Evening journal., 1909-08-02
MENTAL RECORD
OF THE THAWS

COURT HOUSE. WHITE PLAINs.
n Y. Aug. Hundreds of curious
women packed themselves into Justice
Mills court room today expecting 70
see Evelyn Nesbit Thaw take the stand
and try to send back to the Matteawan
asylum. the husband whom she saved
from the electric chair by her own
story.
IA District Attorney Jerome today be-
gan presenting the States sides Of the
case and IL is believed Evelyn Noshir
Thaw will be his chief witness IN his
efforts TO prove Thaw hopelessly In
sane.
Friday. Jerome began reading the e,-
cords, the testimony in Thaw's former
trials that related TO insanity. Latcr
he will call upon a squad Of alienis;s
TO pronounce Thaw insane 6n a lengthy
Hypothetical question which he has
formed. based on all the testimony.
Thaw. as confident as ever appeared
in court today. after two days stre1-
uous work I'm his cell I'm an effort %
bolster up his case. Tie has prepared
himself for rebuttal and explain the
Inconsistencies In his cross eXamina-
tion by Jerome.
II is understood that in the event
Justice Mills sends the prisoner back
to Matteawan. Thaw and his attorney,
Charles Morschauser. have determined
that another habeas corpus proceedins
shall be instituted within a very short
time Morschauser smiled confidently
when asked of this today. but both he
and Thaw declined to discuss the ma.
ter
1haw seemed even brighter than ever
when he appeared in the court room
this morning with his mother and sister
the former Countess Of Yarmouth. A now
grey suit replaced the blue one hc ha'
worn since the beginning Of TIRE 'risi
Jerome at once resumed his reading Of
the testimony Of the former murdei
trials. opening with the testimony o
Katherine O'Neiu. who nursed Thaw Al
= child in Pittsburg ana testified 10 hi
abnormal mental traits
Jerome also read into the records tn
testimony Of Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw
the mother Of tho prisoner. giving tn
boyhood mental and physical characters
tics OF Harry and outlining the merlf
history OF the family ON both sides. Thi
was followed by tho testimony OF Bell
b, Morehouse Lawrence, whose kindergar
, ten Thaw attended as a boy. and o
= Abroham r. Beck, teacher IN tho schoc
: Thow attended later. All this testimon
= tended to establish a predisposlto
+. toward mental disorders.
q Jerome hurriedly read the testimon
r. oftDr. Charles A. Bailey. Of Albany
a who testified that he had treated Tha'
= on train when he appeared ira
tional: Of Anthony Comstock. who -tol
Of Thaws attempts 70 have Oh
, "tower room" in the Madison Squar
+. Garden raided and 10 have Whit
prosecuted: OF a physician who treatc
Thaw in Rome. Italy; OF Dr. Horatl
q c. Wood who committed a half-brothe
!, of Thaw to tho insane asylum; an
Burr August Weber. the Thaw butle
y IN Pittsburg. who characterized sey
! eral incidents in Thaw's life as IRA
. tional.
/ The prosecutor then plunged into III
u testimony Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, do
(, scribing Thaw's conduct when she tol
- him of Whites treatment, after Tha
had asked her TO marry him in Pari
Her description of this appearance ar
d conduct on several other occasions WI
also read Jerome paid particular a
~ tention to her story Of an attempt
~ Thaw 70 commit suicide in Paris, al
Of his conduct when he killed White.
70 The testimony of Charles F. Kohls
50 another teacher Of Thaw's. followed
~ Jerome read the names of numb
of witnesses who saw Thaw after q
u shooting or who saw him at the co
81 oner's court where he was arraigne
All OF these said that he appeared !
TO rational. If Thaw loses this case II
e. probable that new proceedings W
shortly begin.