The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-29

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witness thoughtfully.
Perhaps ! "a help you recall the
case" said Mr.. Cook easily. "Dav,s
was a patient at the Albany asylum who
for n year and a half while DIR.
Bloomer was there showed absolutely nc
signs OF insanity and therefore was
finally discharged from the asylum As
sane.
And the night Of the day Davis left
the asylum" concluded counsel for the
state slowly. Davis picked up an ~
and rushed in the skull Of his sister-in-
law.'
The eyes of every juryman. the court.
he counsel for both sides and a crowd
Of spectators that filled every seat wer'
fastened upon Mr.. Cook. No one moved
when he added a perfunctory. 30 You
recall the Davis case now" and little
attention was paid even when the witness
again answered that he knew nothing of
tho Davis case and never had heard DIR.
Bloomc speak Of II.
When spectators did beg to whispo.
among themselves 4 hit later what
seemed to impress them wholly was tina;
the state had by putting the question.
got before the jury the States whole
contention that Thaw might show every
sign of sanity. hut that his liberation
would he inadvisable.
Court was adjourned n few minute
later and as the crowd filed out there
seemed to he no memoir II one WEI
tn judge by the conversation overheard
as groups discussed the days testimony
out in corridors and elevators, Of the fac;
that except for the last hour or So II
the afternoon all the testimony Of the
day had been in Thaw's favor.
Gen. Streetcr, chairman OF the Fed
eral commission which went into Thaw's
life history M to the time of the muir
der Of White and went carefully over
all the papers and other exhibits Of the
many trials and hearings which fol-
lowed the murder and then ound Thaw
sane at the time they examined him,
spent the morning and much of the af-
ernoo on the stand.
Gen. Strecter q Good witncss.
one would have to go d long way to
find "A more clear linking witness than
Gen. Streeter. who is n lawyer OF long
experience. He bowed In his every
answer his absolute certainty OF Thaw's
sanity at the present time. Thaw's
manner during the lengthy personal eN-
animation made Of Thaw by the Streeter
commission. aid Gen. Streeter. was alb
! s~ulutely rational" and his conversations
were entirely intelligent and rational"
Den. Streeter said on cross-examina-
ton that he had had some experience
in handling cases where paranoia and
other forms of insanity were concerned,
notably in the case where he was the
lawyer for Mrs. Mary Bake Eddy when
her son, Mr.. Glover. sought to prove
that she was not competent to handle
her own affairs, the contention being
that she was a p~aranoiac.
The state as FAC Thaw witness tes-
titles ~endeavors to bring out that the
Thaw witness on the stand At the mo-
ment was NJ some time or other in
the pay of Thaw-prcvious to The pres
ent hearing OF curse. Wherefore Dep
uty Acknowledgement Becker as soon
as he began to cross-examine Gen.
S~treeter yesterday went into the fact
that Thaw paid the various members
Of the New Hampshire commission which
declared Thaw sane. II should be en-
planned here. however. that the reason
Thaw paid the commission was hat he
was directed to do so by Judge Aldrich,
the payments to be considered as costs
in the case.
Gen. Streeter testified in reply to
questions by Mr.. Becker that as c!i6ir-
man OF the commission he received
either 81. 200 and expense or $1,000 al
together the other members ~ the
commission receiving $1,000 each from
Thaw
tu were NbltpfitsdNth " Npui Sti-
, vices?' Mr.. Becker put II with a smile.
Not as much as the commission
should have been. considering the work."
said the General with a wholesome grin.
blu we were compensated"
And YOU continued Mr.. Becker. "as
chairman were worth 5000 or $500 more
than the other members OF the commits
sion"'
81 don't know whether I was worth
H." laughed Gen. Streeter, but ! got
IT," whereupon everybody. including
Thaw. Joined in a general laugh.
Jerom Summation In.
Mr.. Stanchfeld at the end OF Gen.
Streeter's strong testimony In Thaw's
favor renewed his efforts to be permitted
to read that part OF Mr.. Jerone's sum-
nation at the second murder trial In
which admission is made OF the velvet
swing" studio in West Twenty-fourth
street. And Just as Evelyn Nesbit Thsw's
story of her relations with Stanford
White were admitted at the murder
trials-not because the story was true
or untrue. but because II was testified
that she had told the story to Thaw-
50 did Mr.. Stsnchield finally get the
summation onto the record because he
had proved that Jerome's summation
had figured in the Streeter com missions
considerations.
The reading OF the Mcclure commits
sion findings that Thaw was sane
enough to confer with counsel at the
first trial followed and then DR.. Ban
croft took the stand to swear that he
had found Thaw sane.
AS the cross-examination of Dr. Ban
croft proceeded and Deputy At
,orney-General Coo went into ques-
ions concerning various forms or
degeneracy. an exodus began on the
part of a number OF well dressed girls
who had been listening with interest TO
the testimony up to this point. by twos
and threes the girls got up ana with
bowed heads walked toward the door
as matters came under discussion
which usually are not talked OF out
side of medical school class rooms.
More girls and older women remained,
however, than went out.
Justice Hendrick early in the fore
noon denounced the practice OF trying
this case in the newspapers" and said
emphatically II certain papers con-
tinued to print Objectionable reports along
the lines they have been guilty OF he
would summon the editors of those
papers to court and punish them for
contempt"
There is little likelihood, II was said
Yesterday, that representatives OF Thaw
and OF the state will visit CHARLES w
Eliot at his summer home in Maine ia
get DR.. Eliot's version OF why Thaw
left Harvard. DIR. Eliot has been quoted
as saying that unless compelled to do
80 by a court order he would not talk
on the matter. and on top OF this word
was received here yesterday that Thaw's
departure from Harvard happened SO
long ago that Dr. Eliot does not re-
member the details.