Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-05
DR.. Wiley, of Pittsburg.
Makes Poor Showing
for Defense
GRILLED BY JEROME
Prosecuting Attorney Shows
Surprising knowledge
of Pathology.

New York, Feb. 5.-Jerome conclud-
ed the cross examination of Wiley n
$40, and DR. c. X. Bingaman. the
Thaw family physician, was called.
Come Muiiied in Furs.
New York. Feb. 5.-EXperts on in
sanity and handwriting. witnesses and
jurors came to the Thaw trial today
mufiicd TO the eyes in greatcoats and
furs. \ severe snow storm which be
gan early last night continued today
with unabated fury.
Witnesses Kept Out.
Yesterdays order for the exclusion
OF all witnesses from the court room
remained in force today. with the re-
suit the second row of four chairs JUST
back of the prisoners. which hereto
fore had been reserved for the family.
had been turned over to those whose
business gave them the privilege of at
tending the trial. Josiah Thaw was
the only member of the defendant S
family in court when the morning ses.
sion began.
Expert Called First.
DR.. c. c. Wiley of Pittsburg was
the first witness called for the defense
Wiley said he had devoted much OF
his life 10 the study of insanity and
had served as expert in a large mum.
ber of cases.
Incident on street Car.
Wiley was asked to state his recol
lection of an incident in 1905 in which
Thaw was concerned..-The witness
said:
Il was a passenger on street car
in Pittsburg when Thaw came in
Without any apparent reason Thaw
rushed for one of the blinds of the
window. drew up the blind. slamme-
it down again, and then drew it III
once more. He had a quarrel witt
the conductor. His manner was de
Iiaut. vague. and his eyes flashed from
right TO left. His actions We're IRA
rional."
Puts Hypothetical Question.
Gleason here formed Hypothetical
question. in which he outlined Thaw
act in killing White and coupled witt
it an interrogation as to whether tn,
witness could express an opinion o
such action committed by the persol
he saw in the Pittsbrg street car
My opinion said Wiley, is h
man who committed the act describe,
was suffering from insanity
Hints M faint in Hood.
On cross-eXaminatiOn Wiley said il
hereditary insanity common blood woul
flow through brothers, therefore COZ
sin or son or uncle of the defendan
might follow the same hereditary il
fluence.
Are YOU acquainted with the forr
of insanity which the law of this stat
defines as excuses for crime" aske
Jerome
Not entirely"
As Man of Science.
"Then your opinion on the hypothe
ical question you have answered wa
given as a scientific man. and YOU ha
II in mind various mental alteration
which scientific men meet together an
discuss"
Yes and from my own applicatio
of medical knowledge on the subject
Opinion Stricken Dat.
Wiley's opinion to Thaw's insanit
based on hypothetical questions co
ering the killing were stricken out o
the ground that the expert did not bas
his opinion entirely on the hypothetici
questions. Justice Fitzgerald ruled Il
matter must be gone over again.
Repeated Answer.
Gleason reformed the hypothetic
question. thisN time according to t!
New York statutes and again Vile
said the killing of White was the a
of an insane man.
Taken in HaId by jerome.
Jerome led the witness through
long series of questions dealing wi
all manner Of subjects and asking hi
his opinion as an expert on most
these. His purpose to break up as f