The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-31
IHAW ABLE TO
HOLD HIS OWN
ouesfions by District Attorney
Jerome and the Court
Fully Answered.
CALLS WIFE POOR EVELYN
- EAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO
SIGNS OF INSANITY.

SIGNS OF INSANITY.
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mas the Judge, not the prosecutor, &:
No ruffled the assurance Of Hair g
K Thaw on the witness stand 6:
y toiay Exaggerated ego, the in :.
sera delusiOu that The possessOr is g
Dsrsou of supreme ability and .
inheritance" may prove the bar 9
i: that will keep the doors of Mat e
taawan closed upon him. 9
EVELYN Thaw conferred with the g
. state's attorneys during the day. &.
N1fhing tangible has developed in g
. tbs report that she viii sue for di- g
Z y0rce. 9
White Plains. n. Y, July SO.-NeitheI
Harry K. Thaw nor his counsel,
CHARLES M0rsChauser. showed much in
+s-sst today in a report that Evelyn
Tfsw intended to begin a suit for di-
vorse as soon as the present proceed
ilzs closed.
III is the first intimation we have re
rsive5 OF such a suit" said Mr..
Vwsrhauser and we have received no
notice at al from Mrs. Thaw or her at
t0rn6ys.
Mr.. M0rsChauser said that so far as
he knew ThaW had no intention OF
suing for separation or divorce.
"WII he contest his wife's suit?" the
attorney was asked.
Most certainly if she brings it, D." said
Mr. MOrschauser.
Mrs. Thaw has no ground for di-
v0roe' he continued.
she has always been we'll treated.
Al present she is receiving from the
Ttaw family $500 a year"
L Is alleged Mrs. ThaW viii base her
suit on the revelations of the present
trial regarding Thaw's alleged conduct
al the house of Susan Merrill.
Mr. M0rschauser called attention To
the fact that Thaw had denied these
stories. AS for the Mrs. Reid said
70 have been introduced there by Thaw
as his wife, said Mr. Morschauser.
that part of the story has not been
substantiated,'
Jerome Not Through.
Although District Attorney Jerome
announced at the close of yesterdays
session of court hearing that he was
through with ThaW, he recalled him to
The stand this morning.
The two or three" more questions
which Jerome said yesterday he might
still have for the relatOr proved to be q
long string.
The district attorney started his ex-
animation along the lines that thus far
have yielded his side the best results.
He probed into ThaW's own ideas OF
bis mental condition and contrasted
bis answers with those of the fourteen
alenists who at various times pro-
n0unCed him insane. Thaw chung to
his oft-repeated phrase that he was not
medically insane, although he might
have been legally so when he killed
White Jerome was primed with the
various opinions of the experts, but
IhaW seemed to have them just as &C
clraJely fixed in his mind, and once or
twice corrected the prosecutor. He ad-
mtted that some of the propositions
might have been right; others, he said.
were mistaken" One he declared will
fully presented a distorted verdict.
Thaw's Confident Air.
The court room was even warmer
than yesterday and Thaw had worked
With his counsel until 1880 last night
examining a bundle of JerOme's docu-
mentary evidence which he expected to
nave explained today. Nevertheless, he
presented the air of a man whose task
Is over, a calm confidence that showed
ne was satisfied with his previous
'aoWing and assurance that he was q
match for the district attorney.
Ihaw asked for the reports of sew
e[al experts and pointed out several
alleged Inconsistencies in their testi-
mOly
Well" began Jerome, there were all
uese trained specialists who thought
you were insane"
Not all of them" interrupted Thaw.
] DO not think DIT. Hamilton and DR..
White did"
Ihaw said the alienists thought he
suffered from defective reason" and
Jerome jumped at his chance.
what did they mean by defective
y think the term explains itself"
4. explain it," insisted Jerome, what
20 you think it means?"
Could Not Find Words.
Ihaw looked down and was unable
W mo words to frame his reply He
seemed relieved when Jerome branched
'lV decision of Judge MOrschaUseT.
ss1-lte whom Thaw made his first effort
o. aoefty from Matteawan.
Dll not Judge MOrschauser declare
se- We're hopelessly insane?" demanded
't croSs-eXaminer.
NO said Thaw. He held that I
-S AZ no proved myself sane"
--. Aorschauser asked a word with
''s client. and Jerome protested.
o. ms kind of thing has gone on from
s-7 1Istr he said. "This man gets up
81 tAe air and his counsel interrupts to
7 I'm nm chance to recover himself"
Whatever Judge MOrsChauser may
ne NV said In his decision" asserted
nav know that he thinks now I
Ls-- perfectly sane, for I talked with
i7- TWO weeks ago, and he said So"
explain what you mean when you
ny ny you are legally sane?'" repeated
d. ! am Of the same opinion as 7 told
M jury and as all the medical men
w. ~ nave examined me in the last three
sS sL9ls are and know Judge Nor
s~5 user is that I am now sane.
~ lAere is no danger Of the recur-
'5'--e OF my trouble"
Insane When He Killed White.