Show DELMAS LEAVES THAWS fATE IN HANDS OF JURY Eloquent Californian Justifies the Kill Killing Killing Killing ing of Stanford White in Name of American Womanhood PI Form of Insanity Defined as Dementia Americana Recognized in Every State of the Union f v w York April 3 In an eloquent j I both to the written and un PH Ift law w Delphin M 1 Delmas this K Thaws noon DOOR noo committed Harry f 10 o the Jury The rho California his five hours ho rs summing e ch declaring his client was jus jusin in Stanford White T morning at st 1130 District V ne ny n y Jerome will wili make his appeal i half haf of the prosecution Justice I erald probably will charge the theand theand and aM by b tomorrow evening at the tilO 3 the Uie famous case cae wilt will pass to the I of the twelve men who i M 80 O carefully its uncertain tr c C e for foi weeks put past pasti i Jerome expects to speak for fort forth forth t th m I four hours J would not say sa to toC toe C e whither whether he ho will witt or not charge the thed directly d after the district utter r remarks remark but the Ulf general r L te ill I that he will do so 0 Great Oratorical l Effort th the t exception of the moments he was wS reading from testimony V D speech today was vas one of o oe e med ined oratorical effort He lie threw t the th form of harry Ham Thaw the theof theof of DC chivalrous knighthood Why h routed should we who admire admirer r iry It of the tho knights of o the Middle V who ho went about ab ut redressing t s ga 68 ami ROO rescuing maidens in dim die t withhold out our sympathy from this tills T Tn I n man r riy M the th attorney assailed Stan 1 f i White He lie declared White sought f l I y with Evelyn velyn Nesbit so long as 1 remained and amI then would thrown her away awa like a dirty rag ig ragi i 1 r t down lifes sewers to a grave I potters field he said ald Harry Ham Thaw mad had madS F S led the tM girl sirl from the old lecher loeher lecherT l hr T mw raw 1 ip In p sr 1 but hut a toy to gratify a ai aI i 1 7 lust Jud rid east aside ld i 1 i her ber way down the tho path of fallen r C a 11 Killing of White Justified 1 It dramatic natie emphasis Mr Ir Delmas c t out that when Harry Thaw be bej j 1 1 Stanford White on the Madison J p j Jr re r roof garden the tile story ston of his ills i I i a 11 wrongs overcome overcame him He lie pie pic t I i 1 in an instant as a dying ding man manT 7 T picture his past life all that h t rU nI n White hite had done the ruin he heI I 1 1 I wrought and he struck struck as 1 gress strikes in defense of her herg g struck fop fOIt forthe tha B home struck for forA forA A raan wo IHn struck for humanity r i 1 J Stanford anford White fell felli i the tile advocate went on onH H Thaw Tha believed he te was the nent Ilent of providence who will say sa sayI 1 I 1 s 8 mistaken 71 Delmas discussed discUSS ll but briefly brielly the thes 1 s I Sn ny of the expert witnesses de det dei i t e g t that whatever weight might at atto f i 1 to their utterances was on the ther f r c e the defendant He declared the then theof n I of proof as all to Thaws sanity at atme atme att t me rue of the homicide rested rosted with 1 r which had failed to tomake make nak out its case casC The Unwritten Law LawT T Tn Thaws mental state stat Delmas came at last to the un unIt t n It law He declared the experts 3 j t J len en at a loss to classify the form i t C from which Thaw suffered I Till ill suggest its it name he de do def dec dot c t I will call It dementia Amen Ameri Ament t f a J i It is a species of or Insanity which t en n recognized in every state of I 1 It is that species of insani i v T 0 makes the th American man be bec c his home his wife his daughters C Tiered r and that whosoever stains i of or his threshold violates the theT T fc 1 t of human laws T e during his Ills closing periods Mr Ir Irl J l ill 25 s was WS interrupted by Assistant t r t Attorney A Garvan who suggest f fl 1 t r argument was taking too wide a aF F and Justice Fitzgerald called D attention to the time fact Thaw Highly Elated T r 3 1 v seemed to be In the best of s and anti declared to his lawyers lawers in InI Ii I that ho he felt his case was He seemed to have no dread of j sault of the district attorney to tov v There Thero was a 11 report today that i Jerome ws WiS III ill but he appeared at atm atee f m tee ee c during the afternoon and said vi been n busy for or two days s g I I 1 3 argument argumenti i 1 view Ie of the district attorneys re arks ks before the time lunacy luna commission t Thaw is today hopelessly Insane H t interest attaches to the line of ar SU nt he will pursue in asking for the time mans mails conviction MATCHLESS ORATORY Delmas Concludes His Powerful Pow Plea for Harry Thaw New Xe York April Avril f Not since the Uie day when Evelyn Thaw gave RC to the ti world orld time the story stor of or her life has the court room where the final scenes of ol the Thaw trial are arf now being enacted been so crowded a as am It was today toda The attraction was Dolphin Delph In M 1 Delmus Delmas Ui UIE the San Francisco lawyer who today tod eon con continued eon d his summing up for the defense Mr Ir Delmas began b his final plea V vet B afternoon ati oon and after speaking two and a half hours houn his voice became I so 5 husky husk as to adjourn adjournment merit ment He was in good voice again in when the proceedings pIOl eding were resumed to today today today day and ami at the outset promised to b beven bI be even eV more effective than yesterday I Despite De the inclement weather r I snowstorm without the court room rO lD was as besieged d an hour before the tIme me for fir the opening a large arse percentage ot or time the spectators Specht ton being women With ith much difficulty the tIme police OlIe sue suc succeeded in III keening the crowd down t to the actual seating capacity so SQ thai timi nl oh though h every available bit of Jf space pu was wa occupied good order prevailed while Mr 11 was making lila ills appeal to the jury jul Members of the Ti Thaw aw family as itS usual were JI among tho early e arrivals Evelyn n Thaw Tha was WRt a trifle trine late but ar ir arrived irI rived rivet in itt tim to hear th tM the opening sen seim sentences s n I A new figure appears appeared in the th thI Thaw group today It was that of Mrs rs I Ed Thaw who accompanied led her hErI I husband 1 and the Coun Countess tess les tel of Yarmouth Mr r and Mrs Irs Car Carnegie Carnegie negie also were present Attorney y Jerome was again agnin absent ab lIt today during Mr lr Delmas I spree speech A When Mr r Delmas arose to resume I his argument he told the jury he Ime ci pw sible ible in order or er not to tax their patience and to relieve them of their onerous I duty as speedily as consistent with the I responsibilities resting upon him II Confidence in the Outcome I i When I am done said aid Mr 11 Delmas DelmasI I shall give the fate of o my client into I your our hands with every confidence I Mr Ir Delmas said it would be necessary necessary sary to cast cas a rapid glance over oer his re remarks remarks I I marks cf of yesterday in order to con connect fleet neet the threads of his argument The state Mr 11 Delmas said had at attempted attempted tempted to set the scene for the time last act in time the tragedy tra ed upon the flimsy of an affidavit dictated by a n felon felona a man of perjury perjur Mr 1 Delmas Quoted briefly from front th till tIme I I speech of District Attorney Atto ney tome when Abraham Hummel was ur u lI for I sentence At that time Mr 11 Jerome urged the maximum penalty of the law upon the time ground that Hummel had I I I been a menace to the community for I I twenty years I Of or the story etory of Evelyn told toll upon unon the time witness stand Mr lr Delma said aid You know Imo gentlemen of the Jury jUf that no human imagination over ever in invented vented rented such a story st n You know that nj nI actor could have hitO stood as she did unflinchingly all the tests known to toI skilled I II lawyers to elicit the th truth un unless unless Unless less she wits was telling absolute truth Effect of Evelyns Story Upon Thaw I I shall now proceed in an effort to depict to you vou ou the effect of this story upon the tIme mind of Harry HanT Thaw I shall prove this to you ou without using any language of my own I shall tell you the story tory in Evelyns own words the words you ou heard her ure u e upon the stand Mr Ir Delmas then the 1 read dramatically the young youns oun womans story of Thaws actions when In Parl in 1903 the she told t ld him the story how he walked the th flior biting his nails and sobbing He also read that portion of her tes testimony timon in which she said she had re refused refused refused fused Thaws offer of ot marriage be because because cause caUP she loved him so much that she would not drag him down Sublime renunciation says the sneering sn ering district attorney In an effort to make you believe that this story stor Is not true that it is impossible But I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall prove pro to you that it is true I 1 Ishall Ishall shall prove to you beyond the slightest doubt that she did refuse him and re refused refused refused fused him for that reason alone Man Manit Ian it may be has not that great power of I renunciation but In the gentler breast of women do o we find that great groat gre at gift of Continued on Page 2 I DELMAS LEAVES LEA VES THAWS FATE IN HANDS OF JURY Continued from Page 1 God and In n the breast of oC this little lU girl existed this great geat strength that enabled lid hei to put aside her one love Joe 1 when she knew it I was for tor the good of the one ah Iu he love Evelyns Great Love Arguing along this line Une to further demonstrate d mn Evelyns sublime renunciation elation Mr Ir Delmas referred to and read abstracts from Irom the letter which Thaw Tim wrote ote to Attorney Longfellow in September 1103 In the tho letter Jeter Thaw wrote wrt that ho had proposed e marriage marIage to Evelyn but rite e h hj hd d refused r fule because she said sId it i WOuld hut iut me out from fromi i i my relatives The genuineness of this letter leter Mr Ir D DAIs nn s argued be What hat then did lid it mean men when Thaw wrote wrt to Mr 11 Longfellow that Evelyn I would not marry him bun hImI Is I it I not Hot true tre that she hid had refused refuse him him Th Thaw w wrote that she thought tho ht fIrst fm and then rejected his offer oter Yes she he thought thou ht She looked upon the man she ahe loved she e looked looke upon her own past pap And Ami he did not nt want t to bring re ye reproach upon the th man inai who would have married ma her I Down in her h r noble heart hert she sIte said auld Harry Harr I love you OU nd d because I 1 love loe vet vou I 1 do 14 not Hot want to tie te my mY unfortunate nate existence ten to yours yourt so 50 that people would woul point pint the finger of o scorn sorn at you yu I 1 wart to lo leave you free and the mo moment moment moment ment you think it I is best bast for you I 1 will wili go 0 my m way wu I will wi go baek and an I earn ern inv my own on living and you OU shall be befree befree free f and honored Go back bak to your our I noble mother and deer dear sisters listers and I Ihal Ishall shall nall hal go down where so o many others have lune gone on before me anti and disappear from the world Sneer Unjustified Yes Yea she Rie thought The sneer ineer of the attorney is unjustified The little girl did sacrifice herself her elf Did rise l t j the thc heights of sublime II tim tt ti Mr 11 DeInas D I as reed read from Mrs William ilm Thaws Thaws testimony and went went on Did Dil venerable mother come here to perjure herself Did she Invent this story ston which she says Ss her he son on told bur lor Did Dil he lie tell an untruth when he lie confided to his loved love mother ond nd ind told tol her hr hl that lint he loved loell this thi girl and wanted to devote his hl life to toh her h r and niji that hiatt nil all al this tune time that little girl Was wat going along using the tw talents God Oid had Ive her to make a n living for Cor herself helf refusing to marry marr the wealthy inn nun mun n who loved t her and Ind whom she h loved she ahe thought it was the best tion b t for him Oh sublime ton Mr Ir Delmas read red from Evelyns 1 1 recalling r the portions of her story in which she told of the effect effet nf ol olof of her story on Thaws mind Such VA vas as the lie condition of ot Harry Thaws Thaw mind minli when he lie parted from frOn Evelyn in Europe Europ and sent nor her back to New Xe York ahead of him There gen gentlemen gent t men you ou have hn the tho first dawn of oC the mental condition which manifested ir I self three years afterward Clouds Were Gathering The he foundations of or his reason were undermined undermine The storm had not burst bUrs but the clouds were vere gathering from the four points point of the compass and aud from them the lightning and thunder were to hurst burst hurt in three thre years ars and astound the world Mr 1 Delmas turned again to young oung Mrs Thaws testimony and anI re ye repeated that part of it in which she told of having refused to see him after he lie li had followed her home homo from Europe because of the tl dreadful things I friends of oC Stanford White had told her about him Evelyn told him what had been related relate to her regarding the put putting putting ting of or n n girl in a n bath tub and turn Ing hot water on her and tying girls to bedposts and amI beating them Thaw Mr r Dolmas said paid shook his head hod sadly and said Poor Evelyn Mr lr Delnia Delmas read rfd also of the girl cirl irl tell teU telling telling ing Thaw that Stanford White had ta ken her hEr to set see so Hummel Hummel Driven to Desperation What tho the condition of his mind was wasat wasat wasat at that time is shown to you ou gentle gentlemen gente gentlemen men by documents of indubitable gen genuineness The letters leters Thaw wrote to Attorney Longfellow Ln feIo picture the fid epoch in his life they voice oIce the wail trail wal from a suffering soul such as harf hait ha never neVi I been been voiced yo Iced by b a dramatist from froni the lays days of f the Greeks down to the present prent time Um Mr Ir Delmas Dehmas rend read red many man of the tle letters leter to which he ha had hd referred commenting upon them thorn as a he road rod In Iii one of f these letters leters Thaw speaking of af himself in inthe inthe inthe the third person said Ho lie would have done anything nn th lg for Cor you ou but now you ou must get et stronger without him Poor little Evelyn E In you ou have fallen falen back into the hands an s of ff the lie theman lieman man who poisoned your OUr life and nd who Is now poisoning your our mind But Hut I have hae no reproaches to heap upon you jou but but oh OIl the sadness of it all alyon you have hae iriven me from your our side Ido and now you ou must fight the battle batte of life le alona without me Oh Stanford White hUe exclaimed Mr Ir Delmas had the man kept out of the t e eway way with wih his smooth tongue tonge protes professional tricks and devices s poor 1 little Evelyn would not have hae turned from her the man who wh loved JOe her at Uw It of those professional deceivers If I you OU dont believe beleve In nu me me as a gentleman genteman wrote Harry Harr Thaw there them is nothing to do Being honest and ami faithful has finished mc Desolate and Agonized The pages neither of poetry pot nor of If oratory contain a simpler sadder story stor of ot desolation than that which came as asa asa a desert deser waste upon the mind of this thir young oung man when he lie saw the girl he helo loved lo d go back to the man from front whose clutches he hE had rescued her In this condition of mind Harry Hart Thaw left New NewYork NewYork ew York and went w nt to his bis mothers mother borne ilonie I om In Pittsburg Up to this time Harry Haf been |