Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-06
THAW AND HIS COUNSEL
HAVE BAD DAY OF 1T

htUtseli seem 20 To take but Halle In
ler=a, III the cross examination 4, The
outset. Out lnIsr seemed 10 ;.ll.. ul-
tcs and was often IN earnest CONVEX.
s",;on With those or his counsel. wuv
sat near him. Al times 'rhaw could
not altogether suppress the suggeS-
ton of grim at the keenness of
some of Mr.. Jerome's questions and
the subtle humor they concealed. De.
fore the close OF the day Thaw seem.
ed TO worry. He bit his fingernails
and seemed anxious for the doctors
ordeal to end. His attorneys appear.
ed Il Bit puzzled at first. but evident
~ determined to give the district at.
the close of Mr.. Jeromc's cross exam.
made to introduce testimony
tending to show the strain or
insanity said TO have existed in GER
tain branches of Thaw's family. Al.
fred Lee Thaw. forty-threc years OF
age. resident of Richmond. Va next
was called TO the witness stand"
Judge sustains Thaw.
Are YOU related to the defendant.
Harry X. Thaw," asked Mr.. Clemson?
II am
MY laincr ana ms ihtner were
first cousins
Where was your father. or have
yon any means of knowing where he
was when he died?"
81 object" interrupted district at
torney. The question is irrelevant
and immaterial"
Justice Fitzgerald sustained Mr..
Jeromes objection Mr.. Gleason ar.
pIInn tho nnint In I, L.,
tended to show a collateral condition
of Thaws relatives-the relatives de.
scendel from Il common ancestry.
Alfred Lee Thaw is man of pierc-
ing dark eyes. His forehead is con-
tracted in a continual frown. His
black mustaChe is closely trimmed
and black hair brushed well back
from the forehead. Mr.. Gleason said
lie wanted TO prove the heredtv phase
of Thaw's insanity ana could trace
1t back to common ancestry with
the witness.
Il infer from the opening ad
dress OF the Defense" said
Mr. Jerome, that they EXPECT
to prove by this witness that
his father died in an asylum or some
refuge for the insane. The fact that
Il man dies In an asylum is not proof
of his insanity The law does not
recognize it. The fact that man
dies in an asylum like that conduct
ed by the eminent DR.. Wyle who
was on the stand today for the defense,
does not prove he was insane" Jus.
.tire Fitzgerald said he felt constrain-
ed TO adhere to his decision sustain
ing the district attorneys objection
for the present. He would take au-
thorities cited by Thaw's counsel and
consider them. He thought closer
relative than the witness should be
offered as n witness.
Did You see your father in an asy-
llm for the insane?" asked Mr.. Glea-
son. Mr.. Jerome again objected to
the question. ''In the present condi-
ton of the record and at this stage
of the trial, | sustain the objection"
ruled Justice Fitzgerald.
The witness was excused. The de-
Tense then introduced BENJAMIN Bow
man. who testified that in 1904 he
had difficulty with the defendant.
He was about to tell what the diff
Guilty was. when Mr. Jerome, declared
that all act SO far removed was ir-
relevant Justice Fitzgerald again
called upon Thaw's attorneys for ci-
tations of authorities covering the in
Productions of testimony of the char
acter proposed.
Thaw Physician on Stand.
Mr.. Gleason explained, Il have not
my authorities" Justice FITZGERALD
sustained Mr.. Jerome's objections an.
the witness stepped aside. DR.. c.. II.
Bingham of Pittsburg, who has been
family physician of the Thaws for
30 years, took the stand and testified
that he had known Harry Thaw ever
since his infancy. He had treated
him once for st. Vitus dance. "He
seemed to be lad of highly nervous
temperament and slept badly at
night said the witness. MIR. lie.
rome's cross examination was brief.
How old was the defendant when
he had st. Vitus dance" he asked?
Seven"
THAT is all. DOCTOR
Going Back Into copIey's Family.
Dr. John f. Demar, of Kittaning.
Pa, the family physician of the Cop.
1ey's. Mrs. William Thaw, the pris-
oner's mother having been Miss
Copley, was the last witness of the
day. He was called to testify as to
the mental condition of John Ross,
a cousin of Harry Thaw. When Mr..
Jerome objected, Justice Fitzgerald
held that until the defense's authors.
ties on the introduction of testimony
as to collateral insanity were pre-.
scented, he thought 1t best to rule out
all such testimony for the time be.
ing. 1t was at this point that adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow. The
order for the exclusion of all wit
nesses which on yesterday drove Mrs.
Harry Thaw and Mrs. William Thaw
from the court room remained III