The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-04
PREPARED FOR
1HAW DEFENSE
LAWYERS COMPREHENSION
EXPERT EVANS WILL HE
CALLED AGAIN.
INSANITY ONLY PLEA
To Be Made BY Thaw's Lawyers-
Line Mapped out--story Of
EveIyn's Sreak With
Husband Denied.

] New York, Jan. s.Dr Rrltton n.
i Evans, inventor and patentee of the
i brain storm as applied to criminal
insanity and the other aiienists who
j testlfiedSin favor 81 Harry Keaaal
4 Thaw in his fret trial forFthe Innr.Isf
Tor Stanford White, held i long .eGil
ference today witch Martin Litlleson.
Ian O'Reilly and Russell Peabody =
the formers office preparatory h the
second Thaw trial. which viii begi,
Oh Monday before Jnstice Victor D.
Bowling in the criminal branch of the
Isapreme court.
No statement was given to the pub.
lie but II was learned that straight
plea OF insanity win be urged III be-.
half Of Thaw In the Forthcoming trial
and on this mainly the defense vii
rest its chances. 1t was suggested III
enc of Thaw's counsel that parareia
WAS the only form or insanity that
could be proved In the evidence. ami
that paranoia IL d progressive fern
of insanity which III generally regard.
led az incurable.
Wont such a defense lead Thaw
ITO Mattewan?s the lawyer was asked
Wa found" was the reply that
about one case In o hundred III
,aranaei can BIO cured"
And Thaw Is that hnndredfh
mange
Counsel declined to answer any
more questions.
The insanity plea does net effsr
such an easy escape 70 the defendant
as had been genssally supposed. 1t
ID known, thar District Atfsrney
Jerome VIII not consent to Tna4s
liberation on cay pisa IA sfnsaaIts 8
without making fight. His pan of
campaign n this trial. as in the first.
SO faT as the sanity OF the prisoner
Is concerned. will be to esfab.iss
clearly the form OF insanity from,
which 1t is claimed the defendant Ii
suffering or was suffering at the time
The act was committed IN either
,ase, If the form of insanity Is onS
which medical science says IL incur
lble. the district attorney viii insist
m Thaw being sent to Mattswan.
This fact IL also clearly to be born
n mind: II the trial is halted b..
.ausei OF alleged insanity OF defendant
md Thaw Is sent to the asylum. that
gill not mean that after q few months
! commission may declare him sane
md set him free, On the contrary
Ie can only be set free by verdictof
jury after trial. aud OF he goes To
N asylum and is later declared sane,
Ie must then be returned 10 New
york for trial on the original indict-
ient
, The rcint OF safety about a. SHIRT
ERIN In the asylum. however. Ties in
he imptobabiIity Of any Jury ever
onvictinE man of murder after he
as spent some time in an insane asy
am.
It is practically certain cert4tn that
florence Evelyn Nesbit Thax VII
gain take the stand in her hlsban1's
efense. She is fully prepares fnf {he
rdeal. and this time Is. fortified 81
much better condition OF health than
pom the previous trial.
The story that she and her hnsbanf
ave become estranged aud that
'haw and his lawyers were also at
dds We're today .fatly denied. by an
oncerned. The young woman paid
er usual Walt TO the Tombs prison
oday and spent an hour with her
usband.
O'Reiliy and Peabody also spent
ONE time with the prisoner anil
mong other detiis which cropped out
! advance OF the trial. was the stafe-
rent that Abe Hummel. who a few
'eeks ago vas dying on Blackwelrs
sland. had recovered sufficiently 70
e able TO 20 on the witness stand
hen wanted and give AGAINST Thaw
be same damaging testimony that he