New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-19
THAW'S WILL ADMITTED
BITTERLY ASSAILS WHITE.
Jerome apparently Trying Hard for
Lunacy Commission.


part Of the defence Of Harry Kendall Thaw, the
vii anc codicl executed by Thaw on the night
Of his wedding. April 4. 1900 We're admitted in
vtierce yesterday aa5 were read to the jury.
District Attorney Jerome, who has objected in
many ways 20 ire admission Of the documents.
had evidently a new light, for he made
only perfunctory objection and technical
grounds TIE codicil was introduced first. It
contained a bitter and coarse attack on Stan
ford White It provided that s.. 800 he set aside
for the prosecution % Mr. White and another
man. whose name was not read in court. in con-
nect'on with alleged maltreatment Of young
women whose names ware given in the codicil.
Thaw also v-tl!ed $500 each to the Rev. DR..
Charles II Parkhurst. Anthony Comstock. Fred
erick ". Longfellow CThaw's counseD and a
Pfttsburg lawyer. 10 be used for the same pur-
pose.
IN the viii provision is made for bringing TO
Justice any person suspected Of accomplishing
Thaw's death. # he did not die in a natural
manner. This clause, which the defence evil
IDENTIFY set great value as tending to show
Thaw's alleged unsOundness of mind read:
In case I die other than a natural death or
n upon my death there shall be anything con-
corning acts or causes Of my death or in case
I should be made away with in any suspicious
manner, without fun knowledge of the circuu7-
stances Of my ending being known I direct
then my executors 10 set apart the sum OF $50
90 10 ne useor all or IN part, IN discovering all
circumstances relating thereto And should any
person or persons be suspected OF guilt In CON
nection there|ith, the said sum 10 be used in
bringing 10 justice such suspected person or per
sons. with the utmost diligence Should any
larger sum be required for said purposes ( an
ttorize my executors to exDend suc1 ad6,tionol
sum or sums as may be required to effect such
purpose or purposes at their discretion.
The other principal points in the will per
tanned to Thaw's arrangements for the welfare
Of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and her brother Howard
Nesbit. Young Nesbit was left $500 a year for
his maintenance: TO the young wife was left
5000 fl lieu Of dover the interest on SJO00O
end $4,000 a year from a trust fund to be Gre
ated from the residue OF his estate after all
legacies had been provided for.
The codicil and viii were introduced after DR.
Briton .. Evans. one Of the defence's insanity
experts, had read them and sworn that. taken
with The letters which Thaw wrote in 1903 after
Evelyn Nesbit had made her confession to him
and with the interviews he had with the pris-
oner in the Tombs. he was Of the opinion that
Thaw was Of unsound mind when he executed
them. Further. he said. he found traces of the
same kind Of unsoundness Of mind in the codi-
Gil and VIII IS he found a. the first three visits
he made 10 Thaw IN the Tombs.
JEROME FORCES ADMISSION.
Mr.. Jerome cross examined DR.. Evans on this
testimony, and from the trend of his questions
II appeared that he was attempting to obtain
admissions from the witness on which to form
the basis Of a request for the appointment of
commission in lunacy. He got DR.. Evans to
say that the will and codiciI show evidences Of
"a paranoic form Of insanity" Parenoia Is said
by alienists to be Incurable. Beyond this one
admission, however, the witness would not go.
He fenced sktlfully when AIr Jerome tr3sd to
pin him down TO statement that the delusions
Thaw entertained were ''systematized"-one Of
the manifestations Of paranoia-and got out Of
all the traps the District Attorney laid for him.
DR.. Evans has already testified that Thaw
was insane in the summer Of 1903; was still in
sane on April !. 1905. when he was married;
was also insane at the time of the commission
Of the crime, on June o. 1906. and was Insane
in September last. The prosecution believes that
these facts tend 70 show that Thaw is still IN
sane, and II strengthens its contention by the
sworn statements Of Evans and DR.. Wagner
that Thaw had the faint Of hereditary insanity
DR.. Evans was on the witness stand nearly
all day yesterday and gave important tegti-
-uony. from the dsfence's point Of view. regard
ing the conversations he had with Thaw IN the
Tombs on his first three visits. Thaw, DR..
Evans swore on his first visit said that there
was a conspiracy between his former counsel.
Black Olcott. Gruber & Bonynge, District At
torney Jerome and representatives. Of White TO
prevent trial and to railroad" him to an in
sane asylum. On his second examination, when
Dr. Charles G. Wagner was also present, DR..
Evans said Thaw accused White Of various
crimes Thaw also said that he did not want to
shoot White. 81 wanted by legal means to bring
him before court so that his dongs might be
held Up 70 justice but Providence called me to
do as I did" the witness said Thaw told him.
Thaw also told him he had gone 10 Anthony
Cornstsock, 10 District Attorney Jerome and to
the Pinkerton and other detective agencies for
advice. M Jerome. he said. told him he had bet
Ter let White alone, there was nothing IN TT
The detectives. he said, told him they would
work the case, but had little hope. Thaw
spoke also. DR.. Evans said Of a Mr. P."swhom
he associated with White in the charges made.
At no time. DR.. Evans said, did Thaw show any
feeling about his own predicament or the crime
ne had committed.
JURORS ENJOY FREEDOM
The trial went along yesterday as If there had
been no interruption. Joseph 2. Bolton. Juror
H. whose wife died. was back in the Jury box
and listened 10 the testimony with perfect com
posure. The Jurors. who had been allowed their
liberty, marched into court together. but at
luncheon time were allowed TO go where they
wished without restraint. They We're DISC al
lowed 70 go 10 their homes again last night and
win be free from espionage until the time they
leave the box 20 consider the entire evidence
and bring ira verdict
Dolphin VI. Delmas. the San Francisco lawyer.
conducted the examination of witnesses as
usual. in spite Of the recent quarrel of counsel.
Re seemed 70 be In perfect accord with Cnf-
ford y. Eartridge, senior counsel. and his other
associates Mr.. Hartridge said that whatever
personal differences there had been were for
gotten for the common cause. Henry Clay Nc