The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-05
'EYELYN'S
WRONGS
Dr.Wasner Gives The Cause
OF Thaw's Insanity.
NO TRACE OF EPILEPSY.
Alienist Says Accused, When he
Shot White, Knew What Tie
Was Doing.
NO TRACE OF EPILEPSY.

NEW YORK, March 5.--lt was the
recital Of the wrongs which Evelyn
Nesbit suffered at the hands of Stan
ford White which drove Harry Thaw
insane when he heard II from her own
lips In Paris.
This statement was made positively
In all its forms by DIR. Charles Wagner.
the alienlst for the defense.
DIR. Wagner declared further that nj
the moment he fred the first OF the
three shots that killed Stanford White
Thaw knew what he was doing
"Did he know what he was doing
when he fired the second shot-when
he pulled the trigger the second timer
asked Mr.. Jerome.
II do not know. But mp 10 tha-mo-
ment he pulled the trigger he had
knowledge. insane or otherwise. that
the firing OF n revolver would KILL"
was Dr. wagner's answer.
"IIe had knowledge OF consequences
up TO pulling the trigger the first
timer
IL am not certain he had rational
knowledge Of that or of drawing the
pistol from his pocket"
But he had an appreciation Of the
fact that he was dischargIng the con.
tents 81 revolver into stanford
whiieY"
Il think he did" said the witness.
Mr.. Jerome handed the witness n
copy OF the letter which Thaw ad-
dressed 10 Anthony Comslock com.
planning % alleged "dens Of vice.
which he declared to he maintained by
White aud "other rich scoundrcls."
lie asked what light this letter threw
on the condition Of the writer.
at II Indicative 81 a delu-ional
state"
Mr.. Jerome next took the witness "a
the scene In Paris where Evelyn Mes.
be told her life story TO Harry Thaw
The prosecutor read al length from the
young woman'- testimony and then
asked n the witness thought the de
PENDANT was insane before or after he
heard the story.
"You VIII observe" said AFR. Jerome
'that Thaw knew something 81 stan
fori white. because lcforr the girl had
told him her story be asked II her TO
fuSal was because Of Stanford White.
she said yes and told him the story"
Il am Of the opinion" replied Dr
Wagner. 'that the girls overpowerine
story precipltated a state OF mental
unsonndness."
WAS the defendants condition aftel
the telling Of the story such a. 10 show
ron that he was then lnsaneT'
Il don't think -. II would rquir,
the other facts as we'll"
"Do you think he was insane befor'
she toId him the sioryr'
That cannot say"
Does the fact that very soon afieI
thl- story was told him he Travelled
with her ~ bis mistress make any dit
ference In your opinion Of the enecI
the story had on his mlndf"
mo. lie was always ready 10 marry
her and did finally marry her, which
shows his good faith. don't think hi'
relations with her were at all strange
Reverting 20 Thaw's will. DIR. wag
ncr saId the eighth article OF the docu
ment showed a delusionary state Of
mind, while the codIcil was 70 unusua
M 20 lead 20 the belief that sane mai
would not have written n.
Mr. Jerome asked DIR. Wagner II n
his examinations OF Harry Thaw h
had found anything 10 Indicate epilep
~ among tho defendants aniecedenis
10 said he had not.
A long stride forward In the tria
was taken when Jerome announced
that his exhaustive cross examination
of DIR. Britton u. Evans, one OF The
aiicnists for the defense. had heel
concluded. DR.. Evans had been undel
frc since "Wednesday morning last
lie was Immediately succeeded on th'
stand by DIR. Charles q. Wagner o'
Blnghamton. n. ". who was on the
stand when court adjourned. Mrs
William Thaw II expected 10 he The
next figure In the witness chair.