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Show TIAI'lIESILn;". I Slayer of Stanford White Com- IU mlttcd to Asylum for the A Criminal Insane. jl 'll VERDICT COMES AFTER jH LONG HOURS OF WAITING !M Defendant Protests That He Is;, IS Sane, and Rebels Against Decision of Court. NEW YORK,' Feb. 1. Ad judged not llafl guilty of the murder of Stanford White ;E by reason of insanity at the timo the fatal, shots were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw today was held by the conrt to be , ' a dangerous lunatic and was whirled away to the Stale hospital for the crim- inal insane at Mattcawan; It was 'a -jl quick transition from tho dincjv little cell in the Tombs, vhieh had been the young man's home for more than- WM eighteen months, to the white-bedded Hl wards of tho big asylum, tucked away "Kl 011 the snow-covered banks of the. Hud- Hl son river, fifty miles abovo the city. " '1 The verdict came after twenty-five' ftl hours of waiting, and when everyone El connected with the caso had abandoned all hope of an agreement ever being H reached in the trial. Four hours after Hl the foreman's lips had framed the KH woTds "not guilty." with the accom- Pl panying insanity clause, Thaw, protest- El ing ho was sane, was on his way to Mat-. "SIH tcawau. A littlo after nightfa'll he had H been received, in the institution under "fil commitment papers which directed his detentiou ''until discharged bv due vl course of law.'' Went UnwillingU'. ifl No more unwilling natient over made -H a journey to a State institution. Thaw's j train on its way to Fishkill Dandiug, where a carriage was taken to Mat'tea- fH wan, passed beneath the very walls of 11 grim Sing Sing, but at no time since . , H his arrest, 011 the night of June 25, 1906, had the young Pittsburg million- ifH aire over hold the thought that he fill would see the inside of that famous 'ffcH prison, and ho heeded it not. Efl The first thrilj of tho words of ac- JIH cpiittal brought Thaw to his feci in the H courtroom, and with that lack of grace VH of, action which always has character-' iRH lzed his movements, .he awkward.lv, al- 'JH most haughtily, bowed liis ackuowledg fl ineus to the twelve jurymen, as they 'fl j were discharged by the court. A smile 11 pJayed-'abour, his pallid features, aud there was every reason to believe that -H 1 lie was entirely pleased with the out- v lH come. mM I Court's Words Framed Doom. 'jl 1 It was aiter he had heard the words 1 or Justice Dowling committing him lo H i Mnttcawan on the ground that his re- lease, iu the opinion of the court, -would ' endanger the public safctv, and .after fl the elation of the verdict had died ' away, that Thaw rebelled, lie com- liiandod his attorneys immediately to '! Sue out :i writ nf linho-n j.-, ")...,.., wtH his sanity iested before he was sent. IB away to the up-Stale institution whero ' H tho insane of criminal tendencies were UI confined. Mrs. William Thaw, from her ' IH "hotel, where she had received over the telephone the news of tho trial 's end, H joined in the demand of her son. Mar- H tin W. Littleton, whoso conduct of Lhe fnH case as chief counsel for the defense ' ifiH has won ho much favorable comment. iH finally prevailed against tho wishes of ., -tH the mother, indicating to her that; he believed it would be better for tho pros- ifH ont to obey the mandate of the court. I Justice Dowling. it is said; had been 11 consulted in the matter after he had tlH signed his order of commitment nnd iu- mM lorinally had advised Thaw's counsel against making au immediate contest. 'H I'he prisoner's consent was not' won un- IH til after a lively scene with his couu- lH sol, and his wife, - Die .latter pleading HH with liim for more than au hour to ba iflH content, for a lime af least with what . fate iiad given him. Vl Finally Reconciled. 'ftfl Under promise that somo action tttfl speedily would be taken looking to tho ,t nppoinlmet of a commission lo inquire H into his present sanity, or for his tranz- uH ier to a private institution, where his AH wito and oilier members of his ia.mil v H might reside with him, Thaw consented 'KH to go without further protest. IH On his way to Mattcawan Thaw die- iH tated the following authorized slate- JH mont to a representative of tho Aso- 11 ciated Press: 1H 'I Jim perfectly sann uow, but 1 am ' iwH going to Mnt.teawau on ihe advice of my v T'tH counsel, who thou'ght it unwise to -sue ifciH lor a writ of hrlbeaa corpun at this 'KH time. Counsel will proceed in the mat- ttflH ter of my release just as soon as thov Ifr'H can got together the proofs thev will T'H present that I am af, present sane. I ifiH am confident thai niv stay at Mattiw- M wan will be for a short period of lime Thaw was accompanied from the J.oinbs to lhe Grand Central railwav sta- flH f ion by Ins wjfo and Josiah Thaw, hU )EH brother. Attorney A. Russell Poabodv ImH uiid Daniel QMieiliy went with him To E3H Mattcawan. IWM Talked Plainly to Thaw. HEH ,r- Littleton is understood to havo l&H ta ked very plainly to Thaw while the ' WiH subject of suing out a writ of habeua JH corpus was under diacussiou. jH Upon' an execution filed by Mr. Lit- gH llcton, Justice Dowling had" granted a Bl delay until :J o'clock in ihe o.vecutiou " PH of the commitment papers, so that couu- EH sel flight' consult with the defendant. EflH Mr Littleton informed Thaw, it wis BH stated, that "there is such a thing as' 1 public sentiment iu New York Citv" H "But J, shall not go to Mattcawan'" H Thaw is reported to havo ropcatcd mauv ."You will havo lo go,'- replied Mr.. Littleton. .Daniel O'Heilly joined in this deci- " H It was remarked later that-Mr, LiV" tleton went ncitner to the statio'u nor iO(the asylum with hiB client. Ho w-i ' said to be well-nigh worn out. how H over, lrom his arduous work duriu.r tlc ! H trial, which was rushed to its conclu'r fi If sion ,nt lushest possible speed, and with the trying" watt for h verdict. 5 No Delay in Commitment. I Thaw had' no opportunity to bid his J mother farewell. The court order com-I com-I manded ' forth with," and Deputy . ; Sheriff Bell, who hail him in charge, f ' was an.vinus to I like the first, tr.iiu I j leading up the Hudson. Both tho mother and Evelyn Thaw -will viit L Mat ton wan on Monday. alLvisitors bo: I J ing barred from the institution on Sun-I Sun-I . dnvs. V I Uaniol O'ltcillv announced at. Fmh-IB Fmh-IB kill Lauding tonight thai when a writ llj - of. habeas corpus is sued out in Thaw s M; bohalf if such action shall bo decided Fft upou in tho near future tho avtnliua-I avtnliua-I t.ion probablv will be made at Pough-ft'. Pough-ft'. keepsio, " Y., the county .scat oi Eg; Dncho&s county, in which Mntteawan pi is situated, tff Thaw was cheered by a crowd of sev-. j oral hundred persons as lie was whirled if' away from the Tonibs in his wife's au-C au-C iomobile.. If he heard, he paid no heed, rf. ' The machine was so filled with, depu-Vt depu-Vt ties and members of counsel that neither IS Thaw nor .his wifo was visible to tnc IB waiting throngs. It was at first planned . to have ThnV cuter tho automobile M from the Criminal Courts building, but M the crowd in White street became so g denso the chauffeur was directed to H drive into the Tombs yard. The party fm then crossed the Bridge of Sighs lead-r lead-r ing to the prison and entorcd tho walt-fj walt-fj ' jng vehicle without trouble. Few peo-fW peo-fW pic at the Grand Central station knew H of Thaw's coming, and tho party -was U little noticed in the rush of the week-p week-p , end thronga bound for the suburbs. A 'I .special car was attached to the regular if express over the Xcw York Cen-!' Cen-!' iral. but there was a Jiftecn-minutc de-11 de-11 luv in the departure of the train. Thaw El -mokcd and talked with his counsel i throughout, the journey.". :L Caso Rapidly Closed. S , ' From tho moment that word came ?1( from the juryrooni at 12:40 p. in. that ;f a report was about to be made, the !j closinu events of the famous caso -1 moved along with cyclonic rapidity. For M a day and a night'there had been ab-,-fl solute silence on the part of the jury. w 'Not a suggestion or ruporl of any sort j had come to the court and when Jus-II Jus-II tice Bowling came down to his cham- j si . bcrs late in the morning he announced g; that he would not send for the jury j T until they sent for him. v 1' The report of lau night that the jury !a , stood eight to four, for acquittal on 3 the ground of insanity persisted up to A the very nine it announced its inton-. inton-. tiou of coming into court, and all eon-jj eon-jj corned with tho case had abandoned 'i hope of a definite conclusion of the second trial, j . Few spectators were allowed in the 1 room and an incipient demonstration '' was stopped by the officers when they i' ' arrested Theodore .Roosevelt Pell for a a ' burst of applauhC- Pell was fined $2n SHfij by Justice Dowling for contempt, of K court. He had only a check book with S4 ;'J him and. was hefd in custody until Kfi jj trichtls could be summoned. ( Hl ! jj Young Wife Thanks Jury, i HI pj1 Mr?. Evelyn Thaw and .Tosiah Thaw Mff were tire only members of the prison- fi or's famil.v in court when the verdict I , was announced. The young woman ,l) thanked individually each member of H the jury and followed Tl r. Littleton's 3 Jj example in shaking hands with them. k- ii All of the defendant's counsel were elated with the verdict and declared it. j ! ; - was just what they had hoped or. Dis- j ?' " tricl Attorney Je'rome -was almost aa well pleased himself. He had contended ; i '.from the first that Thaw was medically 'it if not legally insane and his eiforts this I" , 1 1 year had plainly not been directed ; JJi' toward a verdict o'f murder in the first iV degree. Mr. .Tnroine congratulated rr. 't' Littleton and both counsel and jury x I , joined in congratulations to Justice k,1 ; .Victor L Dowling-. who presided at Itf'! the trial with so much satisfaction to r. ; i both sides. Tho jury expressed their I Yf thanks to the judge for hia kind iu- u'y. tercst iu all mutters affecting their com- I ' rl fort, and declared it had boon a pleas- I jri ure io ervc under such a fair-minded, n m just and considevate jurist. . Tho proceedings .in the courtroom' S were brief and businesslike and at no f 9 time iras there the semblance of a dra- I flj ma tic cJl'cct. I if Would . Keep Thaw in Asylum. I : Mrs. William Thaw, it was fcaid to- I J night, had confidently expected that her I II PO'i-would be commilted to some pii- I 1 vate inutitntion and it was to effect I -Mi this end that f-Iie insisted upon habeas I i. I corpus proceedings beintr immediately 1 l btgnn. - So far as lies within his-power I V ) Digtvitt Attorney Jerome will resist Jj ?' j any effort to have Thaw Jiberated at A 't. , ' anv--time in the near future. -Xoither will ' he willingly consent to his trans- E . fen. to a sanitarium, B The verdict of insanity returned by jj ' the jur,- lent striking interest to a lot- R 1, , tcr written some years ago by Stan- ford White to Howard "csbit, a'brothcr 'f of Evelyn NesbitTha.w, :md given out . Jl -''Oh0! CrhrrtuaV Courts building .today. 4 T?- tbis- letter the arnlutect declared 1 v Mrs. Ivesbit, the mother of the girl in -f.' the case, should not worry over stories Thaw had told IBtvuV ''Ife is not v wortlf it." declared 1 White. '-'He still continues to cir- ) cuiato tho most terrible ones about 'If me, but where there" is no foundation ' 4 ' for them siloncp is the best answer to : it such a crazy person, for he surely must fjj be that." . . |