The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-24
HAD iTREAT THAW
| ON RAILROAD TRAIN |
Dr.. Bailey Found Hin, \
Chattering With Bulg
ing Eyes. Y fss &;
T THREE EXPERTS @
FOR L AC H SIDE

~ =
Their Examinations Of Thaw Il
in the Tombs and Of His s
Strange Characteristics. pss
Foreign Witnesses S
on To-Day. "A
NEW YORK, January 2s.--whsn q &
early adjournment Of the Thaw trial
was taken to-day. in order 10 enabto
the attorneys for the defense to PR.
pare their long hypothetical question.
covering all the evidence In the case.
there seemed no longer any doubt that
next week will bring tho second heat-
Ing to a close. d
Justice, Bowling has decided TO llynss
and two OF the defcnse's trio were
heard to-day as to the facts of the
mental and physical examinations they
made OF Harry Thaw In the Ton1bs
following his arrest. no experts fnr
the State have yet appeared, (, and Mr.
Jerome has not Indicated the nlani,er
In which he will combat the testimony
OF the defense. All the docto VIE,
served Mr.. Jerome at the first hearing
arc under subpoena by the defense ~
possible witnesses In surrebutfaf. III 8
Mr.. Jerome turned the table, $yesterdayss
on Mrs. William Thaw by reading to /
the jury the affidavit she made a yearg
ago to the lunacy commission swt Icii
was testing her sons ndition OF mind:
so the defense may show a seemiIjs
reversal by having the States alien
lists admit upon the stand that tf4S
made aftidavits year ago; In which
they expressed the opinion that Harry
Thaw was suffering from incurabls
iparanoia. and had been 4 q victim spt
that mental nlalady for many years.
Justice Bowling held q conference with
all OF the attorneys interested In til "
case before announcing his decision to
limit the amoune of expert testimony.
Last year the defense offered six aSe
parts to answer the hypothetical gu
ticn, against nine for the district aty
torneS. The defense should conclude
Its evidence to morrow. sssg:SSs
Was Stanford Whites Guest.
Or. Charles g. Wagner. OF Bingham.
ton, N. ". and Or Britton d. Evanx,
OF Morris Plains. Ja. bot supsstns
ltsndeutss OF STATE Inst itut 81 Ions { for tha
Insane. were on the stand to-day. In
detailing their conversation with Thaw
In the Tombs. they broug hit out more
! clearly two points which were gl6ssed
lover last year. The tirstsof these swae
to the effect that Thnw had told them
!, that In 1900 or 1901 he had been :
guest OF Stanford White at a. dinner
party In the Madison Square Garden
tower. He had LETT early, and had
been accused of breaking up the party.
Some of the guests did not eat much,
Thaw declared. and the young woman
who sat next to him declared the food
was bad. 81 sssSss
Thaw also told the physiciansi iot the
first time he saW' Evelyn Nesbtt. | Itg
was In la01tin front OF a theatre. .A
pure looking GIRL he described her.
When hi. asked who she was. he was
told the name was Nesbit,s and that She
was a friend Of Stanford White. Thaw
managed afterwards 4 to me eet the girl
at an after-theatre supper In company
with several other chorus people.
European Witnesses To-Day.
The European witnesses who are yet
to be heard for the defense will arrive
tomorrow morning on the steamer
| IAdriatic. which Is expected to dock at
8 a. NJ. The court session begins at:1O o.
|o'clock. and every effort viii be made
| to have them there at that time -
Mr.. Llttletons IS anxious that their eVt-a
dence shall be In before he puts hts
\ Hypothetical question. Besides Drs.S
Wagner and Evans, the question will
be answered for the defense by DR.
Smith Ely Jelifte. OF Columbia INT
vcrslty, who also appeared at the last
trial. !, Ss
Treated Thaw on Train.
Or, Charles u. Bailey. Of Alba n
~. q, was called as the first witnass
to-day. Dr. Galley attended Thaw5 On: On
q New York Central Railway train be-
Tween Hudson and Albany In .Apyil,s
l15Os. n
When I was called in to see l,!pa.s1,,;
] said the witness, Thaw! was chnttertnS
something like shasta. shasta, Gshass sayss
1.-The Pennsylvania runs into I tbo e NS,ys.
York Central, He kept on repeating
(,bulging. and he appeared lunsound.
4 gave him q hypodermc% OF ,nprphl ne
with the assistance the porter When
/ Thaw say the syringe he said Take
4 Iaway that die stuff, I was very &cIe,a,s
i to him and could not detect the sollors
II Of alcohol. .Sl f3ss ssssss
On cross-examlnation Or. Bailey said
II Tlnw did not respond to his lnterrogn-
H tions butSramhlsd on incoherently His
pulse wns4 about 8 0. t
Il Dr. Charles c.. Wagner, OF Bing han, y
I. ton, NJ VI, succeeded DR.. Bailey ON
\ the stand. alHstrict-Atto ttorney Jerome and
\ Mr. Littlcton had a long ,argunle at an
4 to tile tadnllSStpt!lty7 OF sslE}aWsS &stata-
4 ments to Drs, pagner and fE,Snnss Iii
i the sTon,hs following the HON cids. Jus-
II tice Dowling finally hold I'll hat the state
4 Iments were adrt SIS tble as the basis for
i the expert opinion formed ssls,s
j alienist. 81 8is 81
Manner Of gSpeechS Ra bid.
Dr. Wagner said Thaw told OF. his
i sttorts to have Stan ford White punish,
led BY appea ling To- An honyS copast ock
I, ana pistriatY Attorney y rome. H sat td
.i3he had no III tended attacking ites
that Providence took the matter in
i hand, and did ,itS In His own way. Thav
also said he had been 4 10 llewed by y
gGng Of thugs whom White had sn,--s
ployed to engage him In 2 sstreat mar
rel and kick him to death.
3s.Alr.5 Thaw gave me q history of hts
Ilife,"s continued the witness. ie se{s
5Ihe never got along very well al 8schooi,
4 ana once thought OF being n patntar,
4 I'm travelling abroad he had Y met soLns!
/ pretty fast people. bu I had never shssn
A a disslpated man or much In the cons
y pany OF women, b IIe said he raralyssDr
ltnever d frank whi KEY alone. A He alSgsys
!. wanted to talk OF the WTonEx he sH4tAI