Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-14
THAW IS ABNORMAL
pr. Evans Makes Startling
 Answers at Murder Trial.
NEVER BEFORE SAW SUCH l HEAD"
Judge Rebpkes Witness For Protest ing on Stand-Mrs. Thaw to Be Next Witness and to Finish
 Her Testimony


 NEW YORK, Feb. 14.--In the ef- fort to discredit statements made by Stanford White to Evelyn Nesbit, Lawyer Delmas obtained from pr. Brinton D. Evans definite statement that Thaw showed no evidence of a drug habit. It was also declared by the expert that Thaw showed . strangely fluttering heart.
 It was stated that today's session will be largely occupied with the last of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw's testimony and the introduction of Thaw's will.
 By consent of both sides it was agreed to allow Juror Bolton to spend the night at the bedside of his sick wife. A court officer was designated by Justice Fitzgerald to accompany him.
 The trial was limited to a short ses- sion of less than two hours duration, the morning sitting of court having been abandoned because of the illness of the wife of Juror Joseph B. Bolton, No. Il. His wife is suffering from double pneumonia. and two eminent physicians certified before District At torney Jerome that her condition was very serious.
 It is hoped that the trial will go on, although Juror Bolton appeared dis trait, apparently taking little interest in the proceedings. If Mrs. Bottoms condition should continue so critical that her husband cannot be expected to give proper consideration to his du- ties as juror there may be an in- definite postponement = all the other jurors meanwhile remaining locked up -or possibly a mistrial.
 Dr. Britton D. Evans, superintendent of the Stats Hospital For the Insane at Morris Plains, N. J., was the only witness examined
 Dr. Evans detailed the results of his various examinations and physical tests in his visits to the defendant fol- lowing the tragedy. He declared that there was . depression in the back of Thaw's head of most unusual char acter.
 "I am unable to. state it's signin- cance," declared the witness, flor the reason that I never saw anything like 1t before."
 Dr. Evans also stated that Thaw's pulse action was the most extraordi- nary he had ever encountered. The pulse would change beats four times within one minute, the variance being from twelve to twenty-four beats. The pulse indicated, he said, that the sym pathetic nervous system was seriously at fault. Dr. Evans declared finally that he found no traces of drug habits nor any of the tremors characteristic of excessive indulgence in intoxicants.
 Dr. Evans took occasion to say that he felt it was extremely unfair to him as a physician to require him to sepa- rate his physical examinations of the from the questions and an- swers as to his mental processes. He was interrupted by both MT. Jerome and MT. Delmas, and Justice Fitzger- lld said:
 "Will you kindly confine yourself te questions and not giving expressions of opinion. There is some limitation even to the province of an expert. Strike all those remarks from the record"
 As the result of conference be- tween counsel just before the early was ordered NIT. Jerome announced that Thaw's attorneys had turned the will of the defendant over o him for examination before 1t should again be formally offered in evidence. Mr. Jerome said he might or might not 'fter further objection to the "volumi- nous document"