The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
QUESTION OF BRAIN STCE>MS Tedious DayS in Thaw
 NI. FITZGERALS IS WEARIED Gives District Attorney Jerome Two
 Severe Call Downs. Defendant Growing Restless Over Mo- notony of Technical Question:
 ing Goes Through "setting
 Up. Exercises In Per. 

New York, March 1.--The insanity of adolescence, paranoia, and the charac- teristcs of Drain storms occupied both sessions of the Thaw Trial today. When adjournment until Monday morn ing was ordered. Dr. Britton D. Evans. an alienist. for the defense, was still under cross examination.
 District Attorney Jerome's course in questioning the witness was somewhat baffling At times he seemed desirous to have pr. Evans unqualihedly admit that Thaw suffered from paranoia. which is practically incurable. Again he brought from the witness the opin- ion that when Thaw armed himself he we'll knew that revolver was an in- strument for self-protection and would produce death. Finally the prosecutor wanted to know If the actions of per- son suffering from brain storm or mental explosion would be character ized by the calm. deliberate manner which Thaw displayed the night he shot Stanford White.
 The net result of the day appeared to be that Mr. Jerome is still laying the foundation upon which he may ask for commission in lunacy to judge of the present mental condition of the de- fendant. Even to the extent of great ly fatiguing the judge and jury, the District Attorney dwelt upon adolesc- ent insanity and paranofa, endeavortng to establish a relationship between the two. He was at last rewarded when RDr. Evans admitted that the defend ants will and codicil did suggest a paranoiac form of adolescent insanity. Adolescent insanity. 1t was explained is common in persons during the devel- opment period of life--from 10 to 40 years-while paranoia is a fixed insan- ity upon one subject--monomania.
 Justice Fitzgerald Fatfgned.
 Justice Fitzgerald indicated hts fa- tigue at the three days cross exami- ma tion of the exbert when Mir. Jerome began to question Dr. Evans about his knowledge of other instances of adoles- cent insanity which had resulted in acts of homicide The alienist said there was woman in his hospital at Norris Plains. N. J.. who In the midst of a brain storm or mental explosion had killed two of her children.
 How long has she been In the asy- iumY asked Mir Jerome sharply.
 "One year"
 ''Is she cured?'
 Dr. Evans said the woman had shown improvement; that her delusions were not so marked, but she was not cured.
 Mr. Delmas objected to this line of questioning.
 "But your honor" agued Mir. Jerome, we are just getting to the point of this thing"
 well we have been a mighty long time getting there,' wearily remarked the Justice.
 The District Attorney and the Judge had another wordy conflict near the end of the day, when Mir. Jerome asked Dr. Evans to give his opinion of pr. Allen McLane Hamilton, who Is to be called in rebuttal by the State, and who Is reported to have said that he believed Harry K. Thaw to be suffering from form of insanity which may pos sipIy have been eradicated by this time.
 q positively refuse to answer" de- clared the witness.
 The District Attorney argued the point, and cited a part of the record in the Preusser case at Albany, where the presiding judge had allowed one ex- pert to give an opinion of another.
 Now. you will direct this witness to answerY' said Mr. Jerome, inquiringly of the Justice.
 'I will not responded Justice Fitz- gerald He added that he would not rule finally on the point until he had read the entire record of the Preusser trial. As Mir. Jerome said the rule cov- cred the last questions of his examina- tion, the adjournment until Monday
  again be upon the stand.
 Through his counsel Thaw asked per- mission to be absent himself from the room. The request was granted and when he entered the prisoners pen, Thaw threw off his hat. brought his heels together and began violently to go through ve-Ininutes' drill 1t set ting up" exercises. His guard looked on in amusement. When he had fin- ished swinging his arms. Thaw de- clared he felt he had been compelled to take the exercise. MT. Jerome during the luncheon hour was minutely in- formed of the defendants conduct and made notes upon It.
 Thaw again brought to court today several large packages of letters. His maN seems to be growing. He read the letters with avidity and made pen cil notes upon each.
 He took apparently no interest in the fencing between the District Attorney and the alienist.
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