The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
MAKING PROGRESS
District Attorney Jerome Has Fin
ished Cross. Examination Of Dr..
Evans in the Thaw Case. H..
HIS TACTICS ARE PUzzLING
Difficult to Tell What Prosecution De-
sires to Prove-Dr. Wagner Ad-
mits Symptoms Of Insanity
at the Present Time.

New York, Feb. 2S.-Interest in the
Thaw trial Wednesday conferred in
the maneuvers of District Attorney
Jerome, who seemed to give further
indication of his purpose in the near
future to apply for a commission In
lunacy to report on the present con-
dition of the defendants mind.
The witness stand for the greater
part of the day was occupied by DR..
Britton D. Evans, director of the New
Jersey hospital for the insane ttMor-
risPlains, N. J., an alienist for the
defense, who was up for cross-exami-
nation, Mr.. Jerome seemed to d.
rect his efforts at getting from Dr..
Evans information as to the exact
recognized forms of insanity from
which the expert declared Harry Thaw
was suffering at the time of the
brain storm" which resulted in the
killing of White. DR.. Evans had les
titled that in his will Thaw displayed
evidences s.of a melancholic state OF
mind. The district attorney dwelt for
an hour or more on the subject of
melancholia and asked the expert if
It was not true that in acute melan'
cholia there is a recurrence of the
affliction in at least one-third OF all
cases. DR.. Evans said there was.
BY calling Evelyn Thaw to the
stand for few questions which he
had omitted on his long -exami-
nation. Mr. Jerome indicated that he
would call Howard Nesbit, her broth.
err. to contradict her in matter or
credibility. He asked Mrs. Thaw ii
she had not told her brother that
Thaw had treated her cruelty while
abroad because she refused to tell
lies about Stanford White and say he
Lad drugged and mistreated h9r. He
also wanted to know If the Brother
had not bought her pistol with
which she might defend herself
against Thaw. The defendants wife
denied that there was any truth In
any Of these statements.
New York, March HAIRY K. Thav
enlivened an extremely dull session Of
bis trial Thursday by giving out a
Ibrief statement in which he accused
District Attorney Jerome of having
made unprofessiopal remarks in court
asserted that his wife's testimony was
| absolute truth and in conclusion de
clared that Mrs. Thaws "natura! rea
goodness" was above the ecomprehen
sion of the prosecuting officer.
DR.. Evans and Mr.. Jerome spent tia
entire day in going over eight letters
written by Thaw and culling out some
4 Excerpts on which Dr. Evans baset
3.his belief that they were written b.
I a. person of iunsound mind
do you mean an insane person
asked Mr.. Jerome.
yes" replied the witness, ''but no
iii the sense that the person might al
ways remain insane"
This was the essence of the day
work. Nj. jerome seemed as interest
cd as the expert in searching out TIL
phrases in the letters which might b.
construed as the writings of an insan
man and for the first time the Juror
were permitted thoroughly to examin'
| Photographic copies Of the letter. A
the witness and the prosecutor core
tediously over the Documents the Jun
ors were enabled to follow them close
I ly. The district attorney apparent,
wanted the letters to be thorough,
scrutinized and understood by The
jury.
New York, March 1.-The insanit.
Of adolescence paranoia and tn