Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-14
Or. Evans Makes Startling An
swerS at Murder Trial Now
on in New York.
NEVER SAW SUCH A HEAD.
Mrs. Thaw Expected to Finish
Her Testimony To-Day Illness
Delayed Trial Yesterday.
JURORS WIFE SERIOUSLY ILL.
Another Lively Fight Over the Thaw
Will Turned Over to Jerome for
His Examination.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.--In the eff
fort to discredit statements made by
Stanford White to Evelyn Nesbit,
Lawyer Delmas obtained from DR..
Brinton d. Evans definite statement
that Thaw showed no evidence Of a
drug habit. 1t was also declared by
the expert that Thaw showed a
strangely fluttering heart
1t was stated that today's session
will be largely occupied with the last
of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw's testimony and
the introduction of Thaw's will.
BY consent of both sides it was
the night at the bedside of his sick
wife. A court officer was designated
by Justice Fitzgerald to accompany
him.
The trial was limited to short ses-
sion of less than two hours duration.
been abandoned because OF the illness
of the wife of Juror Joseph B. Bolton,
No. IL. His wife is suffering from
double pneumonia, and two eminent
physicians certified before District At
torney Jerome that her condition was
very serious.
1t is hoped that the trial will 60 on,
although Juror Bolton appeared dis
trait, apparently taking little interest
in the proceedings. If Mrs. Bottoms
condition should continue so critical
that her husband cannot be expected
to give proper consideration to his du-
ties as juror there may be an in
definite postponement = all the other
jurors meanwhile remaining locked up
or possibly mistrial.
DR.. Britton d. Evans, superintendent
of the State Hospital For the Insane
at Morris Plains, n. j., was the only
witness examined.
DR.. Evans detailed the results of his
various examinations and physical
tests in his visits to the defendant fol-
lowing the tragedy. He declared that
there was a depression in the back of
Thaw's head of most unusual char
acter.
Il am unable to state its signifi-
cance." declared the witness, "for the
reason that | never saw anything like
it before"
Dr. Evans also stated that Thaw's
pulse action was the most extraordi-
nary he had ever encountered. The
pulse would change beats four times
within one minute. the variance being
from twelve to twenty-four beats. The
pulse indicated. he said, that the sym
pathetic nervous system was seriously
at fault. DR.. Evans declared finally
that he found no traces of drug habits
nor any of the tremors characteristic
of excessive Indulgence in intoxicants.
Dr. Evans took occasion to say that
he felt it was extremely unfair to him
as physician to require him to sepa
rate his physical examinations of the
defendant from the questions and an
swers as to his mental processes. He
was interrupted by both Mr.. Jerome
and Mr.. Delmas, and Justice Fitzger-
aid said:
"Will you kindly confine yourself to
answering questions and not giving
expressions of opinion. There is some
limitation even TO the province Of an
expert. Strike all those remarks from
the record.
As the result Of conference be-
tween counsel just before the early
adjournment was ordered Mr.. Jerome
announced that Tlaw's attorneys had
turned the will of the defendant over
20 him for examination before 1t should
lgain he formally offered in evidence.
Mr.. Jerome said he might OF might not
offer further objection to the ''volumi-
nous document