Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-04
ALL SHOWS THAT
THAW WAS INSANE
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According to the Evidence OF His
Expert Alienisi, Or. D. B.
Evans.
CONDUCT NIGHT OF SHOOTING
Fact lie Was Cool. Deliberate, showed
No Excitement, Leads Me 10 Be-
iieye He Was of Unsouud Mind

New York. March 4--1he formaiities
Of postponing the March term Of the
criminal branch of the supreme court
had to be gone through this morning
before the trial OF Harry K. THAN was
resumed. Thaws case was begun in the
January term, and that term win be
continued until 1t is disposed OF.
DR.. D. b. Evans, the alIenist, who was
under cross examination Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday last. was again
placed upon the witness stand as soon
as Thaw was called 10 the bag,
Thsw again brought into court sew
cral big brown portfolio envelopes filled
with letters.
Thaw engaged his lawyers in earnest
conference which took place facing the
jury box He directed his remarks es-
pecia!ly at Mr., Peabody aud Ny. Me
Pike. The latter seemed DESTROYS of
avoiding the conversation and drew
back several times with tolerant mods of
his head. The defendant, however, was
earnest and would not be denied He
continued to talk for same minutes.
Then he sat back aud listened to the
FIRST questions addressed by Dist Atty.
Jerome to DR. Evans
1t was about tho first time he had paid
any attention TO the witness since lie
took the stand Thaw did not listen
long, however but turned to Daniel
O'Reilly and began TO talk rapidly to
him.
In reSuning his cross-eSamluation of
DIR. Evans, Mr. Jerome asked
Doctor revertne to the night Of the
shooting OF Stanford White. does the
fact that the defendant walked DELHI
erately away without excitement after
the shooting appear TO you to be i'm
portant fact in determining whether or
not the defendant was iusaney'
Yes, it leads me to believe he was OF
unsonnd rnind---thai Is when taken in
connection with the other Incidents
THIS, f2ct--that AT the time Thaw 5
step VAS slow and measured and his
manner somewhat dramatic. and thai
he manifested no agitation, that no
walked away without any effort to es-
cape, taken In connection with the
other facts. indicated to the witness
Ihat he did not know he had done any
thing wrong. that he did not think he
should shrink from his fellowmen, or
from the officers Of the law.
Then his attitude was one of salts
faction with his deed7"
II would hardly go rs far as that"
when he walked toward his wife
did he know in which direction he was
gons?"
In view Of the fact that he walked
toward his wife, it seems to me that he
did"
The fact said Mr.. Jerome. that
Thaw told the fireman who seized him,
He ruined my wife does that indicate
to you that this defendant knew he
had Killed stanford White"
1T indicates to mo that this one
thought, which had weighed down upon
him. which had been devouring his soul.
was stilI with him. This idea OF his
wife being ruined by Stanford White
was still In the forefront OF his
thought"
What mental process in the defend
ant is conveyed to your mind by his
stating upon the roof garden after his
arrest when told by the elevator man
an officer had been sent for
I've got TO go down some time. you
might as well take me down in the ele-
vator now. ! don't want to cause any
annoyance7
LAS 10 whether the man was sane or
insane" replied DR. Evans, the re-
mark conveys nothing. II may simply
have meant that there was crowd at
the elevator and he did not want to an
noy anybody by obstruoting the way"