Show FROM THE TOMBS TO AN ASYlUM lorry Thaw Escapes Death Penalty for Killing White Only to be Sent to Mad House 4 After Twentyfive Hours Dellben tlon Jury Declares Harry Thaw j Not Guilty of Murder Because t of Insanity at Time Fatal I Shots Were Fired 1 1I I New York Adjudged not guilty of ho murder of Stanford White by reason rea-son of insanity at the time tho fatal shots were fired Harry Kendall Thaw In Saturday was held by the court to jo a dangerous lunatic and was or lercd confined in the state hospital or the criminal insane at Mattoa van I It was a quick transition from the Jlngy little cell In the Tombs which Bad been the young mans home for more than eighteen months to the whitebedded wards of the big asylum Tho verdict came after twentyflvo hours of waiting and when everyone connected with the case had abandoned aband-oned all hope of an agreement ever being reached In this or any other trial Four hours after the foremans lips had framed tho words Not guilty with the accompanying Insanity clause Thaw protesting that ho was tone was on his way to Matteawan A little after nightfall he had been received in tho institution under ream mltment papers which directed his detention until discharged by due course of law On his way to Matteawan Thaw dictated the following authorized statement to a representative of the Associated Press I am perfectly sane now but I am going to Matteawan on the advice of my counsel who thoughtlt Tmwise to sue for a write of habeas corpus at this time Counsel will proceed In the matter of my release just as soon as they can got together the proofs they will present that I am at present sane I am confident that my stay at Matteawan will be for a short period of time only Mrs Evelyn Thaw and Josiah Thaw were the only members of the prisoners pris-oners family in court when the verdict was announced Tho young woman thanked individually each member of the Jury and followed Mr Littletons example in shaking hands with them All of the defendants counsel were elated with the verdict and declared It was Just what they had hoped for District Attorney Jerome was almost us well pleased himself |