Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-15
THAW'S FREEDOM
IN WIFF'S HAND
EVELYN NESBlT MAY HOLD
KEY TO SITUATION
ATTORNEYS DISPUTE AS TO
WoMAN's TESTIMONY
Technical Fight Over Release of
Slayer of Stanford White from
Insane Asylum Continued
in White Plains
fRv Associated Press.l

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. July IA
Technicalities still close Evelyn
Thaw's lips and the state again failed
to show that the conversation between
Thaw and his wife. in which he is said
to have threatened to kill her, was not
privileged.
She may be recalled tomorrow and
questioned, as this conversation is be-
lieved to have such bearing on Thaw's
sanity that Justice Mills today init
mated to Thaw's counsel he was in
clined to admit it.
Just what is Evelyn Thaw's attitude
toward her husband is puzzltng. 1t
is not generally known whether she
would rather see him free or con-
fined as a lunatic, While she has been
quoted often as repeating in effect
her famous declaration of III stand
by you, Harry" it is reported that in
the event her testimony ultimately
goes against Thaw, his attorney will
call witnesses to show she remarked
she was glad to see him in Mattea-
wan.
The former chorus girl has not
Joined the Thaw family during the
hearing. When she left White Plains
today she Travelled to New York alone.
In her testimony yesterday Mrs.
Thaw said her husband was not sup
porting her properly, but it was
brought out on the stand today that
he is paying her more than $500 q
month.
State Opens Hearing
When the Thaw hearing was re-
sumed in the morning the states rep
resentatives said they had found le-
gal proof TO show the conversation be-
tween Thaw and his wife in the Mat
teawan asylum, in which the state con-
tends he threatened to kill her, was
not privileged. District Attorney
Mack said Mrs. Thaw would be re-
called at the afternoon session.
It was said that this afternoon JUS
tfce Mills would adjourn court until
Monday in order to allow Drs. Flint
and Mcdonald, the states alienistS, TO
make a physical examination of ThaW.
Miss Anna, G.. DaWley, a lawyer OF
Poughkeepsie, testified today that she
had attended to some legal matters
for Thaw when he was in ,ne Pough-
Reepsle Jail and had frequently seen
and talked with him during that time.
He always impressed her as rational.
she said.
Miss Mary Murname, matron at the
Poughkeepsie Jail, testified Thaw al
ways appeared rational.
At this point Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Clark asked that Thaw's counsel
stipulate he would make no objection
10 the state introducing certain parts
of the record of the second trial of
Thaw for the murder of Stanford
White in examining some of their
witnesses.
District Attorney Mack, in cross-eX-
aiming, had been careful to ask if
the witnesses had ever talked with
Thaw about the killing of Stanford
White or the running of young girls.
Invariably the witnesses had consid
cred that a delicate subject" and 1t
had not been approached,
1t is the states theory that one of
the essential characteristics of para
noia, of which Thaw has been declared
to be suffering, is that the patient may
the one subject which was the cause
of the mental arrangement is brought
to mind.
Daniel O'Reilly, formerly counsel for
Thaw and later counsel for his wife,
was subpoenaed by the state this after
noon. His testimony will bear on the
conversation between Thaw and his wife
which the defense claims is privileged.
O'Reilly was present during the con-
Versation.
DIR. Vlademar Sillo, a New York prac-
titioner, testified he had seen Thaw
about twenty-five times in all and that
Thaw always appeared rational,
DR.. Sillo related a conversation with
Thaw at MatteaWan in which Thaw
referred to an incident at the Hotel
Knickerbocl1er in New York in which
Evelyn ThaW figured
II regret very much that she per-
sists in keeping herself SO much in the
public eye said Thaw. but what can
I do? l have done everything I can
for her "