Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-09


prevented the young woman he loved
being at his side.
Mrs. Thaw told of coming to New
York to meet Evelyn Nesbit. and Civ.
ing her consent to her sons marriage,
the one condition being that the girls
past life in New York should be
closed book. never to be referred to in
any way Then came the story Of the
marriage in Pittsburg In April, 1905,
the honeymoon trip and then happy.
placid summer spent at the mothers
country home in the mountains
Testimony Ended Abruptly.
That was all. Mr. Delmas ended
testimony abruptly. The district attor-
ney was taken by surprise, and began
to cross-examine Mrs. Thaw in very
low voice. He asked the conditions
surrounding the increase in her sons
allowance. but Mr.. Delmas objected.
He asked what the sons income
amounted to. Mrs. Thaw said it was
moderate and nothing ike the news
papers have so often reported.
Mr. Jerome next trod upon what he
must have felt was the thinnest of
ice lest he put himself in an attitude
of attempting to harass the pathetic
figure in black on the witness stand.
He asked the mother what she knew
of her sons relations with Miss Nesbit
before she became his wife
Nothing she replied without hest
fancy
The district attorney seemed COM
pletely baffied and speedily brought
his cross-examination to a close.
Mrs. Thaw's story was deeply inn
pres i've in its simplicity and brevity.
Her anxiety to go on and tell more
added UNNECESSARILY to the meaning of
her appearance as witness. The half
filed court room listened almost with
GREATNESS interest to each word she
uttered and there was a general sigh
of relief when Mr., Jerome announced
that his brief examination was ended.
Thaw Says He Is Sane.
New York, March Cone of the
most interesting of the recent devei-
opments in the trial of Harry Kendall
lThaw for the murder of Stanford
/ White occurred in the court room this
morning, when the prisoner handed to
! the newspaper men statement in
which he declared with much en-
phasis that he was not insane when he
killed White. is not insane now and
never was insane.
! 1t is believed that young Thaw felt
constrained to issue this statement in
view of the strong evidence introduced
by the defense to prove that he was
mentally unbalanced at least at the
time he fired the fatal shots, and the
fact that he would issue such state
ment at this critical juncture, when
4 Mr. Jerome is seeking to find an OPP
portunity for asking for a commission
in lunacy. is accepted as evidence that
Thaw is still suffering from brain
trouble.
The cross-eXamination of Dr. Wag-
ner, which was resumed today by MI.
Jerome was not characterized by the
dramatic incidents which attended the
session of the court yesterday, al
though the district attorney pursued
the examination firmly and at length.
Reaches Critical Stage.
New York, March 5.--The chief wit
ness in the trial of Harry Thaw today
was Dr.. Charles G. Wagner, superin-
tendent of the hospital for the insane
at Binghamton, n. Y, who was cross
examined at length by District Attor-
ney Jerome. DR.. Wagner was with DR..
Evans on most Of the latter's visits
to Thaw in prison. DR.. Wagner had
previously referred to an instance OF
brain storm in one of the medical au-
thorities, but was unable TO recall any
other offhand. Later Mr.. Jerome ask
ed for examples of brain storm, and
DR.. Wagner said he could give him in.
stances where such storms occurred
and where recovery came in a few
hours. He borrowed a medical work
from Mr.. Jerome's table and found a
case which, he said, was very similar
In this case, however, the victims fam
ily history was healthy and there was
no record of epilepsy. Mr. Jerome
spent some time in questioning the
witness ON the similarity between the
case reported in the book and the case
at the bar.
Mr. Jerome asked DR.. Wagner if In
his examinations of Harry Thaw he
had found anything to indicate epilep
sy in the defendants antecedents. He
said he had not.
Jeronoe's TWo-edoed Sword.