The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-05
JEROME 'SPLANS
PUZZLE, THAW
CASE NEAR END
DEFENDANTS MOTHER TO BE
NEXT CHIEF FIGURE TO
TAKE THE STAND.
POINT FOR The DEFENSE
nesses to Answer Jcrome's Cues.
tons in Rebuttal-Exoerts
Still Under Fire.

New York. March "A long stride
forward in the Thaw tl.al was taken
oday when District Attorney jerome
| q nOunced that his exhaustive cross
| examination of DR.. Evans had been
concluded, Evans had been under
fire since Wednesday morning last
He was succeeded on th stand by DR..
Charles G Wagner. Binghampton who
accompanied Evaas on most of his
visits TO Thaw in the Tombs Jerome
indicated by his quest onng of Wag.
ner that he may conclude with the
wi ness tomorrow
Mrs. VIM Thaw is expected to be
the next figure in the witness chair.
With Mrs Thaw's testimony in, the
defense will practically have complet
ed its case and it seems likely that
the sta e's case in rebuttal may be-
gin before the end of the week
Puzzled Over The RebuttaI.
Just what Jerome will be able to
prove o. rebuttal remains quite as
much a mystery as ever He com
planned today in seeking broad in
depreciation of rules of evidence by
Justice Fitzgerald that if he should
call any Of the defenses alensts in
rebuttal they might refuse on the
ground of professional privilege not
10 answer any questio, put 10 them.
This seems 10 indicate that JerOme's
threat to call Allan McLane Haml.
ton In rebuttal carries with ii the pos
sibility that Hamilton may not testi.
fy. for at the time he made an ex-
animation of Thaw In the Tombs he
was in the employ of the prisoners
counsel
1t Is not exactly clear to the mind
to what extent the district attorney
can 90 in disproying Mrs. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw's testimony He has admit
ted that even if he could show White
was out Of the country at the time of
his alleg d experience with Evelyn
Nesbit in his Twenty-fourth street
studio. he would not be allowed to
do so on the ground that it would
be collateral fact.
To Call Evelyn's Brother.
II appears. however that the prose.
cutor can call any one to contradict
Mrs. Thaw's story ia cases where she
said she made certain statements tol
a third party In this connect on
Jerome has indicated he will call
Howard Nesb to testify that his
sister told him Thaw had treated her
cruelty because she would not tell
lies about White.
Evans left the witness stand today !
subject To recall for redirect examina |
tion Evans today admitted that |
Thaw had insane knowledge of what !
killed White The NV York statutes |
Roof Garden on the night be shot and |
THE GAGGED CONGRESS
provide that TO be exempt from pun.
i,hment for crime an insane person |
must bc 50 dcmented as not to know |
The nature or quality Of his act or to
know the act is wrong.
Wagner. also declared Thaw had ir-
rational knowledge Of what was
transpiring on the roof garden. He
believes that the man = insanity da ed
from the time Evelyn Nesbit told him
her story in Paris in 1904 Wagner
created quite a stir in court by using
the present tense in responding to a
question bv Jerome as 10 what form
of iesanity Thaw "has or had
Wagner Says Thsw lis" Insane.
Wagner declared Thaw lis suffer
iug" from symptoms which lead TO
ward a melsn holic state and state
of dementia praecox1 when asked 10
describe the latter phase. Wagner
said it covered such wide field oil
dementia a. - be difficult Of strict
definition Wagner declared Thsw's
condition Of mind AT the time Of the
shooting was a result Of one Of the
1sanities Of adolescence He would
not go further than this in an tempt
to classify the exact form.
The district attorney again contin-
uef his somewhat puzzling tactics.
Ills questioning Of Evans seemed to
have the purpose Of showing Thaw
never was insane 20 the extent con
fempIatcd by criminal statutes nf this
state Assi- with Wagner be- pointe1
toward the same end at one tine and
at another seemed DESTROYS Of having
Wagner admit Thaw was suffering
from forms of insanity which might I
NOT he curable. Wagner was still on
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