Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-12
e,llEu IT EXAGGERATED EGO
ooFirst Visit Tbaw Exhibited Pc
', ,.liar Facial Expression and
Glaring Of Eye.
,rovDp Apo1EscENT INSANITY
90 Have Exhibited All Sorts OF
', Mental arrangements, According to
His own Alienist Witness

His tNIi 4tiiN'
$3.50 York, FEB. 12.--Althoust TO-DAY ,'.
WV .,rs, birthday and consequently
,ssal holiday in this state the Ih nav,
s.ioi proceeded at the usual hour 'li''
nla. .,rr Justice Fitzgerald having or
' a.a ,Sst owing TO the hardship on
g .sa t,ry, which is to remain locked up ,
un,n the end of the trial. there wouio
~ recess over the holiday
rHAw EYES JEROME
WHEN Thaw walked TO his place al
~ r So,,nsel table, as he was removing
~. MISTER coat and for some moments
~, taking his seat, he kept his eyes
- mist ATTY. Jerome and ignored ms
OH MS asor,,nssl for the time being. MT:
qWn ,' ue WAS husy with his papers ana
y sss not notice Thaw's somewhat unusu-
al action.
AN EXPERT ALrENIsT.
rbo FIRST witness called by Mr.. Del
noe mr. Britton D. Evans. snperln-
,,nS Of the state insane hospital at
M r,s,s piains which he said contains
~ ~, s,,erago ~ 1900 patients. DR.. evans
ia he rad written and spoken q great
s Sasi nrnn the subject Of insanity ana
Nd anneared in majority of the I'M
,'artant cases In New Jersey wnere
,,,"ntel derangement or incapacity had
~ do with the matter under inVestiga-
lion In several cases, the witness de-
clared. he had represented both me
prosecution and the defense by consent
~ counsel and under appointment py
The witness first saw Harry Thaw
Aug. 4, 1906 in the Tombs, ana IN all
visited him eight times.
pr. Evans said he was alone upon the
visits OF Aug. ! and Oct ]. Al other
zines no was accompanied by DR.. Wag-
ner, who testified yesterday.
What during these visits did you OBJ
serve in the mental condition of Mr..
ThaB?"
WHAT HE OBSERVED.
ION the first visit on Aug. 4 he ex-
hibited a peculiar facial expression,
glaring OF the e,e. suspicious of his
surroundings and OF me, nervous agita-
ton and restlessness such as comes
from severe brain storm, common in
those who have recently gone through
an explosive or Illuminating condition
q mental unsoundness. He exhibited
deusions OF personal character, an
exaggerated ego. and along with them
illusions OF a persecutory character.
he thought himself of exaggerated inn
lortance and believed himself perse-
tuted by a number of persons"
THAW'S EXAGGERATED EGO"
By an exaggerated ego" DIR. Evans
SAID he means "dlsproportionate idea
o. Importance OF self. n belief that one
clothed with powers, capacity ami
apllly Tar above normal, or above those
actually POSSESSED.
Boih adolescent insanity and paranoi-
80 insanity are characterized by de-
a'lons as TO self Importance and ex-
gsefated ego. In adolescent insanity
W patient exhibits no marked symp-
sls But when the stress comes,-"
" " Evans took on a declamatory tone
volce--"the man does not break
own as the ordinary or normal man
NOuld There Is complete loss of
llenial balance, an explosive condition
Ae brain, the reason becomes de-
mIohed, The will power is lost and
,a oTsln is operating as a ship does in
W. wy Wind without a rudder-the bal
aace wheel is gone.
me acts Of such a man are not the
MS OF normal man, but show him
~ % guided by disease and stress.
ns mind has left its mornings and
'si s TO diseased conditions.
On my first Visit / ALEC t,n,toad ,l,at
~ Inaw suffered from a rand flow
" WORDS not characteristic of the nor
Isi mind He showed condition of
sagtnIorlnal excitement--a diseased con-
D'gen Of the brain"
tnese symptoms, he said. were char
's.etlsIlc OF several mental diseases
~ Vn w OF the mental diseases Indicated
q, snSws actions, DR. Evans declared.
,,,i aaoescent insanity. 1t is Character
f,os q the supreme period Of life
JAW 70 ~ years. The person thus
rs,h,o rs known as having a psycho-
,nsa,.. laiht, predispOsition TO mental
1Is.uhess the result OF heredlty.
s,,S aI aler form of insanity Indicated >,
rosia "e witness, SIS known as nara
jsc, M VI nSed insanity on some sub.
tatlsrs w. lhlrd Is manincal, where the
Thtss !lllps from one idea 10 another.
ilsd h., V.ula ana Others are Character
Wtl S,a ule exaggerated ego. They are
can ha nneu forms about which there
~. oe no difference OF opinIon"
,s,a mere and specific name dooto,qn
d, I TMr' Delmas. given 10 thnt Torn,
ri, 'anlly wherein one imaeInes hi,,,'
Horls ySSn'n'presclent-the ruler OF the
,,pi iaal Is included In IL. form ~ In
Viy ~ which ] have referred -
do ~ we disease you descrIha hon,
dltlanss conditions differ from The cor,
spI5ivgs normal man who speaks
.. VT uNsouND MINDS IDEAS.
nor an ordinary normal man sno,,,s
itrs NJ less deliberately on mi mat
Iowiy grave Importance. be ,aitss
nd and his ideas come lo,y,ca1I,,
han6 nhecledly. In a man ~ ~
hmblinhd the IDEAS come rantIi,,
hm ~ over each other uin,ni,,s.
hce la subject 10 another maj a.
ket mus. mus trained observer 10 s,,ss
heans ,unune ss OF mind. To me- n
Gently a si'at the mind has either
ihto sVne through or is iuEt eo,ns
Words 4, ple mental storm, I'm Sthae,,
Of a state ~ either the twilight or dawn
tIplosIon o. mental unsoundnesg or
IDEAS on, by deluslons / mean falsa
b. ars,,e o. which a man canna,
lrgumsn,u by logical and ordinarv
believe WI, Mr- Thaw exhibited what
tgumen,s "sle false ideas which INV
/, When ,t could not shake" NY
Iombs9SS was Your next visit to the
Il beIia,. .