New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
SANE" SAYS MOTHER.
Continued from first page.
generations back Indicate nothing different from
those / describe.
COLLATERAL. CASES OF INSANITY.

COLLATERAL CASES OF INSANITY.
wish now to speak of the collateral cases Of in
sanity in my own family There were SIX 4rot aStS
son Josiah jr possessed a most brilliant mind
and was an assiduOus student His orati9n at the
pressed the faculty as 50 profound IN Its Sn m
to time with the result that its close immedi-
ately followed by attack OF brain fever Which
Two Years later an attack Of measles. always at
tended with peril in adults %as SUPPRESSED 9y
and the advice Of the attending physician NJ
months mon he was pronounced cured and discharged,
Three years later. at the time Of the breaking 3nt
nois, and Joined the 2lst Illinois Regment; under
served during the entire four years OF the war ana
the sole surviving brother OF three VINO en-
fourteen months of this period he was prisoner
OF war in Libby Prison HlchmonG ana AnoeIIUai
eton. but in way affected mentally by this TER
every day in the Andersonve prison pen He is
still in vigorous health at the age OF almost three
The other case OF derangement is the one brutalIy
bGG to by f2dm R on the
trary Henry w Copley. uncle of the defendant;
mental i'' condition In the dusk Of summer even
ing two vicious boys trespassing on our place. dis
{eli with scream of terror in my mothers arms ms
6r, ME- UT1 NV memoir We older children were
hurried away 70 bed while my parents tried to
Ever after as the country practitioner, DR. Dee
mar has testified. he of feeble intellect and IN
capable of engaging In business or any steauy EN-
ployment. yet SO DESTROYS was he Of also serving
war although under age. He lived. as DR.. Deemar
has testified 10 be nearly forty years of age. and
in the family plot with the two in memory Of the
two older brothers who died on the field OF battle
beg to be pardoned for going thus into details
I'm giving the exact truth regarding the two solitary
cases OF deransement and pointing out the exciting
been obliged to endure fer months. with what fort
THE mother of the defendant would be obliged on
the stand to lay bare the secrets OF faint in her
Let say. once for all. there is no secret 10 be
guarded or family skeleton to be hidden on either
side of the family Of the defendant.
The two cousins OF William Thaw referred to IN
tied their tendency toward insanity directly from
the m1atsTn4 side; The mother having become
dren, son and daughter each developed in
sanity in middle life. one dying in an asylum in
institution near Philadelphia
Thaw which was cited by DIR. Dcemar has no bear
ing on the case whatever. He Inherited tendency
to epilepsy from the paternaI side; and it was de-
thirty ana forty years OF age He Is now an IN,
in the affidavit OF DR., Macdonald.
have now described iulsy. IN TINS my ahdav VIZ
Copiey family and their causes and the one case
Of epilepsy in the Thaw family. with its exciting
This unexpected opportunity enables me 70 make
a statement in this solemn and permanent form
MR. DELMAS'S OPINION.
Mr. Delmas in his affidavit told of his connec-
ton with the case
He then added:
The professional relation which l have held with
the defendant since the beginning OF mis- trial IN
Ill the present time. the many interviews 1 nave
had with him. during that period the many, com
municatons have him and received from
him. coupled with my experience At the bar. en-
FAIRY K Thaw as REGARDS his understanding OF
the proceedings against him and power TO make
And do, upon my oath, solemnly state basing
tha, during all the time OF his trial. Harry X.
Thaw has been and Is capable OF understanding
In reference 10 such Proceedings and Of conducting
his defence in a rational manner. and that during
tho whole OF his trial he has understood ihe nat!.y
ss oWn condition IN Reference thereto and has
conducted his defence in a rational manner
Mr.. Delmas included twenty-sx letters and
notes he had received from the defendant since
the beginning OF the trial
1t was learned for the first time that Carroll
Beckwith the artist. was TO have been wit
ness for the defence. Mr.. Beckwith was one Of
the first to have Miss Evelyn Nesbit model
and gave her letters of introduction to several
artists. The two letters which told OF Mr.. Beck
with's connection with tho case read:
Dear Mr. Delmas-Please arrange for Mr Carroll
Beckwiths testimony. Mr. Peabody has a brief
we do not wish jerome to further attack Mrs
Thaw In his reouLtal The further facts proved by
produce may discourage Jerome from annoying
Mrs. Thaw Very sincerely VS.. H. Il THAW
Dear Mr.. Dclmas viii obnge me by placing
further witness To facts-ConCerniug con-
tons with me-upon the stand. TO Wit. Mir.
Carroll Beckwith.
insist that my counsel produce Mr.. Beckwith
10 testify regarding what he told me IN the fall OF
1903, In 1904, and concerning Mrs. H. X. Thaw's
character and goodness in the year 1901, and the
change that occurred in the fall OF 1901 the
meeting with Mr.. White. Very sincerely yours.
II. X. 1HAW
Although it has generally been supposed that
Mr.. Demas was only the counsel In examination
and Mr.. Hartridge was the counsel in chief. two
letters from Thaw show that Mr.. Delmas is the
real head of the defence although Mr. Hartridge
is the attorney of record
DELMAS CHEF COUNSEL
These two letters follows;
New York. February o. 1907
Dear Mr.. Delmas: on the sixth OF this month