Thaw Trial Focuses on Paranoia and Lunacy Commission
The Thaw trial returns to debates on adolescence insanity and paranoia as Dr Britton Evans faces cross examination. District Attorney Jerome presses for a firm verdict of paranoia and hints at a lunacy commission while evading specific medical authorities. Justice Fitzgerald complains about the examiner’s wordy testimony as Thaw speaks with new statements.
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Thaw Uses Exercise While Attacking Prosecution
In a dramatic court scene Thaw performed a five minute drill in his prison pen and declared he would fool his critics. He criticized the district attorney as unprofessional while his letters and mental state were scrutinized by Dr. Evans who described Thaw as in a state of mental instability and moving toward insanity based on nine letters and related documents.
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Thaw Mentally Unstable In Court Over Letters From Pittsburg Banker
District Attorney Jerome announced a second packet of letters from J D Lyon, the Pittsburg banker who held Thaw's will custody, written to Lyon by Thaw during his Tombs confinement. The letters, dated after June 25 last, are being reviewed as cross examination continues.
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Mania and Memory in the Thaw Case
Dr. testimony notes a possible temporary mania or simple melancholia in the writer. The doctor cannot confirm lasting insanity, saying letters from 1903 show insanity only while writing. The attorney questions form of insanity during Thaw's marriage and the will execution, citing strain and anxiety as factors.
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Adolescent insanity erupts in Stanfor White case testimony
Dr Evans testifies to acute outbreaks of adolescent insanity in the defendant who killed Stanford White. He notes possible lucid intervals and recurring episodes from 1903 to 1906, with three confirmed outbreaks and potential others. Prosecutor presses to pin down the chronology as recess is ordered.
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Thaw Mental Explosions Questioned by Court
District Attorney Jerome pressed Thaw about alleged mental explosions he claimed Thaw suffered. Dr. Evans testified the breaks did not indicate paranoia, noting variations from melanolia to a roof garden outbreak. The expert framed these as indications of insanity.
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Thaw insanity testimony on paranoia and brain storms
Dr Evans testifies Thaw showed paranoiac forms before and during the Stanford White killing with outbreaks and other forms of insanity. He notes brain storms and willingness to use a revolver, while Jerome pushes for precise classification, the court allowing the line of questioning to continue amid debate.
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Paranoia and expert opinion clash in courtroom
Jerome questions witnesses about paranoia recovery rates and brain storm killings. He cites McFarland-Richardson and Hanson cases while the court debates admissibility of medical authorities and expert testimony in the Thaw trial context. Adjournment granted until Monday morning.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Cross Examination Brings Focus on Truthfulness
Philadelphia Press reports on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's cross examination in the Thaw White trial. It notes the district attorney’s aim to test trustworthiness rather than attack Stanford White, and observes Nesbit’s unusual intellect, calm control, and memory amid a four day ordeal.
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