Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-30
BOWLING DASHES
PRISONERS HOPES
JUSTICE WHO PRESIDED AT LAST
TRIAL DENIES APPLICATION TO
REMOVE THAW FROM MATTEA-
WAN TO OTHER INSTITUTION.

Bowling today denied the applica-
ton Of Harry X. Thaw to be re-
moved from Matteawan asylum
for the criminal insane to some
other institution. The decision
said: "If after sufficient obser
-ation it is found proper to re-
move him to some other instttu-
tion the state can authorize the
act"
Justice Dowling's order is not
operative for the present at least,
as Thaw is now in the custody
and under orders Of Justice Mills
at White Plains.
White Plains, N. Y, June 20. -
Harry K Thaw arrived here from
Poughkeepsie this morning in custody
of Sheriff Townsend and Deputy Ha-
yens. He was taken before Judge
Mills, where his council, Chas. Nor
schauser and Francis Bartlett, urged
the judge to grant Thaw a trial by
jury to determine Thaw's mental con-
dition. Thaw enjoyed the ride down
the Hudson.
Its the first time rye seen the
country to any extent in two years."
he said.
He was in fine spirits and declared
his stay In the Poughkeepsie jail had
hedped him because Of the better diet
permitted.
Case Continued for Two Weeks.
Judge Mills adjourned the Thaw
case until two weeks from today when
counsel will submit affidavits and argu-
ments on the question Of jury trial.
Thaw was remanded to the Pough-
keepsie jail.
Judge Mills Favors Jury Trial.
Prior to the adjournment and after
counsel for Thaw and District Attor-
ney Jerome had submitted an argu-
ment on the question of jury trial,
Justice Mills said:
Il believe it should be only a mat
ter of time when this man ought to
have a jury trial. I am not prepared
to say whether it should be now or
LATER
Thaw was taken back to Pough-
keepsie this afternoon.
Thaw Talks to Reporters.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 29.-On
the eve of his departure this morning
for White Plains, where his new writ
of habeas corpus is made returnable,
Harry K. Thaw received reporters In
the room Of Sheriff Chanler in the
Dutchess county court house, where
he has been coflned since the begin
ming, eight weeks ago, Of his first
habeas corpus proceedings which re-
suited unsuccessfully before Justice
Morschauser.
Before the former writ was served
we knew from our alienists that my
sanity was perfect said Thaw, "end
we therefore made no adequate pre-.
paration for the hearing before Judge
Morschauser.
''The doctor at Matteawan told my
lawyers and me and told DR.. Pilgrim
in the middle of April, after I had
been there ten weeks. that he and
DR.. Lamb had watched me carefully
and that they were positive I had not
the slightest symptom of paranota
After what he had told all these gen
tlemen, we were not prepared for the
way he testified.
''In consequence Of this, although
Mr.. Jerome did not prove my sanity
we did not prove my sanity as thor
oughly as we should have done, and
my short testimony late the last night
did not improve our case.
There was a general feeling tina,
the present question was connected
with my trials, whereas it is simply
whether / am now in my right mind
All the doctors who have seen and
examined me have no doubt of my
sanity whatever, with the exception
Of DR.. Baker, and until the writ was
served and he visited New York nc
one could be more positive than he
was that had no delusions Of any
kind and was absolutely free from
paranoia.
81 may add that after the service
of the writ my lawyers prohibited me
from speaking to Dr. Baker in an,
way about the case DR.. Baker dit
testify as you will see by the min
ptes of the trial, that neither he MOI
Or. Lamb believe in the maniac de
pressive story
Under all these circumstances,
cannot object to Judge Morschauser'.
decision, but my counsel wish to pre-
sent the case carefully and they hav;
no doubt as to the result