Bellefonte, Pa., March 8, 1907. Alienists Say Snooung wis Aue Insane Man, JEROME'S TACTICS PUZZLING New York, March 5.—A long stride forward in the t-ial of Harry K. Thaw was taken when District Attorney Jerome announced that his exhaustive cross-examination of Dr. Britton D. Evans, one of the alienists for the de- fense, had been concluded. Dr. Evans had been under fire since Wednesday morning last. He was immmediately succeeded on the stand by Dr. Charles G. Wagner, of Binghamton, who ac- companied Dr. Evans on most of his visits to Thaw in the Tombs. Mrs. William Thaw is expected to be the next figure in the witness chair. With Mrs. Thaw's testimony in, the defense will practically have com- pleted its case, and it seems likely that the state's case in rebuttal may begin before the end of the week. Just what District Attorney Jerome will be able to prove in rebuttal re- mains quite as much of a mystery as ever. He complained, in seeking a broad interpretation of the rules of evidence by Justice Fitzgerald, that if he should call any of the defense alien- ists in rebuttal they might refuse on the ground of professional privilege to answer any questions put to them. This seems to indicate that Mr. Je- rome’s threat to call Allan McLane Hamilton in rebuttal carries with it the possibility that Dr. Hamilton may not testify, for at the time he made the examination of Thaw in the Tombs he was in the employ of the prisoner's counsel. It is not yet exactly clear to the lay mind to what extent the district at- torney can go in disproving Mrs, Eve- lyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony. He has admitted that even if he could show Stanford White was out of the coun- try at the time of the alleged experi- ence with Evelyn Nesbit in the 24th street studio, he would not be allowed to do so on the ground that it would be a collateral fact. It appears, how- ever, that the prosecutor can call any- one to contradict Mrs. Thaw in cases where she said she made certain state- ments to a third party. In this con- nection Mr. Jerome has indicated that he will call Howard Nesbit to testify that his sister told him that Thaw had treated her cruelly because she would not tell lies about Stanford White, Dr. Evans left the witness stand subject to recall for re-direct examin- ation. The witness protected the In- terests of the defense quite keenly throughout his cross-examination, and at all times appeared a match for the district attorney. Dr. Evans, how- ever, admitted that Thaw had an in- sane knowledge of what he was doing on the Madisen Square Roof Garden the night he shot and killed Stanford White. The New York statutes pre- scribe that to be exempt from punish- ment for crime an insane person must be so demented as not to know the nature or quality of his act or to know that the act is wrong. In explaining Thaw's actions subse- quent to the shooting—his quiet de- meanor, his directions as to what should be done with his wife and who should be sent for—Dr. Evans declared that as scon as the defendant shot Stanford White the brain storm sub- sided, and his senses began to reor- ganize themselves so that the man know quite well what he was about. He alzo knew he was attacking Stan- ford White when he shot, Dr. Evans admitted, but the knowledge was that of an insane man, and the act was the result of insane reasoning. Dr. Wagner also declared that Thaw had irrational knowledge of what was transpiring on the roof garden. He ‘believed the man's insanity dated from the time Evelyn Nesbit told him her story in Paris in 1902. Dr. Wagner created quite a stir in court by using the present tense in responding to a question by District Attorney Jerome as to what form of insanity Thaw “has or had.” Dr. Wagner declared Thaw “is sufiering” from symptoms which lead toward a melancholic state and a state of demenda praecox. When asked to describe the latter phrase, Dr. Wagner said it covered such a wide deld of dementia as to be diffi- cult of strict definition. Dr. Wagner declared Thaw's condition of mind at the time of the shooting was the re- sult of one of the insanities of adoles- cence. He would not go further than | this in an attempt to classify the ex- act form. The district attorney again contin- ued his somewhat puzzling tactics. His questioning of Dr. Evans seemed to have the purpose of showing that Thaw never was insane to the extent contemplated by the criminal statutes of this state. Again, with Dr. Wagner, he pointed toward the same end at one time, and at another seemed desirous of having Dr. Wagner admit that Thaw was suffering from forms of insanity which might not be curable. Congressmen Honor Grosvenor. Washington, March 5.—Representa- i | | | | 1 CONGRESS ALJOURNS Some of the Important Measures Passe ed At This Session. Washingion, March 4, — The 59th congress adjourned sine die at noon today (Monday). The filibuster against the ship subsidy bill was continued to the end and the measure was de- feated. More money has been appropriated during the short session of the 59th congress than during any previous ges- sion. The amount, as near as can be estimated, approximates a billion dol- lars. Two big battlesnips were authorized for the navy, and the artillery corps of the army was reorganized and en- larged. A general service pension was granted to veterans of the Mexican and Civil wars, and like provisions were made for army nurses. For river and harbor improvements the appro- priation aggregated $83,000,000. Increased salaries were given to cabinet ministers, the vice president and senators, the speaker of the house of representatives and its members; to ambassadors, ministers and con- suls; to post-office clerks and letter carriers. A bill was passed for the establish- ment of an agricultural bank in the Philippine Islands. The free alcohol law of last sesaion was modified that farmers may distil the waste products of the farm to be denatured and used in the arts and sciences. The right of appeal in criminal cases was granted the government, a meas- ure intended to strengthen the anti- trust legislation by affording a means whereby the supreme court may pass on the constitutionality and construe- tion of such laws. RAILROAD OFFICIALS HELD Coroner's Jury Charges New York Central With Negligence. New York, March 5.—The coroner's jury, which has been investigating the wreck of February 10 in the Bronx on the New York Central Railroad, as a result of which 28 persons met death, returned a verdict, finding “that the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad company did not take all the necessary precautions to guard its passengers at this point, and con- sequently were culpably negligent, and that the responsibility for the exist- ing conditions seems to be divided be- tween the construction and operating departments.” Assistant District Attorney Smythe, as he was leaving court, remarked that now he could present the case to the grand jury. The directors of the New York Cen- tral are: Chauncey M. Depew, Wil liam K. Vanderbilt, Frederick K. Van- derbilt, Sampel F. Barger, J. Plerpont Morgan, H. McK. Twombly, William H. Newman, Charles C. Clarke, George S. Bowdoin, Wiliam Rockefeller, D. 0. Mills, James Stillman and George F. Baker. W. H. Newman is presi. dent. SUES FOR ACCOUNTING Children of Mrs. Eddy, Head of Chris tian Ecieice, Enter Suit. Concord, N. H,, March 2.—A bill in equity to secure an accounting of the financial affairs of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, aged 86 years, head of the Christian Science church, was filed in the superior court for Merri- mac county by Mrs. Eddy's son, George W. Glover, of Deadwood, S. D., and his daughter, Miss Mary Baker Glover, and George W. Baker, of Ban- gor, Maine, nephew and “next friend” of Mrs. Eddy. The bill is directed against Alfred Farlow and other trus- tees of the Christian Science church in Boston, and Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Bddy's secretary, Lewis C. Strang, her assistant secretary, and Herman 8S. Herring, first reader of the church of Concord. Besides demanding an accounting of all transactions in connection with Mrs. Eddy's affairs, the bill asks for restitution in case any wrongdoing ap- pears; for an injunction during litiga- tion against interference with her property and business, and for a re- ceiver. JUMPED TO DEATH Actor Instantly Killed In Leap From Burning Hotel. Chester, Pa., March 4—In an effort to escape from a burning hotel, John Conly, a comedian of the Vanity Fair company, was instantly killed by jump- ing from a window of the Arcade ho- tel at Sixth and Market streets, where the theatrical company was stopping. The flames broke out on the first floor of the building, and cut off the escape of all the members of the company. Firemen were on the scene before the flames gained much headway. and rescued all the occupants of the hotel except Conly, who semed to have lost his presence of mind and jumped trom the third-story window, despite the | warning of the firemen. Mrs. Watson, also a member of the company, was severly burned. She is in a hospital in a serious condition. The monetary loss will amount to about $15,000. He Fears a Panic. Omaha, March 2.—“I believe this anti-railrond legislation will shortly produce a panic,” said Vice President TRAIN HELD uP One Man Killed, Another Injured By Kansas Bandits. Pittsburg, Kan., March 5.—A Mis- sour! Pacific passenger train was held up by two men in disguise, and Lou Jeff, a colored miner employed at Camp 31 of the Central Coal & Coke company, was killed because he re- sisted, and W. L. Westlake, of Toledo, O., who, with his wife and two chil- dren, had been visiting relatives in Kansas, was shot through the hand by a stray shot that had been fired at the negro. The robbers got $100 and a few watches. The men boarded the train at Pitts- burg and began working the train as ft passed the Kansas City Southern Railway shops. They commenced at the smoking car. One robber walked ahead with a large revolver in either hand and quietly asked the passengers to “shell out” to the man behind, who was closely following. They were not far behind the train auditor, and fol- lowed him into the day coach. When they came to Jeff in the day coach he at once grasped the idea that it was a hold-up, and, after the auditor had passed him, he drew a revolver and shot at the foremost robber, who shot twice at the negro. The first shot went wild and struck Westlake, but the second shot hit the negro in the head and killed him instantly. The robbers then quietly made the auditor deliver his money, and hurriedly left the train as it entered the yards at Cornell, SHOT BY REJECTED LOVER After Wounding Girl, Young Pool Killed Himself. Philadelphia, Pa., March 4.—Driven to bay by a crowd of men who pur- sued him after he had twice shot and wounded 17-year-old Edna McKnight, of whom he was enamored, Malcolm H. Pool, 21 years of age, shot and kill ed himself here. Pool had boarded at the McKnight home until recently, when he was or- dered to leave because he insisted upon forcing his attentions upon Miss McKnight. Her parents objected to the young man, chiefly because of their daughter's age. When the girl's father ordered Pool to leave the house, he threatened to shoot McKnight, and was cjected after a struggle. Pool went to a church where Miss McKright was in attendance, and tried to induce her to take a walk with him. Sherefused, but he waited until she started for home, and followed her. The girl fled, and Pool fired two shots from a revolver at her, one of which took effect in the arm. The shooting occurred near one of the Rapid Tran sit company’s barns, ard half a hun- dred motormen and employes gave chase to Pool. He ran around the barn with a large crowd in pursuit, and finding himself cornered, jumped over an iron fence into the yard of the Greenway public school, where he turned and sent a bullet into his heart as the foremost of his pursuers came up ACCUSED, HE KILLED FIVE Rich Farmer Shot Girl, Her Mother and Two Others. Bloomington, Ill, March 1.—Thomas Baldwin, a rich farmer and former merchant of Colfax, Ill, shot and Kkill- ed Charles Kennedy and wife, and Mrs. Sim Eisman and her daughter, Cora. Baldwin was arrested. Baldwin, who is 68 years old and a widower, fs under bond, charged with criminal assanlt on Cora Eisman, who was but 14 vears of age. He had settled with the girl's father for a sum of money, but was subsequently arrested and blamed the Kennedys and Mrs. Eis- man for the prosecution. Baldwin narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of angry farmers. He sur- rendered to a deputy sheriif at Arrow- smith, was driven hurriedly to Say- brook, and brought by train to Bloom- ington. . ARCHIE ROOSEVELT BETTER President's Son, Who Has Diphtheria, Shows Improvement. Washington, March 5.—Consider- able improvement is shown in the con- dition of Archie Roosevelt, the third gon of the president, who has been ill since last Friday with an attack of diphtheria. Surgeon General Rixey, of the navy, the family physician of the Roosevelts, visited the sick boy, and upon leaving the White House said that Archie's condition was very sat- isfactory. Dr. Rixey said: “Archie is getting along nicely. His condition is not serious, and there is no reason for alarm. The other chil- dren have been isolated as a precau- tionary measure, and I do not believe there is the slightest danger of them contracting the disease.” WILL REVIVE WHIPPING POST Colored Wife Beater in Maryland to Get Nine Lashes. Baitimore, Md., March 2.—The whip- ping post is to be revived in Mary- land after having been in disuse for 20 years. Sadler Brooks, colored, was sentenced to receive nine lashes in addition to a jail sentence of two smnthe for brutally beating his wife. Fireman Drowned. Newark, N. J., March 4.—Lieutenant THE MOST UGLY SHOE as well as the most beautiful is a great satisfaction when they fit the feet and are ..THE VERY LATEST STYLES.... That is what we have. The latest in styles, the best of fits and made of ma- terial that gives satisfaction in wear and appearance. All this you will find in the Famous Walk-Overs, The Red Cross, and The Edwin C. Bents’ Shoes. YEAGER & DAVIS OPEN EVENINGS. The Subtle Difference. An earnest defender of things Irish asserts that the traditional bull of Ire- land is not, as is commonly supposed, tk» expression of a blundering intelli- gence, but, on the contrary, shows the exquisite feeling of the Irish for fine shades of meaning. The trouble lies in the ears that hear it. “If ye were to be killed crossing a fence ye'd be all right,” sald a looker- on to a fox hunter whose horse had turned head over heels in the middle of a level pasture, “but if ye were killed on the flat o’ the field ye'd never hold up your head again!” Coal and Wood. EPpvarp K. RHOADS Shipping and Commission Merchant, mens DEALER IN ee ANTHRACITE aAxp BITUMINOUS { COAL 5) ~=CORN KARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS —- snd other grains. —~BALED HAY and STRAW— BUILDERS' and PLASTERERS' SAND KINDLING WOOD—— by the bunch or cord as may suit purchasers. Respec licits the patronage of his a Dhaeay nn HIS CAL YARD...... | HIGH STREET, BELLEFONTE. Bo Sin Mn AM. A AB NL AM. AM Al MM A A. WE ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR THE ——NEW YEAR TRADE—m— Finest Fiorida and California Seed- less Oranges—sweet fruit. Florida Grape Fruit. White Malaga Grapes, reasonable prices. Lemons. Bananas. Cranberries. Sweet Patatoes. Celery. Pure Maple Syrup. Fivest Full Creeam Cheese. Fine Table Raisins, Canned Frait of all kinds. Oysters. New Crop New Orleans Molasses. Almonds and Nuts of all kinds. Dates. Citron. Our Creamery Butter is as Fine as Silk. Mince Meat, onr own make, and as fine as we can make it. Pare Olive Oil. Sauces, Pickles, Extracts, Olives, Sardines, We handle Schmidts Fine Bread, Shaker Dried Corn. Fine Cakes and Bisonit and a line of caretully selected Confectionery. wey We will have a full supply of all Seasonable Goods right along and can fill orders at any time. Al toi. COMPANY, Bellefonte, Pa. SECHLER & Bush House Biock, - - - yr Telephone. Plumbing etc. OUR TELEPHONE A. E. SCHAD Fine Sanitary Plumbing, tive Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, | after years embersghi | and Genera! Manager A. L. Mohler, of 0 ages Jen 91 Tem) life pis | the Union Pacific railway. “The agita- presented with a club service of 300 tion has already greatly agectod rap pleces of silver tableware, the donors | way building, and I think I can say being embers that the Union Pacific will do very lit- tie 1% Of the 59th con- | 4, constructive work for some time Telephone Calls { Quire 12. 3 near the Passenger Station. 16-18 Benjamin O. Birch lost his life in a Gas Fitting, fire which burn:d out Murray Broth- ers’ cafe on Market street. Fireman Joseph Gartland barely escaped death while trying to rescue his superior. Fireman William Beebe and Chief of is a door to your esiablish- ment through which much business enters. KEEP THIS DOOR OPEN answering your calls Prompity as you would Furnace, Steam and Hot Water Heating, gress. . to an : en ————— to come. the Fire Depariment Robert Kier- gun Slating, Roofing and Spoutin He Captured First Rebel Flag. stead, while going to the rescue of LER UDYS PILE SUPPOSITORY ® Pr Orange, N. J., March 5.—Lieutenant Three Killed By Train. Lieutenant Birch were both seriously | |p, Matt. Thompson, Supt. Graded Schools, Tinware of all kinds mad Colonel John N. Coyne, who was the | _ Rochester, N. Y., March 5.—William | pyrt, The firemen were dragging a hose | | Statesville, N., C., writes: I can say they do ° mn ie to first Union soldier to capture a con- Prendergast, of Hornell, Erle section | through the basement; when they were | | 5 oo i (oF va writes. “They give nak If You Ave Not in Business for Erereise | order. federate flag in the civil war, died of foreman, 65 years old, and two Ital | caught in a back draught and nearly || eral satisfiction.” Dr. H. D. McGill, Clarks. EN posno you ’ a complication of diseases at his home ians, James and Peter Gillamo, bro- | guffocatad. Groping for an exit, Birch EN Cup aig. t Fates leave small Estimates cheerfully furnished. here. He was with Sickles’ hrigade, thers, were struck and Instantly killed | fell and apparently was first stunned || Price, 50 cents. Samples Free. oid by excuse for traveling. and for his services received a medal by 8 train, the Wells-Fargo express, | and then drowned in the water that | | Of%Eicis and in Bellefonte by C. M. @54f PENNA TELEPHONE 00. Both Phones. Eagle Block. of honor. | on the Erle Rafiroad, at Hornell. covered the basement floor. | 52281 MARTIN RUDY, Lancaster, Pa : 12-431y BELLEFONTE, PA
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