The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-30
THAW RATTLED
 ON STAND TODAY
Counsel Interrupts While Jerome Is Chilling Him
 on Legal Insanity.
JUSTICE MILLS WATCHING
Special from United Press.)

| Court House, White Pla1nS, IN =,
 July 3o.-Though he worked far into
 the night with his attorneys, Harry
 K. Thaw was bright and chipper
 when he appeared in the courtroom
 today to undergo an examination at | the hands of his own lawyers in his
 fight for freedom from Matteawan.
 Under guard of Jailer John Hill, of 1 the White Plains jail Thaw, with his | attorney, Charles Morschauser, re-
 mained until midnight last night in
 the court house here going over the
 mass of writings introduced in evil | dence yesterday by Jerome. The documents, all of which were prepar-
 ed by Thaw during his confinement
 in the Tombs, for the Rhetorical ex-
 animation by Dolphin Delmas which confused Thaw on the stand yester- day, and wished to go over them to be better prepared for the examination | by his counsel today. District Attor- l ney Jerome announced yesterday that he would incorporate these papers in
 perts are expected to say that the "Red Dragon and St. George con-
 stttuted a. delusion which proved
 Thaw to be an incurable paranoiac. Undeterred by the frightful heat, the
 courtroom was packed again today when proceedings were resumed.
 Thaw took the stand as soor as
 the court was convened and Jerome returned to the line or dICdCk He TUT lowed yesterday afternoon, pounding the witness to get him to declare what he considered the fourteen alien ists who testified at the murder trial found as to his sanity. Thaw seemed confused as to his ideas of this par ticular point Jerome soon had ThaW ''rattled" He crossed questioned the prisoner on the report Of the al1en- ists. reading statements from the af-
 fdavits of the experts to the effect that Thaw, at the time. suffered from paranoia. Thaw answered that he un- derstood that he was legally but not mentally insane.
 ''What do you mean by legally in sane?" said Jerome, who was quick to perceive that Thaw was weakening. "Oh, I cannot explain that; suffering from a defect of reason" answered Thaw slowly. What is a defect of reason?' asked Jerome. Thaw could not explain and he admitted his in- ability. Jerome kept after him pres sing the advantage he had gained and he soon had Thaw badly confused. Morschauser rushed to his clients as- sistance and esked to be allowed to confer with Thaw for a time
 "No," shouted Jerome, angrily. l blows up on the stand they inter rupt, advise with their aiienists and
 give him no time to pull himself to-
 gether. This is no way to get at his mental condition"
 I am watching it all MT. Jerome" interrupted Justice Mills. Jerome put another question, Here are 14 alien | ists who say you are insane; Jus tice bowling thought you were insane | tice Morschauser refused P release you from Matteawan because you were insane. Now. what do you think about it2'
 feet of reason when I killed White. I was legally insane for half minute.''
 eWhat did you send Partridge to
 the Merrill woman for?" asked Je- rome who had plainly scored. "Be- cause I heard you were getting after
 her and sent to tell her not to
 bother about anything" responded
 Thaw. "Why did you keep rooms at her house?" asked Jerome. I never kept a room there," said Thaw. Why
 did you send money to her?' asked | Jerome. 'T never did"
 Till regarding Ethel Thomas and oth-
 CT girls she accused him of beating | with a dog whip.
 | "Were you guilty or innocent when you were acquitted?" asked Jerome.
 Thaw parleyed and finally said he was | legally innocent 'Did you ever know
 woman in Paris named Ruth Lam
 bert?,' asked Jerome; "No; No. m have
 who explained that some woman had once told him story about his plac- | ing a girl in a hot bath-tub in Paris.
 This, he understood, was the Ruth | Lambert story. Did you never go mo- | toring with Ruth Lambert, the cloak
 model to Maxim's, in Paris?" asked Jerome. ''No-
 ssAnd when you returned was she
 not bloody from head to foot as a
 result of the beating you gave herr" | insisted Jerome. .sNo, I tell you, I
 never knew the woman" answered
 Thaw angrily. Did you pay her two I iv, ,oIr "a cause of this assault?" he asked s.Most certainly not" said Thaw. Je- rome then took up the alleged beat | ing of a bell boy in the Clarendon
 regained his composure by this time,
 al solutely denied the story.
 l When Jerome asked him if he was
 commonly known as Mad Harry" o or
 any more than you are commonly
 known as Mad Jerome or the Crazy
 District Attorney !"
 | Jerome reviewed the number of in cidents told by the Thaw family
 which formed the basis of the insan- | ity defense and when Thaw denied | them, Jerome demanded an explana- ton. 'They were trying to do their best to prove me insane and thus save my 1ife." sai6 Thaw.
 CT understand added Thaw, ''that
 my father made $10 for his country for every S1 he made for himself.'' .''
 Jerome then produced a paper and
 asked Thaw to identify a signature
 attached to it as his wife's. Then
 reading the paper he asked, Did you ever ask a woman to allow you to beat her stating that it would give you great pleasure?" 'sNo, I didn't.'' | Look at this paper end say whether | it is true or not" 'It is not true" Jerome skipped again to the writings of Thaw which were introduced yes- | terday.
 | Jerome took another jump to the story told Thaw by Evelyn of her mistreatment ty White. Didn't you think that story was rather fishy, | about the mirrored rooms, bitter champagne and criminal assaults ?'' l asked Jerome. "You proved that story tue when you cross-examined Eve | Iyn Thaw,'' returned the prisoner.
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