The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-02
MAY PLACE
JEROME ON STAND
Thaw's Attorney Wants to
Prove Stanford White
Stories.

WHITE PLAINS. n. z. Aug -
Hundreds of curious women packed
themselves into Justice Mills court
room today expecting 20 see Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw take the stand and try to
send back TO the Matteawan Asylum
the husband whom she saved from the
electric chair by her own story.
District Attorney Jerome today began
presenting the States side of the case
and it is believed that Evelyn tsiT be
his chief witness in his effort 10 prove
Thaw hcpelessly insane.
Jerome viii call upon a squad Of alien
lists to pronounce Thaw insane. He will
ask lengthy hypothetical question
which he has formed, based on all the
testimony.
Thaw, as confident as eter, appeared
IN court this morning after two davs'
strenuous work in his cell in an effort
70 bolster up his case. He has prepared
himself for rebuttal and to explain thS
Inconsistencies in his REORGANIZATION
by Jerome
1t is understood that IN the event
Justice Mills SENDS the prisoner back 10
Matteawans ThaW and his attorney
CnarleS MOrschauser, will institute
another naDeas corpus proceedings. Nor
schduser smiled confidently when asked
OF this today but both he and Thaw
declined 10 discuss the matter.
IL IS rumored about the court house
that Attorney Morschauser intends
placing Jerome on the stand in an effort
10 make the New York prosecutor admit
that Stanford White was guilty Of
crimes against young girls which Thaw
alleBed. jerome has been trying to
make It appear that these crimes were
0eiusions in the brain OF Thaw
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Jerome has evidence which will prove
that the crimes really occurred and
were not, therefore, decisions. Such a
move, II successful would strengthen
IhaN's case.
Thaw Looks Better.
Thaw seemed even brighter than
ever when he appeared in the court
room this morning with his mother
and sister, the former Countess or
Yarmouth A new gray suit replaced
the blue one he has worn since the
beginning Of the trial.
Jerome at once resumed his read
ing OF TIE testimony of the former
murder trials. opening with the testi-
mony of katherine O'Neill, who nursed
Ihaw as child in Pittsburg. and tes-
tilted to his abnormal mental traits.
Reads Mothers Testimony.
Jerome also read into the records the
testimony Of Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw,
mother Of the prisoner. giving the boy
hood mental and physical Characters
tics Of Harry and outlining the men
tai history Of the family on both sides.
This was followed by the testimony Of
Belle MOrehouse Lawrence. whose kin
deTgarten Thaw attended, and OF Abra-
ham R. Beck, a teacher in the school
he went 70 later. All this testimony
tended to establish a predispOsition to-
vvaTG mental diry9TdPrg
Testimony of Alice c. Fletcher, a
friend of the ThdWs. who holds a fell
lewship in the anthropological depart
ment OF Harvard followed. 1t also re-
viewed the mental condition Of ThaW
during his youth, and up 10 the time
OF the murder of White. Christopher
Baggins' testimony CAME next. He was
the steward of the New York Whist
Club, where he saw chaw the day be
fore the murder He described ThaWs
actions as peculiar, and said he seemed
irrational a SINH ar conclusion was
reached by trained nurse who at
tended Thaw at Monte Carlo, and whose
testimony was read.
Many More Witnesses.
jerome hurriedly read the testimony
Of DIT. Charles A. Bailey, of Albany.
who testified that he had tTsated Thaw
on a train when he appeared irFational
CT Anthony Comstock, who told of
IEdW attempts TO nave the tower
room - the Madison Square Garden
Taided and 10 have White prosecuted: OF
a physician who treated Thaw in Rome.
Italy; of DIT HOratiO c. Wood, who
com mitted a half-bSOther Of ThaW TO the
asylum, and Burr August Weber, the
Thaw butler in PEtsburg, who charac-
terized several incidents in Thaw's life
as irrational
The prosecutor then plunged into the
testimony of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, de-
scrS0ing Thaw'S conduct when she eold
him Of Whites treatment, after Thaw
had asked her 10 marry him in Paris
Her description Of his appearance and
conduct on several other occasions was
also read. Jerome paid particular at
tention TO her story of an attempt By
Thaw to commit suicide in Paris, and OF
his conduct when he killed White
The testimony of Charles f. Kobler,
another teacher Of Thaws, followed
Jerome read the names OF a number OF
witnesses who saw Tnaw actar the
shooting, or who saw him at the coro-
ner's court, where he was arraigned.
All Of these said that he appeared IL
rat fenaH