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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1907
Page
4
New York reports insanity experts and handwriting witnesses testifying as Josiah Thaw appears in court. The defense keeps witnesses ahead of the jury amid a severe storm, with the courtroom seating rearranged to accommodate those with standing access.
Dr C C Wiley testifies on Thaws insanity linking to Stanford White killing. District Attorney Jerome drills expert under cross examination as courtroom proceedings stall due to storm delays. Justice Fitzgerald orders reevaluation of the expert testimony.
Texas senate actions include passing to engrossment the school trustee bill which would abolish negro and Mexican trustees if enacted, plus confirmation of Judge Gallispie for Houston and Galveston criminal court. Committee considered anti bucketshop bills and constitutional amendments on term lengths and liquor regulation in local option districts.
The Texas investigation panel debated whether to read a Cocke letter to Frank Kell of Wichita Falls. O Neal refused, stating the document would be read by the committee individually. Cocke pressed for the letter to be considered, saying he would be on record if ignored.
The state insane asylum board in Austin reelected Dr. B. M. Worsham as superintendent and kept Drs. J. W. Bradfield J. P. Wilhite Horace Gilbert and Margaret Holiday as assistants. Dr. Gilbert will resign May 1 and Dr. Bismarck Ferguson is chosen to succeed him. P. S. Spiller of Austin was elected storekeeper and accountant. All four assistant physicians are reelected.
The Penrose court martial begins in San Antonio with Major C W Penrose of the Twenty-fifth Infantry charged with neglect of duty in the Brownsville incident. Colonel Glenn represents Penrose and Captain Kay acts as judge advocate. Forty Brownsville citizens testify as witnesses.
Infant son of Thomas Smith twelve miles south of Paris choked to death by a grain of corn lodging in his windpipe on February 5.
Two properties advertised: a 5 room residence with stables garden and good well priced at 1000 dollars and terms easy located one mile south of the city. and another 5 room house with stable garden near Allen Academy priced at 900 dollars.
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