The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-06

NO. My argument is that it was not
chosen -
4 don't want your arguments. 1
keep II out Of this. What is your opin-
ion-was the place chosen"
| NO"
Insanity or Jealous Rage.
Now, az 10 the manner-do you
! think that because this man with mall
| ice and hatred Of the man he saw on
the roof garden. walked over TO him
and fired three bullets into his body.
! with the revolver so close that the
face was powder burned, do you think
that an act OF insanity
| Yes
''Then the killing OF any person in
Jealous rage is. per Sc an act of insan-
! ity?"
Yes
Mr.. Jerome took che witness over
| every incident of the night Of the
tragedy and asked him IL i'm each case
he thought Thaw's acts were those of an
insane man. The witness finally re-
piled:
Taken alone, they do not impress
me so, but taken together. they do"
We have gone over the entire case.
Now tell me, did you arrive at your
opinion that he was insane from the
4
DR.. Wiley said the occurrences of the
night Of the tragedy had not wholly
| convinced him.
Opinion Formed by Newspapers.
| He was asked if his opinion as TO
! the insanity Of the prisoner was based
upon the occurrences upon the roof
garden, DR.. Wiley answering that 1t
was.
|
ers?" suggested the district attorney.
Yes"
Mr. Jerome then carried the witness
through the various tests Of alienists
to discern brain trouble, such as re-
flexes etc, the witness nOdding his as
sent and asserting that he knew them
all. including the Romburg test.
Describe the Romburg test" COM
manded Mr. Jerome.
| The witness said that IL was test
/ Of the brain.
But that is not an explanation Of
the Romburg system. Do you know
| It, have you ever heard Of it,
Witness Didn't Know.
Il do not exactly know it,
How many people have you eX-
amned as an expert, 10 their sanity
"Oh. about 500; 1 don't know"
Did you use the ROmburg test on
any of them?''
II don't exactly know what the Rom
| burg test is. 1 cannot say"
| Mr.. Jerome displayed the thorough
ness with which he has studied med
| ical authorities TO fit himself for the
| Thaw case by leading the witness
through a chain of questions dealing
with pathology. which at times seemed
| to thoroughly BATTLE the witness, who
| hesitated time and again and evaded
direct answers.
DR.. Wiley was stilI undergoing cross
examination when recess was taken at
two D. IN.
Had Been Posted During Recess.
Mr.. Wiley resumed the stand as soon
as the afternoon session was convened
who have you talked to during the
recess?" was the first question Mr.. Je-
rome hurled at the witness.
with Mr. Gleason, said DR.. Wiley.
WHO else?"
Several other gentlemen; don't
know VINO they were
did you talk about this case?'
Yes. One of the gentlemen told me
the Romberg test was test for loco
motor ataxia."
| Yes"
And don't you know who it was
/ who told you that?"
| He was a physician"
Was his name known to you?'
No
was it Dr. Hammond?sc
| DR.. Hammond, one OF Ti&w's alien
| lists. was asked 10 stand up.
NO" the witness replied
Mr.. Jerome further continued The
tactics of the morning session. putting
| 1n xr~ffr crh -fcr foe fC
his professional knowledge
Thaw More Cheerful.
! Harry Thaw came back from the
| Tombs for the afternoon session with
a spring 20 his step. He had appeared
depressed at the morning session. His
wife. who came TO the judges chamber
for the forenoon session. visited the
prisoner during the luncheon hour.
There was the suggestion of a smile
on Thaw's face at some of the ques-
lions asked DR.. Wiley by Mr.. Jerome
Doctor Mr.. Jerome proceeded,
does the cardiac nerve connect di-
rectly with the cerebeIlum2"
The witness hesitated.
Well resumed Jerome. ''maybe
you can tell US If the pneumo gastric
nerve joins the spinal column in the
lumbar circle or i'm the dorsal region"
I'm the dorsal region.
! Where is the dorsal region?"
II have not read much on that"
| "Oh. we'll never mind that Tell me
if it is not "A fact that the pneumo
gastric and cardiac are one and the
same thing"
They may be-"
Smothered With Questions.
Don't you. as specialist in nerve
1 diseases and an expert, know which is