The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

| NEW YORK. March 6.-At the session
I yesterday afternoon the cross-examina-
ton of DR.. Wagner was continued by
! Jerome.
Q.-YOu have told us that the defend
ant described what had happened Just
| before the shooting. VIII you tell US
what words he used?
] Al think the words he used were:
! eve were walking out when I saw
| Stanford White. and then 1 shot him.
! Q.-Now, taking that description Of
! the killing given b. the defendant him
| self, what would be your opinion of the
| question Did he know It was Stanford
| White he was aprpoachins2"
! Al think he did know
| Odd he move to. ard him with in
| tentiOn Of shooting White?
Al cannot tell whether he did or not
Q.-Did he say anything about the
| plstol2
Al think he did make some reference
| 20 drawing a pistol
.Q-Do you think he formed the inten-
| ton OF drawing the pistol before he
moved toward Stanford White?
A.-Taking into consideration that he
had not intended killing White. but only
getting him into the pen / should say
emphatically that he had no previous
| intention Of shooting him.
His Memory Was Faulty.
Q.-What other questions did you ask,
! If any, on that dag, August p; but. be
/ fore answering that, I viii ask this:
/ How about the defendants memory in
regard to occurrences Of June p, 1906?
! A--His memory was faulty in regard
/ 10 the exact status Of the shooting. He
/ remembered he was walking toward
! White. but from the moment he fired
/ the pistol his memory was faulty.
! Odd he, on August p, appear TO
/ have any dread that the friends OF
| Stanford White-the Monk Eastman
gang" as he called them-were perse-
| cutting him?
! Ale was somewhat apprehcnsive.
/ Q--Were the delusions Of Ucrescutory
nature
A.-No; / should not call them so.
/ Q.-What did he drcad-that they were
going to put him in an asylum
/ Ale thought so, and believed that
| they were in league 70 do IT,
/ Odd he show fear2
/ Ar you mean whether ne feared he
would be sent 20 an asylum, yes; there
/ was no display of physical fear.
Decisions Related to White.
Odd YOU find any deIusions which
were not closely connected with Stan
/ ford White?
/ Al do not recall any.
/ $50 that all the decisions were re
lated TO this focal delusion-this parent
/ delusion?
A.-What do YOU mean by this de-
fusion?
! Q.-That Stanford White and his friends
wore upTGpCrrriug him
A.-WcH. ne said that doctors from
your office had called 10 examine him.
I also that he believed that he was being
! prosecuted by others.
Odd he have any decisions of sus-
/ picion on December 1872
/ Any observations were that he felt
/ suspicious of DR.. BUalinE, whom, 1
should have said. accompanied US.
/ Q--\,aS he suspicious
A.-From his manner I would infer
| he exhibited decisions Of suspicion.
Fails to Trap Witness.
Q.-What is the defendants mental
condition today2
A.-That. Mr. District Attorney, is not
an issue in this case.
Thank YOU" said Jerome.
Q--Now l will ask you to answer the
! question to the point.
At sometimes requires year 70
/ ascertain what form of insanity the sub
! ject is suffering from.
Odd you say. is2
! A--When / use the present tense I
refer to the time of the shooting and.
/ Mr. District Attorney. YOU should not
attempt 10 cOEStrue anything l say 10
suit your own purpose. Ii is very clear
/ that the only question before the court
/ is whether this defendant was insane
at the time Of the shooting.
Jerome asked the stenOgrapher to read
| the question again as 10 what the wit
ness believed Thdws mental condition
/ ut present to be.
Delmas objected and the court ruled
the question out.