Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-04
ENDS TESTIMONY
DR.. Evans Cross Examination
in ThaW Trial Brings Some
Admissions.
MURDERER KNEW OF HIS ACT
Alenist Uses Present Tense in Refer
ring to Prisoners Condition and
Testimony Stands.

New York, March 4.-DistTict Attor-
examination of Dr. Britton ID. Evans,
the alienist for the defense in the
Thaw trial, who has declared that
Thaw was suffering from insanity at
the time he shot and killed Stanford
White. Evans was succeeded on the
stand by DR.. Charles q. Wagner of
Binghampton, \. Y, also an alienist
for the defense, and his cross examina-
ton begun.
Knew What He Was Doing.
jerome drew important admissions
from Evans to the effect that Thaw
had knowledge of what he was doing
the night of the tragedy The witness,
however, characterized it as insane
knowledge Jerome piled question af-
ter question predicated upon Thaw's
action subsequent TO the shooting and
asked if they did not indicate the de-
fendant knew what he was about. Ev-
ans explained he believed the brain
storm had cleared up Immediately af-
ter the shooting and that Thaw's scat
tered senses had begun to readjust
! themselves even before he left the roof
garden.
| Used the Present Tense.
DR.. Wagner used the present tense
= in replying to a question by Jerome as
! to the form of Thaw's insanity. saying
he believed the defendant lis" suffer
ing from symptoms allied 10 two forms
| of insanity-one tending to melancholy
and the other to dementia Thaw's at
| torneys made no move to correct the
! witness.
Thaw's Nail Heavy.
| New York, March 4.-When the tria
was resumed today DR.. Britton d. Ev
ans, the alienist called by the defense
took the witness stand 70 finish his
cross examination. Thaw again brought
into court a big brown portfolio envel
Ope filled with letters. He receives
| several scores of missives daily, some
letters coming from across the seas
and Monday mornings mail always is
heavy.
Action After Shooting.
In resuming the cross eXaminatio;
IOf Evans. jerome asked:
Doctor, in reverting TO the night O
the shooting of White. does the fac
that the defendant walked deliberately
away without excitement after tn,
shooting appear to you to be an i'm
portant fact in determining whether
the defendant was insane or not?"
Yes, it leads me to believe he wa!
of unsound mind: that is. when take,
in connection with other Incidents"
Did Not Know IL Was Wrong.
The fact that at the time Thaw!
= step was measured, his manner some
what dramatic. that he manifested n,
agitation, walked deliberately ava,
, without any effort to escape taken il
5 connection with other facts, indicates
= the defendant didn't know he had don,
J anything wrong. didn't know he ha,
r done anything that should make hin
, shrink from his fellow man or from
the officers of the law.
Avoids Direct Answer
'The fact" said Jerome. "Thaw toll
the fireman who seized him. He RUNE
my wife'-does that indicate to yo
that this defendant knew he had kille
/ White?"
'lt indicates to me- replied Evans
that this one thought which ha
weighed down upon him-which ha
g been devouring his soul-was still wit
: him. This idea his wife was bein
i ruined by White was still the forefron
of his thought