Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-30
WIFE WILL BE WITNESS
AGAINST THAW IN TRIAL
TO DETERMINE SANITY
Subpoena Server Finds Ac-
tress at Adirondack
Camp-Dr. Charles K.
Mills, Last of Slayer's
Experts, Testifies.

NEW YORK, June so.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. at the Adirondack camp of her
dancing partner Jack Clifford, today was
served with a subpoena to be witness
for the State in her husbands sanity trial
before Justice Hendrick and jury In the
Supreme Court here. She will go to New
York July to testify, 1t is understood.
DR.. Charles K. Mills, q University OF
Pennsylvania allenist, the last Thaw wit
ness to be examined before the case was
turned over to the state, swore that he
believed Thaw is sane.
Harry X. Thaw is genuinely sorry that
he killed Stanford White, and he was
sorry a moment after the shooting" de-
clared Doctor Mills.
"a paranoiac never expresses regret for
his deed of violence because he always
believes his act justified"
Thaw believes that Evelyn wants to
keep him in Matteawan so he cannot
make will cutting her off, Doctor Mills
asserted. The alienist said Thaw told
him that he firmly believed that was the
motive behind her wish to prevent him
gaining his liberty
Deputy Attorney General Becker cross
examined Doctor Mills with vigor. The
allenst declared Thaw told him that he
believed the States attorneys and alien
lists tried to railroad" him to Matteawan
during the nTSt lnuIueT lIidl III AoV'"
Becker attempted to draw from the alien
list that Thaw believed a conspiracy ex-
listed between the authorities and the
aliensts to put him away but Doctor
Mills refused to let It go into the record
with that wording, saying, mo, 1 didn't
put 1t that way"
During 4 lengthy examination about
heredity, he said insanity could be handed
down from parents to children. He
added that in his various examinations OF
Thaw he had found no trace Of insanity.
He said that even II there had been cases
of mental defect in the Thaw family, 1t
would not affect Harry unless 1t showed
itself in his parents Mental defects in
an uncle or aunt, said the altenist, would
not affect the child
Attorney Stanchheld announced at 3
o'clock that Thaw would rest his case.
The State would not divulge who its
first witness would be. but 1t was re-
ported that Cook plans to put the pris-
oner's mother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw,
on the stand at the outset. Cook hopes
TO prove by her that the slayer OF White
is affected by hereditary insanity.
Thaw himself will be the States main
witness. His examination by Cook prob
ably will be the last thing before the
lawyers sum uD the case.
Justice Hendrick today delivered
another scathlng rebuke to New York
newspapers for the manner in which they
are handling the trial. He mentioned
specifically one morning paper which
printed an interview with Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw today.
'T cannot conceive" said Justice
HendrIck. "of how the editor of that
paper could have allowed such a story
from the woman we all know so much
about to be printed-that she was coming
into this court to tell me my business
and TO tell these u men their duty
"The law has Invested in me the power
to stop these practices and unless they
are stopped Immediately shall exercise
that power"