The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-29

DR.. Evans, replied IndW, dIIeT d
| little thought, was misled. He was
| told by Mr.. Jerome and those con-
nected with his office that everything
l said was untrue"
While Mr.. Jerome addressed the
court on a legal point, Thaw calmly
polished his big spectacles. He d.
rected a triumphant smile at his
counsel and seemed well satisfied.
1T is not a matter Of private pref
udice TO the peoples attorney" said
/ the district attorney, "wheher this
nan is confined or not. We are only
trying to assist the conscience Of the
court in making its decision"
Jerome asked ThaW why he did not
| PEI NIT DR.. Allen McLane Hamilton to
| examine him at the time he was re
| tanned by his attorneys.
Il did not like his looks" replied
Thaw.
what did you not like about
"Oh, I just did not like them. He
was like DR.. Fell"
who was DR.. FeH?" asked Mr. Je-
rene.
why, don't you know? I do not
| like you, DR.. Fell, the reason why, l
! cannot tell" replied the witness
smiling.
The district attorney dropped this
| line of questioning.
Were you ever insane" asked
Jerome.
few moments"
| Were you crazy when you killed
Stanford White?"
q think was legally crazy, but l
! may be mistaken"
do you think you did a wicked
thing in killing him?"
! Il do"
Then why did you XIII him."
Probably for what he did to my
wife"
ITO your wife aIone?"
| principally"
| 'Were you jealous?"
81 could not say that was jeal-
GUS"
Did you have a feeling OF bitter
| personal enmity towards him, or do
you think he was the kind of Great
ure every decent man was justified
| In putting out of the way?"
There is no such thing as a man
that every decent man should put out
| o: the way"
| Asked again why he killed White
/ Thaw replied:
Really, / don't know"
Thaw said that his own choice of
| an attorney for his first trial was
Governor Hughes, because the jury
| would know that any witnesses be
put on the stand would be truthful"
Jerome reviewed Thaw's frequent
/ change of counsel.
! The witness explained that his dis
| agreement with the firm Of Black,
| Gruber and Olcott was due to their
determination to try to acQuit him
- Ia
! knew he was not insane. He reiter-
/ ated, however. that he might have
been insane for brief interval when
he killed White.
you must remember" he remark
! ed, that these lawyers were infiu-
enced in their belief regarding my
mental condition because they were
told that the charges l made against
| White were untrue"
/ Put were they true?" demanded
Jerome.
They were" replied Thaw firmly
"You were expelled from Harvard ?"
asked the district attorney.
81 was told I was not useful there,
and 1 and four or FIVE others were
put out for studying a subject not in
the curriculum
illegal, perhaps, but not immoral -
| Mr.. Jerome did not pursue that
subject farther but reverted to the
testimony given yesterday by Susan
Il Merrill. Thaw's former landlady in
New York. Thaw declared that when
he first learned that Mrs. Merrill was
to 90 on the stand he was exceeding
" angry.
AZ was told" he continued, ''thsr
Garvan, assistant district attorney,
got her up in your office and spat in
her face and got her to tell a lot of
lies about me. But, of course, 1 don {
say that was true"
Thaw was in the midst Of his testI-
money and apparently unruffled when
the court took a recess.