The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-29
Reports Lawyer Peabody
After Visiting Him
rFITF0R ANY EMERGENCY"
lie Spent the Morning Today Writing
Letters-His Wife Did Not Call
Until Afternoon--Plans Of
the Defense.

New York, March 29.-The first OF the
Ihaw retinue to appear at the Tombs
today was attorney Peabody. After vi
sitting his client he announced, Harry
Is feeling fine and never saw him look
more fit for any emergency"
1t is said that Delmas is preparing to
20 on with the case Monday, SO conf
dent are all the Thaw lawyers that the
commissions report viii be in his favor.
Thaw devoted the morning to writing
letters. Evelyn did not visit her hus-
band this morning, because, it was be-
lieved, she would not be permitted to
do so on Good Friday. When informed
OF her error she sent word that she
would call this afternoon. 1T has been
intimated that If the trial is resumed
the defense will rest the case surre
buttal Immediately.
New York, March 90 Harry K.
Thaw for two hours yesterday submit
ted to q running fire OF questions by the
three meen appointed by Justice Ftzger
sld as a commission in lunacy to deter
mine his present state of mind. The
examination was an executive one, and
when shortly before i've o'clock in the
afternoon adjournment was taken until
Saturday morning, no one connected with
the hearing before the commissioners
would discuss the details of the inquiry.
Thaw went willingly and confidently be-
fore the commission and when the two
hours secret session was over his at
torneys appeared with smiling faces and
declared they were more than satisfied
with the course of the proceedings Dis
trict Attorney Jerome hurried away
from the criminal courts building declin-
ing absolutely to discuss the commits
sion's work.
The most important feature of the
proceedings was the decision Of the com
mission to limit the scope of its inquiry
to the exact language of the statute
TO determine solely the question whether
or not Harry Thaw is able to understand
the nature of the court proceedings
against him and to advise his counsel
nationally.
District Attorney Jerome informed the
members of the commission that all of
the legal experts he has employed in
the case advised him that Thaw is suffer.
ing from typical ease Of paranola, a
disease Of the mind in which the recoy-
cries are limited to two or three per
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to support this statement, but the COM
mission waived it aside, saying that the
purpose of the inquiry was very sim
pie one and had TO do not with any
classification of mental diseases, but
with the prisoners present state OF
mind as Judged by laymen.
In laying down this principle, the com
mission confronted the district attorney
with the very position he has maintained
in Putting Thaw on trial Mr. jerome
contends that Thaw was suffering from
parsnoia on the night of June 25 when
he killed Stanford White, but that para.
noiacs often have knowledge Of what
they are doing and that Thaw knew the
nature and quality of his act in shoot
ing White and knew that the act was
wrong. Thus, while medical experts
may determine that Thaw is still suf-
fering from paranois, the question to
which the lunacy commission has de.
cided to conflne itself deals solely with
Thaw's knowledge as to the proceedings
against him and his ability to advise
his lawyers.
The commission began work with a
rush yesterday afternoon and plunged
at once into the personal examination of
the defendant. District Attorney Ie.
rome protested at first that he was not
able to proceed, and he would like to
have his medical advisers presents dur.
ing Thaw's examination. He finally said
that he would have no objection to the
examination going forward provided he
was permitted to reserve cross examina-
tion. The commission forthwith settled
the matter of the presence Of experts
by excluding them from the room with
everyone else except the defendant and
his counsel the district attorney and
Assistant District Attorney Garvan. As
10 the cross examination by the district
attorney, the commission said that that
matter would be taken up when il was
reached.
It is said that during most Of the
two hours Thaw was before the commits.
sion the notes and letters which he had
written to his counsel since the trial
began, were under consideration.
Referring last night to the days pro.
ceedings, Mr. Harridge said:
Harry came out with flying colors
He remembered more about the case than
4 did. We are confident of the out.
come"
1t is understood that the commission
proposes to make Thaw narrate the trial
from its beginning to test his memory
of what has occurred in court. To this
end il was said he was questioned today
about the part he took in the selection
of the jury.
FIRE AT NORTH TROY.