New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-20
JEROME HAS SURPRISE.
TO CALL MISS STNONTON.
Probability That Thasc Defence viii
Close TO-dGy.

believes. he viii be able to put on the stand In
| a reopened direct case. This witness is Miss
Ida Vera Simonton, who has been frequently
mentioned in the forty-two days Of the trial as
an important witness.
Miss SimOnton has been abroad FOR several
months, having been with Professor Richard
| Lynch Garner in South Africa. studying pri-
mates. Il is said that she will be called TODAY
when the defence rests, She has not yet arrived,
and It is presumed she is passenger on tha
Kronprinz Wilhelm. which is the only boat %
| dock this morning.
! In the affidavit which was admitted IN evf-
dence on Monday the following passage referred
TO Miss Slmonton:
While in Paris the said Thaw had compelled
/ me, by threatening to beat me- to write let
/ ter to a Miss StmontOn. who was staying at the
\ Algonquin Hotel in the city OF New York, and
Paris When she got there he told her a lot OF
/ falsehoOds and lies about me, telling me pre-
Nlously tnat II did not indOrse what he said he
would kill me.
MISS Simonton went from Paris to London. at
/ the request Of White it is said and escorted
/ Mrs Nesbit, who had been LETT destitute there
/ back TO New York If the District Attorney is
I able 70 have her testify. It is understood she
| VIII corroborate the affidavit and also tell about
/ her meeting Mrs Nesbit and relate Incidents
/ that occurred while with her. The defence IL
/ Is believed viii not make any objection to her
being placed on the stand. expecting to be able
70 Offset her testimony.
TRIAL MOVES RAPIDLY.
Rapid strides were made yesterday toward
the ending OF the trial All that is left OF the
defence's sUrrebUttaI is a brief argument on the
admission OF letters IN evidence and the caIine.
/ OF perhaps one lay witness # a lay witness is
/ called she viii be Mrs Evelyn Nesbft Traw
| Counsel for the defence had not decided last
| night whether to call her not. although the
/ family was strongly urging such action. If she
does appear it will be only 70 identify and get
/ in evidence letters written TO her by Stanford
| White
With the exception OF a brief time at the close
/ Of the two sessions yesterday, the entire day
was occupied with the examination and cross
| examination of insanity experts called in sur
/ rebUttaL Five alenis;s testified. They we're
/ DR. Smith Ely Jelliffe who continued under
| cross-examtnation from Monday; DR. Charles
! W. Pilgrim. Dr. Menus s. Gregory. DR.. Charles
/ G. Wagner and DR. Britton D. Evans. The en-
1 tire morning was taken UP with the c-oss-exarn-
/ in7tion Of Dr. Jeiliffe. he was probably the
/ most hostile expert that District Attorney Jer-
| ONE has had battle with While not taIkfne,
at length in reply 20 questions as DR. Evans
did he combated the prosecutors Efforts as
| much possible. causing several warm pas
! saSes al arms
/ The District Attorneys efforts were directed
I
| condition at the time he killed stanford White.
| Or. JelIifre insisted that while there was suIf-
/ cient information in the hypothetical question
\ or which 70 base opinion that Thaw was
/ mentally deficient. there was not sufficient on
/ which 70 base q positive diagnosis. DR.. JeTine
l said that Thaw might have been in an acute
I paranoiac state but the expert could not be-
I pinned down further. He said that Thaws case
/ resenbIsd that of q young woman about whom
/ an authority on mental diseases had written
/ This young woman had been suffering from "a
/ mild and recoverable chronic paranoia." DR..
JeIIife said that in this state the victim OF the
mental disorder might have a recollection OF his
/ act.
/ The District Attorney asked If the testimony
/ of James CIinCh Smith as TO Thaw's acts on the
roof garden before the shooting did not show
that Whites slayer was sane Dr. JeIIiTe said
the conversation which Mr.. Smith repeated was
| incoherent.
EXPERT WITNESS HOSTILE
Or. JeIHne's manner toward the District ar-
torney was shown in the following question and
answer:
| Did you have any knowledge outside the hy-
| pothetical question IN interpreting that QUeS-
| tion?'' asked Mr.. Jerome.
ITO some extent. yes" the witaess replied.
| Il had to have a knowledge of the alphabet to
interpret the question. and I used this knowl-
| edge"
/ Or JolHTe was asked about primer on men,
! tai diseases he had edited and denied respon~
sibility. saying it was a work by an expert,
now dead. and merely brought up 10 date.
| Did you ever see an insane man 90 good
work in a shop?' asked Mr.. Jerome.
/ Yes have
/ WHAT"
Playing baseball" was the unexpected re-
ply. at which the court. jury and spectators
laughed.
| Mr. Jerome evidently thought the witness was
making sport of him, he fairly shouted:
/ do you call that a shop?'
! Dr.. JeIHne then told of seeing an. insane man
make excellent rugs. but acknowledged he was
not an expert on rug making and could only
compare these rugs with others made by insane
| persons.
Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim. who is president OF
the state Commission in Lunacy, was the first
| witness at the afternoon session. He was asked
| The stereotyped question by Mr.. Delmas. as fol-
lows:
please state If in your opinion at the time
| referred to (Juue 90 the person designated as
H. X T. knew that the act he was doing was
wrong when he shot s. w"
In my opinion" the Witness replied. "he did
not know the nature or quality OF The act. or
that it was wrong
NIr Jerome. ir denomination, asked
Did H. X T. know he was using the revolver
on S. w.
Il think he had an insane knowledge that he
was using the revolver the witness replied.
DR.. Menus S. Gregory. formerly OF the psyche
| pathic ward az Bellevue Hospital. followed Dr..
ptIcr{,,, He raDIiad q, Mr. DeInoas'S questions