The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
THAW OWN JUDGE.
His Fate Now Lies In Ills
Own Conduct of Himself.
FACES JEROME WITH CREDIT.
If He Is Insane the States Experts
Think He Will Betray 1t at
the. End of Long Hours
of Gruelling.
FACES JEROME WITH CREDIT.

White Plains, n. Y. July 29.-Harry
X. Thaw's fate lies in his own hands.
For hours he has occupied the witness
stand, while District Attorney jerome,
the man who twice tried to send him
to prison and who once already has
thwarted an effort to release him from
n criminal insane asylum, delved into
his life history.
Thaw emerged creditably from the
ordeal. Whatever Jerome and his
alienists may make of the examination
to the eye and ear Of the layman Stan
ford Whites slayer showed no signs
of insanity on the stand.
Thaw, the members of his family
and his retinue of attorneys and eX.
pcrts are unanimous in their opinion
that he has proved his fitness to be at
large. His friends believe that if he
as he has Justice Mills will have no
choice but to grant his application fol
release from Matteawan.
Thaw's ordeal is not over. He will
remain on the witness stand all day
today and perhaps tomorrow. The
states alienists believe that if he is
insane he will he more likely to betray
himself toward the end when wearied
by Jcrome's continued hammering.
Before he took the stand Thaw
kissed her on the check and frequent.
ly ut critical points in the examination
he shot IL rcassuring glance in her di
rection.
Jerome strove to establish Thaw's
insanity mainly on his alleged halluci,
nations regarding Stanford Whites
treatment of young girls. Time and
again he asked the witness own opin
ion of his mental state.
Thaw'S replies in substance were: 81
have always been sane. medically.
When I killed White may have beer
legally insane for II few minutes. l an
sane now"
ThaW explained the evidence of his
alieniSts at the trial by saying that IN
declaring him insane they had beer
miSlcd. They were told. he said, that
the charges he made against White
were untrue and thcy inferred that the
charges must be dCluSionS.
Three years confinement does moi
seem To have emhittcrod Thaw. He
expresses regret for certain of the
more unsprakable charges which he
made in his will. drawn in 1908
against the man he killed. Although
frequently quoted in the past as moi
,.,,tt ti,,,r I, ,;.- 1,N Il,
sometimes felt regret.
did it touch you with remorse ol
horror that you had taken human
life?" jerome asked.
"Somewhat. but the circumstance.
diminished those feelings Thaw re
piled
what circumstances?
"Well, for one thing. all the lega
squabbling that was going on
At times the witness scored on tht
| district attorney so palpably that thu
whole courtroom joined in his smile O.
triumph. Nothing pleased him more
than the chance to correct Jerome OF
some minor detail of the evidence o
past legal proceedings, which he ha(
AT his tongues end.
! One characteristic episode occurred
when Jerome asked Thaw to eXplail
his hostility to DR.. Allan McLan,
! Hamilton, one of the states forme
alienlsts. Thaw said he did not know
exactly why he disliked Hamilton.
was like the case Of DR.. Fell, he added
"Who is Fell?" inquired Jerome in
nocently.
"Why, don't you know" exclaimed
the witness in real or feigned sur
prise. Then he quoted the lines Of
the we'll known nonsense rhyme: II d(
not like you, DR.. Fell. The reason
why l cannot tell. But this 1 know
and know full WE'LL do not like you
DR.. Fell"
Thaw's mood was not always jovial
He gave the first signs of worry wheI
the district attorney returned later tt
his dislike of DR.. Hamilton and asked
a number of questions evidently de
signed to show that Thaw's prejudict
was something violent and abnormal.
Another line Of questions that made
the witness knit his brows had to d.
with his relations with Evelyn Nesbi
before their marriage. Although
has been alleged that Thaw has broker
with his wife and that she is aiding
the opposition, he showed a strong de
sire to shield her name.
The young woman herself arrived IL
the courtroom dnring this part of th'
examination and rewarded her hus
bands evident consideration for he