Show t. t APPEAL TO UNWRITTEN LA LAW CLOSES CLOSES CASE ASE FOR HARRY THAW r t l Thundering Argument of California Advocate During Day t of Brilliant Rhetoric Closes With Quiet Sentence Giving Matter to Jury r DELMAS' DELMAS ELOQUENCE HOLDS iLL ALL SPELLBOUND f May i ieM Consume Less Than Thi Three o c Hours Flours in Summing 4 V U Up t-Up Up find and Give Give Case to Jurors J II T Tonight Great ir ri Crowd in iii COlf Court rt Room l 1 i NU l' l I I i 1 il ll i T- T New 01 York OLi April t 1 now wIlli all solemnity ulc gentlemen leave o III In your OUr S 'S f hands the thu Talc fate of oC Harry linn K 1 Thaw a entire absence of oC lea the Impressive t notes of or his voice olce ralIn fading softly away 1 like a dying echo J Michael loday ay plus framed lie llio words words toy for tho lito young slayer of or While All 11 through h he lie Ila tiny day the storm t thunder peals of oC rhetoric following the flashes of his logic o ll I i tippling Ing zephyrs of lender pleading IF succeeding angry r lalas of lIr lou lion Then at lit length came the lie l calm cal lifter the Die storm sturm The last word being II I the rill final a I hl I. I being driven irI v- v sj t en ju home the eloquent advocate nl- nl fi IO lowd 11 his lo tu drop rop id it a u dramatic j v. v whisper nl nut and a u few Cew minutes past e p o'clock the tIit lw falo tO of IC I lie defendant I was given 1 In Into Inlo I I ii C hands K of or C the lie men who vho wio I will wi Judge him District Attorney William lla n ra nJ t Jerome will sum sum sum ii lp tomorrow Jl llo I. I may ii speak at length ICI lh or I u he lie ini y compress com coin com press his Ills argument I lii Into to a Il brief three thle hours S O I In II ii t he Ia latter t event t. t J Justice ost will wl charge chIu the jury JUI before nightfall ami unc licie Is a n possibility hat Harry K IZ J Thaw will avill wi hits his hl I rats falo al before leole the lie lw day ilay Is 1 done Cull CI I It I I Iii t j In lii II his hla final hurst burst of or pleading pleading- nS to today l Del ma a added a new Il ic phrase to tu the 1 vocabulary o of the trIal ami made h his sj lil-sj I i J appeal direct to tu the tiie unwritten law lav Abruptly fuel lie alienists who ho sat sU is-i is t h lit lh ia I rail Ii lie riAl c-riAl Ah t h ii pen t lemon It J 01 c u a iii Inc fur il of II SIJ tl t i I- I u it it IC pt IC ln t g S I l 11 g K II ul h U. U l i r 1 t 1 1 rc ut rh m if h h nu Uti l him lm h. vC hl of H his lau daughter IH Is t l hut Uial IH lii the of hum U 1 C him him believe l the llio honor n nt f hi hits his wife f. f IH ell ac I L t l U t thu h. h species nt- nt ir If t Ij In- In which u hint him him believe thai tint whosoever CI In his hiM hum Unit whosoever 10 who atoms lh the vIrt virtue of thIs Hits t- t r ho Lie huh Ill hold has hu violated the lite lu highest l of or liu- liu 1 lm laws law and ad i Hl must appeal to the lie mercy 1 of GUJ God Coil If IC mercy there re be for him him anywhere any allY where In tho ho ull universe Like a peal of if thunder the dramatic declaration of uC the a went vent In Ing through h ho hc courtroom Assistant r District Attorney In the tb- tb I of uC his chief arose arole In lit protest an and L tho tito court sustained hi him I. I I Delmas nas was wa t trespassing upon the prerogatives rero of or i the thc court Heeding the ho warning the tite orator nevertheless nc went on ln Ja M iii Dnn ii Hile gentlemen he lie thundered thun dered l the tho law I La Is a human law Jaw I 1 yb- yb Into no HO law when t 1 as asIc you yon 01 to take tho Uio oldest of ur lows that golden law Liw th lii tl law that Is I ut at tim lh C foundation of nI all q law lawS i Do Vu 1110 ithiers as IK you yuu would that hat they should do Ilu unto you I Ih Ah h gentlemen recall the language Jun o I. I of If that hat great Icat Hook Boole In which Is contained eon con COl tallied the um am and the religion of oC llio thu people of oC ol old and anil I say lay ay to lu you Is It Ic Jonathan to l die dl for CO r ridding Israel Irael of this disgrace Is I Jonathan to lu die tor for working this great reul salvation In l Israel God Goil Nut Not a Pair 1 of his hia head heal shall full ful to the ground for Cor ho walked with viLla God on that day tay As s he lie ceased speaking un anti and quietly his his' of ot iIi the 1 rC d I lt his chair the puller IHler o i on LII UI the window panes H alone broke the The rhe Jurymen sat sal lal looking admiration Thaw bIb hi- ut hi him in In II lull In Iii his bibs hands looked d he head lt lest lug II s. s gratefully ful at al his bits hll defender nn and t turning softly at al his hil mother his hiM If hl his sisters and amI iid brothers who win Were wen i grouped in the ll tWo iwo rows til I chal Immediately behind the Hie defend defend- ant alit M II thick k 11 itt til lt Ilia 1 Mi Mis Jh w was pale all and droopS drooping droop droop- ing IlS circles the lie still wonderful S eyes eye wl which leh 11 the last latt tear wu wits ut long Ions drained Mrs h William Wilam ThawS Thaw S bravely l turned re-turned lid her sons son's 1011 smile brav S S In i- i iJ J through glistening eyes CN A dainty lace lac t the features of or concealed i. i S Mi Mrs s. C while und il MiH rs Ld IdA Nil Thaw who itt tended attended S k ll tho trial for Cut the lie first time lime today sal mil S motionless their gaze gaz centered upon 1 with all their wo- wo OI striving O JU r II wih SS 5 T ll nf m.-nf I wit wi and iii I t To 0 read Ical the lh theS which all now ul upon S Sf I lor ll full fuU full lie silence In iii II tin thu lot FOI H t h 1 g.- g. y trial chamber I wun WIM VU unbroken Then the theS and of Justice rh iw S S for Cor tho the H t r whIch hum the started tib P. P t I- I Into UI subdued roar as tI the adjourn- adjourn the ibo till day was taken I fur for dl Wl Q r h Hie III al fit M f Ov II u I I case n as he hc I it hl hits UI Ul 11 and j and kissed his 11 m molher rr out i- i weid WOOl tnt t 10 hl hil wife wiCe wu wuI WUA t 4 worl friends perce f J IJ the laid 5 where I 4 S InH live S now the t wits wag Y 1 ur no u f uproar wl with talk or of orS S. S which ma flaY lie be ex- ex had and 1 hel what hal S f 1 Holt bold 1 1 lul Jc S l would Informed that V the from t frIend S o I S r T il hl his He I-he will scornfUllY sweep wi O elope law paint Thaw 11 1 the Delmas V aside in m which I to 10 those 1 S m tin colors akin fl at S S 2 have liaC u IL 1 murder 2 l r 1 and ami our discourse t- t o c on De Dc S I which r art lIne r t not s' s the the cure fa Os I InsanitY p but as 3 ll It S r c k j f i which lu tie will wi Del mas h has lits pr presented present HII I c ed It Il during din lh tilde c c two ca daysI I Humor ns n's aya that In 11 spirit If not lot In lii I woid words the district attorney will wi his bits l S to accept n ii I verdict of or murder in II the thc second degree Wo We shall ace soe Jerome has bias two formidable l Ir lo m leall one his hits own expressed con elon conviction that hurry Harry Thaw wa was ns Is and ever CI will wi f t m crazy ll other oIlier the the masterly defense whIch 11 has m con about hl his client The court the California t tolay to- to lay for fOl his appeal 1 to In the thc inv mH unwritten Lien law Jav That al also ilso o. o w we vt shall shah sec see Out of or an In cx- cx of or if oily or i eart at It the thac bar har with I an au al record of or victories In hi II capital cases cacs aCH hl tl lie lie- thundered his bits a 11 lo to the jury The hc end of the thi will vi tell loll G iea real rutt d in iii tt 1 S. S A gI rat crowd at atti a i than has litis been hicen to ever el 11 wIlne H I lie 11 closing scene of or if a- a minder aminder 8 I 1 nhI I trial I bat In lii lh 1110 history of ut If lh thy courts I Ju They l thronged h l the tho h corridor OI J I t I nrc ovi t O out Into lino the streets and all that lint line lne of n a man Sergeant cr r. I hall hail hIs hiM hand full ful to hold hohl the lh in II subjugation lon Petitioners came from justices of or the me court cour tars stales and ol of cities of-cities I governors Jo of or dl Ing sion to 0 hit chamber and y thi-y UW wi-re wi turned I aWI away because tl t e c ou our had bind hell l been coe closed r the tha scene lU wa was 11 of if f Jm- Jm Pt 1 IS A cd td chamber Justice Jus Jus- I ice tice on I the he tle bench lench beside c ld hi him I iii Justice the tho inner honor enclosure Jn ru vl i I lh li cl ch elect cl Ir and anil t l else the fortunate bent roe for forward 0 j ele Ile I ward d HI fn rapt z-ajit attention Willie v.-lillo th the marvelous marvel Inc I ous OIS notes nOh's of ur that thai ha outing voice JAI rung rang I out appeal for rr Hi thie th- th thIro life bite Iro of A fellow nw c I Ii ll nr l i nth t ihl t lie J liar J charged t I r I dIy ii n II f. f I 1 tuU t on 0 Ja mOT d vi t 1 11 tn pj- pj ii I U Wl Vj lIHr I dal it itI I I with wih sin rOTI the es e-es r 1 Uw the I ti lh I Ii 11 11 IIi 10 llo I Lu lifted the lw thy Imby form of Hurry harry Thaw I from flom Its I cradle whom when a I and amI happy hap hal II py Ily mother bent hll solicitously o i. 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U It and atul with wilh tin the tl magic of hI Ills his voice made 11 the lie ho boy Into lalo n u man roan his bis career onward and upward to 10 Hie lie Ila day ilay when whon Kho cam camo tub Into hl his life and tie lie Interposed 11 with th the black aits of ot lust In LU a EC o of wonderful word picture he lie presented 10 love crime hatred haUd 1 re- re morse e envy nl murder munIer IliC traced the hl hideous of oC the ser ser- pi-nl pi through all al the of While II It became a living presence to 10 the lie dethroned of or the lie defendant a IL distorted entity that thaI was with him I sleeping Rn and waking dogging dObbin his hll foot fool his he bedside stepping Ihn tens sitting b by s e. e between him anti and his hits beloved one In Ins hits ear Car always his bus eyes He lie le inn his hi facts with the lie precision 11 pre Lire Held commander cr distributing ebston of oC a plc his hil forces forc for fOI the battle und he lie como camo down to lo lii end of uC Ills hits appeal with the thc speed and crushing hin force Corce of a ca catapult cr swallowed und and several Men len gulped and so ral of or the jurymen looked on with glistening all that haL the en end So enrapt were eyes fl came caine as aN an abrupt atruL shock Vie V e looked about dazed TI Tin The tempest hail had passel passed It died out wIth nil all nl the majestic IHMS 1155 I tlc of or tho the storm lorm in the he overture of William Tell For Fur good Goot Tel or Ill I. I fur for ur weal or woe hue Continued on Page Pago Two jr APPEAL TO UNWRITTEN UNY LAW I CLOSES CASE FOR HARRY THAW THY J 1 II r f Continued From oni Pa Page p One I I i J. J Jast l word for 01 Barr Harry Kendall n alt Thaw 14 hail bc ii said Now ow how say ar you yon gentlemen of or tIe the jur Jury Jl Mr Ir Delinks ICI resumed isis Ills summing up h by first t thanking th tin the jur Jun Jury for their kind k attention Ifo Ife said oal i I 1 will T relieve lIe th tho long lOllS suspense p which h Iia ia occasioned l b by your 11 0 la labors ors tJ by announcing tint that I 1 will t shortly leave lea the fato tito of or this defendant In your o lr hand huIlI- 42 Before Leore entering tho ho upon U remarks which n I J propose making It ma may be e. e useful to Cast t at a 4 rapid glano- glano over O what hM I 1 e already sal SLId said so 10 o that you OU may connect what I T shall have to 10 say with what I 4 hM have hl o already said F r 1 han ha cn endeavored to la lay Jay before th eyes of or tin tI ju Jury th the pictures of th the fate I of those t two 0 young people lI I 1 ha had tried to tosho show sho the thc unfortunate occurrence which befell JeCell her when hc io narrated to him bun in tho the summer of or 11 1003 IO 1 the tho awful stor story of M what had happened T I hmo ha shown sho or r at 1 Kast tast ha have hae e enda endeavored orcil to convince you OU 1 first that lat the facts which Nh nhe she he then related were r true truc nn and secondly second I ly that it was vas true that Sll s1 she did relate them to the defendant at that LImo time Ir I T r next endeavored to anI analyze z the only testimony tes tea limony which can be bo j JIt to conflict conflict con con- filet with the evidence of the defense and tu to determine If Ir a Jury jur sworn to do o their I duty duly be warranted to evidence e suf- suf f clent to convict Mid And much Jes less would the they ho warranted In iii bulJ building a superstructure superstructure super super- structure upon so rotten a foundation t as ml might ht oho Involve the lire life of a human t being Tour of or the lie Four acts of oC this drama 1 tried to tu portray I J hall had shown n the tho acts of disgrace disgrace dis dis- grace of him who ha had finally been en brought to the bar of oC Justice JUStiN b by the tho firm finn hand of the law la laThe The last List act et Is r yet ct to bo be enacted The fifth act of or this dramatic life Is Js yet ret To be e depleted depicted Tho The curtain Is Js yet tt to rise upon that fifth act acl i and In the thc name of oC Humanity may we e all dh 11 pray that the curtain may never nc rise upon that act May rn m my eyes ces never be- be hold the chief executive o of oC Jaw law of or this ct city standing upon this spot pot where a aj ac c j year car ago aro he lie asked the court to inflict upon this convicted felon don the tho fullest penalty penalty pen pen- all alty of or the la law May Ia I T nc never see him standing upon the self same spot in this self same room after ICIer seeing the witness perjure himself on the on the stand with the written proof p of his perjury lying open opeti on oil the thc table before his eyes es May I never see seeY ee Y him stan standing ln- ln before twelve men asking t them em to take the sworn testimony of the self same elf elf- ame convicted cOIl felon May ra I r never er see him ask them to 10 haj ha have j this haired gray mother sec ace ee her s son son n sent en t I to a dishonored grave brave 1 on Oil Thaws Thau's Mind lind P You Tou know that no actor was ever so 1 gifted that In a a. court oom room and before beCore tc l an assemblage such as this that could have o stood tood the the- test of or th the general scrutiny scrutiny r lIn tiny if Ie she the had hall not been en telling tin the I truth it I shall shah assume that this story t was t toJ told as IS she s swears rl It was an and I 1 Ishall l' l shall hall proceed to depict tho the effect which the tellin telling of the story had upon the mind of Harr Harry K Tha Thaw I I 4 Gentlemen I shall hahl h lI prove It to you A t t I from a a. number of or sources and first without without without with with- J. J out adding an any words of m my own in l Jhc very language In which whIch it was told i v ln Thaw when she sho was UH tc testify testify- tI ing before you ou i She bays 8 after aCler narrating what hat took tool i in Paris in June The effect of or this tory story to on Mr tr Thaw was as terrible To think of ot me I mf I was wati at so 80 young and youn-ancl and t. t to 10 think of or this big Sc great eat at yellow brute rf r I must mut have ha Lec been frightful He lie could not Jot think of oC it He lie would walk up and RO I down the thc room exclaiming Oh Ob God Goll Oh c C tIed Hod od and kept I sobbing Go on tell me methe gr th the lie whole story We c stayed there all night ht in this room He lie Ial said It Il was t not n my fault that I 1 was simply a poor unfortunate un un- un- un fortunate little girl that thal he ho didn't think s any the lie less of me mc on account of or It It and 4 he said that no matter what hat happened h. h hu lit would always ays bo ho Tn m my friend lie He re renewed c e. e n his hla proposal of marriage two o months later He lie said aid that I 1 wa was not nul to blame blame- Jam I that it was not my fault Cault Genuineness S Not l I 11 MR I told |