Show PLEA OF HEREDITARY INSANITY IN DEfENSE I Of HARRY THA THAW r. r Counselor Gleason Makes Impassioned Impassioned Im Im- Irn- Irn Address and Reveals Plans Pians I M MOTHER THER IS EXCLUDED I rI n Emotional Speech Jury Is 1 Told i. i Jl f Millionaire Was us DC- DC 1 v lutted A 4 II By fly William Hosier i N New Ney wY ork Feb 4 Harry I Kendall 4 4 Thaw haw l f f g go g I before Ills his ju Judges on fl a f plea lIen of h hereditary r Insanity With one S desperate r effort hI his family today tollay made I thu tIiu final and H In III n Ii his Is IsI I 1 and c cast t their all all Into the theP t U P janee g c to save c his impel Hod life Ife TIet TIe Ee- t j all the iho world they u o avowed a I r taint of or Insanity through both the q j S and feminine lines of the I house ho of Thaw t. t AW ono sent sentence sentence- by lIy Coun Counsellor Glea- Glea t. t aon on w wide open the ilie closet et and 1 the u-the tho horror ol of It all burst sl upon the thet S. S t view slew It was as as if it- the founder of th the thet t J Thaw family family ie he who i reared eared that t t monument of Lit had stalked jW upon the scene Cene like Jike the Sceptre King ing 1 of oC Denmark and cried The Ih sins o of Pf the father are arc visited upon the v j t dren h n Blame not m my son son blame blame t in Y T It J Pr Presents lIts tIr Story I What hat was time the cauro camo of or this con- con UHl n of the thu brain crl cried d Gleason Cleason n an as he presented the time ghastly story In I the opening for nr the thc defense And nd Uti an- an himself the qu query ry he lie thun- thun bred i In insanity In lii the time I family And again he lie We Ye Ve will vIii show you gentlemen of the JUt Jury that flint In this mans man's i tam family II to a ai I i marked l' l client tent there were ere insanity and amid Jep ep epilepsy y A AntI And yet jet et once more moore he he- shouted On both skIes of or this defendants defendant's de- de family both hOlh as n-f to his hl-c father vr- vr r w t. t nod and his hla mother we will produce to k you HI direct evidence evIdent that hOt there was tUI I I Insanity It I Countess o of was wn not mint present tl to I hear she he mild did not attend nd toda s sessions lon of ot the Mra ha jJ JJ I I llama Thaw mild did not hear hal she hear she Iw w WU excluded ex ex- clotted ft room oni tin ilL court ronni Ii bt I of t I I ra talc f 4 L mo I I. I t 1 I. I t But L AI m nr t t lul 1 teed her ii f 5 1 yos lyeN t fell 1 a C cs On the words of off Gl u- u f son on l burst l upon the court ant oom wn and harry rh Thaw himself rr wit pat and writhed L an anti l Nl shuddered at this t of the self immolation of or his hl- family of their thelt i social MU that he mn may go go frond freel r si from responsibility for the death of or Stanford White that a Tha shall not nol bo Lt adjudged d a murderer m r. r Ill l ro ii fh Thau Deluded Surely there can an be no greater sacrifice that than this flits It was vas the corner of oC lie tho structure which I i th the defense will vIlI erect about the time tie oc- r J. I cu tl young millionaire All the r f i i 1 v irest rost of th the j ca case han hangs g upon wn It H. It Is rJ 1 sy M 4 atY to comprehend all that follows r. r l lJ bearing this thin In mind defense der will said z The TIme n o prove Glen On that thal U Lime defendant ant killed Stanford White under r th the delusion t i f is that It was an act aCl of or providence Providence- S. S J. J f that he was the agent nt of providence t to 10 It kill hIll III Stanford White r. r j We will show you this mans man's temperament in which the tho seeds of ot Insanity were Implanted liable to t. t Kin Ins UP un at an any time Io if J We will III show you that he le had what doctors call caU the psychopathic 1 t temperament that ho did ld not awaken 1 other othor from flom his sleep leOp as naturally t n i IJ n did dill but hut with a start start that that J t convulsions suffered from roni he r. ir t T J. J t V t- t t k III Insane a ne TI I 1 CC a Years is J t f a We 9 will show you OU that this defendant de lle- 1 for three years had be been n suffering suf lOu J disease of the brain from a n fering 3 culminated In the lie killing kUling of or which l r-Jt r Stanford White and which left heft Its effect ef of- after aner the clearly clearl observable 1 t foci homicide j L i That an and much more but taut always 1 hereditary heredi heredi- came caine back to the l' l th the law lawyer always through ms l tory tar Influence e long stor storY of the tle life of or Harry Thaw bore was cle clearly lI discernible in every the of heredity I nt mo t r within him lie ho taint of birth that 5 and which he lie was not r responsible for 1 which culminating In the tage tragedy y of ot 1 11 time the Madison on Square roof garden gardon made madem but tho tim responsible ble and irresistible irresistible hIm m which was f tible a agent ent of an Impulse him at his birth In 1 planted nl else in to today's ays ay's f everything dwarfed I It fl touched a an trial trial trial-It It of oC tho the i session which no one for i depth n of tragedy Which ha had hati l not been am and 1 wa with th the oT or in connection cJ It It lifted the time story f far ah above the L i S and imo grimm to the tho of or spectators tho the the lie pie pl f. f antI showed showe mother hea hear head o bla or Of a 0 t t lure ture familY sac sac- proud L r of a 0 all that the lie world tins has grown mutch froni flom the ilear tu to t to holt hold the son RUn of the thu did tint not fear ar 10 0 I Rile slummed sinned v I S worM W was more the i t r n l th thin thAn n I. I n It I t 1 which story atory upon Ulon this Is the tho ht he So that the Jury Jun before Tha Thaw will go taint or of her hereditarY If 1 tl from u ti ot of which hI he a was IJ bY reason reat-on hIs hili In out or of that lon to 10 there Nesbit love for Stanford at great that gr lol l evolved ii a that va lv InJurY r do hIm hint an tO meant of this lon cl Stan Stan- in tIme the to that ThaW grew arc mankind an all to lo for cord White WS It had or- or J pull n that th lw lie hl ence providence h be his Thaw 5 and that die I J dull with ull this heard Iward oed ThaW his licad Lowe Ilp lips breast t. antI Ott 01 his chin r until hi his in his hiM face m n came an anu and i seat ut t color his nj In Th uneasilY 11 lie t his forehead twitched black great Jlii el hp under his S f cl Jc un l la c a-c c 8 l' l I I I r f fW t Ir r W lit lI L PLEA OF INSANITY S- S S IN DEFENSE OF THAW r S S Continued from fron page 1 1 n t J sc seii seemed ed at times upon the p point of or S t collapse i I All iAn All t while Gl Gleason a on was 05 unfoldIng unfoldS unfold unfold- S 5 S When he Ing the Story to tho the jur Jury reached that portion porton of or the S whore the meeting of Harry Barn Thaw Tha and Florence Evelyn elyn Nesbit was recounted S the prisoner suddenly stiffened up In S his chair choh his Jaws came together wi with h ha a a snap an and he boldly faced the jury jur juryS V t S as if it to note the effect of oC the stor story 5 upon them S Evelyn Thaw also algo barred hared from Crom the theS S S court room as a n witness winess was not S present J to share with him the bur burden en 5 S so so he faced face it i alone and his face S. S Hushed angrily as Gleason ason laid laIt bare bareS S the details He tol told of ot their meeting In Sn 1901 1901 S S He IIo le loved her with as honorable r Ip c as any one In this room has loved S a a woman whom he lie would choose as 3 ICe Ife declared the law lawyer cr i T S 'S He lie recounted how Thaw ha had asked 5 Mrs Nesbit in 1903 1902 for her daughter aughter S and how after aCer Harry had gone gono to SI S Europe with wih Evel Evelyn n and her 5 In March of that year that she might cr r from frol the results of a serious S operation op Thaw had proposed el to the girl 1111 herself i S I He lie took her to London to vl visit 1 his hisS S own sister Who tho 10 was ir 1 living there at t. t tho time r said I Gleason Glenson Evelyn n rc- rc 5 if used to marry many him S 4 j Spectators Eager C for r r Details 5 i- i S This is a new nc feature of ot the story 1 t an and the absorbed spectators pressed plesse f forward l rd to 10 learn leant lean more of or the details elaIs S s Gentlemen declared Gleason the theS circumstances of refusal the refusal the al'-the the S i J on she site gave you gave you will wi learn learnS S from her own Jp lips She will wi tell tel then the S 5 5 herself sulfice ulce to fay my ay that lint tho those e reasons rca rea Si sons ons were ere connected with wilh an OccurS occurrence occur Occur- S rence In the life nt of ff that girl gill Eld with wih ret ret- t. t nce to tu Stanford Stanfor White L Thaw declined to tu accept the refusal refusalS S as final an and he ed hl his suit sUI according ac ac- ac- ac 5 cOt cording to In to the lawyer until finally I Jt on April 4 I. with the Iho full ful consent t 5 SS j S o of tie the mother and family tile the thoy were ib y V married Thereafter gentlemen 5 declared our fur position is 11 that 4 from the time of the lie telling of this tory by Evelyn velyn NesbIt to Ira Harry t t S. S ery f Thaw the character aril and aUl condition of oC Thaw ha wore were changed and ant his mind mImi com com- 1 to take tale on an nit al Idea Idla with wih rf- rf pf S 1 J- J ence to lf Stanford aroUnd S Which In iii the course of or the following J years lr we were Involved ct many ll's of a i effect i that hint finally cul- cul 1 I In the fixed Idea of ff an inS im- im S Perlous force Corce that it i was right to 0 kill killS kill'S 11 S 'S Stanford White S i SJ or of l s Enemy Encl S 5 The rhe rest followed folowell n naturally GlenS Glen'S Gleason Glen Glea- S 'S S Invoked theS the tho S 'S son on once more pitilessly S Z S family f lelon of the Thaws and 1 1 sketched hastily haly the culminating scene of the of-the lh tragedy the burden burler of oC Evelyn Nc story the sp spectre of ot a a relentS relent relent- S i lEt enemy tho the Impelling force of or the thel S l Inward voice the meeting In in Martins Martin's Marln's the second encounter uiS upon up- up S on fn the roof root garden he garlen uhe garten-uhe he saw sav sw S glaring at him In hi his hist fancy Glea Gleason on said and nd finally the three shots stints All Allwill Al 5 will wi be systematically st l laid d before ef re the tiLe S 5 v j Jury r through the witnesses for the dev deS de- de te- te S 5 From Her cr Own Lips 1 From her own lips you ou shall hear y t I the story that Evelyn told toll t. t I S him said Eald Gleason 5 I That Is the story upon which hinges I the life lre of ot Harry Thaw It I was beS be- be S r. r i I of or this that she refu refused e to marS marry marry mar mar- S ry him when he first proposed to herIt herf her r- r f It I Iwas was this that weighed upon his hist t mind after aCer the they thc were married It I I was this vision of those things that r she rol related ted to him that was ever before before be he- f fore him that in his mind the theS b. b S hideous picture of or Stanford rd White WhiteS S as a scourge that awakened tho the sleepIng sleeping sleep sleep- leef- leef In ing demon within him calc called Into action aelon ac ae- ac- ac f wS S tion lon these insidious traits of ot Insanity I which blinded et his moral morl vl vision lon and andS I S which steeled the arm atm that slew Stan Stan- 1 S S. S 5 r ford r White While S AV Mrs Harry Horr Kendall Thaw will wi tell S SS 4 that story t r to the hc worl world Mrs lh lj l j I Thaw will wm tell tel the story tor ot of the family taint himself will wi testify testify not not no through word of or mouth but through he when undo und letters wrote wrol laboring r this spell through com complaints coin coin- plaints he lie mn made o to t the authorities against Stanford anford White through papers papers papers pa pa- pers nn and documents which counsel declare display In every line lino no th tile the working of ot a n man burdened by a acal great cal grief grier turned to mn madness Serc Scores Score of Witnesses R for Thaw Scores of other witnesses cR there wll 1 be his be-his his relatives hi hf associates physician clans clan servants servants all al all to substantiate this a awful talo tale of the brain bruin overthrown overthrown over over- thrown But nUL tho story tory of or stories wi wll be 10 told by Evelyn Thaw her husbands husband's life lre hangs upon pon the story which will wll I Ifal fall fal from her lips Astounding as 3 wa this one brief chapter of ot a family overthrown there were other othor scenes scones In the COUt court robin lOOI to today a lo to try the nerve oC of th 5 most hardened of oC court attendants They Thoy heard Garvan's Gar ans model opening 3 address for the state slate slate as brier brief a as pointed andas and andas ant rs as s B u a as al was long and tnt disjointed an and complex Glenson Glenson Glen Glen- Glo- Glo Gloson son has a just jUt grievance a against Jol Jo- Jo l' l iOme mt however hd district attorney ne ney i interrupted Gleason just at the point where he lie was going to quote McDonald th the states state's alienist against himself Or to against the theory theon of Thaws Thaw's sanity and was upheld by hy bythe bytho tho the court court courtl l Incorrupt Gleon on Again just as Gleason had led the jury ury lo to the portals of Robert Louts Stevenson's Suicide e Club and amI was Inviting them to enter to prove oneat one of at tho the defenses defense's theo theories es of oC insanity once more Interrupted and anc notably broke down one of ot Gleasons Gleason's best po points In 0 Law Iw Is law however anti and though these Interruptions probably shortened Gleasons Gleason's speech by an hour or more mort the rules of the game Iamo must be obeyed Garvan larvan Oar n began his opening address at 11 1 o'clock after Jerome had hat been bOen balked in his attempt to lo remove two more moro Jurors from rain the box and antI fifteen fit fit- 11 teen leen minutes minifies lal later l tho the yo yoUng yoting assistant assistant assist assist- ant district attorney laid had hal concluded his ml address to the Jury Thaws Thau's s 's J Stirred h by b finnan Carvan I Brief to tc terseness Garvan arvan nevertheless nevertheless less embraced In hl his opening speech every overy essential s point to his case Thaw listened to lo it i with wih varying emotions As the tho as assistant district attorney recited re recited re- re cited ciel in calm cairn tones tho the events c of ot the night of or June 21 21 the Iho prisoner fl first 1 t paled and then his face became scar scar- lot let lot He lie gulped convulsively wet his lips frequently and his eyes S opened and shut spasmodically as though he hc had hal just come from a darkened room into the bright light of oC the sun Mrs r William Hium Thaw Mrs Ir carnegie glo Mrs Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw and Miss May sat st Immediately behind he- he hind him with the gentlemen of the party part heard with wih apparent unconcern unconcern unconcern cern the cold request of or the state slate that Harr Harry Kendall Kendal Thaw be bp adjudged guilty guilly ot or a crime cHine the penalty of which is death dath sk I s for rm Death l Penally The Tile defendant is accuse accused of oC murder mur mur- der eler in the first degree said Garvan That it I is claimed that upon the day n of June Junc In this count county he shot with wih deliberation and nul premeditation lalon and Intent to kill Ji ono one White It I was as said in such a way that Carvan Garvan Garvan Gar Gar- van might have hav been reading from froma a law book But nut the Iho effect in the of oC the court room was s ha tragic lc Jerome flanked by his experts sat l stern faced an and approving Inside the rail ri JU Judge ge Fitzgerald poised hl his pen behind a stack slack of oC legal Volumes Thaw clasped d his hands In In front fron of oC him rn and sat with his head beau bowed owed Garvan |