The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-28
INSANITY Is
NOW THE ISSUE
JEROME WANTS TO DETERMINE
THAW'S MENTAL CONDITION.
SENSATIONAL REPORT
That Evelyn Will get 100000 for
Her Testimony tor Husband Is
Emphatically Denied. Two Insan-
ity Experts to Testify.

New York. Counsel for Harry K.
Thaw spent good part of the day
denying the usual crop of recess ru-
mors, which spring up during every
deew-end adjournment Of the trial.
The attorneys were particularly an
xious to have it understood that they
will fight any attempt, on the part OF
District Attorney Jerome, to halt the
trial and have commission in luz
acy appointed to inquire into Tnaw'l
mental condition.
Despite this The belief grows that
Mr.. Jerome is continually pointing his
efforts in that direction. He may have
been influenced by this end in making
his ross-examination Of Mrs. Evleyn
Nesbit Thaw unnecessarily cruel when
he was dwelling upon her intimate re-
lations with Stanford White. He hop
ed the attorneys for the defense might
profit by this first show of severity
and agree to the appointment of a
commission. When they failed to do
this, after the first session last Thurs
day, Mr.. Jerome manouvered in an
other direction, he himself, declaring
openly that he had no taste for the
ordeal to which he was subjecting the
young woman and wanted to have her
testimony stopped long enough to put
upon the stand DR.. Dewar and DR..
Bingham, the physicians of both
branches of the prisoners family
It is said Jerome's idea was to
build up, from the testimony Of these
two physicians, the ground work for
his application for lunacy commits
sion. The defense objected to the
physicians taking the stand at this
time, despite the fact that they were
summoned from Pittsburg in behalf
of the defendant.
Mr.. Jerome was so insistent that
DR.. Dewar and DR.. Bingham should
be called that Justice Fitzgerald was
led to inquire:
care they your witnesses, Mr.. Dis
trict Attorney, or were they summon
ed by the defensef"
Mr.. Jerome replied that their tes-
timony was Of much vital Importance
to the case, they might be his WIT
nesses if the defendant S counsel were
not willing to have them 90 upon the
stand.
Some days ago Mr.. jerome was CIV
en- permission to examine the two ply
sicians in his Office, the idea being
that their testimony might be taken
in the form Of dispositions. Evident
" something occurred during the ex-
animation to cause the defense to take
a new view of the matter. The dis
trict attorneys eagerness to have the
doctors testify at the earliest possible
moment can have but one meaning
that their evidence has to do with Lie
defendants state Of mind, as shown
through hereditary taints in both
branches Of Thaw's family. Earlier
II the trial, before Mr.. Jerome had
examined the witnesses in person, he
was opposed to and blocked most Of
their testimony. Now he is more than
anxious to get it upon the records.
1t is also reported that Mrs Will
liam Thaw and other members of the
family are anxious that the trial, with
all its shocking revelations, shall stop.
District Attorney Jerome has just
begun to show the strength of MS
hand, it is said, in testing the credi-
lbility of young Mrs. Thaw, and will
have much evidence to offer concern
ing her relations with the defendant
before their marriage. Everything
that ever transpired between them
seems to be known to the prosecution.
Mr.. Jerome may again try to in
duce the defendants attorneys to al
low DR.. Dewar and DR.. Bingham to-
go upon the stand. If they follow
,Thaw's wishes they will oppose this.
Mr.. jerome is not likely to ask for
commission until more medical test.
mony is taken. Breaking down Mrs.
Thaw's story will have little effect
upon the question of the sanity of
the defendant, which is the real is
sue Of the case.
If commission in lunacy is not
appointed the trial may drag along
-four or five weeks yet.
Both Thaw and his wife were con-
cerned about a statement printed that
no matter what the outcome of the
trial might be young Mrs. Thaw
Americans Lose.
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