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.. I . iWl LzzziiH TTlre Service of the dissociated Ptvas. V i IiAST EDITION. : ALL THE MARKET, Lcla &11 North Carolina 'Afternoon Papers in Girculatlos. THE. B A jLE IGrH :iE VE' TIMES, '.1 &)l- iff VOLUME 27, RALEIGH, N.'O.; FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907. i . ?Iff7IT OI TWTCIV T.1T STILL ON THE THAMETTEil SENT TO CO JJ , f'i,' 'l " J ;A-.l BECAUSE HE; OFFENDED the 2 mm MURDER CASE -.-- V,..- '..r ,s THE PARTYS BOSS HERE MING RAILROADS TO FIGHT 2 CENTS HOUSE PISSES 1! fiHtfl i- i: U r 1'. -1 Daniels Does pat and Still cV:i: Meets' Two Power r Jul Railroads NOOPPILECM OUT IT LIST Through Effort 4t Dwikls New BUI , Will Force Aberdeen & Asheboro to Reduce Hate, but Provides for ' No Reduction on Norfolk & West ern mkI LouisTille & Nashville Lint!- Page' Road Only Five Miles Over LimitFine, Italian Hand Gets in Its Work Becauss FiSo' Was Guilty , of ' Disrespect Toward he- King Likely That Sonic, Warm Talk Will -Follow. ' The bill 'feportsd by the confer ence 'committee fixing railroad rates in North CarollnajSontalns a largo black nigger in the woodpile. Like wise; It alma to punish a han who bad spoken ! disrespectfully of the. king. It is provided in the, measure that all, roads shalTfcharge two and one quarter! pents ' except those . which ha7e less than sixty mile and new . properties now being-constructed, i Naturally, it will strike Mr.. Henry Page's -' railroad, the - Aberdeen & ' Asheboro, ""Which ' IB 63 ' miles In 'length. But ft will not-Teduce the rate on the Louisville dfc Nashvllly, " which, hasva spitr lino, running into Nofrth Carolfna, ;pr: the raje on the Norfolk & western. The, meat In the cocoannt Is that Mr.:vPage's road Must, suffer' while' the legislature la iirenarlriS 'to Wrbtect the "Norfolk & , Westera and th LoaisVIUV A'i Nash- ! ! rine; .oorn .-. oi r wnicn ;re 'xicu- ,bbu " powerful eorporatldns. M s i It ie Caotb Aflt: apt to be denied 1 Uiat ,tbis'' slsty-mlU , proviion was ptif into tW bill through the influr coee of Josophua Daniels for the di r.wt purpose ot injuring the Page railroad. It atBtf ( happens a fact, with, which the public Is not familiar at- nresent-rthat . Mi Page recently offendad Daniels by certain state ments before the . committee and . .otherwise; The "otherwise" part ia more Interesting than the firsts Many on the inside have talked today about, this affair and they un derstand the ways and ' the where fores. , They , cannot understand however, why the legislature shoul protect the Louisville & Nashville and the Norfolk & Western and then discriminate against a local prop ,.erty out of which the people derive ,. more benefits. 11 KILLED; f: ' V S V' .v ' 4 '1 .' s ' : ' ' FORTY HURT ' IBt tha Assoelntoil Iprttsn. w - -' '..I ii i Los Angeles, Cal.j March 1. In , tho wreck, of a corporation train on the Salt Lake Railroad near.Lelfchsr, Nov.,4' one man. was killed anil twe were Tatany injured ana died later, .and about forty were seriously hurt, . The 'tasn'are Greek laborers. nf. An engine pushing two freight csrs on which tarried construction lv crew, 'failed to Blow down as it ap- proached a string of : cars loaded with construction material at - washout.? A box car on the end shot e upward and' descended on the- fora- niost flat car, injuring nearly every jt'dn ahoard, together with many on the "eecond car. Neariy afl of the tn JatCd are Greeks, Many of ; the - wounded are said to be dangerously hurt and eight capital operations v ipust be "performed when a special train carrying forty of the wounded 'l; to Los Angeles . forf treatment, reaches .its destination after a run ; of 430 tnllea. , ' . A BUSY DAY. WITH . ',' JUSTICE SEPARK, W- H.' Hobby, white man, who ' lives' in this city, has been' indicted In three cases for securing money under false pretense. ; It is cbarged that he gave a mortgage on. a mule and also otWr property which he did not, own, The warrants were sworn out before Justice of the Peace Se- pari and Hobby was placed under it Qlj bond for hs appearance tomor- ( N. I, Hodg.r., a n!to man, was bounduover to the superior court to day by Mr. Separk upon the charge of disposlngoof mortgaged property. His bond Wa placed at $100, which he gave. He paid tho amount named In the mortgage, but that did no! re lleve lm from being Indicted in a criminal action. f Another vagrant was sent to the county roads today by Mr. Separk, tho chargd being that of vagrancy.' Several ef Raleigh's worthless ne groes, and one of two white men, are now serving the county by aiding In the building of better roads. .William MoKnight and William Slmms, both colored, were bound over to the superior court today for fail ure to list their poll tax. "In default of bond they were committed to jail. HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO .GENERAL AGENT. Mr. C. S, Allen, who has been pro moted from frelgh ii,ont here to gen eral agent,, at Raleigh a much better position, has been with the Seaboard Air Lino for 47 years and it is Buld he Is the oldest employe in the service of tho Seaboard. Ho has served his road faithfully, working day, and far in the night whenever necessary, and that was often. He gave the business the same attention as If he was sole owner of the road, i and his large number of friends will, bo glad to learn he' Is to be retained by the Seaboard in a more important capacity than local agent. A man with Capt. . Allen's popularity Is worth a good deal to any railroad merely to .have It known ho Is con nected with it as an official. lie has been very ill for several months, but he Is now on the mend arid hopes to be out with the spring flowers. H : j ONLY TWO OFFENDERS IN THE POLICE COURT, TODAY , -tf- v!".4 ' "!' : :" .-( Two offenders faced Police Justtc Badger this morning, , but neither t-as charged with a serious offense. Claude Evans was charged with engaging; in an assault and was taxed with J12.90, and Richard Freeman, a country boy, got a little too full of dispensary whlS' key and became bdisterous on the streets. He escaped by paying $2.50. Y.M. C. A. BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE Utica, N. Y., March l.Tho Young Men's Christian Association building In this city was completely destroyed by fire this morning. Tho loss will be upwards of $150,000. A clothing store, music store and plumbing ea tabllshment located on the ground floor were also burned. Other build lngs woro threatened and the tele phone service in this city is inter rupted. " WHITTLESEY IS (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., March l.--Offlcial an nouncement was made at the general offices of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way here this afternoon that W. A. Garrett, who In New York on Wed- nosdeywas elected president' of the seaboard, win not continue as general manager of that system, but will e succeeded in this offjoe by T. F. Whit tlesey, late general ' manager of. the Mobile, Jackson, & Kansas City Rati way, at Mobile Mr,; Whittlesey, who will be in full 'charge of operations of the Seaboard; arrived In Norfolk to day and assumed charge, his appoint ment boing effective from this date. His headquarters will be in this city, Mr. Whittlesey vwiil be fifty-one years of age ok the 1,9th oi the pres ent month. He is a native of Rich mond, Ky., and entered railroad life in 18T6. Sinoe that, time he has served In high positions in the op- era'ting departments of the Lake rfhore & Michigan Southern Railway at various points in the middle west; the Toledo & Ohio Railway, and was" In charge of the construction of the Toledo Railway and. Tormjnal Com pany until he became general man ager of the Mobile, Jackson & Kan sas City system. 1 S." L. Kamps, heretofore assistant to the first vice-president and gen eral manager, fwlll continue as assist ant, to President Garrett, but probably with a different title. . Redwine Dili 'Had Narrow "icape In Senate REFORM SCHOOL BILL It Provided for No Appropriation and Finally Passed Unanimously, Amid Cheers of Ladles General Election Day Made A Legal Holi day Big Lot of New Bills The HoimiT Kept Bnsy in the State Senate Today. The state senate will hold ,its first night session of the year this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. As ihe conference committee's rail road passenger rate bill will he the npocial order, the night session will bo an interesting Tine. In the senate today, after a warm debate, the Hedwino bill legislating prohibition for Anson county, includ ing th'' town of Wadesboro, was passed and sent to the house. On the thin! readins it had a narrow escape, as tho Ornham amendment providing for a vote mi the question was defeated by the close vote of 22 to 20. There was an Interesting discussion of the reformatory question In the sen ate this afternoon, that having been the special order taken up at noon, which revealed a diversity of opinion on the advisability of pasning the par ticular bill pending, as morel fully In dicated in the account of the proceed ings in detail below. The-state senate began business at 9:30 o'cock this morning with the lieutenant governor presiding and Sen ator Drown offered prayer. A number of senate roll call bills were put through their final reading, the first thing and sent to the house. These will be found reported with others urtdWthe usual head In ths regular report oS .th. proceedings iiv detail. . . i .."""'' The. various standing committees j-e... ported back a goodly number of'"fte big . lot of bills In their hands. Plan to Tax Insurance Policies Fail, s The..senate:'e6tnmlttee on finance re ported unfavorably the bill Introduced early In the session by Senator Aycock to. tax. policies of life Insurance at their cash surrender value, and It was consigned to the legislative dead house, there being no- minority report. The committee on railroads killed Mr. eaweirs bill (S. B. 224) witlr'an unfavorable report, relating o time limits for transportation of freight, etc. A few other bills of less import ance went the same way the reason given In some cases being that the same matters are covered In other bills already reported. I New Bills Introduced. - By Mr.; Mauney: To increase special tax In Kings Mountain school district. By Mr. Ormond: To lnoorperate tho town of PollocksvlIIfe. Calendar. By Mr. Thorne: To amend section 3838 of the revisal. Calendar. By Mr. Klutfz: Giving South RoWan Milling company permit to raise dam. Calendar.. - . By . Mr. Kluttz: Extending provis ions of act of 1887 to lowlands of Row an county. Calendar, By Mr. Wilson: To increase fees of officers serving claim and delivery pa pers. calenoar. . By Mr,. Etheridge. To amend ths revisal relative to the oyster industry Shell Fish Committee. By Mr. Thorne: Changing! dividing lines between townships In Nash coun ty. Calendar. '- ': f .- By Mr, Reeves: For the relief of certain physicians. Calendar. tion of monument to Confederate dead ot Granville county. Calendar. By. Mr. Breese : . To validate certain registrations. Calendar. By-,-Mr. Aycock: . Providing ; for working of roads of Wayne county. Calendar. . By,. Mm' Daniel: To repeal charter of the town of Essex, Halifax county. Calendar,, . -'.. u v By Mr. Wood:,-Amending road law of McDowell county. Calendar. By Mr Howard:- Authorise Tarboro school - board to Issue bonds. , By! :Mr, Etheridge: To amend sec tion S44tt of the revisal, relative to Ash ing in Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. Fish and Fisheries. ." By Mr, Aycock: To Incorporate tho town of Paletown, Wayne county. Cal endar. - i Bv Mr.. Holt: To nrovlde for nnr and adequate suipty of water in pub lic school and colleges of the. state. Educational Committee. C By Mr. Burtonr - To amend section (Oil, "of the revisal,' relative to pur chase of land at tax sales , prior . to 1889. calendar. , 1 By Mr. : Aycock: Relating to com pulsory education. In Goldsboro town- ship. .- (Put on Its Immediate -passage and sent to the house.) - . . . . - , By Mr. Buxton: Relating :, to Bast Bend school district, s Committee' on Education. ':' By Mr. McLaughlin: Authorising j . . (Continued on Page I.) Western Rdaiis Will Take New Laws Into Court CANT BEAR REDUCTION Attorneys for lipp.'irtaiit I,mms Hold Conference in Chicnffo and I"rc pare Plan Sajf.Thiit Trains Will Opcfrald W Lo-i.Viil S. ! k Re straining Oiilcr. (By, tne Asnodaled Press.) Chicago, i March l.-.'l'iio western i railroads have dclei inin-d to iiKhtl in the courts P.li sta c laws making two cents a:mne the uuiximtini ims-j Eongor rate , Atlornejs or H .vera! of the largest roads l!, ld a conferer.c.o today ,with a view ;o having all roads purauo tho pallia policy as to llfiga lion over-tho two c-ins a mile rate. Tho plan now 'acraliy favored is to ask the eourls lo raatrala (jbc enforcement of Hie law on tho ground that a rate of two cents a mib would can.se Hie railroads a heavy loss nnd pi many cases would require theih ;to run trains at less than the-actual open ling expenses, regardless ef the fixed charges, taxas ind other -obligations of the rail- .1 . .L. I l. i. . t ; . . .. iouua uh yvhih u.t-.v Hiiim tw ima- senger traffic should assumlf il share. OLIVER LIKELY TO ENTER SUIT Dont Fancy Way.ttie Govern ment Treated Him TO ISSUE STATEMENT Contractor Who Failed to Secure Panama ( anal Work After Prom ise Receives Check Pnt Vp as Kvi-denr-c of (Jood Faiths Waiting to Consult Lawyer. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 1. William J. Oliver, Jr., of Knoxville, Tcnn., today called at the offices of the isthmian canal commission and re ceived from Mr. Rogers, the commis sion's counsel, the certified check for $200,000 which was submitted at the time Mr. Oliver pressnted his bid; for constructing the Panama Canal on a percentage basis. Mr. Oliver left the building without mak ing any complaint..-, or lodging any protest against the action of the president in rejecting tha proposals for constructing the canal, i Mr. Oliver slated that pending tho arrival in Washington of his counsel Judge. Morgan Jf. .O'Brien of New York, who is now on his way here, he would withhold from publication the statem ent that- he intended to give out. He also Intimated it was possible that ha would find some way of bringing 1 'gal action against the government to recompense him for the loss h lias sustained in connec tion with the preparations of his bids. ' CONGRESS PUTS A. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March . The ap pointment of B. 0. llahaffay of Texas, John A. Cleveland of Alabama, aad Traugett F. Keller of ' Kew York, as second lieutenants in the army, Is pro vided 'or in a bill passed the house late last night They were Bismlssed from ' the militar academy - for in Kntmrillnaflon in ISAt'fcnt fepttnVAtn to the committee' report "accompany lug. the bill, their subsequent career has been especially praiseworthy and their -parents urged, that tho yonag. HEM ARMY .Bia oe itn ngiuw; uuagresar'. : The Vote on CoDfcrees Bill Was 95 to 4 FIREMEN'S RELEIF FUND Tax of 1 Per .JrnV. on Gross Premi ums of Firt lustlrance Companies. No Debate on Conferee's Hate Hill. Mr, Itowd Wanted to Offer Amend ment, but Was Ruled Out of Order Tlio lions? toihiy adopted Ihr; eon fenmeo rcirort on thu i&i'Axcr oi rail road pu:-.scager rslas, unAiiassed the ui'.ii.sti'.uto till of the coiiifcTe7icu coni- ! niiti.-e culling for a maximum rate of j 24 cents on all roads having more 1..iin sixty luiler. of trackage. There ' war. no tlebato, ami tho vote on the j -.va;, Of, to 1. f jl.ill Repi'csmitaiivo Murphy of Rowan jsa'il ho had voted for a 2J4-cent rate ! h'-ciitiso ho considered t.hevo was some id'.niand for a reduction in passenger i rift e.t, although nothing to compare jwltii tial. for c reduction in freight ! ri-.tcs. But ho had received a peti tion from eleven hundred employes of railroads in his community asking him not to vote for any reduction of uioro titan 2 coats, for the em ployes of the road felt that any ' re- .,,, 1nwB1. thnn thn. w-.-m rAanit in a reduction of their wages. For that reason, at tne request of that large number of his constituents, he voted against the bill. Tho others voting "No" were: Messrs. Dilling, Morton, Murphy and Pugh. ' The bill of Representative Harris of Wake, for the creation of a fire men's relief fund, was passed. It puts in- towns whose flrer equipment peE'Ceur on .grogs,premiums fftfflurance- compaJeior . a benefit fund for firemen. The house was called to order at 10:30 by Representative Yount, and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. W. C. Tyree, pastor of tho First Baptist Church, this city. Bills Introduced. Permit county commissioners of Rowan to condemn land for road pur poses, according to provisions of Mecklenburg county. Murphy. Appoint superintendent of roads and bridges for Guilford. Gordon. Amend Revisal, relative to pay of supervisors of roads. Gordon. Incorporate Gibson ville graded school district and enlarge its bound aries. Gordon, by request. Extend corporate limits of town of Castalia.n Nash. Griffin. Regulate pay or jurors in Bladen. McLean. Incorporate town of StovalL in Granvillo county. Royster. Extend corporato limits of Liberty, in Randolph. Fousheo, by request. Improve sidewalks of Ashehoro. Wood. Incorporate Randolph & Yadkin Railroad. Wood. To incorporate certain churches against liquor in Carteret. Davis. Amend charter of Durham. Man ning. Amend act of lST6-'77, for better drainage of lowlands In Alexander. Watts. Authorize certain citizens to erect stock gates across public roads, in Richland township, Beaufort county. Hooker. Provide system for construction of roads nnd bridges In Pamlico county. Hooker. ' Levy spoeial tax in Cleveland town ship, Johnston county. Jones.. For relief of sheriff and tax collec tors of Lincoln. Keener. Protect rights of unborn children, and for other purposes. Wlnborne. Establish stock-law boundary in Haywood. Boyd. Amend act of 1903, relative to graded school in Pigeon River town ship, in Haywood. Boyd. For relief of insane girl in Ca tawba, to send her to Morganton asy lum. Yount. ;' Regulate fishing In certain locali ties In Haywood. . Boyd. Amena act relative to waynesvme graded school..-. Boyd. To clear head of Pungo river and drain lands In vicinity. In Beaufort Jacobson. L. v v . ' Relative tebaval talHHa. Morton. Amend act ot 1985, relative to Hay wood road law.' BoyA.' v ; v Amend Stock law for New Hanover. Morton. u x i. Exempt certain persona from jury' , , (Continue on Eighth Pa.) - ,. , J.-, ! : :v i. fitness for SWhers .W MfM Today PHYSICIAN IS CALLED 1)1. Clark Believes That Defendants 'UliVre Tc'iiiiiorarily Insune When , 'iTliey Shot Bywaters Aftxr Latter's ; iHJBal to Do Honorable Part To ward Their Sister. 'IBy the Associated Press.) Culpeher, Va., March I. Common wealth Attorney J. A. Keith today be gan the. presentation of his evidence In rebutal in his attempt to shatter the plea of Jurisdiction advanced by the defense for James A. and Philip Strother, on trial here for the murder of William I Bywaters, their brother-in-law. The rebuttal began immediate ly after the defense called to the stand Dr. t'helf, one of the physicians who attended Mrs "Rotjherwood." Viola Bywaters at i Prior to the adjournment yesterday afternoon Judge Harrison stated that he was desirous of expediting the trial and with the understanding the coun sel for the defense agreed to complete their ease without delay The commonwealth attorney has ad vised the court that the state expected to complete its rebutal in one day. Although th? names of the witnesses for thu rebuttal have not been an nounced. according to Captain Micajah Wood, associated In the prosecution, they will be called mainly to Bhow that when Bywaters married Viola Strother he made full reparation for the wrong he is alleged by the defense to have done her, and that the shooting was therefore not Justified. The First Witness. Dr. Charles H. Clark of St. 'Bliia beth's Insane Hospital in Washington took the stand in the, trial oi James fiffaWd Thfllp Strother today, charged with Killing tneir Drotner-m-iaw, win js. Bywaters, on the 15th of last Deoem ber. Dr. Clark testified he had fourteen years experience in the practice of med iclne chiefly confining his practice to eases of mental disorders. Mr. Moore of the defense, rubmitted a lengthy hypothetical question recit log all the facts of the pending case as claimed by the defense and con eluding by asking w itness how he would characterize the act of homicide com mitted under such circumstances. Before witness could reply Mr. Keith of counsel for the prosecution objected upon the ground that the question did not recite all the facts, especially that the defendants were armed and had all along intended to do, under certain conditions, that which they did do. The jury was withdrawn in order that the court might hear argument up on the admissibility of the question It was evident that the effort of thf defense to establish emotional Insanity as a plea , did not surprise the prose eution. Argument by Lawyers. As Attorney It. Walton Moore con eluded the presentation of his array of legal pre-, edents to establish the admis sibility of Dr. Clark's expert testimony Mlcujah Wood, for the prosecution, be gan a vigorous argument against ihe Introduction of the testimony. He argued that inasmuch as the physician was not acquainted with the facts in the ca;e being tried or the testimony already Introduced lie was not com petent to testify. The two Strother brothers had had ample time to con template their deed on the night of the shooting, he declared, and the fact their act was done deliberately showed con- clusivily that they suffered no emotion al Insanity. "If these men are to be freed be cause- their net was conceived in a fren zy of exeitenient as they have said it will serve to let loose all tho lawless elements in this community," he de clared. "This case docs not permit an ex pert testimony as it relates to emotion al Insanity." added Attorney Wood "There are no more competent persom to decide the question of the mental condition of these men than the twelve honest citizens who are trying them. To go farther than that, I will say that any unbiased man In this court room Is better able to judge of the logic of this pica of emotional insanity than is this expert witness.' Attorney Moore, for the defense, then quoted a reference to the case of Gen eral Daniel E. Sickles, tried in Wash ington many years ago for the murder of Barten Key, which he declared estab lished all the precedent necessary in the Strother case. . At the conclusion of the argument, Judge Harrison ruled that Dr. Clark's testimony wai admissible, the hypo thetical questions to be modified. , .' "The rewritten Law.' In the course of the discussion Judge Harrison, who Is. presiding, said: i , 'Some reference has been made to the "unwritten law.1 1 Want to say most emphatically that so far as any court I (Continued oil Page Eight) I of hrboEsfi i&lj Now Uppemcst DR. EVANS IS RECALLED Expert Testing That Mental (Condi tion of aiujci- When He Wrote Them Was Vnbalanced Sharp , Tilt Between Jeroine aud DulmaS. Technical Points DlscwwecV' . J- (By the Associated Press.) . Now ork, March l.-Dlstrlct At. torney Jerome's Intention of applying for a commission Of lunacy to exam ine Harry K. Thaw seemed to be daft-, nitely established today during the continuance of tils cross-examination of Dr. B. D. Evans, the principal medi -ical expert for the , defense. . Dr. , Evans stated that he believed Thaw to have been suffering from adoles cent insanity in 1903 and at the time ofvhls marriage, April, i, 1905,' and' , that when he killed Stanford White; ; June 25, 1906, he was the victim ot an act) to aud recurrent attack of the same mental malady. In addition to the ''explosions,' he ' said there were indications ot mental ; instability tit other times. , . ' 3 ' Mr. Jeronte, during his examlna- :: tion, constantly referred to the sub ject of paranoia, but was unable to secure from the wltness any admls- t sion that would t&nd to show Tha -a paranoiac. ButVrore. this llae of questioning it seemly probable that the prosecution will attempt to show . that instead of being affllcted with' the insanity ot adolescence, Thaw Is actually a paranoiac,'; New York. March T.When.th Thaw trial opened this morning Dls-V trict Attorney Jerome announced that there had been a second packet Of letters from J. Dyonthe Pltta burg banker, who until November 1 last had custody of Thaw's wilL The ; letters received today were written to Mr. Lyon by Thaw while In the Tombs, and all bear dates subse quent to June 25 last. Mr. Lyon V first sent, on only letters written prior to the Roof Garden tragedy, :h ; Mr. Jerome was very anxious to have the later letters, and they iwere sent on by consent of Thaw's attor neys. The letters are held subject -to the court's orders. ' - Dr. Britton D. Evans was recalled as soon as the letters from Pitts burg had been examined by counsel, and Mr. Jerome continued his croBS examination of the alienist, -I -: . "Taking all the letter you have ' read In the light o( all you know about this case, what is your opinion A as to the mental condition of i thia defendant at the time he wrote these -letters?" was Mr. Jerome's first ues-, tion. .-'--i.yv-'t Mr. Delmas promptly objected on the ground that he assumed that the witness has knowledge that was not ih eVid$nce. Mr. Jerome withdrew the 'lue8v:, tion and asked the witness If ho hadj any knowledge ot factB -that Tiaves not been testified to. ' -f An argument was the result, Mr Jerome claiming that the only point In the case was whether or not the . defendant was insane whan the hom-. icide was committed. He was anx lous, he said, to bring out all the ' ' facts. .. ' :,' ,.--?-( Dr. Evans was not allowed to an- '" swer .and Bald that so far as he ' could recall he had told all of InW, portance that he could remember oft. what he had heard and seen on the first three visits, to Thaw in the Tombs. , v "Taking everything that you hare," testified to into cohsidaratlon, what, In your opinion, was the mental, con-, dition of the, defendant wh?n .he,, wrote these letters?" asked Mr.' Je- , rome. . " " 1 'He was in a state ot menlaT In - stability 1 , -: "Do you mean he was Insane?' "Not , necessarily He was in a ' state of mental unsteadiness. ' i Mr. Jerome handed the -witness a copyc- of the tetter. Thaw wrote J4 Anthony . Comstock, -complaining that "dens of vice'-, were maintained by. Stanford and , "other scoundrels'; for the rulft of young; : girls. -, . , : - t After Dr. Evans had examined ths paper some twenty mbytes, Mr. Jerome asked him' If anything In the letter suggested the 'mienta; slate of "the- - writer, .. v-.v 4 ' , 'It shows, sold the expert, "that his mind seemed to te running drxm youna wsmea aod their supposed wrongs." ' (Continued on Pag 3 8.). ,1
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