Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-03-07
LONG DRAWN our
Jefome's Examination Of d.. Evans
Consumes Two Days Of Thaw
Trial With Little Result.
ExAsPERATED the JUDGE
The Prosecutors Ain eeeme 70 Be 4
Establish Grounds for . Lunacy
Commission 10 Determine Do
fendant'0 Present Condition.

fendants Present Condition.
New York, March 1.-THE insanit
Of adolescence paranoia and tn
characteristics Of BRAIN storms" OF
cupied both sessions Of the Thav
trial Friday and when adjournment
until Monday morning was ordered
Dr.. Britton D. Evans, one Of the alien
lists for the defense, was still unde
cross-examination.
District Attorney Jerome's cours'
in questioning the witness was some
what battling. He seemed desirioui
to have DR.. Evans admit that Thav
suffered from paranoia, which II
practically incurable.
The net result appeared to be thai
Mr.. Jerome is still laying the founda
ton on which he may ask for com
mission In lunacy to Judge Of the pres
emit mental condition Of the defendant
Even to the extent Of greatly fatigu
ing the judge and jury, the district
attorney dwelt on the subject Of ado
lescent insanity and paranoia endeav'
oring to establish a relationship be
tween the two and was at last reward
ed DR.. Evans admitting that defend
ants will and codicil didn't suggest to
his mind a paranoic form Of Adde'S
cent insanity. Adolescent insanity,
It bias cen explained, is common In
persons during the development per-
iod of life-from 10 to 40 years-while
paranoia Is fixed insanity upon one
subject-monomania. Justice Fitz-
gerald indicated his fatigue at the
three days cross-examination Of the
expert when Mr.. Jerome began to
question DR.. Evans about his knowl-
edge Of other instances Of adolescent
insanity which had resulted in acts
of homicide. The alienist said there
was a woman In his hospital for the
insane at Morris Plains, N. j., who
In the midst Of a brain storm. or
mental explosion, had killed two OF
her children.
After a number Of questions by Mr..
Jerome, objection was made by Mr..
Delmas to this line Of examination.
Mr.. Jerome argued that 1--WE are Just
getting to the point Of this thing"
This brought out weary remark
from the Judge to the effect that I'VE
have been q mighty long time getting
here"
Mr., Jerome disclaimed responsible
ty for the tedious CROSS examination,
suggesting the blame was with the
svasive answers of the witness. Il am
not saying whose fault 1t is,' said the
Judge, "but I repeat, we have been q
long time getting to the point"
The district attorney and the Judge
had another wordy conflict near the
end Of the day when Mr.. Jerome asked
Or. Evans to give his opinion Of DR..
Allan McLane Hamilton, who is to
be called In rebuttal by the state. and
who is reported to have said that he
believed Harry Thaw 10 be suffering
from a form OF insanity which could
not possibly have been eTadicated BY
this time.
II refuse to answer" replied the
witness.
Mr.. Jerome argued the point and
cited q part Of the record In the
'Preusser case at Albany where the
presiding Judge had allowed one ex-
,ert to give an opinion Of another.
Nov you will direct the witness
% answerH" suggested Mr.. Jerome In
aulringly Of the justice.
'T will not" replied the justice. He
added that he would not rule finally on
he point until he had read the en-
tire record OF the Preusser trial. As
Mr.. Jerome said the ruling would COW
Or the last questions Of his exam
nation the adjournment until Mon
lay was ordered. Dr.. Evans will
again be on the, stand.
Dr.. Evans declared that Thaw
showed a degree of adolesCent insan-
lty when he wrote the letters In 1908
after Evelyn Nesbit had told him OF
her alleged wrong at the hands of
Stanford White. The delusions ap-
parent In the letters were more con-
centrated IN the win and codicil ex-
ocuted April I, 1905, and when taken
BY themselves, indicated n paranoic
form Of the insanity Of adolescence.
On June IS, 1905, when Thaw shot
and killed stanford white, d.. Evans
said the defendant was suffering from
an explosive outbreak Of adolescent
insanity.
Mr.. Jerome tried 10 mako the wit
ness admit that . person insane from
1908 to 1909 suffered from q chronic
form Of mental disorder but Or.
Evans insisted that the evidence
merely showed acute outbursts and
not . chronic stAta