Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-06
MOTHER LOVE WINS

9 daughter n the wife Of nm English s.
2 carl, now feels for NIL the things 8
Q that once seemed sacred ana dear 8
g when they stand In the way Of life @
Q and liberty Of the son on whom she q
9 mas lavished fortune after fortune, @
9 Is Illustrated by the fact that not 8
9 only did she consent 20 the pIen Of o
9 insanity through heredfty hut will g
9 actually take the stand to orcr 8
9 whatever testimony IL within her o
9 power TO help make this defense Of 8
@ insanity n tangible thing. o
@ Those who have followed thc d.
@ case since the trial began have o
@ shown the greatest respect for the 9,
9 heart broken, sorrow = burdened eA
@ mother, and they frankly express o
9 sympathy with her over the ordeal o
9 of the witness chair. o
o Mrs. Thaw IL willing to mike 4.
@ amy sacrifice that lies within her @
o power TO be enabled to make this %
@ appeal to the twelve men who hold %
@ the fate of her boy in their hands. @
@ o
@% %G, @@%%%~@@ . o o go o 9
Mr.. Jerome wanted to know IL DR..
Wiley believed I'm Christian science.
The doctor did not answer directly, but
was pinned closely to the question by
Mr.. Jerome. He finally replied that
he did not.
Witness and Lawyer Clash
This line of questioning soon led to
wordy clash between the attorney
and witness. in which Mr.. Jerome in
terrupted the witness replies with a
loud exclamation: Did ask you that?
Did 1? Answer me-"
No"
Upon what in the hypothetical uues-
tion did you base your consluslon as to
the insanity?"
"By the fact that the man, sitting
with a party, suddenly arose and with
out provocation--"
rs there anything in the question
about provocation?" Jerome inter-
posed
NO" DIR. Wiley replied, with a show
of feeling. TT was the manner of the
man, and the fact that he raised his
hand in a peculiar way"
stop" shouted Jerome angrily. us
there anything in the question about
peculiar?"
The witness admitted there was not.
1.-The remark to his wife, I have
probably saved your life was another
Wiley.
Did it occur to you that after firing
three bullets into the body of his vic
tim the man held his revolver aloft to
Indicate that his deed was done, that
there was to be no further killing and
that he wanted to avert panic?"
THAT entered into the calculation"
did motive have no bearing?"
Yes; 1 read in the papers and I
decided"
stop! Did the question of motive
make so light an impression on your
mind that when you come here to tes-
tify as a scientific man you want to
import into the case what you read in
the newspapers?'
The witness was silent.
Didn't this man raise his hand and
his revolver to indicate there was to be
no further killing"
Possibly. But as I was saying"
jerome Rebukes Witness
"Will you refrain from volunteering
information for which l do not ask?
Answer my question and nothing else.
l have had to ask this many times and
don't want to have to do it again.
When did you get here?" asked Mr..
Jerome.
w SuIleSudy.
"And you talked with counsel?"
Eyes, about the case"
About the hypothetical question:"
NO
The witness fairly shouted the an
swer. He also flushed angrily.
"Is not Jealous rage the dominant ele-
ment in the mind of every man who
kills from jealousy" asked Mr.. Je-
rome.
There may be other elements"
fiji" Stop that volunteering answer my
question Tell us some more of your
conclusions from the hypothetical
question" he requested.
1.-THE time, the manner and the place
chosen"
$50" shouted Jerome, "you think the
place was chosen for the crime. dc
you?"
mo. My argument is that it was moi
chosen"
"I don't want your argument. KeeI
it out of this. What is your opinion
was the place chosen|
mo"
Nov, as to the manner-do yor
think that because this mans malice
and hatred of the man he saw on thu
roof garden, walked over to him and
fired three bullets into his body, witt
the revolver so close that the face was
powder burnd, do you think that wa'
an act of insanity"
"Yes.''
"Then the killing of any person in {
jealous rage is per Sc an act of in
sanity?"
"Yes."
Acts Were Insane
Mr.. Jerome took the witness ovel
every incident of the night of the trage
dy and asked him if in each case III
thought Thaw's acts were those of al
insane man, The witness finally re
piled:
"Taken alone, they do not impress
me so, but taken together they do"
I'VE have gone over the entire case
Now tell me, did you arrive at you
opinion that he was insane from tn
facts of that night alone?'
DR.. Wiley said the occurrence OF tn
night of tragedy had not wholly con
vinced him. He was asked II nj
opinion as to the insanity of the pris
oner was based upon the occurrenc
upon the roof garden, DR.. Wiley an
swering that it was.