The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-03
THAW'S NOTES
ARE QUOTED
Lunacy Commission to End
Its work Today
THINKS LAWYERS CRAZY
Justice Fitzgerald iIlhave Verdict
In his Hands Before
Hour Set

NEW YORK. April IA sensation
was created In the Thaw lunacy pro-
ceedings when District Attorney Je-
rome. In his efforts TO prove that lIar-
~ Thaw II now "A lunatlc. made use
OF series Of clippings. quotations
from poets and marginal notes which
Harry Thaw had turned over 10 ID. NJ.
Dclmas. his chief counsel. last week
during the progress Of the trial In the
expectation that Mr.. Delmas would
make use ~ the material In his sum.
ming up argument. A still greater
sensation was created when II deyel-
oped that Mr. Delmas had surrender
ed these documents voluntarily TO the
commission.
The manuscript complied by Thaw
was 80 lncoherent and 80 strangely
worded that IL II hard 90 understand
why any Of his lawyers should have
willingly surrendered H.
II II stated that the mnacy commits.
sion Will conclude its labors today and
will send It's conclusions "a Justice
Thaw jury Ia report In court tomor.
row morning There was n brief pub
llc session Of the commission today
90 hear a finAl witness DIR. A. II. Die
fendorf. an alienist offered by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome. and then fol-
lowed a private mental and physical
examination 81 the defendant. Only
the members 81 the commission and
the official stenographer were present
nc this last ordeal. both the attorneys
for the defense and the district az.
torney being barred.
The announcement that the commits
sion desires 90 renew it, private ex-
animation of Thaw came nj the end of
a day OF many witnesses and was In
the nature Of a complete surprise. The
decision was probably due to the con.
filcting character ~ the testimony
heard II was another battle 81 ex.
perts with the allcnlsts engaged by the
district attorney declaring Thaw 10 bc
absolutely incapable n understanding
his own condition. of realizing the ma.
ture ~ the charge against him or o.
nationally comforting with counsel.
while the alienlsts engaged by the de-
Tense declared that Thaw throughout
the trial had acted In a rational man
ner. had nationally advised counsel In
their hearing aud fully understood and
appreciated everything connected with
his case and trial.
Mr.. Jeromc's experts declared that
Thaw's writings. introduced before the
commission by the defendants own
counsel Go prove his sanity. were the
writings OF an insane man. The cx.
pcrts for the defense declared there
was absolutely nothing In the writings
upon which o. predicate an opinion Of
mental unsoundness.
Dr Smith Ely Jellifc. a member Of
the defendants corps ~ alicnists. fol
lowed Mr.. Dclmas lie said be had ~
Gently made i've specific examinations
Of Thaw and was unable 10 find any
trace ~ insane delusions or Ideas at
the present time.
Dr. Jelllffc believed Thaw TO he per.
fectiy sound In mind AZ the time he
shot aud Killed stanford White he sui
fcrcd from insane decisions. but they
seemed entirely TO have disappeared.
DIR. Brltton -. Evans added his tcsti
mony for the defense 90 the effect that
Thaw Il perfectly rational today aud
able TO advise nationally with counsel.
lie declared Thaw never had suffered
from paranoia.
After the experts had fs.shcd Mr..
Dclmas himself took the stand. dcclar.
ed that many OF Thaw's suggestions
were most valuable aud that he In.
tended Ia Incorporate some ~ the sug.
gestions IN his summing up address.
The commission decided o. admit the
much discussed testimony ~ DR. Al
Ian McIanc Hamilton. who stated that
he made four examinations 81 Harry
Thaw. tho last In July. 1906. lie came
60 the conclusion at that time that
Thaw was suffering from chronic dclu.
sional insanity or parnuoia aud still
held 70 that belief. on cross examIna.
ton DR.. Hamilton admitted he had not
examined the defendant recently.
Several times during the session tho
commission SMILED with the spectators
Ms witnesses for the defense repeated
on the stand some OF the remarks
Thaw had made during the progress %
the trial. Dr. Greene NJ. Hammond
declared that when Thaw's counsel an-
nounced nc the trial that they would
agree 10 District Attorney Jorome's
suggestion that Or. Allan Mcl.ane
Hamilton should tell everything he
know the prisoner turned TO him and