New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-28
INSANITY FIGHT ON.
Continued from first page.
counsel for the defence asserting. Mr.. Jerome
then asked Mrs. Thaw:

then asked Mrs. Thaw:
Q.-you have brother. Howard Winfield Nesbit,
! have you not? A-Yes. ,,,, -.
YOU see Howard Winfield Nesbit at Marion. Mass?
AT Marion?
>-Q.-Where did you see him? Al saw him in
Q.-At the Navarro? Ayes
about that time. in substance that while you were
| abroad you had been brutally abused by Thaw in
substantially 70 the effect that he had drugged YOU
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tell your brother at that time or about that time
! been brutaly abused by Thaw-
! Mr.. Delmas-Let me suggest that the question
Mr.. Jerome-very well. will put It.
TSaw? 'a A Eoq d dd n SoI nao Oes O'u'a'y a'o
Odd you not tell him that he had compelled PEELED
TTG in reg regard F5 to white? Al did not
thing similar to that or q The same tenor TO your
Odd he not say to you, at an interview, that
If YOU feared for your life and you answered that
you did; and did he not say TO you in su6stanGIss
you ought to. have some revolver or somethns'
ODD he not buy you revolver? Ale
Did you never have a revolver? A-Nevsr
Did you not give him the money to buy a re-
Mr.. Jerome-That is all
DR.. Bingaman of Pittsburg who had arrived
on a summons from Pittsburg, was recalled Tor
examination. He was asked:
An he fan and winter Of 1902 you were pTa'-
A93d during that PERIOD Te{e y9q Ssf
Q.1 AT nv where did you find him? AIT his
Can You remember the date Of your first pro
fessional visit him at that time. A-NoVem-
QINovember Is. 1902? Ayes. sir. Cow,
that time on? Tntii when? A.IUntn December Il;
and me6t5 conditoH IN which You Fhaw
at that time not In PgnE tRe o gs sn expert but
ordinary practitioner. Al iound MN Ft tt
usual condition. He was sleeping and eating badly
he was looking badly, distressed.
Q-That is the general description. doctor? A
fore that time you had known him PIaGteniy from
Ole was man Of buoyant sangune tempera-
Q.-And you found him changed on this occasion?
Q-sieeping badly and showing the effects Of 1t
in his person? yes sir
tQ-And you ha Z. mHise5ed to him TO- ameoFae
while Mr.. Thaw was incarcerated in the Tombs
ae5e yog sa LED upon t" attend him profess
.Q.-7Do you remember the date. OF the first call?
Q.-August il? A.-Yes sir
Mr.. Delmas had the witness describe Thaws
appearance and actions, the physician saying:
Ale was nervous. ne was not sleeping we'll. In
ing between a lot Of rich people in View York and
mat they were using their none 20 pTevseni his
fuencNd the court officers and also gone far
Q-You don't mean to lnsinuate any oTence7
A-Those who had charge Of his trial suppose.
posed TO he connected with that? Ale didn't
2-He aid not mention any nance No: He
cials. don't think the term District Attorney
Were all involved in this conspiracy A
Q-Nov. ala he allude at that time. doctor to
any conspiracy to 90 away With him? Ale
insane Institution and therefore prevent thorough
Mr.. Delmas asked Or. Bingaman's opinion OF
Thaws mental condition. being particular not
to classify him expert Mr.. Jerome inter-
rupted to say:
MI Jerome won't subject him to any such
man familiar with the defendant and who has
known him for thirty years than would the
al VIII put tho question to you. nevertheless.
h.s conduct, bis language and his appearance at
duet rational or Irrational? Al should say they
were irrational and he certainly labOr.ng I'M
der d"lusion: II appeared to me SO.
9mDiid he at that time doctor refer to- 70 the
Q-Now. then. in the second visit that you had
made did ne refer TO il? A-Yes.
Q.-What did ne say upon that subject which
time? Ale made reference to It,
OWN you kindly what he said? Ale |
hIs cen The physician Dr. Mcclure. 7 think
came along while We were talking and said they /
must be taken out MI Thaw got excited and said |
the wind blowing IN on him and he had a very /
viii be written up In the New York papers and il
wouldn't look very well for your management |
here He said IT didn't matter what the New |
Mr. Thaw said they we're just having the cold air
blow in there so he might get pngumo9ia and DE
anything peculiar about that lie seemed SCENE 70 nave
which he said that his pulse vas diHerehL tHat IL
beat slower | said there was nothing speC;ai the |
pulse has varied little. He said probably that
Is something which has occurred since the act OF
Providence. i
on cross-examination Mr.. Jerome asked ques- |
lions about Mrs HrsCh, an aunt Of the defend |
ant but the defence objected and was sustained. |
The argument was long Mr.. Jerome trying 10
examine as a quasi judicial officer. Justice Fitz-
Gerald finally said:
The District Attorney IS certainly quasl-judcial
oficer. You have the right to examine witnesses
and determine for yourself whether you snail cal!
them, but in court the District Attorney IS pound
by the same rules that bind the counsel Tor the
defendant. and the court Is here 10 preserve alike
the rights Of both. and ! sustain the objection.
DR. Bingaman was then excused He will
later be recalled by Mr. Jerome.
Dr. Britton D. Evans. superintendent of the
New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane at
Morris Plains, was called for cross-examna- |
ton For the remainder of the day Dr. Evans |
lodged giving direct answers. While he was
on the stand Mr.. Jerome announced that the |
prosecution would call Dr. Allen McLane Ham |
uton, the well known alienist
In discussing paranoia, Mr.. jerome asked DR.. |
Evans when it was first written about The
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