The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-02-22
STORY TOLD
Staying Of Stanford White
an Act Of Providence"
DR.. EVANS TELLS OF HIS RlyIyCS
Accused Held lie Was Victim Of Je-
rome Conspirncy-EXpcrt says lie
Was Crazy When Married
and VIII Was Made.

and VIII Was Made.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-For the first
time since the fateful tragedy on the
Madison Square roof garden. when
Stanford White was shot and killed,
Harry Thaw's own story was told in.
court. 1t Is remarkable narrative,
and as # was unfohed by Or. Evans
on the witness stand I'm the criminal
branch OF the supreme court II created
almost as much surprise as the story
told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and II
was listened TO with breathless inter
est
Thaw's will and codicll were admit
ted I'm evidence at the session Of court
after Or. Evans had testified that
Thaw was Of unsound mind at the
time they were executed.
Thaw's viii wns made at the time
Of bis marriage TO Evelyn Nesbit in
pittsburg.
The codlcll was read first. 1t pro-
vided that the sum Of $500 should be
set aside to be used I'm the prosecution
Of Stanford White aud another man
who. Thaw wrote through an elderly
woman. lured a young girl TO house
and then ruined her
Thaw also referred I'm the codicil TO
other cases for which be said White
might be prosecuted. There were four
OF these cases mentioned.
No names were read In court except
Whites.
Thaw also willed $500 to each Of
these persons. Anthony Comstock, Or.
Parkhurst. Frederick Longfellow, bis
lawyer. and a pittsburg lawyer. This
money was TO be used for the prosecu-
ton Of Stanford White.
In the will. which Mr. Delmas read.
Thaw sot aside $4,000 for his wife In
leu Of dover. He also gave $1,000 in
trust for his wife and provided for an
income Of $500 a year for her brother,
Howard Nesbit.
The last clause Of the will left the
residue 10 his wife in trust and guaran-
iced an income Of $4,000 n year IL she
remained unmarried and $4,000 year
if she remarked.
Lawyer Delmas succeeded in over
coming District Attorney Jerome's OBJ
lection 10 admitting as evidence the
conversations held between the pris-
oner and Or. Evans on the occasion
Of the visits Of the doctor TO study him
in the Tombs shortly after the muir
der.
Dr. Evans told how Thaw insisted
that he was the victim Of conspiracy
between his lawyers at that time and
the district attorney, who, he said
wanted 10 railroad him TO a lunauC
ASYLUM TO save the name Of Stanford
White
"The prisoner told me- said the doc
tor. how he had sought the aid OF An
thony Comstock to prevent White
further interference with young girls
how he had laid the matter before The
district attorney and how he had hireC
detectives. who learned enough to es
tabllsh the character Of White, bu
failed TO got enough evidence to SECURE
conviction In court.
"He told me he did not intend Il
kill White. lie sought to degrade an'
expose him in court, but Providence in
tervened.
"Thaw said that Roger O'Mara, tn
pittshure detective. had tOlI him L
carry n revolver, because he was be
ing tracked by emlssarles who he be
neved were in the pay Of White an'
that he knew Monk Eastman's gam
had been blred 10 kill or MAIN him.
When the doctors surprising test
mony was concluded he summed NJ
bv saving that some Of the statement
Of the prisoner were clearly insane dc
lusi0ns.
Or. Charles @. Wagner, another o
the experts for the defense, was the
called to testify along the same lines.
The Jurors entered just after Justic
FITZGERALD arrived Mr. Bolton, who's
wife died last Thursday, had his ol
posltion. the eleventh in the line q
= tbe box. He looked n little older an
n little grayer-that was all. He ha
told the Justice he was ready to go o
with the duties OF a Juror.
Dr. Evans was the first witness. II
said:
MY first call was made on Aug. 4.
went I'D to his cell In the Tombs' a
companled by Mr.. Hartridge, and wa
introduced TO Thaw. He asked me
come into his cell and made room Il
me 10 sit down on his bunk. His eye
were wide open and staring, shown
much Of the whites. he was veI
nervous. shaking his head and shiftir
his gaze constantly.
As he sat down alongside me
said TO me: You have good sane eye
They are not like DR.. Hamilton's eye
think Dr. Hamilton has crazy eyes
7 did not discuss this proposition vii
him.
81 asked him how he felt. Tha
said: L am the victim Of a foul co
splracy. Lewis Delafeld and the fir
of Black. Olcott, Gruber Il Bonyni
are in a plot with Jerome to railro'
me TO an asylum without giving me
trial or permitting me to tell the jud
and Jury the true inwardness Of th
affair. l am not insane. 1t Is all rot
say I am insane They are persecutii
me. The whole lot OF them are in C
luslon with jerome TO prevent me FRO
revealing the infamous conduct
Stanford White. It Is all one b
scheme to railroad me to an asylum
the pretext that I am crazy Aoo
this time his wife arrived. After
had seen her he retired with me to
private room and continued his cony'
sation with me.
He said: Stanford White has m
business Of debauching young gir
He has led astray, drugged and p'
soned many innocent young wom