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Show f ILMtACMOriTOE HB8RY I. THBW TRIAL; PORTRSYSJftEGENERACV YORK, Feb. 'Wilton Laekvre, noted as the most prominent per-trayer per-trayer of ehara.rttr mi the American stage today, who is now giving his owi conception of .lean Vsljcan st the Msnhattan theater, Victor Hugo 's dsi psycholoffiial study from "Lcs Mise rabies," and whose 8venrali stndy of i degenerato soul made "Trilbv" famons. has consented to give the following eeti mato- fro:.-. rc.r'-nal obnervalion made in the courtroom at the trial of Harrj Thaw, and various other actors in the great drarra of the day. (BY WILTON LACXAYE.) I recollect a man telling me once that the only thing that he remembered af the turu-ral of a dearly beloved mother, was the fact that some of the furnish- ing cf the nHn h.n ; been improperly placed. The psychologic value of this ii that hU perception had been deadened by a great blow, and his mind was onlj ci.pal.lc of a:i c-( rcon -ions and shallow notice of surrounding things. TOO BUSY TO REALIZE THE EFFECT. The rirst thing that impressed me in looking st the ehsraeters in the terrihli drama that is being enacted at the criminal ennrts wss that the real meaning and the tragic gravity of the case is covered up in the necessary routine of th selection of the jury. Others have discovered in the family of the sceused and the defendant hirrpelf evident manifestations of grief snd appreciation of the situation. I could see nothing but a keen alertness of the matter in hand, which so occupied al! of their faculties that iu the absorption of the game itself they seemed to loss sight of the awful stake. First, of eonrse. in the center of observation, is the defendant himself. Harry Kendall Thaw. His keen outlook, his sharp perception and intuition of character are a long way from the thoughtless spendthrift who spent his life without care for the day" or reflection for the morrow. THAW'S SIXTH SENSE IS MANIFEST. It can easilv be seen that aside from the natural deference of his counsel ta their client they place creat reliance on the strange sixth sense with which danger dan-ger seems to have endowed him. He watches every juror keenly. He scans eagerly the report of the talesmen, acd bv the time the perfunctory questions have oeen asked of the prospective jurcr, he is ready witn an opinfon of approval or rejection. re-jection. He certainly does not appear to be insane st the present time unless in the Lombroso sense which coas:tc:s any added sift as an abnormal insanity. I waa unable to see anv extraordinary prison pallor in his face. He looked neither paler nor lets healthy than mos't of the counsel who were trying the case. He nas not, however, the sangfroid with which he has been credited. He is a frightened man. His ease is an assumption. In keeping up the character he forgot to avoid the tell-tale wetting of th lips which always shows nervousness, especially nervousness which one tries to conceal. SAYS THE PRISONER IS NO DANDY. The first impression of the observer is astonishment at his appearance. Though h" is not stalwart in build, his face is of a rugged mould. He is anything any-thing but the dude or the tvpe of the gilded youth with whom New York is so familiar. There are hundreds like him coming in out of the West every year with taeir pencils in their hands, or their portfolios under their arms to wring from the money center success that is 3 slow to a small community. This youug man cursed with every temptation and every facility for yielding to it, was projected into it. vhich brought forth th latent ir.sacity which has so easily been traced in tno Thaw familv. Self in.lulgenc. jealousy au 1 egomania suddenly sud-denly brought his insanity to a point where the lau- was compelled to intervene. "It is a well-known fact that many successful businesses and professions are conducted today bv paranoiaes. I saw at least one n an who was lucky enougix not to be a murderer acd another one who was exceedingly fortunate not to bo in an insane asylum, in the courtroom. The ditlieult point for thoughtful iustiea is to establish exactly at what period tba safety of society demands the imprisonment im-prisonment of the individual. |