The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

New York, February 1S-'T never wanted to shoot the creature I never wanted to kill him. l knew he was a foul creature. destroying the mothers and daughters of America, but I wanted through legal means to bring him to trial. ] wanted to get him into court-to bring him to justice But providence took charge of 1t; 1t was an act of providence.
 This is Harry K. Thaw's own story of the killing Of Stanford White IL was told by him to Dr. Britton D. Evans. the alienlst last August in the Tombs. Today Dr. Evans repeated the prisoners words to the jury which Is trying Thaw for his life.
 District Attorney Jerome fought hard last weel, aesinst the iu.ee'eefi5n of this evidence which tue defense believes Is conclusive proof that Thaw did not know his act was wrong. Once the test flying physicians had declared that in their opinion Thaw was insane at tho time he made the statement to him. how ever. the rules of evidence permitted tha introduction of the prisoners words.
 Will Before Jury.
 In further bulwarking their contention that Thaw was insane when he killed Stanford White, the defendants counsel succeeded today In placing before the jury the will executed by Thaw the night of his marriage in April 1905 and a cod icil to the will executed at the same time.
 Again MT. Jerome fodght the evidence, but he significantly withdrew his objec- tions after Dr. Evans had given it as his expert opinion that Thaw was insane at the time he exea' ed the will. The fact that the dist~ attorney seems dis posed to let Y ssamony of every char acter provided there is a preliminary opinion from the witness that the man was of unsoupd mind at the time to which the tef mony refers, was taken today as fuT IT indication that Mr. Jerome may Y he psychological moment, if he deems hand strong enough. de- mand the apJ .ntment of q commission to pass upon ' .aw's state of mind at the present moh
 The will and eodci as read to the jurors today were offered in evidence as cumulative testimony of Thaw's mental unsoundness prior to the killing of White In his will Thaw provided that his execu- tors should set apart the sum of S5O,000 for the investigation of his death in ease of d violent or suspicious end and for the prosecution of the persons suspected of having had a hand in his taking off. In the codicil Thaw left to q lawyer in Pfttsburg the sum of S7500 to be used in securing legal redress from Stanford White and one other person whose name was not allowed to be read for the benefit of four young women whom Thaw de- clared had been the victims of degrad- ing assaults In a house furnished and used for orgies by Stanford White and other inhuman scoundrels.'
 $25oo for Parkhurst.
 The names of the four young women were mentioned by rhaw, but were not made public Thaw also bequeathed sums of s2500 each to Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst. Anthony Comstook and a lawyer named i'll his codicil to be used in discovering further alleged misdeeds by Stanford White and securing redress for the women.
 Two other persons will take the stand tomorrow, Drs. Hammond and Jeliffe, and it Is said that it will be part of their function to detail the improvement in Thaw's mental condition during the pe- riod of his confinement in the Tombs. declaring that the stress which caused the mental explosion was removed with the putting away of Stanford White. It was also said tonight that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit rhaw might go on the stand to- morrow afternoon to complete her story.
 The trial today entered it's fifth week. The opening of court found Attorney DeIrrlas again in his accustomed place at the head of Thaw's counsel table. Dur ing the day there was no surface indica- ton Of the storm which it Is said ragged among counsel for the defense during the latter part of last week. after tho trial had been adjourned. because of the death of Juror Bottoms wife
 MT Bolton was early at the criminal building today and said that he felt perfectly able to go on with the trial. It was decided that the jurors should not again be confined until they finally re- tire to make up their verdict
 Tells Conversations.
 pr. Evans, who has been by far the most important witness for the defense among the medical experts detailed at great length his conversations with Thaw in the Tombs. He told how Thaw de- clared that his lawyers and physicians were in a conspiracy with the district attorney to railroad" him off to an asylum and to prevent his case from to trial
 Thaw told the physicians that in his attempts to bring Stanford White to jas- tice he had complained to District At-
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