Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-27
THAW SOUND IN
MIND AND
BODY
TESTIMONY OF ALlENlST
IN WHITE PLAINS COURT
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White plains, y. " July 26
Alionists today began their slow
march across the stage tn the rhaw
case The efforts of Stanford Whites
slayer 10 obtain his release from the
MatteaNan asylum are eliminating
i'm the testimony of the experts called
to prove him sane and when they are
through the prisoner viii take th
stand himself
In two respects the hearing was a
reminder of Thaws two trials for
killing White. District Attorn y
jerome of New York at the request
of the attorney generals office, APP
peared in court and took entire charge
of the states case Mr.. Jerome anG
rhaW sat SO close together that their
chairs touched. bat il the prisoner had
any fear of the man who prosecuted
him, his Face did not show it, Az
but one of the witnesses were ThaW g
today, and his equanimitN was undis
turbed At times he and Mr., jerome
chatted ana smiled like ola friends
reunited.
The other familiar figure was Or.
y
insane asylum at Morris Plains,
famous for his Introduction at the
earlier trials of the term "braiu
storm Dr Evans was on the stand
when court adjourned. lie testified
that Thaw has not now ana never
had the kind of insanity known ass
"paranoia." which the state and
county authorities contend sim af-
nicts him.
DR.. Henry Ernest schmidt aged
eighty, qualined as an alenist. anl
Dr. William j Mirror testified in his
capacity OF White plains jail physi-
cian. which gave him numerous op-
portunitics of seeing and talking with
Thaw Both said Thaw was mentally
sound
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw ala not come
to white Plains today. Mr.. Jerome
said that she was still under sub
pooua and might bc called for cross
examination after ThaW testilics Or
Evans said today that during a ro-
cent tank with Thaw in the jail the
prisoner declared his Wife's assertion
on the stand week before last that
Thaw had threatened her. was false.
ThaW is expected to repeat this ON the
stand ana the state may cal his wife
to make the charge once more.
Expert testimony began with the
first witness, DR.. Henry Ernest
Schmidt of White Plains
District Attorney jerome then took
charge of the case for the state
pr Schmidts conclusion after
numerous examinations of Thaw i'm
White Plains was that his condition
both mental aud physical was nor
NAL, excepting his heart, which beats
"a tribe too fast The witness read
condensed history OF Thaws life COM
piled from interviews with the pris-
oncr
Il found Mr. Thaw.' concluded Dr
Schmidt, logical, memory excellent
attention to argument good. and con
trol of his emotions normal
Paranoia the KIND Of insanity with
which the authorities allege ThaW isl
was discussed by the Wit
ness who said there were varieties of
this disease from which the patient
might recover.
NIr. Jerome questioned DR.. Schmidt
for more than an hour paying par
ucular attention to Thaw's ideas re-
gardmg stanford Whites private life.
The witness said Thaw had discussed
This subject with him, but he did not
its bearing important on the
question of Thaw's mental condition.
During his cross-cXamination, Mr
Jerome asked Dr. schmidt You say |
now that this man Is IT, i'm your opin-
ion. to be turned loose In this COM |
without any restraint What- |
,ver2"
II do" replied DR. schmidt