Evening star., 1908-01-23
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blacSguard" The witness spent half an
hour iii the description of tests of nerves
and senses. all of which lie declared were
applied to Thaw.
Dr.. Wagner next gave description OF
the illusions delusions. hallucinations.
etc.
After a conference Of the attorneys
with Justice Bowling to limiting the
expert testimony as far as possible. tue
luncheon recess until pm, was ordered.
Yesterdays Proceedings.
That the end OF the second Thaw trial
is fast approaching was indicated yes
terdav when DR.. Charles G.. Wagner. The
first of tae alanists TO he called by the
defense took The stand for his preliminary
examination. Mrs. Thaw. mother of the
defendant completed her testimony. The
kindergarten teacher who had charge OF
Harry Tlraw Il lad Of s.N also test
fled. and the dav marked long stride
toward the conclusion OF the celebrated
case
Mrs William Thaw. still unable to walk
unassiStad. because OF her recent Illness.
not long upon the stand She toic
OF Tuaw'S early life. OF influences before
Of two Of her brothers. She was not
eross-exa mined. Nj. Jerome contented
himself with reading Ia the jurors the
affidavit made by the elder Mrs. lhaW
last year when the question Of her son
sanity was before luGacN conmlSSlon
In that affidavit she declared that in the
direct line of descent there had been no
insanity in Harry Thaws family for four
generations. As TO the collateral cases
Mrs Thaw said in the ffidavit there were
la,Yt tyJ, aa1
for IN ner statement to the commission
Mrs Thaw also resented the insinuaton
which she said she had been Competed 10
suffer because Of the newspaper reports
uf insanity in the family and she asserted
that there were no family secrets TO hide
and thee was no skeleton to be barred.
Triumph for Jerome.
Mrs. Thaw went bravely through the or
deal OF telling about the taint Of insanity
running through her own and her nus
bands families it the close of her direct
examination she was allowed to leave the
stand. by consent; of the district attorney.
Before the door OF the witness room had
fairly closed behind her totterng figure
Mr.. Jerome sprang the most dramatic
coup of the trial.
Il will read to the jury the affidavit
made ~ Mrs. Thaw at the time of the ap-
point ment CT = lunacy commission IN the
last trial.. Mr.. Jerome said, and at once
plunged into the text o. Mrs. Thaw's affi-
davit subscribed to March %. 1907.
As lie read. sentence by sentence. the
words of Mrs Thaw. as she wrote them
in her pride Of family year ago. rose up
Ia contradict the testimony she had given
five minutes before. The jury listened III
tently 10 the reading of the affidavit.
When ii was finished there was silence
ia the courtroom for several minutes. The
district attorney made no comment on
what he had read.
Il wish to empha ticaliy state.' ran one
sentence o. the affidavit. that in the di
rect linz of des cent for four generations,
If We exclude that of the defendant him
self there is no trace of either eplipsy or
insanity. LSt me say once for all there
Is no secre-'tn be guarded or family skeie
ION TO be hidden on either side O. the
family Of nc defendant"
Language of His Own.
Mrs. Belle Morchouse Lawrence. who
taught Harry Thaw in her kindergarten
school at Pittsburg. said:
Harry was a delicate Child with a
large head. He was always brooding He
would stand with his mouth wide open
and his eyes were blank and peculiar.
When he came TO me he was five years
and eleven months old. but his speech was
unintelligible. After three weeks | found
he bad language of his own. l had TO
give him private lessons.
= Harry often would &c overcome by Pc
rods OF excitement or paroxysms of teIn-
per, and when he had nearly reached con-
yuisions il would be necessary TO carry
him bodily from the room and pour cold
water on his wrists and place cold cloths
on his head to cool his blood. These out
breaks occurred twice day at times. The
days when there was no trouble were
rare. After the application of water his
face would become calm and languid.
Were his outbreaks directed against
anybody-aga inst any other child?
No: but he sometimes would try to
beat against tho wall with a chair
Mr Jerome on cross-eNamination said:
'iou gave him only cold water for his
tantrumsc'
Yes"
did you ever try Spanking him for his
tantrums?"
No
THAT is all
ON redirect examination Mrs. Lawrence
said after consulting an eminent authority
she tried corporal punishment once. but
il did TO good
Il didn / say anything about punish
mcnt: | said spanking. interposed Mr. Je-
rome TO which Mr.. Lltt!eton retorted: Il
am familiar with your attempts at alleged
righteousness about serious matters, but |
am trying TO ascertain serious facts.
Justice bowling stopped the contro-