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Show IURY DISCHARGED IN THW CASE Slayer,of Stanford White is- ' Remanded to Tombs to Await New Trial. After Long and Sensational Trial of Pittsburg Millionaire, Seven of Jurymen Favored Conviction, 9 While Five Were for Acquittal. New York. Hopelessly divided seven for a verdict of guilty of murder mur-der In tho flrst degree and flvo for acquittal on tho ground of Insanity tho Jury which slnco January 23 last hod been trying Hary K. Thaw report ed on Friday, after forty-soven hours nnd eight minutes ot deliberation, thnt it could not possibly agree on n. verdict. Tho twolvo men wero promptly discharged by Justice Fitzgerald, Fitz-gerald, who declared that ho, too, believed be-lieved their task wns hopeless. Thaw was remanded to tho Tombs without ball to await n second trlnl on the chnrgo ot having murdered Stanford White. When this new trial would tako placo no ono connected with tho case A i could express an opinion. District Attornoy Jerome declared thero wero many other persons accused of homicide homi-cide awaiting trlnl, and Thaw would hnvo to tako his turn with tho rest. As to n po8slblo chango of venue,, both tho district attorney nnd conn-sol conn-sol for Tbnw declared thoy would tuako no such move. Thaw, when ho had returned to tho Tombs, gavo out tho following statement: state-ment: "I bellovo thnt ovory man In tho Jury possessing uverago Intelligence, excepting possibly Mr. Bolton, comprehended com-prehended thu weight of ovldonco nnd balanced It for acquittal. All my family fam-ily bid mo good-byo with courage. I trust wo may all keep well." To lis attorneys, Thaw said ho was deeply disappointed. Stanford White, the Man Shot by Thaw. Stanford White was In his fifty-third fifty-third year when ho met death at tho hands of Harry K. Thaw. Ho was. generally conceded ono of tho foremost fore-most architects In tho United States, and his fame was still growing. His Influence In urt wns enormous, for in tho comprehensive work of nrchltec-turo nrchltec-turo ho Impressed his striking per- . sonnllty on ench branch of It as, for example. In mural painting nnd sculp-turo sculp-turo such ns no other man In his day had done In America. Ho was ono of tho best known men In metropolitan llfo and boyond that, for bis activities activi-ties carried him Into the leading cities cit-ies of tho United States, and In London Lon-don and Pnrls, whero ho numbered his. friends nnd acquaintances by tho hundreds. hun-dreds. His marvelous enorgy wns ut once tho despair nud tho admiration ot thoso who woro thrown Into contact con-tact with him lu business affairs. Evelyn Hopes for Ball. Now York City. Evelyn Neshltt Thaw was beside her husband when tho Jury reported a dlsagrccmmt. Tho wlfo gripped her husband's hand tightly ns tho Jury foreman spoke, and then when ho sank down by hor sldu sho tried to cheer him ns best sho could by saying thnt sho bollovcd bo-llovcd ho would now bo admitted to ball and that a second Jury would surely set him free. Tho mother, tho sisters nnd tho brothers, pale and well nigh exhausted by their tedious, norve-racklng wnlt for a verdict, were permitted to speak with Thaw for a. row moments to bid him bo or good cheer, boforo ho crossed tho "brldgo or sighs" to tho cell which until a , tow minutes borqo ho hnd hoped thnt ho wus about to quit forovor. |