The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-28
INSANITY Of TYAlV
J MANIAC DEPDEsaIyE''


the nurse assigned to him and wante.
! him to employ a whole staff OF nurses
SO he might lind one he liked. When lie
was IN bed the patients eyes glaret
| into vacancy The acute attack at thu
hospital continued six days, He had nj
fever at any time. Els talk was large.
~ incoherent. There wes no evidence
OF alcoholism. DR.. Wells said he saw
Thaw in 1901, 1902 and 1909 or 1901
He treated him at these times, but there
were no acute symptoms as In 1899.
On cross-eSanination by Distrin,
Attorney Jerome. Dir. Wells said thu,
at the time he treated Tliaw In 1899 ne
mad made no particular study or men.
tai diseases, and had had but little ex.
perience along that line. The witness
said Thaw remembered GONE or the
things that happened during his out
break and was anxious to apologize,
especially to the nurse.
Nurse Thought Him Irrational.
Miss Lillian MacBriac. OF London q
professional nurse, said she was called
IN To attend Thaw as nurse in Bis
rooms in London in July, 1899
Ithaw was very restless and excited,
and his talk was incoherent. The eS-
preston of his face WAS wild, and al
though he had no temperature, he con-
ttnually complained OF tile frtghtful
heat. There was no evidence OF ;alcu-
#holfsm. His acts and appearance Inn
pressed the witness as .'Irratipnal;'
The third OF the foreign witnesses
was DR.. Burton Grown. of London, Iii
Mas in March 1909. that tile witness
vas sailed TO attend Thaw in Rome
He diagnosed the ease as one OF sin1ple
or mild mania. There was no evidence
Of alcohplsm. The mania lasted about
,sarty7sIS hours.
DIR. Maurice 6.auga. OF Paris, who at
tended Thaw in purts In the spring of
1901, when he attempted suicide by.
swallowing 8laudanum, described Thaw's
condition, but said he had not ding
nosed 1t as laudanum poisoning. AT
first he thought it was ptomaiie poi
IsCning.
The Long Question Asked.
pr. Smith Ely Joiliffe. OF Columbia
University. was. sworn, and it was
asreed that the Hypothetical question
should be read to him DR.. Charles e..
wagner Of Binghanlton, n. Y. ana
Bt. Britton p. Evans, OF Norris Plains
\. j., ~ the same time.
Mr.. littleton took one hour and
forty-five minutes To read the question,
After a half-hour recess pl.. Wagnn,,
WAS called, and he said Iii answer &,
atSoLioiis5 t!is.I lie believed ~ nav
WIS suffering from Il detect Of reason
Wien he killed Stamford White. sIsr
~ aSner was asked to explain .s,laniac
aepressiy insanity to the jury. The,
witness said 1t was Il circular form of
INSANITY where periods OF maniacil vio-
lencc were followed by spells OF 40.
preston or me ancholia and then by
Il period Of sanity. tho same process
recurring from time TO time. Drs
Exams and Jeliiffe each stated the
opinion that 9rhaw did not know the
nature tile quality OF his act or that
the act was wrong. Justice powing
also questioned Dir. 1elliffe as to symp-
toms Of manias Oppressive insanity.
District Attorney Jerome said maniac
Oppressive" Insanity was a new one.
Y In the case, and he wanted the cross
examination OF the witness 10 goSoyers
until Tomorrow. Justice Bowling over
ruled this request. ia
1cramc AID Experts.
Mr. Jerome asked Or. Evans IL he
Gid not testify ~ the last trial thai
Thnw5 was suffering from a brain
Storm When he Finally said yes !,
Air Jerome tIramatically dropped n