Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-21
THAW DIDN'T KNOW
ACT WAS WRONG.
OPINION OF EXPERT ALlENlsr AZ
TO HARRY's MENTAL coNp,.
TON.
ThAW's MIND Was uNs0ukD
EXPERT SAYS HE WAS INSANE
=. WHEN HE KILLED STANFORD
WHITE.

New York, Feb. 10. - Answering
hypothetical question covering every
detail of the testimony up to this time
IN the Thaw trial, including Mrs. Mes.
bit Thaw's narration of her life history
to the defendant, DIR. Charles G. Wag.
ner, superintendent Of the state hospt.
tai for the insane at Binghamton, N.
T., declared on the witness stand late
yesterday that in his opinion Harry X.
Ihaw did not know that the act was
wrong when he shot and killed Stan.
ford White. DR.. Wagner stepped
aside for later cross-examination by
District Attorney Jerome, and as the
court adjourned for the day it was an.
nonuced that the defense would pro.
coed with the testimony of other
alienists this morning.
Note Is Introduced.
When young Mrs. Thaw was called
to the stand Mr.. Delmas renewed his
demand of Wednesday last, that the
note which was passed by Mrs. Thaw
to her husband at the Cafe Martin the
night of the tragedy should be pro.
duccd. Mr.. Jerome upon the occasion
of the first demand had remained 81.
lent. Yesterday he was on his feet
at once, saying he would send for the
slip of paper. 1t was brought from his
office. was identified by Mrs. Thaw and
then read by Mr.. Delmas. as follows:
1.-The D. was here minute ago.
but went out again."
"6" Stands for BLACKBOARD,
Mrs. Thaw testified that "the D..
meant "the blackguard." as Thaw al.
ways referred to Stanford White.
whom she had seen on the balcony of
the cafe.
The other essential point Mira.
Thaw was allowed to bring out in her
testimony was the statement that tho
defendant never carried pistol ex-
cept in New York city. She was ask.
ed many other questions, embodying
various stories she had discussed with
Thaw. including the alleged fate of a
girl known to them as "The Pie Girl"
at the hands of Stanford White, but
Mr.. Jerome blocked every question
Win maintained objection.
Clash Between Lawyers.
New York, Feb. 14.-District Attor
ney jerome and Dolphin Delmas came
together late yesterday in the first sc: !
rious clash between counsel In the
Thaw trial, and the California attor.
ney, who is directing the defense. took
exceptions to certain statements OF
the prosecuting officer and had inser, II
ed in the record of the case a protest.
against ''the misconduct of the learned D
district attorney" Y
Mr.. Jerome holly accused the de.
PENDANTS counsel of trying to instil!
into the minds of the jury the implied
suggestion that the operation perform;
ed upon Evelyn Nesbit in 1903, before
Thaw took her to Europe, was ''of
criminal nature" when, "as q matter
of fact" he said, ut was for appendi.
citis."
DeInnas Takes Exceptions.
Mr.. Delmas called the attention OF
Justice Fitzgerald to this, saying that
the district attorney was stating facts
not in evidence, and that "a very serl.
Gus exception must be taken to his re.
marks"
DR.. Britton D. Evans, superintend,
ent of the state hospital for the insane.
at Morris Plains, N. j., was the wit
ness, and he testified earlier in the day
that he was of the opinion that Harri
Thaw was insane at the time of tn
tragedy. He had been called upon
answer long hypothetical questio !,
in which reference had been made
"a serious ii not capital operatiol
upon Miss Nesbit when the storh
between counsel broke.
Thaw's Mind Was Unsound. n
Justice Fitzgerald did not rule ouL
any OF the district attorneys remarkt
before the jury, and Mr.. Deimas took
care to have every exception he made
Seriously noted" Mr.. Jerome woi
his point, and the words serious Il
not capital" as defining the operation
were withdrawn by Mr.. Delmas.
DR.. Evans was by far the most sat
isfactory expert witness to the defena
so far produced. He detailed to III
jury his observations and examination
of Harry Thaw during eight visits
the prisoner in the Tombs and decl1
ed it to be his opinion that Thaw IN
suffering from "a brain storm or am
plosivc or Illuminating conditio1
mental unsoundness" at the tim
shot and killed Stanford White. -
Evans gave many and elaborate res
sons for his opinion.