The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-19

| Belling. to $780, ii ne third
visit. but Thaw dismissed the physi-
clans and counsel at that time. THAT
ended the note taking said the wit
| ness. II may omit essential details,
! but l will have to depend entirely on
| my memory"
Here Jerome again objected "This
witness" he declared" says he may
4 omit essential facts?''
What can he do" replied Justice
| Fitzgerald, but give his best memory
/ That is all that is required by the
rules of evidence" The objection
| was overruled and DR.. Evans began to
relate the incidents of his first visit
| TO Thaw Aug. A.
DR.. Evans described his second visit
Aug 81 "Thaw came into the exam
| ination rooms at the Tombs with
large pasteboard box in his arms 1t
was filled with papers He was nerv-
Gus and agitated and looked at both
myself and DR.. Wagner with the pecu-
liar stare. He had an air of self-im-
portance, as if he was telling us what
to do instead of undergoing an exam
ination himself. He said he felt all
right and slept very well. He then
proceeded to tell us the same story
of persecution he related TO me dur
ing my first visit. He referred con-
stantly TO This man, this creature
this dead man, the beast, the black
guard and said the man sought to
take the virtue of every pure-minded
woman who came within the sphere
OF his observation L tried to save
them Thaw said to us and added, Il
did all in my power. | never wanted
to shoot the creature. / never wanted
to kill him. | knew he was a foul
creature, destroying all the mothers
and daughters in America, but | want
ed through legal means to bring him
to trial. I wanted to get him into
court so he would be brought to jus
tice. | then asked him why under
such circumstances he shot Mr.
White. Providence took charge OF
It, he replied, this was an act of prov
idence. For my part, | would rather
have had him suffer in court the hr
initiation the revelation of his acts
would have caused"
Did he tell you what he had done,
If anything, to bring Stanford White
into COURT" asked Mr.. Delmas. HE
said he had gone to see Anthony Com
stock to District Attorney Jerome and
to private detective agency. He said
Mr.. Jerome had told him he had bet
ter let the matter drop, that there
was nothing to it: the detectives told |
him they would take the matter up.
but they had not submitted proper |
report. AS to Mr.. Comstock, he said |
he discovered that Delaney Nicoll, |
the attorney, was acting as legal Al |
wiser both to Stanford White and |
Comstock. He regarded this as an
him. l asked him why he carried |
pistol and he said Roger O'Mara, an
lent detective in Pittsburg, |
advised him to do so after he told |
O'Mara that several times thugs jos |
tied him in an attempt to get him into
a quarrel and street brawl. He said
these thugs were the hired agents OF
Stanford White, who did not want to
take the responsibility and danger OF
making a personal attack. He said
White hired the Monk Eastman gang
to get him into q quarrel and then
beat or kick him to death"
DIR. Evans described his visit Sept
19, and was asked: LAS result of
that visit, did you draw any scientific
deductions from Mr.. Thaw's action?"
Yes, he displayed highly explosive
mental makeup in that without ade
luate cause he dismissed his counsel
and physicians after he agreed in ad
vance that we should come there for
The purpose indicated. He displayed
defective reason in putting aside pro-
'essional men who he was assured
we're there through no unfriendly
part
Did he mention to you the names
Of any of the young women who he
said suffered wrongs at the hands of
White?" asked Mr. Delmas
Before the witness could answer Mr..
oelmas withdrew the question and
asked DIR. Evans if he read the codicil
o Harry Thaw's will Witness said
lie read it in part and heard all of
read
Did he mention to you the names
hat appear in the codicil?" District
Attorney Jerome objected to the ques-
Irawn
did Mr. Thaw say to you that he
vas not insane?" Yes, sir; he said
am not insane"
rs it a common thing for persons
offering from unsound mind to pro-