The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-29
THAW PALE IN COURT.

THAW PALE IN COURT.
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else have them" said tho message TO
Mr.. OMara. Another message con
tanned In this telegram told Miss
Bell TO deliver the boxes TO Mr..
O'Mara and cautioned her also TO Let
nobody have them"
Were you ever sent to anybody by
Thaw to get a whip" asked Jerome
NO. said Hartridge.
| Mr. Hartridge produced the orig
| inal manuscript OF several statements
which Thaw gave TO the newspapers
! in 1906. Thaw's counsel objected to
! the reading of some of these state
ments. but in one case requested that
/ Mr.. Jerome be allowed TO read the
paper TO the court.
: On cross-examiaation, Mr.. Morschau-
ser reverted TO Hartridgc's suit
! against Mrs. VIM C. Thaw 1T in
wolves about S93. 900 now" remarked
the wit1ess. bit it may involve
more"
Hartridge admitted that he had AL
ready received 100000 from Mrs.
Thaw, but said it was for various pur-
poses
Susan Merrill was recalled and Mr..
Jerome examined her along the lines
OF her previous testimony, alleging
that Thaw flogGed young women at
her lodging house. She described the
case of one girl in particular whom
she said she saw treated in this man
ner.
When Mr. Thaw went away" she
said. he left money for this girl and
for others. I saw three different girls
whipped in ALL" she asserted.
Did you ever write letters 10
Stanford White2" asked Thaws coun-
sci
YES, sir"
Did he ever call at your place."
Yes. a few times"
Mrs. Merrill said she got acuuaint-
ed with White when he called to see
her about renting an apartment,
Harry Thaw then took the stand and
Jeromc's first question was the old
one
Were you crazy when you killed
White?"
81 don't know" said Thaw. u was
not medically So"
How do you knOw?"
THE doctors told me so"
Did not several DOCTORS said Je
rome, naming four. Swear. in your
presence. that you were unable 10
appreciate the quality Of your acts
when YOU Killed White2'
IL think so.
AS the witness took the stand his
wife entered and took seat where
she had a full view of his face.
y private stenographer employed
by Thaw's family took down all this
part of the examination
Thaw's demeanof was as unruffled
as 1t was yesterday and he swung his
palm leaf fan without apparent ner-
vousness.
While Jerome hunted through his
papers. Thaw turned and talked smil-
ingly with Justice Mills.
Evelyn Thaw had not sat three min
utes when she went into an ante-room
for consultation with Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Murphy from Jerome's
Office She returned in a few mo-
ments and Thaw's were perhaps the
only eyes in the room that were not
Thaw said he was willing TO accept
the judgment Of fourteen alienists who
said he was irresponsible when he
killed White.
II think / may have had a brain
STORM he suggested.
Jerome pounced upon the word.
What do ou mean by brain
storm? Was II a feeling of sudden
anger OF Jealousy"
No it was net jealousy. The alien
lists have explained it"
Jerome'S aggresSivcness at length
seemed TO anger Thaw and, after the
district attorney had read an allenist's
assertion that he had "dementia pre-
cox or adolescent insanity, he asked
With asperity:
do you think have dementia pre-
cox"
NO. replied Jerome promptly. but
that is not the point
Thaw declared that several alien
lists were mislead by mislnformation
derived largely from the New York
district attorneys office
Asked how he knew this, he said
Dr. JelifTc had told him so at Mattca-
wan.
Thaw again showed his dislike for
DR.. Allan Mcl-ane Hamilton. While
other alienists might have been mis-
led. he said. he did not think Hamll-
ton was.
You don't think Dr. Hamilton
would testify to a falsehood do you?"
said Jerome.
Il don't know whether he would or
not"
Jerome turned over to the witness
number of newspaper clippings that
Thaw had sent TO Attorney Delmas
on the chance that he find there some
thing OF value in summing up. The
district attorney defied him TO find
anything there Of the least value TO
the lawyers defending man on the
charge Of murder. Thaw fingered the
clippings for a moment
Here's something" he announced
and read slowly and impressively the
following words, from one OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt's messages:
The hideous crime of rape. the