The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
BRIGHT FOR TAAW
State Agrees to Commits.
sion to Pass on Sanity.
ADMITS HE LOOKS ALL RIGHT.
Many Witnesses Go OH Stand and
Testify to His Soundness of
Mind-Young Wife May
Aid Him.
ADMITS HE LOOKS ALL RIGHT.

White Plains, n. Y, July 13.-A
commission of three aienists, mutual
ly selected, will pass upon the ques-
tion Of Harry *. Thaw's sanity. This
was decided upon at the continuation
of the hearing before Justice Mills in
which counsel for Stanford Whites
slayer Is trying to establish his right
to release from the Asylum For the
Criminal Insane at Matteawan.
With all of the testimony so far In
favor Of Thaw and with the Indication
that his wife, Evelyn Nesbit phuw,
will take the stand in his behalf with
District Attorney Jerome eliminated,
Thaw's chances for release appear
brighter than at any time since his
commitment. .1 L' '' = ".3
After a string of witnesses who tes-
titled to Thaw's soundness of mind
had told their story, Roger Clark, dep
uty attorney general, who is conduct
ing the peoples case, informed the
court that he had been so much i'm.
pressed by Thaw's intelligent interest
In the issues at stake that he was will
ing to concede Thaw's right to a full
and impartial examination. ..
He suggested that counsel for Thaw
and counsel for the people agree to
commission of three expert alienists
whose decision should be accepted by
both parties to the suit without reser-
vations or equivocations. Charles Nor
schauser, for Thaw, was agreeable,
and asked that DR.. Baker, superntend-
ent of the state asylum, and DR.. Aus
tin Flint be named as two of the three.
Justice Mills favored the suggestion
for commission, but was of opinion
that the state ought to name two of
the three experts. With that eXcep-
ton, he left the personnel of the COM
mission to be determined by counsel
for both sides.
! Mr. Morschauser pressed for another
advantage for his client By asking the
court that in the event of the selection
of Il commission in lunacy that any
one who had testified in previous pro-
ceedings be barred from the eXamina-
tion now in progress. Justice Mills left
this point also to be decided by coun-
sci.
| Thaw's two sisters sat by his side in
court The former Countess of Var
mouth wore blue suit and black hat,
! and Mrs. George L. Carnegie wore
gray suit and black hat. His mother,
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. was dressed
in black silk. Harry Thaw seemed to
be in prime condition. He looked alert
and followed the testimony closely and
turned around occasionally to confer
with his mother and sisters.
The testimony heard in court from
! jailers, innkeepers, real estate dealers,
| clergymen, dentist and reporter,
all called by Thaw, was uniformly in
his favor.
I Witnesses related conversations with
him on music, dogs, cigars, literature,
electricity, geology, prison life, sport,
religion and the personality of the late
Pope Leo XIII. A watchman had
learned from Thaw that the stone age
was to be placed some 800 years back
i An fnnkeeper thought Thaw perfect
ly sane, except that on one occasion
he had refused the witness invitation
to take a drink with him. He ad-
mitted under cross examination that
he had known rational persons to de-
cline a drink, '., '''