Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-06
IHAW CASE
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Before the close Of the day Thaw5
seemed to worry. He bit his finger.
nails and seemed anxious for the doc
tors. oEdeal to end. His attorneys ap-
peared "a bit.puzzled at first, but evident
" determined to give the district .attor-
ney the widest liberty i Is Ss}.5
It was at the close of .Jerome's ex-
animation Of Wiley that an attempt was
made to introduce testimony tending to
show a strain of insanity said to have
existed in certain branches of the Thaw
family. Among THE witnesses called ito
the stand was Lee Thaw of Richmand,
Va, who said that his father and Harry
1>haw's father were first cousins. De-
Tense stated its purpose to draw from
the witness that his father daed lin an in
sane asylum when Jerome objected. He
declared that the relationship of boil,
witnss and his father were too far re-
moved from defendant to be competent
"and law z
t He added ! 81 am not sausfed man
is insane merely because he died in an
asylum or retreat for persons suffering
| from mental disorders. The fact that a
| man dies in an institution such as that
| conducted by DR.. Wiley the eminent
1 specialist we had upon the stand today,
for instance, is no proof that he was
insane There must be competent testi
mony to the fact" Justice Fitzgerald
upheld this view of the matter, saying
however, that his ruling was subject to
revision if attorneys for defense could
cite authorities on the subject. Gleason
who alone conducted the case for ThaM
today, did cite some authorities and
promised to have more authorities in
/ court tomorrow. ID
4 The defense next introduced as a wit.
ness Benjamin Bonlan, who testified tina
in January, 1904, he had a conversation
with the defendant He was about t.
i tell what the conversation was when Jer.
ONE interrupted, declaring that con
versation 50 far back was not relevan
or material Justice Fitzgerald agar
called upon ThaW's attorneys for cita
i tons Of authorities covering the intro
4 duction Of testimony Of the characte
4 proposed. "a Y.
i We did NOT expect to reach this wit
i ness today" explained Mr.. Gleason
and | have not my authorities here
i Justice Fitzgerald sustained Jerome
i objection and the witness stepped aside
DR.. c. H. Bingham of Pittsburg, wht
has been the family physician of TIL
Thaw's for thirty years, took the stant
and testified that he had known Harr,
i Ihaw ever since his infancy. He hat
itreated him once for st. Vitus dance. HI
Stoned to be a lad of highly nervou
tempe rament and slept badly at night
said the witness. +
4 Jerome's cross-examination was brie1
sfHow old was the defendant when h
1 had St. Vitus dancer" he asked.
Seven" 55l. J.
! That is all, doctor"
i DR.. John F. Deemar of Kittaning, Pa
family physician Of the Copley's, Mrs
William Thaw, the prisoners mother
/ having been Miss Copley, was the las
witness of the day. He was called t,
testify as to the mental condition Of JOIN
Ross, a cousin of Harry Thaw, whel
Jerome objected.
Scarcely had the court before whicl
Harry Thaw is being tried for the muir
der Of Stanford White adjourned today
q when there was a conference Of the de
4 PENDANTS counsel and it became know
q that certain attorneys were not wei
pleased with the days development:
4 Dolphin M. Delmas, upon leaving TIL
court room, had declared fatty that Ii
was dissatisfied with the days proceed
4 ings and intinated that he was surprise
that the conduct of the defense for tn
day had been entrusted to John E
Gleason rather than to himself d
1 Charles c. Wiley, the Pittsburg plysi