The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14


no doubt about the.to him, favorable
outcome of the hearing. Then
ehaii 80 out 10 Pittsburg and from
there | intend to 90 to California.
fully expect to be free tomorrow
night
Jury 20 Take Case Today.
II was said today bv lawyers who
have been conducting the Thaw hear
ing that the case will probably be
turned over TO the Jury before the
noon recess tomorrow. When eour.
ccavenes at | o'clock tomorrow morn
ing about fifteen minutes will be
given over TO a reading by one of
tho Thaw lawyers OF rome testimony
given al the present hearing. Just
what part OF the testimony 10 to be-
read. and why. could not be learned.
Then Deputy Attorney General
Cook will sum mp for the State. Mr..
Sfanchfieid's summation for Thaw
viii follow. MIR. Cook said tonight
that he believed two hours would be
enough for these addresses 10 the
fury an hour for his own summa-
ton. and an hour for Mr.. Stanch-1
fields.
: One reason for Thaw's happiness
: when leaving the courtroom today was
that even the testimony of the States
affenists showed conflicting opinions
AZ to the nature OF Thaws insan nifty.
All three OF them--Dr. Austin Flint,
the continuation Of whose testimony
from the day before took up all the
forenoon session; DIR. Amos r. Baker,
formerly of Matteawan. and DIR. Ray
snond Kieb. of Matteawan---occupies
the attention OF Justice Hendrtck and
the Jury from 10 o'clock in the morn
ing until 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
DR.. Flint. the States chief aiienist.
had said the day before and repeated
today that paranoia and the disease
from which he believed Thaw sui
fered, constitutional inferiority with.
paranoiac trends" are synonymous
The states aItenists who followed DR..
Flint on the stand said that they he-
lieved that true paranoia and "consti-7
tutionai inferiority with paranoiac
trends" were different forms Of alb
normaiitly.
Proof Of Present insanity.
The happiest moment of the whole
day came along during the morning
session. when Mr.. Stanchfield was
asking Or. Flint what Thaw had done
during the present hearing which lead
the witness TO believe that Thaw Is
now insane.
what single thing has Mr.. Thaw
done" Mr.. Htanchfield asked. in this
courtroom. which you thing Ii aonor-
mai. Or. Flint
promptly, j" don't consider hts at
tempt to hypnosize me in this cour,
during the present hearing normal"
ThAw laughed outright. The court
room xiggled. IuStice Hendrick
smiled incredulousiy. Thaw bent far
forward over his table to try to con-
ceal his nerriment. He pulled out
fresh handkerchief to help him u
smother his laughter.
.svvhat 40 YOU mean" said Mr..
Stanchfield, while the smiling attends
ants were rapping for order. by Mr..
Thawsa attempt to hypnotize YOU
well repeated DIR. Flint Quere-
lousiy. II don't think this attempt 70
bypnotixe me here in court normal
thing. He {ThAw) sat there TOT t.i-
teen minutes and stared al me WITH
the intention Of hypnotizing me. Hes
tifed Il repeatedly. .
ThAw by this time had scmthered
hts first parosyms OF merriment and
nov turned about with JOY suffusing
his fAcs % grin IL the reporters sit
ting just behind him. justice Hend-
rick finally brought the spectators
ThAw ana the lawyers back IL hor
tnai behavior.
Sounds IKE AIfentsf Ii Crazy.
do you mean 10 say. Dr.. FIN"
yustice Hendrick nnk1d Ia tome ~ in~
creIibility. that YOU rariouslys sh.nk
rhaw has been tFyfnk to hypnotixeI
J. v0sls.
II certainly do. your honar,.. III.
Flint answered stos,tIy a. ne awunK
around IN his chair. IT,, n chs tes-
fiunnuy some place. { helissue, that
Thaw took lessons n hypncsssn.
II don't know" said ThAw then IL