The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-28
address the Y. N. c. A. at Morris Plains. N. J.. in 1905.
 Dr. Evans remembered the occasion.
 Had .golIied the Lawyers.


 cannot be shaken by the usual kinds of arguments"
 What .. are sys,tsmatIzed delusIonsG.' hered to by a subject in a systema- tized or organized manner"
 At this point the luncheon recess was
 During the recess. MT. o'Reiily plead ed with District Attorney Jerome for permission for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to testimony is concluded.
 T guess we had better keep her out" said Mir. Jerome.
 Df. Evans was recalled immediately after recess and the District Attorney resumed his cross-examination.
 Replying to District Attorney Je- rome, Dr. Evans said that unsysterna- tized delusions are so numerous and varied it would take an interminable time to describe them, but he finally described them as delusions not de- pending upon a focal delusion.
 When man Is dominated by an insane defusion," asked Mr. Jerome are his acts logically related to the They may or may not be. In men, tal explosion the delusions might lose
 But would they not be logically re- lated to the focal delusion? 'Insanefy logical, perhaps. This may be i,,,rs, suggested ,gs ste by delusion but not Usually Kills Perseeufor. IT a person suffering from an insane delusion believes he is being perse- cuted, does he kill the person responsi- ble for the persecution or does he Kill some object of his affection whom he does not believe Is prosecuting him?" The person responsible for the per- secution usually becomes the victim" In melancholia, Dr. Evans said that, generally speaking, the person suffer self destruction or the killing of some . person dear to him in order 10 take them from world of suffering.
 MT; Jerome questioned the witness closely as to Irresistible impulses He | declared each case of irresistible m- pulse had to be considered by itself DO you know that the Irresistible impulse to. kill Is not form of insan- | ity recognized by the statutes of this | State?" asked Mr. Jerome MT. Delmas objected to this and was MT. Jerome read portions of the doe | tors testimony In another case in which he stated the stages of insanity could be classed under five grand di- visions. Jerome took these divisions ND onesat a time and asked him if Thaw | now or at any time suffered from that l particular class. Idiocy, imbecility and dementia were dismissed. When 1t came to melancholia Dr. Evans said | he was of the opinion that Thaw suf- 1 fered from an insane condition of the mind which might be elassed under | the grand division of meIancholia, ' al condition2'
 1 T have"
 You have been in court here every day?'
 | Yes"
 And you have, talked with him ev- | cry day?"
 Practically. yes"
 You have carefully scrutinized him"
 Have you desIgnediy refrained from doing so2"
 Not designedly. I had no reason for scrutinizing him and was not res but it is inadequate"
 ''rhe question is, do you consider Thaw demented today?'
 'No," replied pr. Evans
 Tn your opinion, was he ever de.
 Was Never Demented.
 That depends on what you mean bl | demented.'
 T mean your own general definition
 NO" said Dr. Evans.
 At what time did Thaw suffer iron insane melancholia?
 You tried to get me to say 1t wa melancholia," replied Dr Evans, "bu I said it was in melancholic state o mind It was depressed state, bu not a distinct or fixed form of melan "At what time was he so suffering?
 q should say about the time of hi marriage and the making of his will :.
 You believe, then, that he was in sane at the time of his 1marriage?"
 He was not mentally sound at tha time---there was temporary aberra | tion."
 Based solely on your examination and excluding everything else do vol think he was suffering from melancho lia at any other timer
 "I believe at the time of the ehoot ing and a little before he was in depressed or melancholic condition" ]"
 Mir. Jerome tried to tie the docto down to q positive statement, that h. could, by his examination, and exclud ing everything else state whether O not Thaw was suffering from me1an cholia on April 4, 1905. the day of hi marriage. This the doctor would no l state positively.
 will and codicil as well, can you stat whether he was insane at the time his marriageT
 of unsound mind. I could not classif! 1t. for 1t might change from one forn
 A recess of fifteen minutes was taken
 Evans Becomes Faceti0ua. | In continuing his examination of pr Evans, district attorney Jerome hande. the witness a copy of the Thaw vii and asked him to point out the menta
 5You can't point depression on piece of paper.' said MT, Evans. :, | will in which Thaw provided a fund o $5O,O0O for the prosecution of any per sons whos might be suspected in con nection with his taking off.
 This" explained Dr. Evans, showed a perturbation of mind, an agitation and apprehensiveness. If this doel | moi constitute a melancholic state, thei I am mistaken in my construction O R MT. Jerome asked pr. Evans If hi | five groups of nsanity--idiocy, imbe | cility, melanchola. dementia and manif | covered all cases. He said the group | ing had been changed during late
 What are your grand groups now2' "First there Is the maniacal group then the distressed states. the dement, ed states and special forms; ,,,.na. 1 give ali the subdivisions of the foul sS"YY SYoS are here with the permission Q your directors. I suppose broke in MT 'eISles !.Yes sI ope is here in this room. thu l chairman of the medical committee.
 You have the permission in Writ ng.ZTI,, r.,, in the first place I don | think ifs any of your business
 MT. Jerome did not continue th' subject. ,,,,s baa given inc va | rious classes into which insanity wa l divided at the Morris Blains Asylum | ha said that he considered the classltl l cations in annual reports ana tecoro' ! was a matter of,small importance. 1 Dr Evans declared that in many 70 ! tts nbases the treatment of tnsanit, | tvas an art rather than science. "Are Vour groupings of the yarlou 1 forms of insanity sclentific?" asked MT Using own System. 1 CT hardly claim that" replied pr. ! ,-.- atha1y ara my system of group