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END | OF THAW TRIAL
IS WITHIN SIGHT
lsfeRse VIII Have All Its Testi.
mony in, It is Expected, BY
Next Tuesday.
lR0NE WANTS A COMMISSION
here Seems to Be No Longer Any
9ooubt But ia. the District Al.
@torney win Apply for the Appoint.
8nient of Such Rody--mrs. Thaw
lon the stana Again.
(By AssocIatel press.l J

(By Associated Press)
.. NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-ln,erest
liH The Thaw trial today conferred
lsln The manoeuvres of District AT.
{5!orntS jerome. who seemed to give
isflirller indication of his purpose in
t1lhe near future 10 apply to the
Court 70" commission In nnacy
no report upon the present condi.
!,Aion OF the defendants mind.
~ Tie witness stand for the greater
( part OF he day was occupied by
lspr Britain ID. Evans, director or
tine New Jersey Hospital for the
Insane at Morris Plains N. j., an
! aiienisi for the defense who was mp
!. Tor cross examination Mr.. Jerome
seemed to direct his efforts Mt get
t1tns from DIR, Evans information as
Nto the exact recognized forms OF
sinsanity, from which the expert de.
.iglareh Harry Thaw was suffering at
Istht time of the brain Storm" which
resulted in the Killing of White. Or.
Evans had testified that In his will
Thnw displayed evidence OF n mel.
|ancholy state of mind The district
attorney dwelt for an hour or more
lnpon the subject of melanchola and
Esthen asked TIE expert If II WAS not
ltrne that In acute meiancholia
ltthere is recurrence of the affec.
cases. DR.. Fvans said There wirsf. ~
Jerome said he intended calling
nsN n witness in rshuttnl. Or. Alan
Maclane Hamilton the al'enist who
wns first employed by the Thaw
defense. but who has not hereto orc
figured in The trial. Dr. Hamilton
recently returned from Eurone and
in a published interview just after
he landed. was rcnorted to have
said that he came {, the conclusion
that Thaw wra insane Mt the timn
nj the trasedv ana that We war
insane now. The district attorney
r'so stated that he would call Or
Charles r. Rieaman Of P'itsbs""
the, family physician in rebrttal, DR..
RiPamar was on the stand fnr a
short whiln todov. b"t Mr.. Delmas
objected. when Mr.. Jerome stortn,
in to crosse examine tho nhvsic''n
a" tn insanity In the Thaw fomlv.
on thn ground that Tho witness
Ind not qualified az M exnert
'Tr Jerome tsereupon told Dr.
Bingaman to hold himself In readi,
ness to take the siond for the State. |
Thaw Had Bugs.
Dr. Bigaman told today OF visit. |
ing Thaw In the Tombs during Aug |
ust last, when the prisoner seemed
much depressed and suffered from
the delus'lon that n conspiracy har |
been formed against him. complain
Ing that he was not allowed to have
paper over the grating in his cell
door because they" wanted the cold
air to blow in and give him pneu-
monia. SO he would die and his
case never come to trial"
Mrs. Thaw Again.
Recalling Mrs. Thaw to the stand
for a few questions which he had
omitted on his long cross examina-
ion, Mr.. Jerome early today indi-
Gated that he would call Howard
Nesb!t. her brother, to contradict
her in matter of crediblity. He
,sked Mrs. Thaw il she had not
old her brother that Thaw had
treated her cruelty while abroad
because she refused to tell lies
about Stanford White and say he
lad drugged and mistreated her.
He also wanted to know if the
brother had not bought her q pistol
with which she might defend herself
leainst Thaw. The defendants
WIG Heiled absolutely tnal there
vas any truth in any of these
statements and said she had never
'wned or carried revolver in her
'fe.
Defense Nearly Throuoh.
MIR. Deimas announced today that
he defense would conclude It's case
his week. This, however, was upon
ne assumption that District Attor.
ev Jerome would conclude his cross
yamsnat'ons of DR.. Evans am,
Wagner today. Nv. Jerome did not
ven finish with DR.. Evans and he
Ill be recalled tomorrow mornina. L
", JOHN neemnr. the nbvsician to c
'ra. william Thaw's family. will
blow DR.. Evans and then will come
". Wagner. After these have test, {
ed, Mrs. Wilton Thaw herself
III toxic tho stand. according tn
he r-osant Mans Tho defense nav
berefore. conclude hy Monday or I
""sday OF nevt weo,; 7
IT was evnected that Or Evans I
nj Nv Ia"cn,n would have n 81
'n'v droi d',rinr thn orner evami. 7
alton OF DIR. Evans. but there b