New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-22

summoned 10 the District Attorneys Oh
! flee and repeated this statement III '"'
+ presence of Assistant District ATTORNEY
/ O'Malley and myself, and SAID he was
! perfectly willing TO go TO White Plans
and testify. When we went TO suoppnd
him Yesterday he had disappeared. he
is not at his home, and the Department
| OF Correction knows not where he Is III
! Mcclure. the Tombs physician, state1
! that the Loewenstein statement "aS
known to him and that II Is on the rec
ords in the Tombs.'
Mr.. Jerome said also that It appeared
that an attendant In the Tomos naneu
Hanley was told by Thaw at ore time
that he, Thaw. feared that some peopie
from Texas would come up and shoo'
him up. The attendant denies the STORY
now, It was said.
| Information reached counsel for the
state yesterday that a modified sworn
return on the writ, which was sued OUT
by Thaw, had been filed instead OF a
previous return which had been sworn
| 10. ne Sl IcNbi ~
able TO Thaw. 1t read:
Thaw IA OF unsound mind and has NOT
| recovered His release would De uai no,,,-
| munity.
The return on file reads:
Thaw is Of unsound mind and has not
| recovered.
| The return has to be sworn to by the
authorities at Matteawan. The matter
will be brought 70 the attention OF the
court when the hearings are resumed on
Monday, II was said.
Thaw's Letters from Matteawan.
! While Evelyn Thaw was on the witness
! stand under direct examination The greater
part Of the time was occupied by Mr.
! Jerome in having her identify numerous
letters and memoranda which Thaw had
written. Tho two letters Thaw wrote TO
| Governor Dix in February and March 1911
complaining about conditions at Mattea-
wan Asylum, and which led TO an inVes-
| tigation and a wholesale change In the
| Mattcawan authorities, were introduced IN
| evidence and read by Mr.. Jerome.
Thaw cited cases OF inhuman cruelty IN
his letters. and viciously attacked Drs.
| Baker and Lamb, who were the head phy-
sicians at the institution at the time.
| Thaw charged the physicians with being IN
league with Jerome and DR.. Austin Fllnt'
the auenist and said that he had been
placed in solitary confinement for ten hours
every night, and suffered other mistreat-
rnent at the hands Of the asylum physi-
clans without any explanation. ThaW su8-
gested certain specific reforms at the in
sttution. which he hoped the Governor
would take under consideration.
In his second letter Thaw reiterated the
charges made in the first and suggested
more reforms He cited cases where, he
said. II had been openly proved that sane
prisoners are deliberately detained here
He dwelt upon the inefiiciency Of the
State Lunucy Commission. as then con-
stltuted and said that the Superintendent
OF Prisons seems 70 give no attention 70
the prisoners here. and simply looks after
Matteawan as II 1t were a sponge" Re
fcrring 10 Or. Lamb, he wrote.
II is no satisfaction 70 me 70 dwell on
Or Lambs Nagarics. Though DR.. Lamo
had not shown such malice. VeTgihs on an
otscsslon, as seen IN his associate Dr.
Baker. and though III lsdlND u IteH ~ A'o''
yet much O. the horror her" and the !nser-
ing misery result from his Impotence OF
authority and hts peculiar arrogance, as
II he were Matteawan.s Panhyperslbasto-
crater
At the opening OF court after recess Thaw
made his way clear 10 the witness stand
when Mr. Jerome called for Evelyn. who
was not IN court. before he discovered his
mistake. lie had seated himself In the
chair. when Judge Keogh told him that II
was Mrs. Thaw who was wanted.
"Oh. thought he said MIR Thaw," Thaw
remarked and walked back 20 his seat
Later Evelyn smiled broadly when Mr
Jerome gave her a series Of papers in
Thaw's handwriting 20 Identify They wers
notes written 10 her and other persons on
Gisiointcd sheets of paper Mr.. Jerome
read them The Evelyn smile was ex-
planned wnen Mr.. Jerome read th!s
II Harry was half as crazy as Mrs.
ThaW he would have been In Matteawan
long ago. but the old woman has the
/ money and you ought TO Jolly her along
Many notes contained instructions TO his
counsel. Mr. Demas, during the first days
after the shooting OF White. He said that
ABE" Hummel. the dIsbarred lawyer, who
now lives In Paris, h0d paid girl nameu
Edna Goodrich and her mother $4,000 for
White Evelyn Thaw told Of further Incl
dents In hor ne with Thaw when he had
acted peculiarly.
The question OF a privileged communica-
ton arose. as 20 whether Dan ORcilly
was Thaws counsel In 1909, and Mr.. Jerome
called Thaw TO the stand 10 straighten 1t
out In answer to Mr. Shearn's questions
Thaw said that ORelly had never been
discharged by him since he acted as counsel
at the two trials for homicide.
"Den" O'Reilly Not Dismissed.
"Do you mean to say that Dan OReIlly
is still acting as your counsel?' asked Mr..
jerome.
HE was never discharged" Thaw re-
piled.
Thaw could not recall any legal work he