The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
Dr. Baker Tells Justice Mills He's Sure that
 Harry Is Insane
COURT SATISFIED
 WITH HIS ANSWER
Jerome Jumping at the Ad- vantage Gives Thaw An
 other Chilling
Prisoner Had More Drastic Examination Than Any
 Experts Could Give Him

EXdm1ndG1On Indn Any
 Experts Could Give Him
 Court House, White Plains, N. Y-, Aug. S.-Justice Mills went straight to
 the heart of the case of Harry K.
 Thaw today in his examination of Dr. Amos D. Baker, acting superintendent of the Matteawan Asylum. pr. Bak-
 CT told Justice Mills that he was con- vinced 'Thaw is insane and that his Alterations would be a menace to the community.
 ! Attorney Morschauser had just com
 pleted a lengthy cross-examination Of ! Dr. Baker and Baker admitted that Iduring the first three months Thaw Twas at Matteawan he showed no signs of paranoia. Jerome attempted to spol the force of this damaging ad- mission and was not over successful
 Then Justice Mills took Baker in hand, saying that the doctor was call ed as a disinterested witness and as a state official. "Dr. Baker, what ex- actly is your positive opinion in this matter? Have you reached from your Istory of the case and your observa- Etion of the man. the full firm belief have not had sufficient opportunity to study that problem and reach such conclusion one way or the other?" l asked Justice Mills.
 | IT. question to embrace on1y@his observa- ton of Thaw, said that he had been unable to decide as Thaw had not given him full opportunity for the told him to consider all of the facts appearing in the case. he said he was tsure that Thaw was insane:
 That's all" said Justice Mills; lat what he thought was an advan- ltage. He had reserved the right to cross-examine Thaw further. Take the stand, ThAw," he commanded. lashen, slowly walked to the stand. He lcaImed himself with great effort and settled down to face battering tby Jerome on still more of his let fters and communications to counsel. Half an hour of Jerome's pounding did not disturb nor confuse him and Ionce more Jerome pleaded, Are you Enot willing to submit to an examina- ttion by alienists? Have you not suf- tfcient faith in your mental condition flor that?'
 Mills said that Thaw had subjected himself to Q far more drastic exam tination than any experts could give if1irns "I am satisfied as to that" said lthe Justice.
 "That is a1l," said Jerome, and af- lter Morschauser had examined and Identified some documents the noon recess was ordered.
 k itical question, District Attorney Je- rome appeared this morning confident that he will send Harry Thaw back to IMatteawan. Jerome expects to com lplete his case late this afternoon or tomorrow.
 i Attoreny Morschauser for Thaw said today that he expected to call sev- EeraI witnesses in rebuttal besides re- tcal1ing Thaw but he does not expect to consume much time.
 Dr. Baker of Matteawan under lcross-examination by Morschauser yesterday resumed the stand today. Thaw was forced to battle his way through 8 throng of excited women Ion his way from the jail to the court house this morning as half a hundred Efashionably dressed women crowded tabout him, all eager to shake his hand. Some even tried to kiss the prisoner. Thaw, his mother and sister were finally extricated from the crowd by fthe court officials and deupty sheriffs. Thaw smiled and bowed repeatedly to the women. On the front row of the lHerry c. Harney,S of New York, one of the jurors who tried Thaw for mur- der at the first trial recognized him ' and shook hands. Harney said: 'I ihope you succeed in clearing yourself MT Thaw I am sure you will"
 pr. William Hirsch joined the state tbattery of experts when 'Morschauser resumed his cross-examination. It is
 
 Idea of using Dr. Baker as an expert lInstead, he will make Dr. Hirsch an expert for the state.
 Dr. Baker this morning. in answer to cross-examination by Morschauser said that he had told the late Russell Peabody of counsel for Thaw that lThaw showed no signs of maniac de- pressive insanity or paranoia. Nor schauser then questioned him in de- tail as to Thaw's stay at Matteawan.
 Morschauser ascertained that Dr. Bakers lease book'' from which he testified at length yesterday, did not but only those which the doctor thought would indicate his mental condition. Dr. Baker admitted that at the former habeas corpus proceed ings he testified that from his obser- vation disregarding the killing pf White, that Thaw merely used "bad judgment" At that time, he said, he could not have committed Thaw to an sylum an insane man from his own observation
 Throughout the examination of Dr. Baker Morschauser time after time stopped to confer with his client but it was noticed that Thaw did not in- terrupt with suggestions as he has done in the past. It was these con- stant interruptions which led Justice Mills the other day to ask the witness if he did not himself believe he sui fered from Exaggerated Ego" TnA ross-examination dragged slowly. Morschauser succeeded in getting Baker mixed up considerably. After an hour more on the stand Dr. Bak- CTS memory apparently gave out and his stock answer became, 'I do not rernember.'' for Sre-direct examination, the witness said that when he declared that Thaw was not a paranoiac he had only his personal examination of Thaw oD which to base his conclusions.