The sun., 1915-06-24
state Holds CrOss-Examina-
ton Back as Weapon to
Use Later i'm Trial.
WOMEN AND GIRLS
CROWD COURT ROOM
Family History Is Cited to
Show Paranoia Tendency
White Praised.

A philosophical and highly educated |
s.ntlenan" was Harry X. Thaw in his |
own counsels opening address Just
or,or TO the taking OF testimony before
supreme Court Justice Peter Hendricks
and a jury yesterday at the trial which
|, 10 PASS upon the question of whether ,
q, no, Tnaw ~ now sane or insane.
The next moment Thaw. all ready TO
,,.p into the chair as his own first
rtness, sat with eyes cast down while
counsel opposed to his liberation at this
Tine outlined for the jury briefly but
,oncretely the tales Of tilth and sordid-
,..s and moral degeneracv that have
been turned toward the light N the nine
Years almost TO a day since Thaw shot
sanford White at Il roof garden show.
For only twenty minutes Thaw's
counsel kept him In the witness chair,
but the last words Re neard before
waking TO the stand included not only
A verbal lashing thas raked his de-
baucherles as brought out at previous
rals but references to his family
his aged mother. sister. half-brother
md a half-sister We're listening too
and a brief recital Of n medical history
meant TO show that a paranoiac was but
me logical result of such blood.
And as closing paragraph to take
70 the witness chair with him Deputy
A,,orney-General Frank h. Cook wen.
10 tie defence Of the man Thaw looked
lpOn as his arch enemy, Stanford White.
Nr. Cook not only was the first to cham
pon the memory OF Mr.. White at any
preceding in which Thaw ever has ap-
peared but he also thrust precedent
aside. Instead Of following the usual
procedure Of permitting the counsel who
nskes the opening address TO begin I'm
nedia,eIy the examlna ton Of his wit
nesses the States lawyer in manner
nos. emphatic began TO address the
.ury the minute Mr.. Stanchfield had fin-
shed his address, and 1t became known
nat Thaw himself was to be the nrst
ritnesa
Thaw q Quiet Witness.
Spectators who had supposed that Mr..
Cooks scathing arraignment OF Thaw
ind his fast practices and the glowing
sulogy OF Stanford White would disturb
Thav abnormally when he began TO
'ss,!fy a moment later about his wan
Ier!ngs and residences from the day he
escaped from Matteawan until MS re-
urn 10 Manhattan soon FOUND tnem-
elves mistaken. Thaw as witness
poke In straightforward manner, MS
roice being neither loud nor mumbling.
Except for the fact that at times ne
hammered ever so slightly and occa-
.!onally would gaze of in a fixed stare
suddenly at high points on the side walls
ven when counsel was In the middle OF
a question he acted as sensibly on the
',and as any Of the witnesses VINO
.Olowed him and more 30 than some.
Whatever nervousness he may have
,e, he kept from display until after
MS brief examination was over. Then'
Jpon returning to his counsel table.
some OF the Thaw that visitors to many
Ourts he has appeared in are accus-
omed 10 see began to show itself IN
lneasy shftings about in his chair. ner-
Gus tSiddling with a penholder ana
-epeated side movements to whisper
sides TO counsel or to the newspaper
nen al his elbows.
Still another surprise came from the
STATE the minute Thaw's lawyers had
'nlshed their twenty minute examina-
Ion OF him. Instead OF beginning the
cross-eXamnation at once Deputy Attor-
neys-General Cook and Alfred l..
Becker announced that they would not
question him until later on In the trial.
The State did not like the idea OF
aaving Thaw, supposing he would lose
mental control of himself under grill
lg as ne has done at previous hearings,
10 % AT a time 20 early In the trial
nat when the jury comes to vote on
verdict the impression given by Thaw
y the stand will have grown cold.
therefor" the States refusal TO cross
tIamine Thaw yesterday forenoon upon
he brief questions asked him by his
9sn counsel not only meant the very
ave calling OF Thaw, but also 1t means
nat now the state Itself intends to
all Thaw as witness and so Will be
lIe 10 examine him at great length
about former delinquencies.
Women and Girls Flock to Trial.
A crowd that for the first time In
me present trial filled every seat In the
curt room and overflowed into long
mes OF disappointed chair seekers out
. the corridors packed the room
A'olghout the morning and afternoon
'tsslons Women spectators with the
,Mepton OF Thaw's mother and sister,
ats Mary Copley Thaw and Mrs.
gorge Lauder Carnegie, had been few
w the previous day, but yesterday
omen and girls We're present by the
otens. Thaw's family party had been
,feased by one also. Mrs. Benjamin
nav and his counsel table was repre-
vyHted hy still another Thaw lawyer.
aoraan J, ORrlen, In addition to John
~ ~ s'anchiield, Abel !. Smith. Sigfried
TTa''man and Morgan J. OBrien. Jr,
'ne dnties of Mr.. O'Brien, JT, 80 far
ZEN TO have been to sit at Thaw's
Neow ana attend to Thaw's frequent
NIaes, while Messrs Stanchfield and
smth at the far end OF the table con-
llct the actual examination Of wit
Etsses
Natoo'n and Protestant c,nrgXmen
'"spap"r reporters. a lawyer, IA ply
nan p'isoW officials. business mer
"l others followed Thaw In the wit
N chair 10 tho number of thirteer
npnehout the day As the taking ol
'u'nony went on II soon became evi