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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
12
Dr. Britton Evans, expert for the defense, testifies about Thaw letters and their implications for mental state. Jerome questions Evans on letter by letter insanity, noting marginal marks and word choices as potential indicators while court rules on document handling and notes.
Dr Evans testified that several letters in Thaws case indicate mental instability though not permanent insanity. He argued the environment of wealth influenced behavior, and that reading alone without context wouldn’t establish pathology. Jerome pressed for concise conclusions as court adjourned for the day.
Dr. Evans reviewed multiple letters to assess the writer's mental condition. He concluded that taken individually the letters show only hints of irregularity, but together they suggest unsoundness of mind. The judge and attorneys sparred over relevance and phrasing during the testimony.
Court session reveals Dr Evans questioned about insanity opinions in the Thaw case. Jerome demands private reports and subpoenas to obtain medical notes. Paris letter content cited, judge notes readiness to review Delmas hypothetical questions. Court adjourns at 4 30 until tomorrow.
Pittsburg Feb 2 Acting on advice of Hartridge and Peabody Thaws letters to Union National Bank since June 1906 were sent to New York today. J Denniston Lyon vice president had hesitated but received counsel’s note approving forwarding the correspondence.
Portland report says William F. Waller the missing New Britain bank cashier has been located in Ontario Oregon. A detective is en route to identify him for arrest. The Savings Bank of New Britain released a re audit detailing a 41882 shortage in treasurer funds and an 8346 cash shortfall, with overall surplus of 201279 in hand and banks.
Rev Josep M Ardia died at Loyola College Baltimore aged ninety one. Born in Naples he came to the United States about sixty years ago and served at St Joseph's Philadelphia before moving to Baltimore. He was one of the priests at St Joseph's in Baltimore when Jesuits ran the church and later joined Loyola College.
Special to The Warrington ex Piqua Ohio Feb 2 Amy Rockhold a former Virginia slave aged 102 died this morning in Piqua remembered for aiding wounded soldiers from the War of 1812 and subsequent conflicts She joined 109 settlers at Lebanon Ohio and moved to Piqua in 1861 after being freed by her master Bray a wealthy Virginia planter prior to the Civil War.
In Strathroy Ontario two stallions fought for an hour after being confined in a box car on two moving trains. Fred Paisley, trapped with the animals, was severely injured and rescued by railway workers. One horse died in the combat, others broke halters, and Paisley was kicked seven times before crews freed him. He left London today with the two horses, one tied at each end of the car.
A reward of 150 dollars is offered for the capture of the thief who entered William A. Mearns home at 2801 B Street NW Wednesday night and stole jewels valued at 1,240 dollars. Police plan distribute circulars nationwide. the case prompts ship news and a book sale notice at the Washington Post office.
Idaho trial reveals Brave Adams testifies of a penitentiary conspiracy to implicate Western Federation of Miners leaders in ex governor Steunenberg's assassination. He claims threats and bribes forced false testimony, with Detective McPartland pressing for convicting Moyer Haywood Pettibone St John and Simpkins. Adams confirms parts about his family but denies others.
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Maud A Harden sues her husband for $34,700 in stock and seeks a divorce. The suit hinges on a letter she wrote in February 1906 accusing him of tyranny and calling for independence and cash. Justice Greenbaum reserved decision.
Chicago news describes Flora Lafrienter who taught at a Shanghai mission school and after a two year long lettered courtship traveled 12 000 miles to marry John D. Phillips in Chicago. Lafrienter left her teaching post in January 1905 to wed following a long-distance romance.
In McLeansboro Illinois a dynamite blast at Charles Tittle’s Beaver Creek Township home fatally injures his wife and two children aged infant and two years and also wounds Charles Tittle and his father the Reverend John B Tittle. The explosion demolished the house with debris flying hundreds of feet and was felt seven miles away. Coroner Haffett of Hamilton County will hold an inquest but believes the cause may remain unknowable.
Miss Julia A. Jackson, daughter of machinist BL Warwit Jackson of Cincinnati, elopes with Karl L. Sidebecker, nephew of Justice G. Sciebecker and Wisconsin Supreme Court figure. They marry by Magistrate Bentley in Freeport Illinois. He is twenty two, she nineteen, and he plans to work in a factory next Monday unless persuaded to return home.
A street car ran uncontrolled on a steep grade at Webster avenue and Thirty-third street, smashing a two story frame building and Reimecker's confectionery. Two persons were seriously injured, several others slightly hurt, and the motorman escaped injury. The crash caused about seven thousand dollars in damage. a defective brake is blamed.
Manila reports 19 general surprise as the U S Senate defeats the Culberson amendment to the Philippine agricultural bank act. Contentions grow over American withdrawal timing amid war talk with Japan. Officials tour provinces to ease fears while native papers view the move as aligning Filipinos closer to Americans.
Lillian Davenport, an actress, was shot and killed, and W H Brown a bartender was fatally wounded at Windsor Park in Brunswick. The woman's husband, Majestic Theater manager, is charged with the crime, which he denies. The shooting occurred in a secluded bench area of the amusement resort last night as Brown and the actress arrived with Davenport.
Governor general reports progress on insular railways. Philippine Railway Company surveys 90 percent complete in Panay Negros and Cebu. Grading from Noilo to Pavia 7 percent done, all work to finish by May 15. Manila Railway builds river wharf at Lugon and starts grading at Pandacan Dagupan San Fernando and San Fabian. Cavite short line grading surveys completed.
San Juan Porto Rico February 28 the assembly adopted a bill to abolish the death penalty and end garroting saving several prisoners from execution. The February 2 hanging had sparked opposition and led to abolition steps.
A promotional piece extols dyspepsia tablets from Stuart Co claiming the stomach is overtaxed by rich foods and sedentary living. It asserts tablets digest 3,000 grams of food, remove the cause of fermentation, and offer a trial package by mail from Marshall, Michigan.
The Weather Bureau notes a generally dry pattern across the Atlantic coast, Ohio Valley, Mississippi Valley, and Lake region with cooler trends in the Northeastern districts. Southeastern states remain dry, and above normal wetting is reported in the Lower Mississippi Valley with light to moderate rain in Alabama and nearby areas. Forecasts predict colder temperatures in parts of the Mississippi Valley and East Gulf states, with warmer conditions in the Northwest and higher elevations Friday into Saturday. Winds shift along the Atlantic coasts from northeast to brisk southeasterly in the East Gulf coast and northwest along the Lower Mississippi areas. Special and storm warnings are active for Southwestern Alabama, Southeast Mississippi, Washington and Oregon coasts.
In New York on February, Rev William Sanft confronted a man tampering with the church poorbox and securing the building keys. In Jersey City Criminal Court today, Robert Mordaunt Agar Bowen, a former British Navy sailor, was sentenced to six months in Hudson County jail.
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