New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-01
Launch Speeds Her to
States Aid - Will APP
pear Against Husband.
ALIENIST DEFENDS
SLAYER AS SANE
Reveals Prisoners Belief That
Wife's Motive May Spring from
Fear Of Change in Will.


Young's Hotel, at Merrill, to-day to
accept service Of n subpoena. She is
to appear at the Thaw hearing in New
York next Tuesday.
1t was by appointment that she met
William Mcclure, the Attorney Cen
erals process server, at Merrill She
made the trip in motor boat from
her camp on the Narrows Of Chateau
gay Lake. Sitting in the boat at the
hotel landing, Mrs. Thaw had long
talk with the process server. She was
told. it is said. that it might not be
necessary 20 call her as a witness.
She hopes that it may be so. Her de-
cision to accept service was made alter
consultation 10y Telephone WIN
friends in New York.
The last few days, when she hesi-
lated between evasion OF the court
summons and the promptings OF secret
fear, .ell in her face and actions. SRe
Is still very nervous.
An offer has been made TO her TO ap-
pear in q motion picture drama al Los
Angeles. She has been unable to reach
any decision regarding It.
John B. Stanchfeld, counsel for
Harry Tkaw. rested his case at --'cH
yesterday afternoon.
Neu 70. t:story Reviewed.
Tho state tnen negan reading -estl-
mony hearing on Thaw's mental ms
tory This work will continue to-day
and tomorrow.
An interesting development yester-
day was an admonition by Justice Hen
drick that the Thaw case must not be
tried in the newspapers instead OF IN
court
DR.. Charles X. Mills, an alienist
from the University of Pennsylvania
and the last Of Thaw's witnesses, re
sumed the stand when the day began,
and Alfred L. Becker, Deputy Attorney
General. proceeded to cross-eXamlne
him. 1t was brought out that DR.: Mills
had been asked by Clarence }. Shearn,
now a Supreme Court justice. but
Thaw's counsel during the proceedings
at White Plains in 1912, TO examine
Thaw AT Ma;toawan. He reiterated his
announced belief of the day before
that Thaw was sane, saying that the
SLAYER had inherited no incurable IN
sanity. Mr.. Becker pressed hard the
po;nt that Or. Mills expected to receive
for his work in the pres
ent case.
Thaw Spoke of Wlfe's Fears.
The most interesting part Of the
doctor's testimony was revealed when
Abel /. Smith, jr., of Thaw's COUNSEL
asked:
"In your talks with Thaw, did you
discover any motive Mrs. Eve lyn Ihaw
may have had in wishing to keep nm
in Matteawan?" 81,
eyes. l talked with him about that,
said DR.. Mills. "He told me he didn't
think she had anything serious against
him. but she might be apprehensiVe
that if he was released he might IN
lure her in some way by changing ms
will" ,,
The idea was that with Thaw still in
Matteawan he is legally incompetent
and cannot alter his will, and thus cut
of his wife from her share IN ms
DR.. Mills explained that when Thaw
thought he heard voices Of girls cry
ing because they had been whipped II
did not necessarily mean he had an IN
sane hallucination. The doctor said
Tbaw was "emotionally disturbed" at
the time. Likewise, he said, Thaw did
not refer to q conspiracy in the usual
sense when he said the doctors were
leagued together TO railroad him to an
ASYLUM in order TO conceal scandal al
fectine White and four or FIVE other
men.
II was during the forenoon that
Justice Hendrick spoke of the attl-
tude of the newspapers. He seemed TO
resent the publication Of Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw's statement that she would en-
deavor from the witness stand TO I'M
press on the jury her belief that her
husbands sanity is nothing for jury
TO pass upon. The justice, after
conference with the lawyers, hrst
made his statement from the bench
but later dictated il 10 his stenogra-
pher in somewhat modified form. II
read:
"Gentlemen Of the Press; | want
To say orce more that | think the
press of New York City ought to give
this court its aid in endeavoring 10
have q ftir trial Of this case IN TINS
court. An article appeared THIS morn
ing in one of the newspapers pun
lished in this city, OF such charac-
ter that | cannot conceive how the
editors could have allowed Il to be
nublished | want 10 ask the aid OF
the press to see that we have what /
said the other day, trial, not IN the
but in this court.
Protest by Justice Hendrick.
"That q statement should be pub
lished that Mrs. Thaw is coming here
20 tell me my duty, TO tell the jury
their duty and what should be the
ontcome Of this trial and that a news
naper of New York will publish that
and allow il 70 be circulated through
the CITY and allow II 10 come into the
hands Of the Jury, whether the object
is 10 influence their minds or not, Is
not aiding this court TO DO justice.
81 want TO say further that if the
papers think there IL no power in TINS
court 70 protect itself against the
publication OF such articles as tend
to obstruct the administration Of JUS
tice because Of the statutory regula-
tions contained in the code, they may
have my opinion tina. | have such
power. and they Will have an oppor-
tunity 20 test that question if they
persist in the publication OF articles
of the character 20 which ! have called
attention"
There was a fve-mirute recess in
the afternoon after DR. Mills closed
his testimony, and then Deruty At
tornev General Frank K Cook began
reading the record book Of Mattea-
wan. which contained Thaw's daily
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