Thaw Case Becomes Battle of Expert Witnesses
Lawyers spar over insanity tests as Thaw defense and prosecution clash in court. Experts for both sides dispute medical opinions about Thaw’s mental state. Jerome’s witnesses questioned. Hummel affidavit admissibility to be ruled before further testimony. Adjournment set for Monday.
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Jerome
Delmas
Hummel
Col
Alfred Wagatatt
Appellate Division
del- Tas
Thaw
White
Dr. Hirsch
Hart- Tidge
William Mabon
Experts All Agree on Insanity In Nesbit-Thaw Case
Six prosecution experts testified on the two hypothetical questions about Evelyn Nesbit Thaw related case. They unanimously found the prisoner sane for the act that killed White. Cross examination of state witnesses was dismissed.
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William Irson
Cornett Medical School
Jerome
Hirsch
William B. Pritchard
New York Polyclinic Institute
Ebrsch
Delmas
Dr. Pritchard
Albert Warren Ferris
College of Physicians and Surgeons
A. R. Delfendorf
State Hospital
Middletown
Conn
Yale University
White
Contradicting Testimony Over Nesbit Affidavit Dictation
In a tense courtroom exchange, Mr. Jerome questions Hummel about Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw, asking whether Thaw pressured her to swear to documents charging Stanford White. Hummel confirms, then the line of questioning shifts as objections and objections to relevance arise.
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Hummel
Eve*lyn
Mr Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit
Mr. Jerome
Thaw
Stanford White
Delmas
Justice Fitzgerald
Miss Neabit
Hummel’s Record Unfolds In Courtroom Testimony
In a July session District Attorney Jerome and Assistant DA Garvan interrogated Hummel about a stolen photograph copy and a carbon, noting prior indictments for subornation of perjury. Hummel described past convictions, suspensions, and a 1872 disbarment, with the detective work continuing as Snydecker testified about the original affidavit’s handling and Nesbit’s possession before copies were admitted as evidence.
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Hummel
Stanford White
Jerome Adt
Garvan
Jerome
Jeseme
Juatha Fitzgerald
Delmas
Mr. Delmas
Abraham Snydecker
Evelyn
Testimony on Nesbit affidavit figures in White trial
The deposition recounts Evelyn Nesbit and Hummel handling an original affidavit and a photographic copy. Hummel says he handed the original to Sanford White and showed Nesbit the paper as she demanded. Nesbit reportedly burned a copy, and Hummel later testified he kept the original before surrendering it to White.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Hummel
Mr. Jerome
Snydecker
Jacobson
Jerome
Stanford White
White
Mr. Delmas
Evelyn Wneseit
Legal delay as affidavits debated in Thaw trial
Justice Fitzgerald and counsel debated admitting only material parts of an affidavit as Thaw's case moved toward adjournment. Delmas pressed for action while Jeroma sought to finish that day. the judge urged Monday consult. Thaw’s reading attorney warned they would not rest, and surrebuttal duration remained open.
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Justice Fitzgerald
Delmas
Jeroma
Joarome
Mr. Jeramia
Mr. Jerome
Embezzler Ends Life Over 2000 Shortage at Wade & Hedges
Charles Abbott, twenty, branch manager for Wade & Hedges brokers, killed himself at the Fifth Street office after leaving notes blaming a $2000 shortage and bogus notes. The firm suspects stock fluctuations and internal discrepancies. family informed as police and coroner confirm death by suicide.
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Fifth Street
Abbott
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G' Street
G Street
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Wade
Hartigan and Evans
Sixth
Government triumph as Landis backs case against Standard Oil
Attorney General Bonaparte received a telegram from U S Attorney Sims in Chicago announcing that Judge Kennesaw Landis had issued a decision favorable to the government on most key issues in the Standard Oil indictment. The court held with the government on all counts and on rate establishment and publication. Bonaparte called it an unqualified triumph for the government.
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United States
Sims
Chicago
Kennesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
M Kay Tries Death by Own Action in Jail
Willem H McKay charged with murdering his mother in law Mrs Mary Lang at Wheaton last Saturday night attempted suicide in his jail cell at Rockville Md He swung from a stair railing struck by the iron grating and then battered his head against a wall He later bruised his head and side while pleading that he was tired of life and hoped to be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery He claimed he was unjustly accused and denied knowledge of the crime Hymns sung by fellow prisoners prompted tears from him and doctors said his nervous condition improved.
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Washington Post
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Mary Lang
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Jesus
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Melay
Rock Creek
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MckKey
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Murdered Woman Mary Lang Buried in Simple Service
The body of Mrs. Mary Lang, murdered at her Wheaton home, was laid to rest at St. Mary's Cemetery after funeral rites at Forest Glen. Her son-in-law William H. McKay, accused of the killing, is to stand trial at Rockville, Md. Only family members attended the interment due to wet ground delaying burial.
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William H. McKay
Rockville
St. Mary's Cemetery
Wheaton
Forest Glen
McKay
Lang
Park Road
Archie Roosevelt Improves. quarantine to end soon
President's son Archie Roosevelt continues to improve as Surg. Gen. Rixey says quarantine restrictions will be lifted in a few days. Archie sat up in bed yesterday and Theodore Roosevelt Jr arrived from Harvard to stay at the White House until after Easter. Justice Gould appoints Wilton Juamagee and Uuaued as collectors of the late Charles W. Scott estate, whose will is contested in local courts. Scott ran a restaurant in the city.
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Charles W. Scott
Scott
Woman shoots man in quarrel at Vermont Avenue home
Jerome Jones, known as a colored man, died from a head wound after a Wednesday afternoon shooting alleged to be by his common-law wife Elizabeth M. Jones at 16 Vermont Avenue. She confessed to detectives and was jailed on murder charges as coroner’s inquest set for 11 today with witnesses Clif tora Fauntleroy and John Beverly due to testify.
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Eighth Precinct
Nevitt
Cliftora Fauntleroy
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Freedmen's Hospital
Fauntie- Toy
Servant Plunders Homes of Dewey Kean and Pinchot
A 26 year old servant Margaret Tierney, employed in the homes of Admiral Dewey, Senator Kean, and J W Pinchot, is arrested in New York after confessing to stealing jewelry and wearing apparel from multiple wealthy households including Mrs Carl Broughton and Mrs Montgomery Hare. Police have no prior theft records, and one item, a sable scarf, remains unaccounted for from Mrs Pinchot’s residence.
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Rhode Island Avenue
Washington, D. C
United States
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Hempstead
Long Island
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Auburn
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Fifth Avenue
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Hi East
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Kean
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Europe
Wedded 33 Years Wife Seeks Custody and Alimony
Mrs. Sarah Mary Gates files for a limited divorce from John Cornelius Gates, a Washington Navy Yard machine molder earning 2395 per day, claiming ongoing intoxication and abuse. She asks for custody of three minor children and support for their care and education.
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District Supreme Court
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Gates
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Lfe
Weather Summary and River Bulletin Forecast
Fair weather prevails across the United States with near normal temperatures except in north central areas. Saturday shows fair conditions east of the Mississippi and west of the river in Southern districts. Showers occur in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys with rising temperatures in the east and falling in the far northwest. Sunday showers from the upper Mississippi valley to the middle Atlantic and New England coast. Winds along the New England and middle Atlantic coasts shift to northerly and variable. Great Lakes expect light to fresh southerly winds. River bulletin notes the Ohio River at Cincinnati rising to 64 feet or more by Saturday evening, with crests near 50 feet at Wheeling and 36.2 feet at Cincinnati, and flood stages at Louisville and Paducah expected to rise then fall over the next days.
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Rittaburg
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Cadets to Drill at National Park May Days
Cadets prepare for a dual drill at the national park on May 2 and 22 with Washington baseball park offered by Thomas Noyes. Companies I G A and B drill May 2. Companies 2 C K and H drill May 22. The regiment has new swords and expects to set records.
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Washington Baseball Park
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