The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
Expert Evans Defines Harry
ThaW'S Complaint.
JEROME HANGS TO WITNESS
District Attorney Continues I'm Effort
to Make AIienist Answer to His De-
sire - CrOss-examinatiOn 10 Con-
tinue MOnday-Defendant Seems
Satisfied with Progress of Case.

for the defense in the Thaw trial, testified
early in the case that one OF the things
.Thaw was suffering from when he saw
him in the Tombs. after the killing Of
Stanford White, was logOrrhea. This, it
was explained for the benefit Of the lay
men. is an excessive flow Of words.
DR. Evans spent his third successive day
on the witness stand under cross-exami-
nation. and that If all that time little in
formation has been extracted from him
that appears to alter in any material man
ner the aspect of the trial
Everything that Thaw ever did or said
or wrote. so far as the evidence has
brought it out, has now been called TO the
attention Of the alienist by the district at
torney. All these ingredients have been
naked and stirred Up and well shaken,
and Dr. Evans has been invited many
times to taste the brew and tell what It Is.
He has shown no hesitation In pronounc-
ing upon the mess, but he has insisted on
doing il in his own way. This has alto
gether pleased the district attorney, who
apparently has his own ideas on the SUBJ
ject-ideas that DR. Evans thus Tar has
failed to subscribe to.
Examination Not Ended.
In consequence the wrangling win 90 on
on Monday morning, when both the wit
ness and the cross-eXaminer will return TO
the fray. rested and strengthened by two
days Of recreation, ready TO swap a few
more million words.
All day long the sounds Of battle rolled.
DR.. Evans again asserted that Thaw was
insane when he killed Stanford White
This time he stated that the defendant
was then suffering from an outbreak of
adolescent insanity. Jerome came a lit
tie closer to tho crux Of the whole ques-
ton when he called DR. Evans attention
to that part of his direct testimony in
which he said that the viii and the cOdicil
indicated a paTauoiaC form of adOiescent
insanity. But he was very careful TO
state that this did not mean paTanOia,
which some authorities held 10 De incUTa-
bic Had ne admitted that he believed
Thaw was suffering from paranoia,
Jerome would doubtless have moved AZ
once that "a commission IN lunacy be
named 10 examine Thaw, and that the
trial be suspended pending the report of
the commission.
Jerome tried in vain 10 spring various
medical authorities on the witness. appar-
entity with the object Of discrediting his
testimony by pointing our that they did
not agree with him. There was a small
library of medical books stacked up un-
der Jerome's table. each with its little
slip Of paper To mark the place Of the
desired reference. But when jerome got
them out. one after another. and opened
them up, apparently with the idea OF
conf0unding the witness with them. he
ran up against new sn8g. He asked
DR. Evans whether he regarded the au-
thor of the volume he was about 10 read
! from as an authority on the subject Of
mental diseases. but the witness declined
20 commit himself. Next. the court de-
clined 20 let the district attorney read
| from the writers. unless Dr. Evans would
say that he regarded them as authorities
All day long the prosecuuon's experts.
three Of them-Drs. Macdonald. Mabon
tand FIint-sat inside the rail and
hungrily eyed DR.. Evans Occasionally
one Of them whispered some suggestion
TO the district attorney
There were several sharp passages be
tween DR.. Evans and Jerome
AS on the two previous days there ap-
| peared to be nothing in this glad world
that Jerome so much adored and de-
sired as a simple yes or no" and
there was nothing that DIR. Evans so
hated. The desired m0nosyllables. how
ever, were scarcely ever in evidence.
Evans Suspects Treachery.
/ At the noon recess DR.. Evans told the
reporters that an effort had been made
by some unknown man to enter his room
at the Hotel Belmont the evening before.
and that the chambermaid frustrated his
efforts by notifying the hotel detective.
and thereby soaring the man off Or.
Evans suspected that the strange young
man wished to steal documents relating
to the trial, which he thought the doctor
! had in his room
Thaw appeared 10 be in excellent
| spirits He evidently was much pleased
with the statement regarding his wife's
! testimony that had been given TO the
papers the day before. If signs count for
anything. he apparently believes things
are going very wei for him.
Rush All over.
There wasn't any rush to get into the
/ courtroom at the afternoon session. Je-
rome kept at Or. Evans on the subject OF
paranoia. The witness said that the fourth
outbreak by Thaw was between August
/ Il and September II. 1903. at his home in
Pittsburg DR.. Bingaman has testified
about this In the witness opinion the
defendant had given four exhibits OF the
insanities of adolescence. He would not
classify the insanities Of adolescence of
which Thaw had given exhibitions.
Jerome then skipped TO some of the tes-
| timony which DR. Evans had given on his
| direct examination. Dr. Evans had testi-
/ fed that the will and codicil showed a
paranoiac form of insanity. but when
/ pressed by Jerome 10 say what paranOiac
/ form IL was. witness would not commit
/ himself, only to the extent of saying that
! section S of the will showed that Thaw
/ had decisions; that he was being perse-
| cuted that his life was in danger. and
/ that he showed more or less systematized
/ decisions of persecution Witness fur
! Their testified that the viii and codicil sug-
/ gested a paranoiac form Of insanity.
Court OverruIes jerome.
| Jerome then got the witness 10 go over
the will and codicil, pointing out in them
the different things that he said indicated
a paranoiac form of insanity. The doctor
! laid stress on that part which provided
/ S1e,000 for the prosecution Of the person
/ who might kill Thaw-
! DIR. Evans then started TO make long
/ speech, when Jerome interrupted, saying