Arizona republican., 1907-03-01
THAW'S OBSERVATIONS
ON PROSECUTOR JEROME
The District Attorney Incapable of
Comprehending EVelyn's Natural
Real Goodness"

New York. Feb. 2S-Thaw enliven-
ed an extremely dull session OF the
trial today by giving out a brief state
ment in which he accused Jerome Of
having made unprofessional remarks
in court. asserted that his wife's tes-
timony was absolutely true and in
conclusion declared that Mrs. Thaw's
natural real goodness" was above the
comprehension Of the prosecuting Of
ficer II was just before adjournment
after many hours of expert testimony
as TO the meaning of the extracts Of
eight letters written by the defendant,
with relation TO the sanity or the in
sanity of the writer. that Thaw gave
his statement to the reporters.
Thaw began to prepare his state
ment yesterday. A reporter sitting
near the defendant read over the lat
ter's shoulder two Of the opening par
aPraphs. When the papers appeared
with the extracts. Thaw was much
chagrined. Today in court he took the
reporter TO task. This afternoon type
written copies appeared in court. The
reporter picked UP a copy and hastily
left the court room. Thaw then said
he was content to have the statement
released as a correction.
DR.. Britton d. Evans. the alienist
was I'm the witness chair all day I'M
dergoing cross examination. The
prosecutor said he would probably
keep Evans on the stand throughout
tomorrow. This makes indefinite the
time when the defense will rest.
Evans and jerome spent the entire
day going over the eight letters writ
ten by Thaw. cutting out excerpts on
which Evans based his belief that they
were written by a person Of unsound
mind
do you mean an insane person?"
asked Jerome
Yes" replied the witness. but not
so insane that the person might al
ways remain insane"
This was the essence of the days
work Jerome seemed as interested
as the expert in searching out the
phrases in the letters which might be
construed as the writings of an insane
man For the first time the jurors
were permitted to thoroughly exam
inc Photographic copies Of the letters.
When Evans was handed a letter
marked exhibit No. 1, he spent long
time examining il before he said he
was prepared to answer questions. He
said the letter was irregular and dis
orderly. but did not in itself show the
writer insane. The letter shows a de-
lusive state in that the writer speaks
Of owning "Pittsburg politically
The Alienist had some difficulty in de-
Ciphering one sentence and said il was
incoherent. When closely questioned
ne admitted he was unable to read the
sentence.
do YOU mean to swear that this
sentence you can't read is incohcrent?
Do YOU know what YOU are talking
about?" demanded jerome.
Evans replied so low as to be un-
heard by Justice Fitzgerald. who rap
ped sharply on the desk.
Mr. Delmas suggested that the SEN
tence in the letter might be read: Il
could be senator from Pennsylvania" :"
and Jerome agreed.
Does it seem to be incoherent?'' he
asked the witness. that a young man
OF large means should aspire to be Il
senator from the state that Quay came
FROM
"You do not allow me to take into
consideration who the writer of the
letter is" said Evans. without that
knowledge | cannot say nothing