Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-26
SEEKING THAlWiI'S
WIFE AS WITNESS
State Would Trace Her History
Back to ChiIdhood-The
Court May See Movies.
speeial ep unitea Press Wtre.


New York, June 26-Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw is to be an important wit
ness for the state in the Thaw in
sanity trial, Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Cook announced. The sudden
change in the plans of the state made
necessary the evidence presented by
Thaw's attorneys, Cook declared. The
state attorney said he believed Eve
lyn Thaw is in New York and not
Chicago, as he had been told. While
Justice Hendricks before whom the
trial Is being held, both held no
court, both sides are working on
the case Attorney Generals Cook
and Becker spent q good part of the
day preparing the questions Becker
will put to Dr. Charles Elliot, Pres
ident Emeritus of Harvard, in an
attempt to clear up the mystery sur
rounding Thaw's sudden exit from
that college.
Mr.. Cook has had q number of talks
With Harry sssbit, the brother of
Evelyn, and With other persons who
are prepared TO give information con-
corning the young woman. even back
TO the thirteenth year of her life. He
said that he felt prepared to show that
Thaw WAS not misled by any tale of
wrongs at the hands OF White which
his wife may have told him and that
his shooting of the architect-last night
was the ninth anniversary of that
affair-was simply a manifestation OF
his insanity, mental affiietion of long
standing and incurable.
If the efforts TO get Thaw's wife on
the stand are successful Mr. Cook will
not let slip the opportunity to question
her In detail as to what her observa-
ticns Of her husband have been. For
the last two days witnesses have been
telling the Jury that Mr. Thaw never
manifested any Indications of insanity
during the sixteen months he was their
nelghbor M In New Hampshire, and
Mfr Cook believes that further en-
lighfenment on that subject from Mrs
Thaw might not be unwelcome to
Jury aMd court which is earnestly try
ing to see the path of duty through a
maze of conflicting opinions.
Another ordeal for Thaw now loom
ing up is an exhibition of the moving
pictures that were taken In September.
1913. by Hal Reid and exhibited in the
theafers here and other places. They
show Thaw going to and from court.
in his cell, smoking, eating. talking
studying. Mr.. Cook is Of the opinion
that they show other things also: that
they portray Thaw posing. laughing.
all in a way to indicate
that he is far from being the man Of
disposition and intellectual
noise that HIS friends from New
Hampshire have pictured him An
effort is now being made to locate
these films. and unless some legal OBJ
stacle ohtrudes there is a likelihood
that they viii he shown to Justice
Hendrick and his Jury.
Thirteen witnesses testified that
Thaw came among them like any 9th
ar stranger and that while everybody
knew he had escabed from an asylum
for the insane and that he had been
accused Of vicious practices they took
him at his own valuation. introduced
him TO their wives and daughters. IN
vited him TO parties and generally
made his stay among them as pleasant
as they knew how. They found him
In turn paragon of courtesy His
charity was manifested on every occa-
sion He was modest and retiring
He drank not at ALL He couldn't he
induced to dance. He PLAYED cards
well and talked entertainingly Of
everything In the world except his own
troubles. Only his lawyers testified
that he ever referred to such matters.