Connecticut western news., 1907-03-28

the position he will take should the contingency arise, as follows:
 T will submit to all phases of an ex- | animation which is rational and req sonable. I should refuse to obey, for instance, If 1 were asked to stand on my head, but as for mental and phys ical tests propounded in good faith I am competent to undergo them"
 Thaw is now completely enmeshed in the tangles of the law. By the printed record of his trial he is both sane and insane. By the law of the state and on the sworn testimony of seven alienists he was sane enough to know the nature and quality of his act when he shot Stanford White, but is so insane that he cannot advise with his counsel as to the conduct of his | trial.
 A Helpless Lunatic.
 Seven alienists, acting for the prose cution, made affidavits, which were pre- sented in court, that Harry K. Thaw | is today a helpless lunatic. Seven alienists for the defense presumably stand ready to swear that his present condition comes within the legal scope of competency to advise with his coun- sel on the merits of the case.
 Conspicuously lacking from the atfi- davits presented was any statement from Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, whose testimony on the previous day precipitated the present situation. This is due to the fact that Dr. Hamilton's examinations of the defendant, for whom he was acting at the time, are legally privileged and could not be tes- tifed to in court should counsel for the defense object.
 Experts Unanimous.
 MT. Jerome's collection of affidavits leads off with one by Irwin S. Cobb, newspaper reporter to whom Thaw handed his remarkable typewriter statement for the newspapers.
 The second affidavit was by Dr. Aus tin Flint and was followed by those of pr. William Mabon, Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald the prosecution's medical associate. and the other experts called by the district attorney.
 The unanimous opinion of the ex- perts is that Harry Thaw is a para noiac, that his form of insanity was not such as to make him incapable of knowing the nature and quality of his act and that it was wrong when he killed Stanford White but that he is now in such a condition as to be un- able to understand the proceedings against him or of making his defense.
 Mir. Jerome tried to explain why he had not suggested the appointment of the lunacy commission before. He said that, although he had arrived at the belief that Thaw was of unsound mind and was unable to consult ra tionally with his counsel, nothing had developed in the trial until the defense called Dr. Hamilton that formed a tangible basis for the request to sus- pend the trial while the condition of Thaw's mind was being determined. The district attorney practically ac- cused the defendants lawyers of hay- ing kept out of the case facts tending to show Thaw was insane now.
 Judge BIames Jerome.
 The justice pointed out that, all though it might be true Jerome had been unable to get into evidence facts in regard to the present mental state of the prisoner because the issue be- fore the jury was whether Thaw was insane when he killed White, it still was fact that Jerome had prevented the defense from offering such testi- mony. ...... ...
 The affidavits of the alienists were practically alike. Dr. Macdonald said:
 "I have attended upon the trial of the case of the people of the state of New York against Harry K. Thaw.
 After a careful study of the evil dence in the case am of the opinion that the defendant is now and has been suffering from a form of mental dis ease commonly known among men skilled in mental diseases as paranoia. It is my opinion based upon what has just been enumerated, that when the defendant killed Stanford White on June 25, 1906, he was suffering from said mental disease"
 Craig Wadsworth, who was mention ed by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her testi- mony on the witness stand, arrived here, it is said, from London, where he is connected with the American embas- sy. It was said Wadsworth came to refute the statements that were made by Thaw's wife in regard to his con- duct toward her and her mother. No Parliament For Ireland. n%