The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12

into tho taking OF expert testimony as
TO Thaw's Insanity by his objections TO
Mrs. Tliaw's testimony, Mr.. Jerome next
proceeded to blocl: the testimony OF Dr.
Wagner as to the results Of MS SIX
visits to the defendant IN the Iolnbs
and his tests as to the latter's mental
condition.
into tho conversation he had had with
the defendant, nor the conclusions he
had reached from these conversations.
lie was confined by Mr.. Jcrome's con-
1,nuous fus,lade of objections 70
stating what he observed ana de-
!, clared his observations We're so closely
jnterlaced with his questioning of the
defendant that he did not Know II nc
| could separate them
A long argument over the point re-.
sued in Mr. Delmas withdrawing any
further questions as to the tests con-
tcnting himself with asking DR.. Wag-
ncr to give his opinion of the hppo-
theulcal question covering tho evidence
in the caseA The question was almost
record breaking in length--n compre-
prehensive resume OF the case, IN
Guiding Mrs. Thaw's personal narra-
/ tive.
4 Examine Thaw's Letters.
I, AS a basis for q portion Of his
T.
! handed DIR. WA gner all the letters
written by Harry X Thaw which have
admitted in evidence
/ 1t was deemed best by both Mr.. Dellnas
ana Mr. jerome that the witness should
\ refresh his memory by reading all tho
letters.
/ DR.. Wagner's examination of the letters
4 required more than u half-hour.
"Jlavc you examined these letters With
view to their tendency to show the
mental condition Of their author?' asked
Mr.. Dcmas.
Il have"
Far-Reaching Question.
. Mr.. Delmas then proceeded with his
Hypothetical questions tBift9 X
II will assume, DOCTOR" he began, that
the author OF these letters on June 25ta
last was in his thirty-sixth or. thirty
seventh year; that one of his uncles
was insane; that when he himself was
child he had suffered from tho 5usua-
, children's diseases, including ST. Vltus
dance; that he was always of a nel'
vous temperament; that he slept badl1
y and often required the attention of twt
nurses; that in 1901 he met young wo
man of between sixteen and seven
teen years OF age that he paid hon
orable court to her and had gone T.
! her mother, processing his love and n
u desire that the girl should become n
= wife; that in 1903, the young woma
$ having undergone serious operation. Il
man went to her bedside, kne!t and r!
spectfully kissed her hand; that after n
= recovery he arranged to take her az
% her mother to Europe; that in Iurop
= during her period of deblitati ton. follo'
- ing the operation, he nurscd her tenderi
- carrying her to carriage and up all stal
:, in his arms; that in June, 1903, he ma
: formal offer OF his hand to this your
a. woman, his social position at that tI
!. being one of nitluence, and his fam
- holding position both i'm this count
!. and in Europe which might generally
~ termed envlable; that she declined J
~ ~ suit. and when pressed for reason,
w formed him that when she was abe
"a sixteen years OF age a certain man
- New York introduced himself into her II
in the guise of u benefactor, expressi
=. the utmost soicitude for hor welfa
~ that this New York man displayed
30 fore her childish fancy, she havl
~ been brought up in poverty,
the splcndor of apartments sumptu'
CT in their fittings and furnishings, {
as after thus establishing himself in.
ON family, he had persuaded the mother
use the child, her only natural protecto
ne the father being dead--to absent hers
esS from New York and go on visit
ing Pittsburg, her former home, proms
re- 10 care for the child as though he
her father and protect her from
VIC harm; that one day he invited her
his apartments, and there by means
drugs rendered her insensible and !
go ished her; that this revelation made