The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

had Dr. Evans repeat that he found the
 same form of insanity in the will as in
 the defendant.
 What form of insanity is it?'' snapped
 Mir. Jerome.
 That would depend on the classifer,"
 sad Dr. Evans "I would call it devel- | opmental insanity"
 Was it paranoia"'
 No" Were the delusions which you ob
 served during your first three visits to ! Thaw systematized or not systematized?"
 ",They were, in measure, systema-
 tized" Were they systematized or not sys- | tematized?" repeated MT. Jerome sharply. ''They were not altogether systema- tized."
 "In what respect were the delusions not systematized?' l Dr. Evans began long answer in which 1 he referred to the conversations he had I had with Thaw MT. Jerome objected and l stopped him. MT Delmas at once in- sisted that he be allowed to go on. MT. Jerome refused to allow him to continue l and by consent the entire answer was I stricken out and Dr. Evans was askerd 1 the question again. Different Delusions. He shifted from one delusive idea to
 another" "Can you state one delusion that was not connected with what might be termed
 the parent delusion about Stanford White argi his relations with women?' "There was his delusion that reputable spiracv to railroad him off to an asylum" spiracy to railroad hi moff to an asylum "Yes, but that was connected with the parent delusion,' said MT. Jerome. q would consider it as largely inde- pendent. I could see no reason why he should connect me with any conspiracy
 against him." Did hep
 ..No, but he was suspicious of me, and
 every one"
 was not that systematized delu-
 sion?'
 Tt might be taken that way What kind of insanity is indicated by :, systematized delusion?' "Paranoic insanity" Do the will and codicil show sys- tematlzed delusions" Yes"
 What delusion?'
 "A delusion which showed he believed he was the subject of persecution; that he was being hunted down Doctor, without re-readlng these pa pers, can you state whether or not there is parent delusion regarding White?'
 ''I don't say that there is, but there is
 a delusion both in that will and in the codicil."
 That is not an answer" Jerome Seeks to Mix. Mir. Jerome asked the question over and over again. Mr Delmas objected to Mir. Jerome's course. "I do not think he has a right to con tinue this simply because the witness does not answer as the district attorney | wants him to-" he said. ''He has answered as I wanted Why do you keep repeating it them" asked MT. Delmas. Because I do not want him to fall into
 hole without seeing the hole.' l This was followed by general laughter. 1 Mr. Jerome then asked again if the
 will or codicil showed a parent delu-
 sion.
 T can't say that it is parent delu- sion.''
 Do you know what a parent delusion is?" Yes"
 "rhen do you find it in this will or I codcil?" T can not subscribe to it as a par ent delusion, there IS an apparent de- l lusion-a well-defined delusion." Cant you tell whether it is par ent delusion?" repeated MT. Jerome. T can't say whether 1t Is or not "Why did not you say so before? asked you the question half a dozen | times" And the witness replied half a dozen times," interrupted MT. Delmas. '"When was the will executed?" asked
 MT. Jerome. 'In 1905.'
 .How did you find that out?" "I heard it referred to here by you and 1 the others"
 Do you know when the codicil was
 q assume at about the same time.'' "The will bears it's own date" sug- gested Mir. Delmas. "I know it does, but this witness says he assumes the date That shows how carelessly he read it. Systematzed Delusion. 1 Mir. Jerome asked the witness to point , out in the will a single systematized | delusion. Dr. Evans started to read. Don't do that" commanded Mir. Jerome. "You told me to- said Dr. Evans. q did not" Justice Fitzgerald ordered the original question read, and then ruled that the | witness had the right to read from the | will in replying to the question. Read Part of Will. Dr. Evans then read what he called paragraph eight. It provided in part; 1 Tn case I die other than a natural death or if any suspicion attaches to my taking off, or if I should be made | away with I direct that my executors 1 shall immediately set aside the sum of | S5O.000 for an investigation of the circum- stances and for the prosecution of the guilty persons" "Can you point out any other unsys- l tematized delusion?" '.The provision in the will which l read l is such a delusion' 'What else?' l q see in these documents evidences 1 of insane deIusions. They show delusons | that are evidences of an unsound mind, said Dr. Evans Mir. Delmas. when MT. Jerome hnished