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Show THAW'S AGED MOTHER ' ON THE WITNESS STAND I Strongest Evidence Yet Presented In ffl Effort to 8ave Young Millionaire From Electric Chair. Now York. Another dramatic chap- t J ter was added to tho history of tho murder trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White on Wednesday Wednes-day when tho defendant's mothos took tho witness stnnd to contribute what sho might, toward saving her son from tho electric chair. Mrs. Thaw's stay beforo tho Jury was brief. When Mr. Delmns hod definitely definite-ly limited her examination to the , chnngo sho hnd noted In her son's condition following his roturn from Paris in 1003 nfter Evelyn Nosblt had told him her llfo story, and when District Attorney Joromo had with great consideration conducted a short and ineffectual cross-oxamlna-tlon, tho mother lovo welled strong In ' Mr. Thaw and sho felt sho had not done her nil. Sho wns loath to loavo tho witness chair. "There Is a question of heredity," sho protested, when both Mr. Dclma and Mr. Jerome -told hor sho might stop down. "I hnvo asked you, madamc, all that Is considered necessary," said Thaw's nttornoy with tho utmost deferenco. Mrs. Thaw half rose, hesitated and wns about to sit down again, when flk tho leading counsel for tho defense offered her his hnnd to assist her from tho stand. Twlco during hor recital Mrs. Thaw broko down and was unnblo to proceed. pro-ceed. If Harry Thaw's fato Is thrown Into tho hands of tho twolvo men In tho Jury box who heard tho mother's 6tory, thoro seems llttlo doubt what sho said will carry wonderful weigh' But Mr. Joromo gavo tho Imprcsslc that ho might uso tho mother's testimony testi-mony ns a weapon In nnothor direction direc-tion In his fight to havo a commission commis-sion nppointcd to tost tho present state of mind of tho dofendnnt. |
