The Washington times., 1907-02-05
Jerome Is Bitter in
His Examination of
Witness.
Wife and Mother May
Go Upon the Stand
Today.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The bitter
legal battle that is being waged in
the Thaw trial showed today in the
examination OF Dr.. c. II. Wiley, the
Pittsburg insanity expert. Dr.. Wiley
was on the stand for two hours, and
gave it as his opinion that Thaw in
herited insanity, was insane in his
youth, and insane the night he shot
Stanford White. District Attorney
jerome was bitter in his cross-ex-
animation, using every kind of
device 10 confuse and discredit the
witness.
Other witnesses in the case who
are expected TO testify today are
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the wife; Mrs.
William Thaw. the mother, and
Thomas McCaleb.
For the first time since his arrest for
Staying stanford White Harry TbaW
today exhibited great concern as 10 tbe
outcome OF his Trial. He spent a rest
less night in his Tombs cell. paced tie
floor long after the lights were out, ana
refused To hear the cheering words OF
the guards. who tried 10 reassure him.
As the second session of the actual
trial drew near his manner became mroe
nervous. He appears 10 feel keenly the
disgrace which is bound 10 be brought
down on the Thaw family. when his
young wife takes the stand and tells
her story. She viii recite how her hus-
faH
impulse TO right q wrong done 10 her
before their marriage. causing the de-
veIopment CT frame of mind that
made it impossible for him 10 under
stand that he was doing wrong when
he killed the architect.
Win Confess Her Sins.
Thaw feels more keenIy than anyone
the senstiOn which the former chorus
beauty's narrative is bound to create.
In sense it will be revolving. certainly
an Impeachment OF the character OF
Stanford White, and. worse than all, 10
direct confession Of au amazlng career.
This viii bring out that Harry Thaw
proposed 20 Ler in 1903. When she de-
cIined % marry him. and told him the
reason why. his mind Immediately be-
came unbalanced, and tie sole idea ia
I his mind was To wreak from the archi-
/ tect rhe revenge which. in his distorted
IneuU.I condition. lac believed Providence
/ had declared Ia be his.
] These things are uTeyiug heavily on
I ThaW mlnd-more SO than his long
/ confinement or the Icdr that his ulIl-
mate IaJe viii lead him 10 the electric
chair.
In an probability either Evelyn Nesbi-
/ ThaW or Mrs. William IhaW, ne pris-
| uuer's : mother. viii take the stand today
! The elder AIRS. ILaW VIII teStly as %
/ Harry's early habits. and the further
/ fact that his family knew aim 10 be in
/ sane MANY years ago.
J Lionel Lawrence, who was stage
| manager az the Madison square Garden
I Roof ON the night of the tragedy, VIII
be another witness for the defense. He
/ VIII relate that stanford White had "a
/ pistol when IhaW shot MIN. and that
/ IT, Lawrence had heard the architect
/ make threats against the young Pitts
{ burgers life.
Viii Prove Threats.
one Of Thaw's lawyers said today;
/ .srhe defense viii submit convincing
evidence That stanford White uttered
I deats threats against ThaW on various
/ occasions preceding the killing, and thag
/ he had q revolver with which he said De
( would end Thaw's life. Evidence also
viii be submitted TO the jury proving
/ that White had uttered diaboIicaI
/ threats. and had made malicious at
+ tempJs 10 ruin the defendants charac-
/ ter"
That Thaw feared White would at
I tempt To carry out his threats against
/ himself or his wife. 1t is asserted. Will
/ be shown by the remark Of ThaW TO his
I wife. Evelyn, after the shooting; ''He
/ might have killed you, OF. i have
| saved you"
I Lionel Lawrence said.
Il can easily understand how the idea
got about as 10 the pistol story. and
( there Is one man / Wlu L9id responsible
/ for it,
As matter of fact a pistol WIS found
on Stamford Whites body and strange
! to say IL was a revolver 81 almost the
. exact pattern as that carried by Harry
+ ThaW. and with which ha shot " mite
Ii was "a blue steel sun. ana / think OF
/ the Smith * Wesson make. II was "
I the same calIDef as IhaW 9.
This revolver was taken from STAN
ford Whites hip pocket, iu which also
was silk handkerchief
To the jury Next Week.
.'The time to be consumed bv the
/ Thaw defense viii be comparatively
short" said one of the Tnsw lawyers
/ today. "AiI the evidence should be ia
by next Saturday The case should
so 10 the jury next week.
| Not more than fifteen witnesses are
| expected 10 he called by the defense.
The defense viii crtaiuIy insist upon