Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-05
DR.. BAKER SAYS PRISONER is
DANGEROUS PERSON TO BE
AT LARGE.
YOUNG MAN EXCEEDINGLY NERV.
Gus UNDER STRAIN OF
THE SITUATION.
DR.. FLINT DESCRIBES PARoNIA-
SAYS VICTIMS NEVER
RECOVER.

White Plains, n. Y, Aug. 4.-Three
Of those medical men known as alien
lists united yesterday to make it un,
pleasant for Harry Thaw, at the trial
Of the case wherein Thaw is demand
Ing his release from Matteawan asy-
Ium. All three testified he Is Insane
One Of the alienists who testified.
DR.. Austin Flint, DR.. William Hirsch,
DIT. Amos T. Baker the last named
gave the most important testimony.
He IS acting superintendent Of Mattea-
wan and testified without compensa-
ton, the only alienist in the case with
this distinction. Justice Mills called at
tentlon to this fact and took hand at
questioning him. Dr.. Baker said that
IN his opinion Thaw is not only insane
now but dangerous person to be att
large
Shortly after this declaration Jerome
called Thaw to the stand ThaW was
pale and apparently shaken and kept
removing and wfpfng his eye glasses.
The district attorney produced some
rather inCOhcrent notes written By the
prisoner and asked him TO explain
them. After parties back and forth and
labOri0us explanations by Thaw as to-
the meaning of certain writings he
said:
And ! want you to now, Mr. Jerome,
that many of these notes you call sug-
gestfUns were written at the request
OF my lawyers" Jerome pointed al
finger at the witness and said:
DO you mean to sit there and tell
us, who observed you in both homi-
Ode trials, that you did not believe
you knew more about the cause than
your lawyers did?"
81 do" was the reply.
You were nice and docile all the
timer"
Il think I behaved myself
Never discharged any lawyers?"
"Oh, yes; / discharged some law
yers.."
AMI yet you did not interfere at
alp"
only when I thought it was abso-
lutely necessary"
Then you did offer some suggestions,
I take it," said Jerome sarcasticaIly.
"Oh, yes, some" was the reply.
DR.. Flint was called and described al
paranOiac as a person dominated byI
certain decisions, whose mental or
physical state might not otherwise be
affected, except as those decisions in
HuaDco hin, rho Jigooco rornIyy ao,,co5
death, he said, and except in the last
stages the patient might retain his fac
ulties unimpaired, He said paTanOia
never attacks a person of untainted
heredity
"Paranoiacs," ne concluded. Impress
lively, never recover"
DR.. Hirsch varied the general yer
dict by declaring Thaw a degenerate
paranoaic."
Charles Morschauser, Thaw's attor-
ney. attacked this testimony with
every expedient. He endeavOred to
show that Dr. Flint had given contra
dictory testimony as expert in the two
previous cases. He caused HirsCh
some unhappy moments by inQuiring
about a book he was writing.
DO you, in this book, claim that
Jesus Christ was a paranoiac?" he
asked.
The aIienists reply was that he did
not like to give an opinion on that
subject.
Alienists today delivered their opin-
ions of Thaw in answer to Jer0me's
Hypothetical question, only a small
part of which was read. 1t dealt main
" with Thaws family history and
early life.
The states alienists will probably
occupy the center of the stage two
days more. Morschauser will continue
today his cross examination OF DR..
Flint and DR.. Hirsch. both Of which
were unfinished. DR.. Charles F. Nc
Donald is yet to be called by Jerome.