Evening star., 1908-01-15
MANY NEW WITNESSES
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them: We don't serve anything but
mineral waters at the club. sir.
But every member has a locker"
Yes. sir
And they keep all they want in the
lockers?"
Yes. sir: I guess So sir"
And drinks were served from the
lockers that day.?
| really don't know. sir
At bridge Thaw generally was able
to hold his own, the witness guessed
Thaw More or Less Nervous.
The witness said Thaw had been more
or less nervous ever since he had
known him. Thaw was at the tele-
phone for the better part of an hour
the day of the tragedy and the wit
ness heard him repeat This is awful"
Thaw's nervousness increased notably
during the last years the witness had
known him.
Miss Matilda Stein. who was a telephone
operator at the Grand Hotel in 1903 and
1904, when Thaw was a guest there. tes-
tined that she knew Thaw under the name
of Farr- She saw him often and his eyes
were always staring and bulging. His
manner was irrational. One morning
ThaW put in seventy-five telephone calls
in less than three hours. One morning he
ordered his brea kfast three times in TWEEN
ty minutes.
On cross-examination Miss Stein said
Evelyn Nesbit also was guest al the
Grand under the name of Miss Farr.
wasn't ic the morning after she left
that the seventy-tive calls were put in?''
asked District Attorney Jerome.
The witness was sure IL was not be-
cause Miss Nesbit had put in several that
day herself. One, the witness remem-
bered. was to Burr Mcintosh
Mrs. CarOlyn Towpry and Villa n, A
Johnson. newspaper writer's. who wit
messed the tragedy, declared in turn upon
the stand that Thaw impressed them as
decidedly irrational. Lionel Straus por-
trait painter and eyewitness. who 1esti-
fed at the first trial. also characterized
Thaw,s actions irrational. Francis
McGuiness, who was a member of the
coroner's jury which conducted the in
Thaw at the inquest appeared irrational.
Jurors Ask Questions.
While Henry Schafer. another member
of the coroner's jury, was testifying that
Thaw appeared irrational at the inquest.
and after the attorneys had concluded
their questioning. Foreman Gremmels
put a question for the jury:
Did Thaw's eyes appear then as they
do now?' he queried
mo, sir" said the witness
Henry w. Schmall. another member of
the cornOrers jury. also testified as to
the defendants irrationality. They all
said the jurors discussed Thaw's mental
condition after rendering their verdict.
Mr.. Littleton here sprung something of
a surprise by asking the witness if he
ments on the mental condition at the for
mer trial He replied in the affirmative.
Did my remarks influence your judG-
ment?' demanded Jerome.
In n Col,,,
The luncheon recess here was taken.
Brief Afternoon Session Yesterday.
The afternoon session yesterday lasted
only an hour and a half. Four witnesses
were examined the testimony Of all of
them bearing on the mental condition of
the defendant at various periods of his
life. The early adjournment was ordered
because certain witnesses upon whom Mr.
Littleton has been depending failed to ar
rive. 1t is expected that they will all be
on hand today
The afternoons work. however. empha-
sized the conflict that began in the MORN
ing as soon as the defense began to try
to show insanity among Thaw's relatives
Mr.. Jerome kept right on invoking the
law that no physician shall testify to acts
learned in his professional capacity unless
the patient gives his consent In open court
DR.. Robert H. Chase of Philadelphia
was the first witness to take the stand
after luncheon. He said that he examined
Harriet Alice Thaw in 1904 with reference
to her sanity. and that subsequently she
was committed to an insane asylum in
Frankfort. Pa. where she still remains
Mr.. Littleton asked the doctor to go into
the details of his examination, but Mr.
Jerome was up in an instant with his old
objection. and Justice Bowling promptly
sustained him. The record of Miss Thaw's
commitment to the asylum was also
barred out.
Cared for Thaw in Europe.
Mrs. Amy Crossett of San Mateo. Cal,
followed the doctor on the witness stand
She is a trained nurse who has lived
much in France. and she testified that in
1897. when she was following her profess
sion in Monte Carlo. she was called by a
physician at that gambling center to take
charge of Harry ThaW. who was i'll in
bed at a hotel
What was his appearance the first time
to be headed off by Mr. Jerome's objection
that this information was confidential
Justice Dowling held that view. too.
1T is plain said Mr.. Littleton. that
the purpose of the district attorney can be
nothing else than to provoke the personal
waiver of this defendant"
THE purpose of the district attorney"
snapped Mr.. Jerome. ''is to comply with
the rules of law as he understands them
There was a brief consultation among
Thaw's attorneys. and Mr.. Littleton then
said that the defendant would waive the
privilege if opportunity were allow ed.
Thereupon Justice Bowling read the stat
utory question to Thaw. demanding If he
waived his privilege SO far as the witness
then on the stand was concerned.
Il do" replied Thaw. almost inaudibly.
Testifies With Thaw's Consent.
Mrs Crossett was then allowed to say
that Thaw looked anaemic, that he was
nervous, that his eyes were wide open and
his movements uncertain. He had high
fever and he was constantly beginning
letters which were seldom finished and
which she destroyed without reading
them. Later, when he got better. she
saw that he was uncertain on his feet.
Once he asked the doctor if he could go
out. ana en- being forbidden to do so took
the first opportunity he had when the
went out, being gone two hours. When
he came back she noted the same symp-
toms of nervousness she had seen the
first time she saw him.
He continued to write letters, but seldom
finished any of them. They were very
badly written. He impressed her from
the first as Irrational. Mr.. Jerome's cross
ing that the medicines Thaw got from
the doctor were only such as fever pa
rients usually receive.
Stories Of Newspaper Reporters.
Martin Green, reporter on a New
York newspaper. who was a witness for
Thaw at the first trial. was then called.