The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02

"I had not seen him at that time. had not seen him for nearly year af- terward. I base my opinion on obser- vations since that time and the docu- ments executed at that time.
 Mir, Jerome now came directly to the issue in the case and asked:
 "On the night that he killed Stanford White was this defendant sane or in- sane?"
 T am firmly of the opinion that he was insane
 Dr. Evans answered quickly and with directness for almost the first time during his cross examination.
 What form of insanity was it?" con- tinued MT. Jerome.
 at was an explosive outbreak Of adolescent insanity"
 Now then, he probably was insane when he wrote those letters Tn 19o5g
 "As a matter of general. opinion, he was deranged. a degree of adolescent insanity. perhaps" 'Ts the insanity of adolescence acute or chronic"
 There are acute outbreaks of adole- scent insanity and have known many cases to clear up over night. There was a sudden outbreak in one case I have in mind at night and the next morning the patient was perfectly lucid"
 AeUue or CWFuMte. "Do you consider insanity which lasts from 1903 to 1906 acute or chronic?" 'If the insanity continued 1t would | be chronic, but if there were lucid in- | teryals it could not be so considered Would you keep such a man under | treatmentT current disease, but if a person has an attack in July he would not be kept | under treatment for fear he might l have another attack in September" | If. man was crazy. but had lucid intervals for three years, would you call 1t acute or chronic" If he had lucid intervals, would | not call 1t chronic" Persons suffering from paranoia of ten remain in a healthy physical condi- l tfon, do they not?" Yes" You know paranoia. don't your | ' T have had some experience with it." l 9"How many cases of paranoia have you ever treated in your life?"
 T don't know. It is not common | disease" 1 The report of pr Evanss asylum l showed, Mir. Jerome said that twenty | four patients suffering from paranoia | were admitted in 1905. This. Dr. Evans l said was not a fair estimate, as it in- | 1 those who remained. There are 1900 patients in the asy- | lum. and this report shows s60 admit ted and does not account for the oth- CTS.
 Your assumption is like my assum- ing that I know how much money you
 have because I see some one give you $5."
 Does person suffering from para noia have many lucid intervalsT'
 "Yes, I have seen many of them and
 have seen them recover"
 'Is 1t not true that many paranoiads disclose no indication of insanity until
 you get onto the subject of their par ticular delusion"
 Was this defendant suffering from
 acute or chronic adolescent insanity
 when he shot and killed Stanford
 WhiteT' persisted the prosecutor.
 Was an Acute Outbreak.
 At the time of the shooting there
 was an acute outbreak" replied Dr.
 Evans. , Was it acute or chronic adolescent
 insanity from which he suffered?" T am confident that there had been : other outbreaks. I believe that when he shot and killed Stanford White 1t current attack"
 'Is there such a difference as acute
 and chronic adolescent insanity?" asked Mir. Jerome, as he picked up a medical work from his desk and opened 1t at a marked page.
 There has been such a classifca- tion," said Dr. Evans, "and he added
 q can picture case which might be
 called chronic during the period of one's adolescent, that is from ten tr
 forty years of age" Was 1t acute or chronic adolescent
 insanity from which this defendant ] suffered at the time he killed Stanford White?' MT. Jerome seemed determined to Dir the witness down. The outbreaks were acute" replied
 Dr. Evans. } "of course they were" interposed MT Jerome.
 Did you ever know the outbreak oi
 any luaatic to be other than acute?" } No" drawled the witness after hes. itation. Dr. Evans declared all the evidence in the case was of outbreaks and there was nothing to sho wa chronic condi' ,, ton.
 How many outbreaks do you thinl
 this defendant has had? asked Mg , Jerome. The witness reoited the events o writing the letters in 1903, the making , | or the VIII III lSV0 anu thO ti dS Cuy O 1906.
 Tn your opinion. then. there were
 three outbreaks of adolescent insan , ity?"
 .Three that know of" said Dr , Evans.
 "There may have been others" h'
 added 2 MT. Jerome said he would give th' | doctor more exhibits to examine dur
 ing the luncheon recess, The witness demurred to this. T won't have time to get my lunch l he complained. g Finally he said he would do the bes . he could, and recess was ordered.
 pr. Evans resumed the stand after I recess and District Attorney Jerome D continued to question him regarding
 the so-called mental explosions he tes-
 tihed he believed Thaw had suffered
 from.
 pr. Evans declared that various out
 breaks did not suggest paranoia in that
 they all differ In writing the will
 Thaw seemed to fear for his life; al
 other times he indicated simple melan-
 cholia and last there was the explo- sive on the Madison Square Roof Gar
 den. These variances. the expert as-
 serted, were indicative of insanity of the adolescent period. but there was nc fixed form as in paranoia.
 MT Jerome here read from Dr. Evans direct testimony. in the course l of which he said Thaw's will and cod
 fell showed a paranoiac form of deveI-
 opmental or adolescent insanity.