The Washington herald., 1909-07-30

Eot out and should have another period
Of dissipation there would be a recur-
renee of your maniacal attack"
NO more in my case than In your
own" was Thaw's snug answer.
do you agree with your alienist. the
learned Dr. Evans''-Jerome put savage
emphasis on the charucterization-"th
you We're a victim Of demenua praecOx
when you shot White?"
Not an AIIenist.
do you?' was Thaw's quick retort
Jerome said that he was not an alienist
Well, neither am I. but I think that
you and / are right and Evans was
wrong"
Jerome then asked FOR Thaw's opinion
Of DR.. Jelifes testimony given at
Poughkeepsie. which was not in accord
with what Thaw and his counsel claimed
at the present hearing As answer
Thaw asked for the bulky volume Of
testimony that Jerome had on the desk
before him, and after thumbing the pages
confidently for a few seconds, he read TO
Jerome tho characterization Of his special
mental trouble that DR.. Pilgrim had given
on the stand al Poughkeepsie
JellifTe. he said, had based his opinion
on false premises gained through misin-
formation. that had been circulated by
the district attorneys Office IN New
York. Then the cross-examiner produced
a large sheaf OF papers; they were writ
ings Of Thaw, he said, which had been
introduced I'm evidence before the com
mission IN lunacy In the lrst murder
trial The sheets contained numerous
newspaper clippings pasted up, with in
terlinear notes. Jerome asked Thaw to
look them over and tell him what they
were.
Rubbish for DeImas.
"Oh. n lot OF rubbish I prepared for
Mr.. Delmas in the first trial. I thought
it might aid him IN making up his ad-
dress TO the jury" was Thaw's reply
Out Of an examination OF that rub
bish" came new light upon some Of the
golden figures and grandiose rhetoric
that the counsel from the Pacific slope
had turned upon blGse New York at the
time OF his pleading for Thaws life.
One clipping was q citation from one
Of the later quartos Of the official writ
ings OF Theodore Roosevelt upon the
subject OF rape.
In Thaw's hand was written a verse
from Matthew xviii: G. another from the
Book Of Samuel, some from Revelations
and q citation from the Electra Of
EuripIdes.
You knowfin his summing UP Delmas
was not to say anything about the killing
Of White being excusable," said Thaw In
explanation cf these auxiliary notes
''Then the 'Dementia Americana was
faT
wickedly.
"Oh, punk" exclaimed Thaw, and he
made one OF his numerous explanations
TO the justice in an undertone too low
10 be caught.
The Gallant st. George.
How about st. George and the Dragon:
weren't you the gallant st. George in that
beautiful picture?"
NO. you've got that twisted backside
foremost" said the witness with an easy
smile.
you see I was not supposed to figure
at all in the illustration. Only the dragon
and 1 need not tell you who the dragon
was" Thaw explained further by de-
failing the history Of that knight who
may have been any sort Of a person
just travelling around"
Jerome spent a great deal of time try
ing to get Thaw TO admit the original
authorship OF a newspaper statement in
manuscript which was a hodge-p0dge OF
meaningless sentences. This paper had
been submitted before the commission IN
lunacy by DR.. Hamilton. Thaw stated
most positively he had made an original
draft OF this statement and had given It
to DR.. Hamilton to copy. But the copy
ing must have been done by a crazy
man." Thaw would not own the author
ship Of It as It stood. II was Just that
evidence, more than any other which the
witness said had led him to distrust
Hamilton.
HRtDin in Evidence.
Next the district attorney CROPPED
around among his mass Of papers and
leather wallets. and brought forth long
hatpln, a dogs head carved out Of
block Of Hnythest, Evelyn Thaw. whose