The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-15

DR.. John T. Deemar of Kittaning,
Pa, the Thaw family physician, was
the first witness called to the stand.
DR.. Deemar testified that he treated
Harry Thaw for st. Vitus dance and
measles. He repeated this testimony
and told also of attending members
of the Copley family, the mothers
branch OF the defendants antecedents.
DR. Deemar said brother of the older
Mrs. Thaw turned an imbecile.
DR.. Deemar was asked as to the
present mental condition and where
abouts of John Ross, paternal cousin
of the defendant, but District Attor-
ney Jerome objected on the grounds
that the doctor obtained his informa-
ton while acting in a professional
capacity and it would require waiver
from his client before he could testify
Justice Bowling sustained the obJec-
ton over the protest of Mr.. Lttleton
DR.. William S. Butler of 1aoanoke,
Va. former assistant physician at the
Western lunatic asylum, Staunton,
Va, where Horace K. Thaw, pater-
nal cousin of Harry Thaw, was con-
fined, was the next witness. When
he was asked as to Horace Thaw's
| condition up to the time of his death
| Mr.. Jerome again objected and was
/ sustained. The district attorney also
| successfully objected to the introduc-
| tion in evidence of the commitment
| papers prepared when Horace ThaW
| was admitted to the asylum on the
/ ground that the evidence was hear
| say. Mr.. Littleton took an exception
to this ruling.
Defendants Cousin Insane.
| DR.. l.. H. Foster of Norfolk, Va,
| formerly of the Eastern state hospital
| for the insane at Williamsburg, Va,
| where William S. Thaw, another
cousin of the defendant, was confined,
next was called to the stand. DR..
Foster was asked to identify the rec
/ ords of the asylum as to the admit
| tance of William S. Thaw and did so.
| When the record was offered in evil
| dence Mr.. Jerome objected on the
| ground that it was incompetent testl'
mony and was sustained.
Mr.. Littleton here recalled Mr.. Dee
mar and succeeded in circumventing
the former objections of the district
attorney as to the case of John Ross
DR.. Deemar said he ceased to be Ross
physician after the latter had been
committed to the Hope institution OF
feeble minded. He was allowed &c
tell of Ross mental condition and
declared il unsound, the symptoms be
ing maniacal,
Charles Koehler of Winona, Mimi.
|. who was teacher at Wooster univer
sity, Wooster, o., in 1886, when Harry
} Thaw was a student there, took the
stand and was asked to tell his i'm
pressions of Thaw as boy of sixteer
or seventeen years. Mr.. Jerome OBJ
!; jected, but the witness was allowed
Z to proceed. Harry Thaw always had
] a nervous gait and walked jerkily, he
]. said. His eyes were striking, MS
i complexion anaemic. His manner IL
: the class room vas abstracted and In
!. different. His eyes usually had
I fixed, staring gaze. There was nevel
el any warmth In his eyes, no illumina
, tion."
II Mr. Koehler said he set down man.
of Thaw's eccentricities In diar.
q which he destroyed ten years age
J, Thaw's mind always worked slowly
0 His mind was irrational. Cross-exam
}, ined by District Attorney Jerome MI
+ Koehler said 200 boys came under hi
d care at Wooster and since that tim
/. as a teacher he had been thrown II
I contact with $500 boys or more. Tn
witness insisted, however, that tn
memory of Thaw, pale faced, twitcf
ing lad. stood out above the others.
Will Be Total Loss.
st. Johns, N F., Jan. 15.--The Bri
: ish steamer Tolesby, bound from Ga
weston for Havre, went ashore durin
heavy snow storm at Fresheathe
point, Cape Race. 1t is thought tn
vessel will be total loss. The cre'
| ia safe