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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
9
The courtroom heard witnesses recount a confrontation on the Garden roof and the subsequent arrest, with testimonies on Thaw's sobriety and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's account. Jerome pressed to admit additional testimony, Delmas objected, and rulings limited cross notices while court set a timetable for experts and closing arguments.
Justice Rizgeria ruled Smith's testimony admissible. Air. Jo Yore sought post ponement to call Officer Edward F. Howe. Howe testified he met Wright and Harry Thaw on Madison Avenue night of June 2% and accompanied Thaw to the police station. Delmas objected to Jerome's question about what he said to Berst McCarthy at the station. Jerome withdrew the question. Delmas claimed unlawful interrogation. Jerome renewed the question.
Craig Wadsworth of the American Embassy denies Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's accusations about improper conduct with her. The trial hears Dr Carlton Flint testimony and a witness recounts seating, conversations, and Thaw’s behavior in court plus Thaw’s plan about a potential meeting with a girl. The district attorney presses for clarifications while the defense challenges relevance.
Witness James Clinch Smith testified at the afternoon session about Thaw’s movements near the root garden on Madison Avenue. He described seeing Thaw and a companion enter from the elevator, walk the Madison aisle, and a woman believed to be Mrs Thaw accompany them, with testimony repeatedly objected to by counsel.
Jerome cannot fix the date of photographic sittings in the Nesbit case. Eckmyer identified negatives tied to Evelyn Nesbit affidavits, while objections limited their admissibility. The judge cautioned jurors to ignore improper attorney remarks and focus on admissible testimony. Adjournment followed as defense and prosecution argued over evidence handling.
The Harvard Hasty Pudding Club began as a hunger solution in 1776, cooking Indian mush later known as hasty pudding. It evolved into a social group with a historic pot carried to meetings, which occur two to three times monthly with pudding on a large steam pot. Educational contest entries are due by April 1.
The piece recalls two kinds of insanity in the Thaw case and compares with a Rogers murder thirty years earlier. It details experts cross examining Thaw’s mental state and the legal stakes of proving either unconsciousness or knowledge of wrongdoing. It notes two forms of insanity recognized by law and the risk of credible testimony shaping the jury’s verdict.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau bulletin reports abnormally low pressure over Southern Colorado and the Southwest bringing light rains and snow to the Northwest and Central Rockies, with warmer trends in the Southwest. Cold air from the north brings cooler temperatures, with rain or snow in the Gulf States and Middle Atlantic region, and generally unsettled conditions across the Midwest and Lake regions. Winds will be brisk along coasts, with cooler Wednesday in the Atlantic States and likely local snow showers in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Rockies.
The defense argues Thaw, on the night of the Stanford White shooting, was momentarily overwhelmed and unable to distinguish right from wrong, fitting an insanity defense that excuses malicious murder. It claims a gradual recovery of normal behavior followed the act as part of the defendant’s mental state. A garbled calendar advertisement fragment appears at the end.
The article argues Thaw's defense hinges on sympathy for his wife and mother, rather than legal insanity. It notes the lawyer Delmas softens the case, aiming to sway an unusually intelligent jury with emotional appeal, while Terome offers no rebuttal.
The estate of Mrs. Staples bequeaths 700 to Irene D.U. Rice for granddaughter’s education. The remainder goes to daughters Ida M. Stelle and Emma Ward. Will filed in Probate Court yesterday. will dated March 7. Staples died two days later.
Mrs Lodge wife of Senator Henry C Boage of Massachusetts reports to police that a valuable gold brooch set with diamonds vanished from her carriage during a shopping trip near F and Twelfth streets northwest on February 2. The search is now in the hands of Central Office detectives after prior advertisements failed to locate the item.
A sixty year old writer, long exhausted by civil war research, credits Grape-Nuts with restoring mental clarity, energy, and appetite. After overwork and insomnia a week of eating Grape-Nuts brought sustained focus, weight gain, and improved mood, enabling 2500 words daily. The testimonial, from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, urges reading The Road to Wellville.
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