Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-04
District Attorney Jerome Still Plying Dr Evans the Alienist With Questions
THAW WASATTENTTVE
Witness Stated ThaW Had an Insane Desire to Kill Stanford White and Did Not Believe He Did
  Anything Wrong.

New York, March 1.-The forInali- ties of postponing the March term of the criminal branch of the supreme court had to be gone through this morning before the trial of Harry K Thaw was resumed. Thaw's case was begun in the January term and that term will be continued until it is disposed of.
 Dr Britton D. Evans. the New Jer- sey aljenist, who was under cross examination Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, was again placed on the witness stand as soon as Thaw was called to the bar.
 T'haw again brought into court sev- eral big brown portfolio envelopes filled with letters. He reads several scores of missives daily, some of the letters coming from across seas and his Monday morning mail always is heavy.
 Thaw engaged his lawyers in ear nest conversation when he took his usual place. He directed his remarks especially at Mir Peabody and Mir Me Pike. The latter seemed desirous of avoiding the conversation and drew back several times with tolerant mods of his head. The defendant. however, was serious and earnest and would not be put off. He continued to talk for some minutes. Then he sat back and listened to the first ques- tions addressed by District Attorney Jerome to Dr Evans.
 It was about the first time he had paid the slightest attention to the witness since he took the stand. Thaw did not listen long. however, but turn ed to Daniel O'Reilly and began to talk rapidly to him. Thaw's lips could be seen moving rapidly as he whispered into O'Rellly's ear
 In resuming his cross examina- tion of Dr Evans Mir Jerome asked:
 Doctor. reverting to the night of the shooting of Stanford White, does not the fact that the defendant walk ed deliberately away without excite ment after the shooting appear to you to be an important fact in determin- ing whether or not the defendant was insanew
 "Yes, it leads me to believe he was of unsound mind. that is. when taken In connection with the other incl dents"
 That his step was slow and meas ured and that he manifested no agi- tatlon, you deem of importance?'
 .Yes, taken in connection with the other facts.'
 Your opinion is that he was of un- sound mihd?"
 "Yes, based on all the facts and the somewhat dramatic manner in which he acted. The fact that he walked deliberately away without any excitement indicates to me that he didn't know he had done anything wrong. didn't know he had done any thing that should make him shrink from his fellow men or from the of- ficers of the law"
 "Then his attitude was one of sat isfactlon with his deedy
 ..I would hardly go as far as that"
 "when he walked toward his wife. did he know in which direction he was goingT
 ..In view of the fact that he walked towards his wife it seems to me that he did"
 Were Thaw's mental processes such that he knew he was attacking Stanford White on the roof garden.
 "He had an insane knowledge Yes.- replied Dr Evans.
 ..The fact ]" said Mir Jerome. "T'haw told the fireman who seized him he ruined my wife'-ioes that indicate to you that this defendant knew he had killed Stanford whiteT'
 Tt indicates to me. that this one thought which had weighed down up- on him-which had been deyouring his soul-was still with him"
 Do you think that in yielding up his pistol. that Tbaw knew what he doingy"
 "I don't know whether he knew that or not"
 Don't you think that in saying He ruined my wife that Thaw was gfv- ing a reason for killing Stanford whitey'
 say
 .weIl what was the mental process which led him to say itT"
 This iiea of his wife being ruined hv stanford White was still in his miud-in the forefront of his thought
 Several points will be pressed home closely by the district attorney. One of the most important of these, the question as to whether the district attorney may read into evidence ex- tracts from books on insanity. will be ruled on by Justice Fitzgerald. These extracts were shut out temporarily by the justice on Friday. who wished more time 10 examine into precedents- If these extracts are admitted Mr Jerome will try to show by them that Thav-s symptoms. as described by the witness. indicated that the prisoner was suffering from paraia- Such ruling. followed by such evidence, it can easily be seen. would have an important hearing on Mir Jerome's plans for asking for the appointment of a commission in 1unacy.
 A dramatic feature of the trial this week will occur with the appesrance In the vitnem chair of Mrs William ThaU the urfnumer-a mofhoP Her