| Show fri THE TOMBS tois tal 0 AN AH ASYLUM harry thaw escapes death penalty for killing white only to be sent to mad house after twenty five hours dealbera Dell bera tion jury declares harry thaw not guilty oi of murder because of insanity at time fatal shots were fired now new york adjudged not guilty ol of tho iho murder of stanford valte by reabon of insanity at the time tho fatal shots were fired harry kendall thaw n saturday Satu iday was held by the courato court to de e a dangerous lunatic anaf and was or alered confined in the state hospital or the insane gisane at mattea wan an it was a quick from the little coll cell in the tombs which dad aad been the young mans home for more than eighteen months to the white bedded wards of the big asylum the verdict came after twenty five hours 0 1 waiting and when everyone c connected with the case had abandoned all hope of nn an agreement ever being reached in this or 0 r any other trial four hours after the foremans lips had framed the tha th a e words not guilty with the accompanying insanity clause thaw protesting that ho he was sane gane was on his way to Matte awan A little after nightfall he had been received in the institution under bom coar fitment papers which directed his detention until ds discharged charged by due course of law on his way to Matte Blatte awan thaw dictated the following authorized statement to a representative of the associated press 1 I ani am perfectly gane now but I 1 am going to Matte awan on the he advice of my counsel who thought it unwise to sue SUB for a write ot of habeas corpus at this time counsel will proceed in the matter of my release just as soon as they can get together the proofs they will present that I 1 am at present sane eane I 1 am confident that 2 my stay at Matte Blatte awan will bo be for 6 a short period of at time only mrs evelyn thaw and josiah thaw were the only members of the prisoners family in court when the verdict was announced the young woman thanked individually each member of the july joiy and followed mr Little littletons tons example in shaking hands with them all of the defend defendants antt counsel were elated with the verdict and declared it was just what they had bad hoped for district attorney jerome was almost as well pleased himself |
