The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-12

mental condition of their autnor?' asked
Mr.. Delmas.
II have"
Mr.. Delmas then proceeded with HIS
hypothetical question.
Il will assume doctor" he began, that
the author of the letters on June 20 last
was in his 18th or 37th year; that one
of his uncles was insane; that when he
himself was a child he had suffered from
the usual childrens diseases, including
ST Vitus dance: that he was always OF
a nervous temperament; that he slept
badly and often required the attentlon
of two nurses; that in 1901 he met
young woman of between 1G and IL years
old; that he paid honorable court to her
and had gone to her mother processing
his love and his desire that the BlIl
should become his wife; that in l9o5 the
young woman had undergone serious
operation, the man went TO hef peu-
side. knelt and respectfully kissed her
hand; that after her recovery he ar
ranged to take her and her mother to
Europe; that in Europe during her
period of debiltation following the oper-
alton he nursed her tenderly, carrying
her to a carriage each day and upstairs
in his arms; that in June, 1915, ne maze
formal offer of his hand to this young
woman, his social position at that time
being one OIL aIllueilce anu us At@AiA4tJ
holding a position both in this country
and in Europe which might gentilely be
termed enviable; that she declined his
suit and when pressed for reason IN
formed him that when she was ABOUT
16 years of age certain man in New
York introduced himself into her lie IN
the guse of a benefactor, expressing the
utmost solicitude for her welfare that
this New York man displayed before her
childish fancy, she having been brought
up in poverty, all the splendor OF apart
ments sumptuous in their fittings and
furnishings and after thus establishing
himself in her family he had persuaded
the mother of the child, her only natural
protector-the father being dead-to ab-
sent herself from New York and go on a
visit to Pttsburg, her former nome,
| promising to care for the child as though
| he was her own father and protect her
from all harm; that one day he invited
/ her to his apartment and there by means
| of drugs rendered her insensible ana
/ ravished her; that this revelation mace
| to the young man who had offered MS
| hand plunged the sutton into the utmost
| grief, causing him TO walk the floor In
| an agitated manner and exclaim: on
| God: oh, Cod" that he remained a long
/ time with the young woman DemoahlhS
what had happened to her; that after
their return from Europe the young man
| was told that the man who mad faNlshed
| This girl had so blackened his character
| to the girl that she would no longer see
| him; that he heard the man had threat
| ened his life; that during the period OF
| his enhancement with the girl he wrote
| the letters which have been Introduced
in evidence and which you have read
that he persevered in his suit through
the intercession of friends and many on
April A. 1906 married the girl; that upon
a. - q at1hcpuupnt visit To New
York the man who has accomplished the
girls ruin sought by means that nave
| been testified to re-establish eommunlca-
tion with her.
Mr.. Delmas continued to narrate the
events leading up to the Madison Square
Garden tragedy and asked Dr. wagner
to state his opinion as to the mental
condition of the man who shot Stanford
white Mr.. Jerome was on his feet with
many objections.
Jerome on His Feet.
He objected first on the ground that
the question embodied several matters
which he declared were not in the evil
dence He said the evidence did not show
that one of Thaw's uncles was insane,
but that he was of unsound mind, and
that Evelyn Thaw did not state that
she had been drugged, but that the wine
tasted bitter and that in two minutes
at the outside she became unconscious.
Both of these points were changed TO
agree with Mr. Jeromes demands HE
also objected to saying that White was
attempting to renew relations with MRS.
Thaw
He said that this had not been shown
in the evidence Mrs Thaw had seen
White but twice and that there was moth
ing to show that White had attempted
to renew relations In reforming TINS
question Mr.. Delmas said that MI
Whites cab turned around and followed
her on the second occasion that she saw
him. Mr.. Jerome produced the transcript
of the testimony.
There is nothing in the testimony 10
show that both cabs were not gong
In the same direction said Mr. Jerome