The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-11
STATEMENT BY THAW

STATEMENT BY IHAW
YOUNG MrLLIoNAIRE SAYS HE IS
Rsascules the AIfe na61s and District Az
torney jerome ana Declares He
d satisAeA with the
o1tuat1sn.
White Plains, N. r.. Aug. 1o--Reas-
serting his sanity. Harry X. Thaw to-
day issued q statement reviewing the
svidence given In the recent hearing on
his application for release from the
Matteawan asylum.
sustain his contention that he Is sane.
Thaw said that according to the alien.
ists. District Attorney Jerome had
proved him to be zane "forty-five times
over In his long, questioning.
Tbawss abatement follows:
The following h all ! have to say
about the trials:
"Mr. Jerome's witnesses were an un-
professional lawyer and en- unfortunate
woman who contrAdicted each. other:
also three Of his peculiar alienists. and
Or. Baker, who. from his testimony.
mi whf have been on either side, except
nat he showed some unfriendliness TO
us and could not remember any admis-
sion he had made to me and DR.. Pn-
grim. 80.
believe In souls because he had never
seen any. pr. fIirsch affirmed that
their PROFESSION was Incompatible with
religion. Or. Macdonald and DR.. Flint
refused to believe what Jerome had
solemr,ly stated 10 q jury, SO hardly
think any Judge. could believe any o.
them.
that II any insane man was auestlonsu
for twenty minutes as Jerome aues .
toned me. he would assurediy show his
insanity. A. jerome kept this up over
f,fteen hours in all during the trial.
ne uroced me sane forty-fve times
ovef for the alienists said any TWEEN
IN minutes during his ffteen hours "
Wild and extraordinary questions wouiu
have ratified any paranoiac - :.
aFIowever, might have failed as
some other sane men might have, so !
don't consider my testimony one-ten.h
81 Important as the twenty alienists
xrho pereonally examined me and In the
records have sworn MAT I am sane, or
the testimony of sixty-two lay Wit
nesses. Mr. Jerome. at the second trial
after telling the jury why ne had nos
produced Or. Flint and COMPANY. SAID
ne W0niu ehbiAs 49,
Ay,I D. Morgan relates the toll
iowinsr conversation to the same point:
A. great alienist IL going TO operate on
women who has been unconscious Tor
forty years and desires ciear KNOW
edge Of her mental state II sne
reeains any mental faculties. 80 NJ
asked his wife and her frieno 70 wa. zen,
The doctor tells them don't want YOU
IL ace anything OF the operation. out
what I want is to have one pr m9rs
good observers at hand and ! wan.
avsrvfhluc observed and recotiected.'
HIS wife replies, why don't the people
at the asylum do it7 why usy
Because answered the husband
each OF them has q theory ana none
Of them will recoliect ANYTHING thai
donst aaree WITH II. J want real live
human creatures os good AVERAGE M
.Ts seems to me must be Perfectly
sane III hardheaded. sensible nefi VINO
slept in the same room with me- saw
me undress and go to sleep ana WaAe :
up. then eat my breakfast, dinner ana
supper and who took me up on the
rno,,rfafna where / could have left
them miles behind had not been
trustworthy. These and many clergy.
men headed by President Patton o.
princeton. and ladies'. some Of whom
have known me all my life. and bank
ers and manufacturers and police ana
prison keepers accustomed TO ooserv-
ing both sane and insane men. also
city clerks. editors and farmers. law
vars and the Ex-Governor OF the state
ali ana me perfectly sane and none
and anything irrational at all.
aThis seems to me to prove my san
itv ten times better than whether or
not could handle Mr.. Jerome In
fourteen and a half hours debate on ev-
cry possible subject except the alleged
deiusion. which he did not seem 70
want explained. May be explanations
would have spoiled his Hypothetical
tsigned) I'll. X Thaw.
sWhite Plains, Aug. 10. 1903.
Roger O,sfera Talks. y
Pfttsburs, Pa. Aug. 10--Koger
O'Mara has returned to Ptttsburg and
tonight was willing to uneQuivocally
declare Harry K Thaw to be not only
sane. but able to pass lawyers ex-
animation with credit right at the
present moment. SO
Mr.. oMara says Harry Thaw wifi
soon be liberated and will go.to Eu-
rome. "where, in some secluded spot. ne
win quietly rest. never again TO touch
a drop or pack a gun" fsg
Mr. OMara oeclaTeO thhL 4obOtutcaT
no obstacles would be placed In the
way of Evelyn Thaw suing FOR divorce.
How about you and Milton's angelsf
How about the wings?" was asked the
FORMER Chief of Police Of Pittsburg and
sleuth extraordinary to Harry Thaw.
( "I have never taken any interest In
Milton" was Mr.. o'Mara's reply. but
this I will say: 1t only takes assoc
citation with such a grand old lady as
Mrs. Thaw, Harry's mother. for one to
see that she will wear wings some
day.
Mrs. Thaw and Harry deserve all
credit II the boy 10 freed. Evelyn will
not be troubled by Harry's company.
No more white lights OF bubbling wine
for him. He will live in the future for
his mother Harry Thaw Is q safe.
sane man."
Mr.. O;Mara's statement was made TO
the Associated Press Heretofore the
trusted detective OF Harry Thaw has
steadfastfy refused to talk for publ.
cation.
FARMER SHOT DOWN
BY SIX MASKED MEN
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