The sun., 1909-06-18
THAW AGAIN IN COURT.
Question Of Place Of Insanity Trial to BE
Decided by Justice Gsynor.


WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. June Hilary
X. Thaw was produced here to-day
before Supreme Court Justice Isaac
N. Mills on the writ Of habeas corpus
obtained by his attorney. Charles Nor
schauser, from Justice Gaynor. Al
though Thaw must wait until July be-
fore the application for trial as to his
sanity is passed on he managed to obtain
some changes in the discipline under
which he has been kept in the Matt tea
wan insane asylum.
Thaw will be permitted to sit up until
o o'clock at night while he is getting his
case ready for presentation. instead Of
retiring at o'clock with the other in
mates. Lawyer Morsohauser complained
also that when he went to consult with
Thsw they were obliged to sit in a room
with a lot Of -jabbering idiots an d
Justice Mills suggested TO the asylum
authorities that they give Thaw room
for consultation purposes away from the
other inmates.
Mr.. Morschauser claimed that District
Attorney Jerome was bounding Thaw
He is here to-day" he said. "for the
purpose Of prosecuting this unfortunate
young man.
You shouldn't say that broke in
Justice Mills, when Mr.. Jerome is here
by request
Justice Mills then ask ed DR.. Baker.
superintendent Of the asylum, about
his treatment OF Thaw. Dr. Baker said
that there were two wards Of patients.
In one they went to bed at O'Clock and
in the other at 8. -1haw is in the latter
class" said he, "and see no reason for
making an exception Of his case
Justice Mills replied that as it was
a matter of only one hour he could see
no harm in allowing him to sit up until 9
while he was preparing his papers. Thaw
seemed eager to gain this point. and in
the course of the argument he frequently
leaned over and whispered suggestions
to his lawyer When the decision was
given in his favor he thanked Judge Mills
and sat down with beaming face.
house went over until July for the reason
that Mr.. Jerome and representative OF
the Attorney Generals Office who ap-
peared for the asylum authorities asked
that the proceedings be transferred to
New York county The Attorney Gen
erals representative said that inasmuch
ds tne pcch
in New York county by the District
Attorney of that county the ends Of Justice
would be better served by moving the
present proceedings there for hearing. He
also said that the bringing Of all the wit
nesses and testimony TO an outside county
would involve unnecessary expense.
Justice Mills directed the Attorney
General to submit an order to Justice
Gaynor to show Gauss why the case should
not be heard in New York county, and
pending the decision Of Justice Gaynor
adjourned the hearing until July at
White Plains.
Mrs William Thaw was in the court
room and at the close OF the hearing she
broke down and wept bitterly. Thaw
hastened to her side to comfort her, and
she threw her arms around his neck
and embraced him The grief Of the
elder Mrs. Thaw upset Mrs. Copley Thaw
and Mrs. j. Z. -Thaw, and there came very
near being a genuine crying scene in the
court room With the Thaw family we're
the Rev DR.. ". E McEwan. pastor Of the
Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg,
and the Rev. Robert Christie. a profe ssor
in the Western Theological Seminary.
Allegheny. -.
Thaw appea red to be in good health.
He looked better than at any time he has
in court since his arrest for the
murder Of Stanford White. Evelyn
Thaw was not in the court room, and so
far as could be- learned she did not come
to White Plains.