The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-28
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LIFE OF THAW
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spoken by DR.. Evans when he took the
stand today.
Has Harry x. Thaw delusions or
hallucinatiOns at this timer" asked
Charles Morschauser ThaW'S attorney.
He has not replied Dr. Evans.
In crOss-eXaminatiOn Mr.. jerome re-
minded DR.. Evans that in his former
testimony he had declared that ThaW
was insane d year before he killed
White. The experts answer to this
was that information given by Thaw
had caused him to modify his opinion.
Mr.. Jerome then offered in evidence
DR.. Evans ''brainstOrm' report, which
was one of the factors in gaining YER
dict of not guilty on account of insan-
ity at the second trial The district at
tOrney read the alienist's conclusion
that Thaw at that time suffered from
insanity, and would be subject to out
breaks of the disease in the future. DR..
Evans said that in the compilation of
medical evidence mace by his assist
ants only matter likely to assist Thaw's
attorneys at that time was included.
They found as much or more on the
other side" he remarked, but 1 told
them not to put it in"
while l assumed at the trial that all
the facts upon which this report was
based were true" said DR.. Evans, L do
not think so now"
Arrival of Evelyn.
just before the opening of the after
noon session, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
slipped quietly into the court room. 1t
was believed that she was summoned by
Mr.. Jerome to be on hand in case Thaw
took the stand, but Mr.. Jerome said he
did not expect to call her today.
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victions regarding Thaw when Mr..
Morschauser resumed his examination.
Since the second trial, DR.. Evans said
he had received further important in
formation. Formerly, he considered
Thaw's belief regarding Stanford
Whites treatment of young girls as a
delusion; now he did not.
Susan A. Merrill, who, Attorney
Hartridge said, was present when he
received the mysterious articles marked
as exhibits yesterday, followed DR.. Ev-
ans on the witness stand.
Justice Mills announced: mo woman
should stay in this court room unless
she is willing to hear everything, but I
hold that the courts are public and will
not compel anyone to leave"
Two young girls withdrew.
Mrs. Merrili's Story.
Mrs. Merrill said that during the fall
of 1902 Thaw rented rooms from her in
two different houses. She knew him,
she said, as Mr.. Reed" and MIR. Mon
roe" and also by other names. "Thaw,"
she said, represented himself to be a
theatrical agent engaged in placing
young ladies all over the country for
the stage
Under Jeromes questioning, the wit
cha
found Thaw in his rooms striking girls
with a dog whip. When she told Thaw
he must stop. mis- reply, she said, was
that they weren't smart and could not
get a position on the stage and deserved
a beating"
Dog Whip in Evidence.
The Hartridge package was then
opened. It contained a whip with a
lash two feet long, which the witness
prOfessed to identify as the whip left
by Thaw in her house. She said Thaw
had rooms at her various establishments
until 1903.
why did you let him move around
with you if you say he behaved so bad
ly?' asked Mr.. MorschaUser.
He always promised to be good, and
on the last occasion he said that if I
complained he would kill me"
The witness admitted she had recently
brought suit for 100000 against a New
York man, and after a mistrial she was
arrested and imprisoned for perjury.
Another reason the witness gave for
letting Mr.. Reed" keep his rooms with
her was. in her own words, there was
a Mrs. Reed whom 7 liked very much
DO YOU know where she is nOw?"
In Europe. I think"
A the witness said This EVELYN Tnau
rose TO her feet and leaned forward.