pocket
for the purpose of protecting himself:
| Q.-Wel, then. Il Is your opinion thai
! when the defendant put his loaded re-
Volver into his pocket he had sufhclenl
intelligence 70 know it discharge into a
human body would XIII
Al presume he had.
Q.-What did he say about carrying a
Ale told me he never intended
/ shooting Stanford Waite. He SAID ne
had put the pistol into his pocket after
he had received word that lands oil
thugs had been employed 20 get MIN into
a quarrel and kick him 20 death
| Q-You testified that you believed that
during a brain storm Harry ThaW, on
L j une ArNn, hllleQ oLdllDlu VIM
| A.-Yes, l am Of the opinion that he
was then laboring under mcntal ex-
plosion. You may call II by that name
or by the name OF loss Of will or any
thing like that
Judge Impatient at Jerome.
Jerome tried for an hour to get an adj
mission from Dr.. Evans that paranoiac
was incuranie. but the doctor said he
had seen cases which had been cured
The question OF transforms was also
gone over. and little tilt followed be-
} tween Justice Fitzgerald and Jerome
DeImas had protested that Jerome was
going out Of the latitude for cross-ex-
animation Dut Justice Fitzgerald said
ne would allow every reasonable latt
| tude.
I'VE are getting right down to the
important question involved here" said
! Jerome.
You have been a long time getting
down - II. II you are getting down 10 j
now" said Justice Fitzgerald.
Jerome protested it was not his fault