The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-28
JEROME FINDS
A WORTHY FOE
DR.. Evans, the Expert,
Refuses tObe LedOn
to be Ensn dred.
SPARKS FLY FAST ON
CROoS-E.XAMINATlON.
3Thaw Writes Statement to the
Press-Says Evidence Of His
Wife Is Wonderful Dis
trict Attorney Refuses
to Allow Mrs. Thaw
in Court.
in Court.

NEW YORK. February 27.-lnterest IN
the Thaw trinl to-day centred in the
manoeuvres OF District Attorney Jerome,
who seemed TO give further Indication Of
his purpose in the near future to apply
10 the court for Il commission In lunacy
TO report upon the present condition OF
the defendants mind. The witness stand
for the greater part Of The day was oc.
cnped by DR.. Britton d. Evans. director
of the New Jersey Hospital for the In
sane at Morris Plains, N. j., an alienis.
for the defense, who was up for cross
examination. Mr.. Jerome seemed to d.
rect his efforts ;tgetting from DIR. Eva;s
Information as 10 the exact recognized
forms of insanity from which the expert
declared Harry Thlw was suffering ut
the time Of the brain Storm. which re-
suited in the killing of White. DR.
s Evans had testified that in his will Thaw
displayed evidences OF meIanchoic
state OF mind. The district attorney
dwelt for an. hour or on the subjec,
OF melanchnlia. and then asked the ex-
pert II II was not true that In acute
IlelanciIola there ls IL recurrence OF the
aftletion in at least one third Of all
II
DIR. Hamilton to Be Called.
Jerome said he intended calling az a
Witness In rebutta DIR. Allan MacLane
Hamilton. the alienist who was first em-
pioyed by the TIaw defense. but who
has not heretofore figured in the trial.
Dr. Hamilton recently returned from Eu-
rope, and In u published interview Just
after he landed was reported to have
said that he came 10 the conclusion that
haw was insane at the time of the
81 tragedy, and that he was insane now.
Fhe district attorney also stated that
he would cali DR.. Charles e. Bingaman,
4 pf Pitisiairg the Thaw family physician
: in rcbuttal. DIR. Bingaman was on the
stand for a short while to-day, but Mr.
Dclnias objected when Mr. Jerome
started into cross-examination OF the
physician as to insanity In the Thaw
tanily on the ground that the witness
had not qualified as an expert. Mr.
Jerome thercupon told Dir. Bingaman to
hold himself in readiness to take the
stand for the state.
Wanted to Kill Him"
DR. Bingaman told to-day of visiting
T'haw in the Toonbs during August last
when the prisoner seemed much de-
pressed, and suffered from tie delusiou
that conspiracy had been formed agains,
him. complaining that lie was not al
lowed TO put paper oyer the grating ir
his cell door because they wanted the
cold air 10 blow in and give him pneu-
monia, so he would die and his. case
never come to trial.
BY recalling Mrs. Evelyn Ncsbit ThaN
TO The stand for q few questions which
he had omitted on his long cross exami.
nation, Mr.. Jerome carly to-day inui-
Gated that he would call Howard Nesbit
her brother to contradict her In matte,
of crcdlbility. Hc asked Mrs Thaw !:
she had not told her brother that Thap
had treated her cruelty while abroad be.
cause she refused to tell lies abou
Stamford White. and say he had drugge.
and pistreated her. He also wanted t,
Know II the brother had not bought he
icpistol with which she might defend her
self against Thaw. The defendants VIII,
denied absolutely that there was an,
truth in any of these statements am
SAID she had never owned or carried ;
revolver in her life.
Duel Between Jerome and Evans
Mr.. Delmas announced to-day tina
the defense would conclude it's "a 5
thls week. This, however, was mo
the assumption that District Attor
ney Jerome would conclude his cross
examinations OF Drs. Evans and Wnr
ner to-day. Mr.. Jerome did not eve
hnish with DIR. Evans, and he Will
recalled to-morrow morning DR.. JoE
= Deemar the physician to Mrs. Wi
liam Thaws family. will follow ID
Evans. and then will come Dr.. Wng
ner. After these have testified Mr.,
William Ihaw herself will take til
stand. according to the present plaEe
me defense may, therefore, conclud
by Monday or Tuesday OF next weel
II Mr., jerome moves for lunac,
commission, It is expected lie will d
30 during the taking of the rebuttt
testimony next week
It was expected that DR.. Evans an
MI Jerome would have a lively du,
during the cross-eXamination of d
Evans, but there were only one or tw
clashes, in which the honors appeare
to be about evenly divided The eS
animation dragged at times and M
Jerome seldom lNised his voice nboy
the low, piucld tone he so frequent!
assumes.