Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-12
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1HAW WAS INSANE
Large Portions Of The Courts Time
Taken up by JeVOme's
Many Objections.
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have been admitted In evidence.
1t was deemed best by both Mr.
Dclmas and Mir. Jerome that the
witness should refresh his memory
by reading all the letters. DR..
Wagner's examination of the letters
required more than half hour.
Have you examined taoac let,
ters with view to Their tendency
TO show the mental condition of
'heir aurhbr?" asked Mr. Delmas.
Il have"
A Long Question.
Mr.. Delmas then. proceeded with
his hypothetical questions.
will assume, doctor" he be-
an, that the author of these let.
ers on June % last was In his
thirty sixth or thirty seventh wear
nat one of his unclcs was insane;
hat when he himself was child
e had suffered from the usual
hiuren's q aSe, including ST
titus Dance; that he was alway,
y nervous temperament: that he
iept badly and often required the
ION OF two nurses; that In
~ Ne met young woman OF
ELEVEN l6 and II years of age
~ ne paid honorable court to her
"a Naa gone to her mother pro
asiAg his love and his desire thai
ne eFI should become his wife,
l"t IN 1903 the young woman hay
undergone Serious operation
-,e man went to her bedside. knel,
iu respectfully kissed her hands.
utter her recovery he arranr.
+, Eur, aake her and her mothe,
Va uiIpe; that IN Europe durInr
cr period of debilitation followino
,,.e oHeration lie nursed her tendor
y carrying her to a carr;oro an,
~. al ,o stairs in his arms; tbot IN
ne l'oS he made formal ofror -
t,.o Ianu TO this young woman hi.
position at that time hot,,o
nId. vi ahinence. ana his ram;It
,o uns n position both in ~.
o"n.ry and in Europe which MIL,
IN 'ihlly be termed envjahIa IN
ueciincd his suit ami ,.na
t ~. Tor n reason informod Nv,
"u "hen she was ahout IL M
,tr "Sg Il certain man in Naw S Vi,
'o .,d himself into NV i or
,ros nc sni&e of a ben .f,ntan ~
,or me utmost soIini,n' eA
M, welfare; that this Nom ioi
-ann, u'Spiayed before ber ,orl
= ~, s,,h having been br,, onlin:si
po'erly, ali u,to JtoISht NJ
no.. ,"'en's snmptuous i, tSo;. OF
hm Ss ana furnishings ana 'neir nj
anil establishing himself n 'i ,
If ~. ne mad persuaded tbo ~ ne
snc.o me enid, her only ,ai,r n,'tne!
,ra ,oI-the father be.n% ''u 1a pro
g sent herself from New y Head-to
~ ~ On a visit TO Pittsburr bon , an
lsr nome, promising to caro- TO- .o.tl
'niid as thougt he was. ber o III.
,+nd protect her from all b,r,, .".ne
me day he invited her 10 bic Una
n.eh's and there by mo,ns IF " 'In
,,e,hdered her insensible ma ra,' Inns
ier; that this revelation na,,o
49,, 'on;is man who had offered hi
nj plunged the suitor into the
thn grief. causing HIM to wal
"e noor IN an agitated manner an
IA HoiaIHi on God Oh Cod" that
We iei''aihed a long time with the
iouAs woman 'bemoaning what had
nappehed to her; that after thei
return from Europe tie young mar
was told that the man who haf
taVi"hed The girl had so blacekn, q
MS character to the girl that .ite
would no longer see him; that he
heard the man had threatened hi
NE; that during the period of hi.
estrangement with the girl he wrot
letters which have been introduced
III evidence and which you hay
read; that me persevered in his suit
through tie iatercession of friends,
an finally on April 4th 1905. mar
red the girl; that upon til, oc
caslon OF a subsequent visit to NeIs
YORK the man, who mad acoom1l'tr,.
ca or the girls ruins sought by means
mat slave been testified to the re es
aDiish communication with her
Nr. Celmas continued to nara
the events leading up to the Mad
son Square Garden tragedy and
asked DR.. Wagenr TO state his opir
Ca a. TO the mental condition %
the man who killed Stanford Waite
Mr.. Jerome's Many Objections.
Mr. Jerome Mt once was on his feet
with many objections. He objected
tirst OH the ground that the question
embodied several matters which he
declared were not in the case. He
said that no evidence had been
brought out that one of Thaw's acts
WAS insane or that he was of unsound
mind and that Evelyn Thaw did not
state that She was drugged but that
the wine tasted bitter and that in
TWO minutes at the outside she be
came unconscious.
Both of these points were changed
60 agree with Jcrome's demand.
lie also objected to saying that
White was attempting to renew rcla
tons with Mrs. Thaw. He said that
this had not been shown in the evi
dencc. Mrs. Thaw had seen White
but twice and that there was nothing
to show that White had attempted tc
renew relations.
In reforming this question Mr.. Del
mas said that Mr.. Whites cab turned
around mud frllnutoJ bo,. ~ tt,n Goo