Show WHY HARRY THAW KILLED WHITE 1 Jerome Admits That White Had Done Evelyn Nesbit a Great Groat Wrong THAT MOTIVE FOR MURDER I But This Motive He Declared Forever Swept Away the Claim of Insanity District 11 Attorneys Manner 1 I Different from It IS a n Year ARO 11 Vindictive J New York Jan 30 Conceding that Harry I r N 1 Thaw may Inay have havo hall had irma Irra Irrational Irrl outbreaks now and then Ulen during the thu M 3 yours yosra of nf his lila life Ir DIst Atty Aly Vii Wil William liam Travels Jerome 1 lole in 11 im his hi pIon for Cor tha tho conviction of ot Stanford Whites slayer sayer I declared d there thoro was absolutely lib nothing In imm the time case to time the Jury to 4 show how that thIt Thaw was wal o Insano tho thin night of or tho time tragedy that tha he lie did not know knott kno the or quality of his imus act actor actor actor or that the act was WIS wrong The TIme prose prosecutor tutor followed this tills however by mig sig signifying all very plainly that hInt he Ime believed would be served MI If the time IN mint ant should houll be bo found utility HII i if f r some re I lesser los er degree de ree of criminal responsibility than thun murder In time the first degree derel Ho lt explained carefully nil iti oil time the Elements jf that lint entered Into a I verdict of oC first de tie degree hi gree murder and then pointed time the way w y l to two other Oilier possible findings murder In tho second cond degree or om 01 man slaughter In Itt the tho first frt degree Mr 11 Jerome Jeromo surprised lila his hearers hearer to f m day da by 11 the striking of hla hl nr ar t with that of a it 1 year 1 ego ago I O The rime was wa gone fone the time passion passionate lon j ate III defense of or White was gone galls Ione time the de tic e nun ca on of or Evelyn EtilO pIn Nesbit had nn no place In II his remarks Instead there thero 1 wits was a n calm analytical ellton of time evidence a n concession of o possible 1 I weakness bolh mental montal and 1111 physical in the time defendant but always a n recurrence to tho time hard Ind fast rule mimic of time tho th law haw that a n man mun to tt be excused must IU t be so about about us mis not lot to know what he ime was 18 Mr 11 Jerome declared dramatically that timer thew was no doubt Stanford White bite hud haiti IOnS dOM Evelyn Nesbit a 0 great wrong thai lint Harry Thaw Thaw had intO every motive for revengeful roven murder upon the time theman mime man he lie killed kie This motive ho imo assert asserted aMer ed cd forever swept away Iway the time claim of ot Insanity which knows not what wha It does r CROWDED New Nets York lan Jan 30 There was titis Wt nn fn other great reat crush cru h at itt tho timo criminal courts building today to hoar hear Dial Ditt Atty Al Jerome make tho the clo ud d i iI dress I for time tho people In iii the Thaw cast case caR I hon the time 1001 opened time tho court chamber was stag WI found to r I he e al nl already ready rend filled Ii lieu wH ui I i specially ly cei oil spectators Jimi In t cc Dowling was Wa In ill getting down don town and amid it was somo some 1 time after tha hour set for tor or convening when he lie took his hil on tho bench n Nesbit No Thaw Jo lali Thaw w ro tha th only members of 01 tho ho defendants family present when Sir Mr I Jerome Jeromo began his Imis argument at lt 11 ii 1 ol ick Ho lie declared the cuso case haul bail m been handled bundled by liy him with some soma cully as a ho hail had hall had many other mIca mai mailers lers tori of ot Importance to attend al nd to at It time the same lime i RATHER i If I I I I t i have at any lacked In time tho dignity that s 8 to lo my m lii office o 11 CO e continued Mr Jeronis If It at any uny time timo i iI I have havo shown any II asperity or luck of ot consideration I cull cnn only Hay Ia Ha now floW that 1 I regret It I Any An All personal I have made or have hae not made should have no part whatever In II your verdict you are not trying tho the district dl attorney ney Any no rs he h iii may la havo lulo mado modO Is IF not evidence for tor the time people and neith neither er or are they any an evidence that Harry HarryK s sK K Thaw was WM Insano when he ime killed Stanford White Whit An Aim to tho time woman If my manner o wits was ono one of or disapprobation that Is not evidence Neither I nor the time woman j jis is Ii being tried here hore Harry Thaw Is on m f trIal for Cor or the tIme murder of Stanford Whits in lud ill the tue defense defonso o Is that ho he was Insane on the night of ot Juno 25 1906 that that ho l was tufts not nul generally Insano or Is Insane j now All Al you OU have havo to deal with nil n I have hae to deal leni tle with is 18 whether or not t tat at a it 1 time tinie and amid Ild tithe this ile do wax wan Insane In whether when hOI i iho I ho him shot and Ind killed kled Stanford he ho know knew that time the act acl It wan wIlS wa wrong antI and against tho timo law of ot tha thi land i iI 1 I shall endeavor Mr Jerome Jerme added ad coldly to dissect the evidence In this clime to trace laCo It step by alep and to show you that time the burden burdon bu on the to law i places upon the defense of proving tile tho Insanity In of thin defendant has lias hI not been I mot nw Jerome explained time the different do grees of murder defined by b the tho law and ann staid said In 11 this COSH CI the UW only verdict po pl ethic under th t the circumstances won wan mum mur mu m dor mior In the first flet degree murder IUro In tho the second ond degree manslaughter In time the first t degree or not blot guilty guity on the tho grounds rund of 0 i Insanity 1 Wily WHY THAW KILLED HILLED WHITE j The Tho district attorney declared plainly had a motive for om killing White very act of Wn for two or ci three yeats before the tho tragedy pointed to ids his deadly and consuming committing hate halo of the man he kill killed ed believed that White had drugged and mistreated his wife ha ima Know White had kept isbn him out of n mm New York club he imo know that had bind threatened hits his life If time tho stage dour door man Is to bu be believed and ha he know knew just a it month before the tragedy White had told May Mackenzie that ho hoard Thaw timid and wore not miot living hap happily together he hum would get tret the thu girt girl bock back vIt lt matters not whether you belIeve time the girls of tha ilme drugging or not declared Mr Jerome Thai Thu relations of i middle used aged married man with the tha girl of 16 cry cr out to and amid no decent man maim can cimfl say a word in lii y 1 I certainly have no Intention of r rw w so but with nit time tho thing I have j pointed out to you If there was no rio mo me meLisa live Lisa In tnt time thu heart lm tut of tIlts this defendant I i ican can Call Imagine nothing that ton COil motive i S In Jim hla i pooch impeach last year Mr Ms Jerome defended Stanford v I declaring that lila iU spirit hovered user near tim courtroom crying out ou to tie lie hoard In Ins crying for tome sImIle to tall time the truth and a tor had sought t is JURY J lu uit Ue lo ni I mis mi Il mill I an as Ian I ins L fun II was tufts u limit li I ij would i lit t jury until tom r I Il l morning Diet Atty tt Jerome wilt will j this j |