The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-04
WILL REPORT
ON THAW TODAY
Findings of Lunacy Commission
TO Be Submitted to Court
ThaW Examined

brings another critical stage i'm the
case of Harry k Thaw, when the
slayer of Stanford White will Ike Ell
ther officially proclaimed insane and
ordered sentsio a state asylum or his
trial will be resumed before Justice
Fitzgerald upon the finding of the lu-
macy commission that the defendant
Is at this time capable of rightly un-
derstanding his own position, of APP
preeiatlng the nature OF the charges
against him and OF nationally advis-
ing with his counsel. The commits
sion completed its work tonight and
will be ready to report to Justice
Fitzgerald tomorrow morning
/. Thaw underwent private mental
and physical examination for more
than two hours this afternoon. In
alone before the commission, even
the district attorney and his own
counsel being barred When the
three members of the committee. Da
yid Mcclure, Peter b. Olney and Dr.
Leopold Putzol had completed their
final examination they shook hands
with Thaw in most cordial MANNER
lie went back to his cell in the pris-
on with light heart and declared
later to his counsel that he felt the
commission would surely declare
him sane tomorrow. District Attor-
ney Jerome would not commit him
self In any way. Thaw's counsel de-
elared they were ready to proceed on
the case tomorrow. and believed that
Mr.. Delmas might begin his sum-
ming up address before noon. In
that event they said Mr.. jerome
would address the jury on Friday
and verdict might he expected be
fore the week end.
There is little or no likelihood of
the report of the commission which
has inquired into Thaw's present
mental state ever being made public.
If the decision favors Thaw Justice
trial to proceed without any reference
whatever to the interruption, which
began two weeks ago. Should the de-
cision he against Thaw Justice lfitz-
gerald would have to quote but very
briefly from the findings of the com
mission in his order committing' the
n
If committed, Thaw would have to
remain in the asylum until declared
sane by the superintendent of the in
stitution. Then he would be brought
back here and tried again
The public session of the commits
sion was held this morning To hear
the testimony of two more alienists,
Dr. Rose Diefendorf of Middletown,
Conn. for the prosecution, and DR..
Charles G. Wagner of Bnghamton,
~ Y. for the defense. DR.. Diefen-
dorf gave a purely academic decision
based on assumed facts and writings
of the defendant and declared Thaw
was incompetent. DR.. Wagner said
That he had talked with the prisoner
almost daily for nearly two months
and had been unable to find anything
upon which to predicate an opinion
Of mental nnsoundness al this time.
He was not willing to go on record as
specifically stating Thaw to be in ey
cry sense a sane man, He said that
he had not sufficient facts before him
in which to reach so positive Il con
clGsion.
The alienists tcstifying for he de-
fcnse. and who conducted a more
searching physical test than that un-
dertaken by the commission today,
declared they were unable TO find any
really abnormal traces. DR.. h. d.
Evans said that there was an unusu
al bump near the base of the skull
and also told of Thaws fuctuating
pulse, declaring il was the most eX-
iraordinary he had ever met with In
his medical experience. The rate of
beats would often change four times
in minute.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was pres
cnt during most of the public session.
Attorney Delmas was not present but
at the end of the inquiry Thaw sent
him a note by special messenger, tell
ing him to be ready to proceed with
his summing up argument tomorrow