Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-30

Wife Sits Near Thaw
As the witness took the stand his wife
entered and took seat where she ha1
a full view of his face.
A private stenOgrapher employed by
| ThaW's family took down all this part
! of the examination.
| Thaw's demeanor was as unruffled as
| it was yesterday, and he swung his
| palmleaf fan without apparent nervous
ness. While Jerome hunted through his
papers Thaw turned and talked smil-
| ingly with Justice Mills.
EVELYN Thaw had not sit three min
utes before she went into an ante
room for consultation with Assistant
District Attorney Murphy. She re
turned i'm q few minutes and Thaw's
were perhaps the only eyes in the room
that were not on her as she passed 10
Thaw said he was willing to accept
the Judgment of fourteen alienlsts WHO
said he was irresponsible when he killed
White. ...
I think I may have had a brain
storm, 30 he suggested.
Jerome pounced on the word.
"What do you mean by 'brainstorm? ?
! Was it a feeling of sudden anger or
| jealousy?'
mo. it was not jealousy. The alien
lists have explained it
Thaw Becomes Angry
Jerome's aggressiveness at length
seemed to anger ThaW, and after the
district attorney had read an alienists
assertion that he had "dementa pre-
cox" or adolescent insanity he asked
DO You think I have dementia
precoX?" ,,...
! this is not the point
/ Thaw declared several alienists were
misled by misinformation derived
! largely from the New York district
| attorneys office.
Asked how he knew this he said DR..
! JelIiffe had told him so at MatteaWan.
Thaw again showed his dislike for
! DR.. Allan McLane Hamilton.
While other aIenists might have been
misled, he said he did not think Hamil-
ton was
"You don't think DIT Hamilton would
testify to a falsehood, do you"' asked
! Jerome.
not"
Jerome turned over to the witness a
number Of newspaper clippings that
| ThaW had sent to Attorney Delmas on
the chance he might find there some
| thing of value in summing up. The dis
trict attorney detied him to find any
thing there Of the least value to the
lawyer defending a man on the charge
Of murder ThaW fingered the papers
| a moment.
Reads from Roosevelt Message
Here is something" he announced
and read slowly and impressiyely the
following words from Cne Of President
ROOsevelt's messages:
The hideous crime of assault is the
most abominable in all the category OF
crimes. Moreover i'm my judg-
ment, tho crime of assault should al
ways be punished with death
ThaW read several other extracts in
Guiding letters he received in person
and editorial comment.
From the sheets in his hands ThaW
read also quotations from the Bible and
from The poets ON the subject of wrongs
to young girls and children.
Find that thing about st. George,
ordered jerome.
This proved to he the following note
addressed to Delmas.
THE book ] send you is Percy s
roliQucs about ST. George, with a verse
marked"
WAS your iIea that Dclmas should
likon you TO St GeorGe?' asked Je-
rome.
Tells Dragon Story
mo; the story as remember it, was
dbbuN il'' 'iL f'tr''ll anu ina w NNilI VII
to tell tho familiar story,
"The idea Ire said, was that Mr..
White was 10 be- Gkened to the
dragon
Jerome dropped the clippings and
held up Il little note containing a pen
and ink drawing.
Are you willing This should be
shoWn?"
Most certainly not
"Why not"
Because it is addressed TO my wife
and only proper for her tu aCc."
Don't you want us to find out
whether you. are crazy or uot2'
! Yes"
"Then why don't you want this let
/ ter read. Isn't. this am obscene lotter?"
/ demanded jerome, holding il out
ut might be if written to another
mans wife, but not written TO mue.'
Thaw was asked to identity "a gold
4 hat pin with a miniature dogs head ut
/ the end.
/ He said he had seen il before.
/ WAS it ever the end of Il Whip2'
/ 1T must have been the handle of d
/ parasol."
| Thaw denied ever referring 10 White