The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-15
BUILDING UP
 THAW'S CASE
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 the prosecuting oficer to raise such an ob5ection.
 r1n crcss-examination District Att tornsy Jerome drew out the fact that Henry Copley, while incapacitated Tor mental work, was never confined.
 pr. William W. & Butler. of Roam oke. Va, former assistant physician at the western Lunatic Asylum. staun- ton. W. Va, where Horace s. Thaw, q confined. was the next witness.
 when pr. Butter was asked as to Horace Thaw's condition up to the time of his death. District Attorney Jeroms objected and was sustained. The District Attorney also obtected to the introduction in evidence of the conn r,ifr6ent papers prepared when Horace Thaw was admitted to the asylum on the ground Ahat they were heresy. MT. Littleton took an exception 10 this rui- ing. ,. e.. merly of the western State Hospitai flor the Insane. at williamsburg, va, where William & Thaw. another cousin 1f inc defendant, was confined, next was called to the stand
 xaeufifea Asylum Records.
 r,v Foster was asked to tdentify the records of the asylum as 70 tne n<lnittance of William s. Thaw, ana ssS rn' When the record was offered fn evidence, Mir. Jerome objected on tbe ground that 1t was incompetent tes- firnony and was sustained
 Wr. Littleton here recalled " nee- mar and succeeded in circumventing the former objections or t1e I". Tsr peemar said he had ceased 70 pc 1srs.ss nhysician after the latter nao r~~r, committed to the institution or ~sshla minded. He was allowed to tell ns Ross's mental condition and oe- elared 1t unsound. .or,,sr
 A interesting witness was Io.mer &@.rhar of Thaw at Woocester,i O., uni sse~sttv who declared the boys conduct "A icng ago as 1886 was irrational.
 -hsrles Koehler of Winona. Minn., --.,n waa d teacher at Wooster Uni yersity, Wooster, O., in lssS' when Harry K. Thaw was stuoent tneI1, took the stand and was askeo so 'es nt 1s vsars of age. District Attorney Je- se,,,e obsscted, but the witness was al- lowed to proceed. and walked jerkily," he said- HIS sven were striking. his complexion s.-ar nhatracted and indifferent. His eves usually had a fixed. staring gaze ! xihnre was never any warmth In his ez.ru--no illumination" Mir. Kochler eafA he sat down many or Thaws ec- centrfcities in a diary which was de- 9froved ten years ago. Thaw's mind a1w9vs worked sIowly and he had ~r~sf d,fIculty in following any dem enssration--hia mind was irrational.
 rsrosa-exanined by District Attorney 1ernrssa. MT. Kochler said 900 boys came nnaer his care at Wooster and since that time as teacher he had been fhrown in contact with l,500 boys or ssss- r,u4o fAA hnw that the memory of Thaw--a pale faced. twitching lad--stood out above tha others. When Jerome asked if the vglfness had carried Thaw along In his mind as q 'horrible example," MT. Lit- fIeton objected and was sustained by tho court
 Mr. Koehier said he had often used Thaw's case as an illustration. He was asked where and when and to whom. '-ro a boy named Bingham" be- gan the witness.
 what BinghsmY' demanded Jerome. "Tshe Police Commissioner
 Tnaw himself joined in a general when the witness said he should use the defendant as the example of the son of a rich man.
 At the conclusion of Roehler's testi- mony the luncheon recess was ordered.
 Afternoon Sesnion.
 Dr. Robert H. Chase, Superintendent of the Friends Asylum for the Insane, near Philadelphia. where Harriet Alice Thaw. a paternal aunt of the accused is confined, was the first witness at the afternoon session. He said he knew Miss Thaw and had examined her from tlme to time as to her mental condi- tton. Invoking again the confidential relationship of physician and Patient District Attorney Jerome prevented the witness from saying what the men tai condition was.
 The original commitment proceed- ings were also offered in evidence but rejected by the court. Mrs. Amy Co., sette. the trained nurse who attended Harry Thaw at Monte Carlo in 1S97 followed pr. Chase on the stand. Mrs, Gozette is an Englishwoman by birth but is now a resident of California. District attorney Jerome objected to any point of privileged consultation as between patient and nurse which Is the same as with physician. Justice enter a waiver.
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 Mrs. Gozette said that while under her care and with a temperature of 104 degrees, Thaw dressed himself one day and stole out. He was gone two hours and came back in a highly ner- vous condition. Mrs. Gozette said that while Thaw was under her care he impressed her as being distinctly ir- rational
 After a brief cross examination Mir l. Green. a newspaper man who wit messed the tragedy and testified last wear that Thaw acted in a thoroughly irrational manner was called.
 Green today described Thaw's ap- pearance as badly Inussed up" and ir- rational. Thomas B. Hanly another newspaper man who saw the killing testified that Thaw impressed him as an fnsane man. Mir. Littleton here asked for an early adjournment until tomorrow because of the non-arrtval of certain out of town witnesses and