Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-14
MOTHER TO BE- NEXT WITNESS
MRS. WILLIAM THAw's TEST
MoNY WILL COMPLETE THE
DEFENSE.

New York. March CA long stride
forward in the trial Of Harry X. Thav
was taken yesterday When District At
torney Jerome announced that his ex
haustive cross-examination Of DIR. Brit
ton D. Evans. one of the alienists FOL
the defense. had been concluded. DR.
Evans had been under fire since Wed
nesday morning last. He was immedi
ately succeeded on the stand by DR.
Charles G. Wagner of Binghamton
N. Y. who accompanied DIR. Evans or
most of his visits to Thaw in the
Tombs. MIR. Jerome indicated by his
questioning of DR.. Wagner that he may
conclude to-day.
Mother Next Witness.
Mrs. William Thaw is expected to be
the next figure in the witness chair
With Mrs. Thaw's testimony III. the
defense will practically complete its
case. and it is likely that the states
case in rebuttal may be begun before
the end OF the week.
Dr. Evans left the witness stand yes.
terday subject to recall for direct
examination. The witness protected
the interests OF the defense quite
keenly throughout HIS crossexamina.
ton and at all times appeared to be q
match for the district attorney.
Had Insane knowledge Of Act.
DR.. Evans yesterday. however. adj
mitted that Thaw had an insane
knowledge OF what he was doing on
Madison Square roof garden the night
he shot and killed Stanford White.
DR.. Wagner declared that Thaw had
irrational knowledge of what was
transpiring on the roof garden. He be-
lieved the mans insanity dated from
the time Evelyn Nesbit told him her
story in Paris. in 1903.
DR.. Wagner Still on Stand.
New York. March - Interest
aroused in yesterdays session of the
trial Of Harry X. Thaw by the an
nouncement that Mrs. William Thaw,
the mother of the defendant, would
take the witness stand. was quickly
dulled by the continued cross-exani-
nation Of DR.. Charles &. Wagner by
District Attorney Jerome. DIR. Wag-
ner was on the stand the entire day.
and when adjournment was announced
the district attorney seemed to have
much ground yet to cover with the OK.
pert.
Judue and Jerome Clash.
Yesterdays session was made nota-
BILE by a clash between District Attor-
ney Jerome and Justice Fitzgerald, at
the climax Of which the prosecuting
officer refused point blank to cite to
the court the authorities upon which
he was predicating an argument.
II have such a high respect for the
courts Of this Jurisdiction" retorted
Mr.. Jerome, that will not submit au-
thorities on question Of law which Is
so elemental in character and upon
which the authorities are so abundant
that must presume the learned court
knows of Them
Judges Ire Aroused.
Nllu uusllcu ldSG aLu d SHARP rap
of his gavel, Justice Fitzgerald said II
the district attorney did not submit
the authorities f1le court would assume
that he did not know of any. Mr..
Jerome did not submit the authorities
and Justice Fitzgerald ruled in favor
of the defense on the point at Issue,
which, briefly stated, was the question
as to whether the state on cross-exanl-
ination should be allowed to go farther
with an expert witness than counsel
for the defense was allowed to go upon
direct examination.
Questions Are Technical.
DR.. Wagner was allowed to give his
conversations with Thaw during the
period that he believed the defendant
to be of unsound mind. He said Thaw
remembered having approached and
having shot White. He protested,
however, that he had not intended at
any time to kill the man, but wanted
to have him legally punished.
Much of the day was given over to
technical questions concerning the
mental and physical examinations to
which Thaw was subjected in the
Tombs by Drs. Wagner and Evans.
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