Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-30

on the stand this afternoon before
Thaw. =
susan Merrill was the first witness
at the afternoon session. Jerome ex-
ahmed her along the lines of her pre-
vious testimony alleging that Thaw
logged young women at her lodging
house. She described the case of one
particular girl, whom she said she saw
ThaW treat in this manner. "When
MIR. Thaw went away" she said, "he
left money for this girl and for others.
| saw three different girls whipped in
ALL" she asserted.
Under Morschauser's cross-examina-
ton the witness said that her maiden
name was Cahill. She married a man
named Manning, she said. but had the
court change her name to Merrill. She
said that her folks lived at West Med
way, Mass. She had lived with her hus-
band for a time in Boston.
did you ever write letters to Stan
ford White?"
Yes. sir
did he ever call at your place."
yes, few times
Mrs. Merrill said she got acquainted
with White when he called to see about
renting an apartment and later he
called to see about renting her dining
room.
Harry ThaW took the stand at 1.3C
and Jerome's first question was the old
one: Were you crazy when you killed
White?"
Il don't know said Thaw. 81 was
| not medically So
How do you know?'
THE doctors told me So
Did not several DOCTORS" said
jerome, naming four, swear in youl
| presence that you We're unable to ap-
preciate the quality of your acts when
you killed White y
Il think So
AS ThaW took the stand his wife en-
tered and took a seat where she had q
full view of his face She wore tn.
same girlish Scotch plaid dress and
big straw hat that she had on yester.
day. A private stenographer employed
| by ThaW's family took down all thi.
part of the examination.
1 ThaW's demeanor was as unruff1eG
as iii was yesterday and he swung his
palm leaf fan without apparent nerv
BUSINESS. While jerome hunted through
his papers Thaw turned and talked
smilingly with Justice Mills.
| Evelyn Thaw had not sat three min
utes when she went into an ante room
for consultation with Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney Murphy from Jerome.
Office. She returned in few moments
and Thaw's We're perhaps the only eyes
in the room that We're not upon hel
as she passed to her seat
Thaw said he was willing to accept
the Judgment Of IA alienists who sale
he was irresponsible when he killed
| White.
Il think l hay have had brain
| Storm he suggested.
| jerome bounced upon the word.
| What do You mean by brainstorm
| Was it a feeling of sudden anger OF
jealously?"
NO it wasn't jealousy. The alien
| jealousy?"
Jerome's aggressiveness along this
| line seemed to anger Thaw and after
the district attorney had read an alien
] istes long assertion that he had de
mentia precox," or adoIescent insanity
he asked with asperity:
do you think l have dementia pre-
cox" .,-.
NO" replied Jerome promptly, "but
it is not The point
Thaw declared that several alienists
were misled by misinformation derived
largely from the New York district at
torncys office.
Asked how he knew, he said DR..
Jclliffe had told him SO at Matteawan.
Thaw again showed his dislike for DR..
Allan McLane Hamilton. While other
alienists might have been "misled' he
said he didn't think Hamilton was,
You don't think DR.. Hamilton would
testify to a falsehood do your" said
Jerome
Il don't know whether he would or
not"
Jerome turned over to the witness
a number Of newspaper clippings that
Thaw had sent to Attorney Delmas on
the chance that he might find there
something of value in his summing up.
The district attorney defied him to find
anything there of the least value to a
lawyer defending a man on the charge
of murder Thaw fingered the clip
pings for moment. Here is some
thing" he announced, and he read
slowly and impressvely the following
words from one of President Roose-
velt's messages:
"Ihe hideOus crime of rape is the most
ahominable in all the category of
crimes. Moreover in my Judgment the