The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-04
Another Week of the Thaw
Murder Trial Begins.
With the Continuation of In
sanity Expert Testimony.
AFTER THE DOCTORS
The Mother of the Prisoner
Will BE Heard.
will Tell of Prenatal Influences
Affecting Her Son.

Affecting Her Son.
New York. March 4.-Today Dr. Brit
ton d. Evans, the alientist, was called
| by the defense and took the witness
| stand so that District Attorney Jerome
| can finish his cross examination sew
eral points will be pressed home closely-
one of the most important of these, the
! question as to whether the dlstrlct a.
| torney may read into evidence eXuacl9
| from books on insanity, will be ruleo on
| by Justice Fitzgerald. THESE extracl9
were shut out temporarily by the JUS
| tice on Friday, who wished more NM IilllS
| to examine into precedents: II en1. ..T
extracts are admitted Mr.. Jerome viii
| trv to show by them that ThaW,s syinp-
| toms as described by the witness, M
| dicated that the prisoner was sulleiiis
| from parauO1a. ~;
| dence it can easily be seen, Woulo
have an important bearing on M.
Jerone's plans for asking for anu Ihe
appointment of commission IN iuilaS? a. .
! A dramatic feature OF the ira, n,,oe eiirS ir9
week will occur with the appearance =
| the witness chair of Mrs. WllSian
| Thaw the prisoners mother. 1t Is saio
/ to be the program of the deIehss " 60
| to the impression already mace upon upon
| the iury on the steadfast devoteohesss
| of the vromenkind of the prisoner III
| u " ne - If need. mrs. Thaw's testi-
| n1onv If is said. will be in the line OF
| nrenataI influences which mauS VI
| Harry Thaw, the nervous sieepo earn9iIv
| headStrOng chlld uesclio0N
1r Charles wagner, of Einghamton;
| an alienist. and Doctors Ringaman anu
lDeemar, of Pittsburg, Will also pc vi
| nesses this week. DR.. Wagner mas .esl'-
1 fed i'm a manner similar to Dr; s11N alls
| regardine the prisoners menlai So, So
| and he will be put through tnolous ~u =
4 cross examination by District Al.ol ,ll ne ;
| Jerome Doctors Blngan111,asll nan am -,iben he
1 Who attended Harry Thaw WHeH iie
| Dassed through a severe course OF N
| epsrsti1a f55seases. will tell of the prison
| er's early life.
| Thaw Seemed Excited.
| New York March 4.-The 1orhlaii e .le1 .1sn =
of postponing the March terIl ot ,,'l,.4 ~
1 crirninai branch of the supreme court
had to be gone through this morning
before the trial of Harry K }Ihaw W as a.
| pesnmed Thaw's case was beguh III III
the January term, and that te,ili WIN
| he continued until it is disposed Oh
n Evans the New Jersey
a1ienist who was under cross examlna-
tion wednesday, Thursday ana fFludH
last was again placed upon the witness
stand as soon as Thaw was called to
| the bar. -
eral brown portfolio envelopes hled
:, With letters He receives several scofe
of missives daily
Thaw engaged his lawyers in earnes'
| consultation when he took his place
facing the witness and the jury box Ha
directed his remarks practically at Mr
Peabody and Mr.. McPike. The latter
seemed desirous of avoiding the con-
vareation and drew back several times
with tolerant mods of his head. The de-
fendant however, was earnest anc
: would not be denied. He continued tt
} talk for some minutes but he sat pacH
and listened to the first questions ad-
| dressed by District attorney 'eloiiie u
If was about the first time he hal
Maid the slightest attention to the wit
ness since he took the stand Thaw dlo
not listen long however. but turned tt
Daniel O'ReilIy and began to talk rap
idly to him.
DR.. Evans, Mr.. Jerome asked:
| "Doctor reverting to the night OF the
shooting of Stanford White. does th'
fact that the defendant walked denn
| erateIv away without excitement attel
the shooting appear to you to be an I'M
portant fact determining Mnetilei u
| nor the defendant was insane
Evans Sticks to It.
ives II leads me to believe he wa'
of an unsound mind-that is, when tax
ing in accordance with the other incl
! dents.''
| fact
step was slow and measured ana M
manner somewhat dramatic, ana ina
he manifested no agitation, tnat h'
walked deliberately away without an.
effort to escape, with the otner Iact
Indicated to the witness that he d1(
moi know he had done anything
wrong, did not know he had done any
thing that should make him shrlni
from his fellowmen, or from the ON
GERS of the law.
s.Then his attitude was one OF saus
faction with his deed ??
at would hardly go as far as that
/ seNhen he walked toward his wifi
: did he know in which dlrectlon ne wa
e IN view of the fact that he walke'
: toward his wife, it seems to me tina
, he did
. Thaw told the fireman VINO seized nun n51
( he ruined my wife, does that indf
cate to YOU that this defendant knev
| he had killed Sanford White p
at indicates to me, replled III
Evans, ''that this one thought whicI
had weighed down upon him-whicl
had heen devouring his soul-was still
Y with him. This idea of his wife bein
/ ruined bv stanford White was still Il
e the forefront of his thought.
t what mental process did defend
e ant convey to your mind by his stat
= ing on the roof garden after his arrest
/ when told at the elevator that an of
e fcer had been sent for, I've got to g
e down some time, you might as we,
s take me down the elevator now. don
z want to cause any annoyance
"As to whether the man was sane o
3 insane" reolied DR.. Evans. the re
2 mark conveys nothing. 1t may simpl
4 the elevator and he did not want t
annoy anybody by obstructing tn
"Brain Storm" Again.