The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-04
Mental A Inquiry Ended.
ThaW Certain He Will
Be Declared Sane,
GO TO AN ASYLUM
OR TRIAL PROCEED
One Of These Courses to Be Fol
lowed When Court Recon-
venes o-Day-Prisoner
and His Counsel Ex-
pect Him to Be
Free Soon.

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NEW YORK. April 3.-To- moro W
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p'5ilt' - "t'ol'ss '.s4 .'s54 81 80
case Of Harry Is. Tha%, Whe1l me
SLAYER of stanford White will cithcr5be
q, ., 4, ana ~.
piiicliil iH0s',
dared sent to state asylum or his
trial will beSresuined before Justice
Fitzgerald, upon the finding of the
allinacy5 commission that the defendant
is nj sti,is titna capable OF rightly un-
,t,,.r.s,and,np his own position. OF ap-
Y .,,sg,,ta,;n,, tba n,,tnra ~ tbe charges
:, ,,,,t,,.t ,,i,,- nna ~ ,.t,nnally advislnr
& & :. -, s, : ~ ...,,s,a,, - sY 81
( @s.aii ~. itis i sou''ANi- 'uit,
ne commission cohcluaeus ''e ~ l.
lotn1ghl ana VIII spe tc.iuS .'S - ~
to Justice afltzgerald. to-1lloTro" morn orr
trs. ThaW underwent q private inefi-
tai and physical examination for more
thalt two hours this afternoon In this
Inst crucial test he was entirely alono
tefore tl.c commission, even the dis
4 trfct attorney and the members of his
t,xvn c..,,,eal ,hs,,,., barred.
2 M, =, \.
ne IlsollleI - JplA!llllllloeAlS>'. ~
s4 When the three members OF the COM
Z nittce--Dayid Mcclure, Peter: B. Olney
nnd DIR. Leopold Putzel--llad completed
3 their final examination. they shook hand5
with IhaW In most cordial manner.
1ie 9. went pack 70 ms cen IN me 9l.ps
10 his counsel lr III ttat he. he felt the com.
mission would surely declare him san.
to- morrow. The attorneys shared tlei.,
clients optimistic view Of tie situa-
Is ton
Dislrict-AttorneS Jerome would not
4 commit himself in any way. Thaw,s
Y counsel declared they We're ready TO pro
,tsed Win the case o-nnrroW ana pe-
summing " auares'$ pshoTs =, ~
3 4S, 4'rv ~, ,, : va,..
.,i,t ,i.ht ,,c ,o ~ fors ti,.. ,veelr.
4 enll gl'.is .Tf a l521:3
,rherf is littlo r n I'm ~ no r,..
mort or tho con,mfssionsw which has inquired
into Thuw's present mental state, viii
ever be made public If the decision IA
& vors Thaw, Justice Fitzgerald will mere
] " order the trial to proceed without any
reference whatsoever to the interruption
Whfsh began Two weeks ago. Should the
decisiGn be against y nav justice Fitz-
Eeraia e,l 2 Nol'a nave 20 auote Dut or'e1iy
5s5 55stn.e stne lorlnal announcement announcement OF the COM
* mittes III MS order committing the young
e man 70 an asylum
committee, Ihaw would have to
remain IN the asylum until declared
{ sane by tho superintendent OF the In
Z stitution. Then he would be brought
II bnck to this city and tried again.
IT, h1;a,;.4. MT. ss'7,4
w " 2 = ~, ISIS - A11llc
Tho last public session OF the COM
s,ss,on vas held TINS morning 70 hear ,
~ .,1a,, 4, .i.,,,
isoso 0lelehaorl' u,' OF a11odler
Io,l,' !, .ile prosecution. AND
is jor. ~. Charlcs ". wagner, or btngham-
ton. N. x, for the defense. DR., Diefen-
BASED upon assumed facts and writings
sor the defendant. and declared 5Tha 4
,yas incomnctent 5s,.l I)r Warner 90 "a
he hn !, talked with Tia r,son II, :.
enilw for ,,car,v t,yo ,nn,,.ha "a !, !,
&c.,, ,n,,Io - al aa,,.i,,,, :. 4, :
q 1vbtch ~ nrcd,ca+a q y onininn 5, ~,
:. 49,. ~ tei'
4 ltAi Li uiisoutluness at tils Stline. re was
s1ot WiAlihs 70 30 on RECORD however
ns specifically declaring Thaw to be
IN every sense sane man. He said
he had not sufficient facts before him
or sufficient time in which to reach SC
positive n conclusion.
5i's Dr. Wagner repeated manv 81 -.
more recent conversations with Tbaw
and rave the Iefandant,. ,Iaa oet' IS" t'i,t, /"
present predIcament. Thaw declarni
f that ho realized his position TO-DAY
was serious Cne Ja tho,Irht how.
ever, that his ATTORNEYS had M, ~, w
3 such good progress dnrinp the t,.ta
that lo wos IN ,,,oh hat ~ .ts !. ,.,a. .,
than When u = vas g arnn M pos, posluot 9,
had no deluslon now that ,,is !, a'u ~ ,,,a .,
an act Of providence 20 80 " - =
c4oo,l 41.S',T VIZ,
A5 otoou t!1e est wen.
When the commission began its pri
vate examination Of the defendant til,
members questioned him particularly
about this delusion and others from
which 1t has been testified he wa
suffering ut the time lie shot and killed
Stamford White. DR.. Putzel, of tn,