The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-15
THAW IS DECLARED
SANE BY EXPERT,
LAWYERS IN A
WORDY WAR
HuMMEl- SAYS EVELYN DID NOT
ACCUSE WHITE or HER
RAYAL.
JEROME MAY Be. CALLED
BY De,nias to Answer Questions
About Actions Toward t4is
Chief Witness--Opposino
Counsel Show Wrath.

Counsel Show Wrath.
New York, Marsh l4.-Answering
precisely the same hypotle cal que
tons in response. to which alienists
Of the defense declared that Thaw
was suffering from qnsound mind and
did not know the nature or quality
! Of his act when he killed White; Dr..
Austin Flint, the first expert called
oday by Jerome in rebuttal, declared
It to be his opinion that haw positive,
ly did know The nature and quality
of his act and knew the act was
wrong,
When cou.t adjourned for he day
Delmas had not begun his cross ex.
animation Of Flint, who is the FIRST
.of the six alienists, 10 be called by
Jerome.
After repeating ta Flint the same
question which Delmas put to the OK
per for the defense and having him
declare that Tnaw was sane on the
assumption of facts stated therein,
Jerome had read to witness. the
prosecutions hypothetical question
which contained 10000 words and
which required one hour ana is
minutes in reading. Flint again
said WI hout qnalifi alton that Thaw
knewsshis ant.A was wrong and was
therefore ifaDld Tor mdrfeg n the
first degiea under the statutes or
New York
Delmas Indicated that ne would
cross examine each expert search
inely.
tiun1me's Testimony Stands.
Abraham .Hummel was on the
stand again today and before ne.mas
could object 10 question put to him
by Jerome the witness had got into
record the statement that Evelyn
Nesbit had told him that she had in |
formed Thaw in Paris in 1893 that
White posi- lively had not dragged or
betrayed her. Delmas at first moved !
to have the question and answer |
from record. but as the dis. |
.rict attorney was about to consent I
to his plea, the counsel for defense
suddenly insisted that the answer
stand.
Hummers further testimony was
halted unUl.Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Tlawi
again takes the stand to- testify as.
q whether or met Hummel was act.
nS dis her attorney VIXEN she made |.
statements to him which were after
wards embodied in an affidavit.
II was reported tonght that
Jerome may be called the end
n sur-rebuttal by the defense. The
purpose. il was said. was to question
Jerome as 10 certain actions aginst
iummel. who was witness today.
This move was taken as a reason FIR
he defense allowing much Of Hum
neIs testimony oday to stand in the
ecord.
Justice sustains Objections.
After Humme had bcel called TO Y
he stand at the opening of the trial
)elmas began his gument In repy
O Jerome as TO the admissibility Of
he evidence Hummel has TO offer r.
,arding the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit
S said 70 have made in his Office.
After the arguments were con
luded. Justice Fitzgerald said:
"The cases cited are not proper
on the question unde- con
liberation. The objection must be
us ained"
This rul ng seemed 10 bar al Cf
iummel's testimony, but Jerore pro
eeded to question him and soon Z
here was a dramatic clash with De-
mas 4
at thr interview in your Office '
sked Jerome. did Evelyn Neshit, !
rior TO your dlctatine anything el
on that she had told Thaw that 1t (
sas not true that Stanford White hai {
rugged and rayished herr
Delmas was on his feet 70 ob'e
ut before he could Do so. ana i'm
nediately after the district attorney s
I'd ceased TO speak. Hummel said in I
Fioud voice. .
-she certai7ly did,
Deirnas looked al the witness. a7d ,
-ith soon in his voice. said: And s
on call yourself a lawyer II
"If the learned counsel from the {
aciHc slope vii address himself o
be court we VIII make batter pro 9
ress.' gaii jerome. fe alsp added r
nat the prefix learned II If cut ;
'ou6d tend to shorten the recoTl.
IF the irritable e.st-icf atsc-n2yi :
refers, J viii RETAIN from asciibingi E
) him the qualities he 80 scornfuliy
sjects," said Deimas.