Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-19

In case die other than natural
I DEATH or II any suspicion attaches
to my taking Off or If | should be
made away with. | direct that my ex-
ecutors shall Immediately set aside
the sum OF $4,000 for an investiga-
tion of the circumstances and for the
prosecution of the guilty persons"
II additional sums were needed the
executors were directed to use them
rs that an unsystematized deus-
ion ?" asked Mr.. Jerome.
"One statement does not make a
system" retorted DR.. Evans
Can you point TO any other un-
systematized delusion?''
Il am not able 10 say"
What are you able to say?" inter-
rupted Mr.. Jerome.
! There are a "Ood many things
am able to say that | am not per-
mitted to say" replied the witness.
! What are you able to say as to un-
systematized delusions?"
The provision in the will which
read is such a delusion"
What else?'
II see in these documents evidence
of insane delusions. They show de-
luslons that are evidences of an un-
sound man. said DR.. Evans.
Mr.. Delmas. when Mr.. Jerome fin
ished with this preliminary cross eX-
animation, offered the codicil in evil
! derce.
Mr.. Jerome objected to the intro
/ duction of the document
There is in this will reference to
! a third document signed and sealed
at the same time as the will and codl-
lcil, and all three must go in at the
same time" protested Mr.. Jerome.
I'VE have proved replied Mr.. Del
mas, that this paper was in existence
long before June 25 and this expert
has testified that it contained evil
dences of insanity. I'VE are not Of
| fering 1t as part of anything else but
as a separate document. | offer it
without reference to other papers.
This paper is introduced to show
| insanity In the defendant" insisted
Mr.. Jerome, "and we are entitled to
all the documents signed at the same
time. | question the right of counsel
to introduce part Of what is really
one document"
After short conference between
Mr. jerome and Mr.. Delmas the OBJ
lection was withdrawn.
Mr. Delmas read the codicil. 1t be-
quathes the sum of 81. 500 to Rodney
L
all or in part. in obtaining legal. re-
dress from Stanford White and one
other person, whose name was not al
lowed to be mentioned, in favor of
four young women whose names We're
also omitted. and who, the Nodici de-
clared, had been ruined by Stanford
White in "house in New York fur
nished and used for orgies by Stan
ford White and other inhuman scOun-
drels." The separate circumstances
of the alleged degrading assaults
upon the four young women were
mentioned in the codicil. One of the
young women was declared to be act
ing at Lew Fields theater at the
.me
The codicll also left to the Rev.
DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst, Fred W.
Longfellow and Anthony Comstock
sums of $2,500 each for the same pur-
pose of securing evidence of any as
sauts by Stanford White. and obtain
ing redress for the victims.
Mr.. Delmas next offered the entire
will of Harry X. Thaw, and there was
no objection by District Attorney
Jerome. The instrument was read in
full by Mr.. Demas but the recipients
of ordinary bequests were not men
toned by name by the attorneys.
After disposing of various personal
effects and trinkets, the will, In its
fifth section. leaves to Mrs. Evelyn
.Thaw $4,000 in lieu Of dover and es-
tabltshes trust fund OF $4,000 for
her. It also. provides an annuity Of
$500 for Howard Nesbit The will
leaves various sums to servants and
friends and the residue eoes to the
trust fund, from the income of which
shall be paid to his wife $4,000 a
year. Should she remarry, however.
this income is to be reduced to $4.-
600 a year. The item of the will
which provides a fund of $4,000 for
prosecution in case the testator died
other than a natural death, or in case
there We're any suspicious circum-
stances pointing to such a conclusion
which had already been on the stand
by DR.. Evans, was reread by Mr.. Del
mas.
Vt the conclusion of the reading of
the will there was delay owing to the
sending to the office of one of the at
torneys for a document and finally 1t
was decided at 4:20 to adjourh until
tomorrow morning. The document, It
was said had beeen given to one of
the experts to read, and he had not
returned to court. 1t was desired to
ask DR.. Evans some questions con-
cernln" the paper.
District Attorney Jerome consented
to the adjournment, but said he
hoped In the future the documents
could be 'impounded" to avoid fur
ther delay
81 join in the learned district at
toruey's hope" said Mr. Delmas.
Justice Fitzgerald suggested that
some one take the doctors in hand in
the future and read the documents to
them.
Judge Henry A. Melvin, of the SUI
perior court of California, was an in
terested spectator at the trial today,
Judge Melvin is also grand exalted
ruler of the order of Elks' and a per-
sonal friend of Attorney Delmas,
Driven Mad bv Thaw Trial.
Madison Wis. Feb. 1S.-Niolently
insane over the Thaw trial, John Lor-
doph, of Janesyile, Wis, was taken
to the Mandota asylum today. Lor-
dolph talks only'of the Thaw trial and
says he has 100000 to help out
Evelyn and Harry"
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