Show JEROME'S ADDRESS ADDRES STIRS EXCITEMENT i Attorney Berates Character of I Stanford White and Other OtherS S Degenerates S COMPLIMENTS TO THAW r t I S J. J Last Argument for the State N S Is Ls Laid Before 1 Jury 5 L. L t f BY LANGDON SMITH S New ew Y York rk Jan 30 DeCore Before the tho jury in the Thaw trIal tod today y District Attorney Attorney At At- torney torne Jerome lal laid down the last argument ment inept for the people In the case for forthe forthe iW the murder mur Ier of or Stanford White i There are three things that can hap happen pen when this is done the done the sending ot of Thaw to the electric chair his acquittal acquit acquit- tal upon the tho ground of Insanity or a 11 S I disagreement The conviction of Thaw will result 1 In an appeal His acquittal tat will re Fe suit BUIt In his commitment nt by b- Justice S Bowling to A disagree disagreement disagreement ment ment will result In a re commitment to 1 the Tombs prison where his release on ball will be optional nal with the S presiding Ing S His commitment will result In the npr ointment of ol a lunacy commission and an examination for tor parana Therefore put simply Thaw will go free go back to the Tombs or go to S SA A large crowd d gathered to hear Mr MIJ Jerome Jerothe When tho the doors were re opened the halls hans were so densely J row ed that those in the court room could not reach S the doors S There were a dozen ozen or more mora prominent ent per persons ons in the court when tho tue doors were opened Among them were Mrs Jackson Cissy Loftus Richard Harding Davis Charles ham Robert and Willie WIlHe Collier Comer S At 10 30 O o'clock Mr Jerome Jeroma appeared and seated s himself In the witness chair r with his iris notes in his hand In the time Thaw n pew TW V wor wore Josiah Thaw and Mrs Evelyn Tha Thaw in j her blue dress dress and and i blue blu hat Why should I t not hot be h hor r said the young youn woman to T Dr r. r Jelle Mr r Jerome Jerome Jer Jar ome omo lias saId sald about all about mo mo that he can say s y besides my place Is is' hero hero You iou did did- not weep at tins this trial said S Dr Irrelevantly We Weep i Oh no no- no was wan tho reply AU tears have hAvo b been en for those I 1 love and Wh my ray O. O Wor 1 me 1110 t 1 t. t not go begs n- n qs t J V 31 0 tr i r Or Attorney Jerome Attorney began Mm- Mm a. low conversational tone which h only reached the tho heigh heights 8 of ot eloquence he lie had been speaking for tor an hour o or ot more Thaw listened 1 to hIs hla arraignment with apparent indifference Jerome Inthe in inthe inthe the course of ol his speech said I 1 believe that Evelyn Thaws Thaw's experience ex experience ex- ex in Its essential details la Js am a as ashe she described In her sto story y It is true that these places were supported at nt enormous expense by bt a tL band of ot degenerates degen degen- crates and amid perverts S The expression on Thaws Thaw's face never ne changed He sat sullenly and quietly In his place gazing at th the table before belore him Never ever for a moment from fr m th time of ol his arrest until to today's ays ay's summing summing sum sum- ming up by Jerome has he acted the tho It part of anything but a crazy man may have hae been acting but It has been consistent ten t. t It Is the time opinion of tenths nine-tenths of or the themen themen themen men who l have a. a listened to the trial that Thaw will land tenet in S Jerome attacked Stanford White sayIng sayIng say- say Ing big that he was associated with degenerates degen crates Mr Ir Jerome apologized for fOl his attack on Evelyn en Evel n Thaw while she was upon stand Throughout his en entire entire entire en- en th the witness but argumentative tire speech speech speech-ho he was wag not oratorical S If It I 1 have lacked In the courtesy that every counsel should have hn ho A S Smatters sal said it is because of the many outside matters that I I have havo h had d' d don on my hand during the long days of the tho three weeks' weeks trial made are am not All Any sneers that are evidence and any lack of deferential courtesy to the tho ho woman In iii the case is not evidence either Neither she sue or I Is being tried here Harry Thaw is the defendant His de defense do- do fence lense Is that he was Insane not insane not he was insane At all times but times but only at atone atone atone time time the the night of ol the shooting one The question therefore Is was he lie insane upon the roof garden on the night of ot June Juno 25 5 I 1906 OG 5 attorney then described The district precedInG preceding tho the actions ns of the Thaw party ing lug tho the tragedy trag He said defendant defendant defend defend- White was a 1 man whom this ant rent hated White Whito w was s a n man who had wronged v this defendants defendant's wife accordIng accordIng accord- accord If It her Ing lag to the story of ot this woman would woul story Is true no decent man nina raise his voice olce to defend White Facts of crt Murder He then recounted the facts of ol the tho The Jury listened In a wooden murder until suddenly cud sud ten term pins like liTre so many wa way ly 1 lying revolver denly Jeromo Jerome grabbed tho tire the trigger pulled the tho table Ing upon broke brok the barrel raised It three times time above o his head and In reenacted reenacted re- re Then enacted tho the scene of or the tragedy the jury became live liVo n men mun n and sat up In their chairs all aU waive e aside Let us for lor a moment out the tire leave moment for a n. testimony the de defendant lle- lle find testimony Still w we girls girl's hate motive to with every for onA ono find him armed armel We fin White side oft of He walks over to tho the purpose with kills him Exalted t this ls man an anti and wine filled with ma madness ness and passion have any rimy wavering of tho the aim might of or daughter of ot any killed the wife or ot OU had Imad they the burn boon there you draw from What hat conclusion can cn you those facts alone Now comes this No no I 1 am amnot amnot amnot man In court and arid says for lor that mans man's death not responsible I 1 was alwa always nervous S SaIt the It aIt Is the law of ot the land head that rests upon burden of proving pro In Insanity the defense and that burden has not sustained been Leen not know believe he did Unless you Stanford White un unless UnLess un- un r shooting he be ie was the tho he did not know believe ou I less you state prohibited tho the act acthen act act- law of ot time the but to nothing for tor you Is th then hen n there convict him of murder In the first de deI do- do If It you doubt the deliberation I convict gree ree of or murder in the second de degree do- do bello that it was gree rree and if it you ou done lone in passion convict of or man man- slaughter t. t 1 but one on conclusion con con- at Can you arrive any an- elusion lusion That a man with tho the greatest greatest I nf of l fore him the him the man who had mad circulated stories about him im theman the tho thoman thenan who no matter maller how Ilow we wo believe o believeth man nan woman whom womans woman's story a story a th th he and of ot White Whit had lied wronged Stanford I whom It If It were VIere n not t for thu the spirit of or and order and arid the sense of ot responsibility tepon I law aw In iii- the tho community I c could al almost alno al- al S his death with death with this no neSt most t say de dUE rv t t ca 0 gs wM W 1 I I 1 I ti i JEROME'S ADDRESS STIRS EXCITEMENT Continued Fro From C On OneS One J man ao in la n sight Bight the defendant fired the shot can La babut but one 01 JOH atti- U tho yeAl n. n P us s. s of ot no periods when he lic was Irrational lie IIo comes back before Thanksgiving s. In 1903 The Therl girl rl had left him In Paris Parl and she was again Into the hands of ot Stanford White Love Lo Was aN heal I think ho he loved Evelyn Thaw with witha a n love that was real with a gallantry that Increased cd as the years yeal's went on The woman ho he loved has deserted him believing him a vile man a dope ope fien fiend Is there thero any anything thInS thInS' that Is un unreasonable un- un reasonable In his despondency and depression do- do 7 How would a reasonable man mOon act Would ho not be under those circumstances In detail Mr 11 Jerome took up the question ques Ques- tion of hereditary Insanity an and the af affidavit dt- dt of Mrs William w. Th lIe He then went Into the relationship between Thaw and Evelyn Evolyn Nesbit c Now NoY let u us see what there Is In Thaws Thaw's acquaintance with the girl to show Insanity he said lIe Ho sees her first as she passes out of a theater He Hea a asks a friend who she Is ana the frIend says She belongs to Stanford Stanfor 1 White But Dut he lie met her and saw v much of or her between 1902 and 1005 He sends s sher her to Europe In Paris ho asks her hero herto to o marry him and 1 sho flays Bays as a's No Then she ne tells him this story story story-o. a astory story which in its essential details I believe bellove Is true truo I did not believe It at I do not believe however that she sho was drugged I did not believe at that there thero were such places as as the tho Twenty second and Twenty fourth street treet ones but I 1 believe bellove It now flOW I know It now as truly as you sit there and ani I stand here It is hs also true that these places I wore ware s supported at enormous expense by a a. band of or wretched men many of ot whom aro alive and in this city today and some somo of whom havo o had their theli names mentioned In this trial Yes ItIs it ii itIs t Is all true But Bui sho she tells him this story tory In Ir 1 Paris and yet et ho wishes to marry her herShe She who had hOod been the bread winner t tor of or her ber family refuses him her hor hantout hand hant handout handout I out of or loveI loveI love loves I have hove no doubt she tried to tell tel 1 him him It was for tor that reason renson But what wha telI I does this childs child's s 's stor story do for hor her How Ho does it affect this man The miserable miserable miser raiser able man parades her through Eu Eu- rome tome Thaw Thun As Jerome thundered out out this elation Thaw for tor the first time showed emotion He lie glared lared at Jerome Jeromo It Tt was tho the sullen glare of or a crazy man mar I. I He appealed in hoarse whispers to Pea PeaS body to OReilly to Littleton but was Wa S told to keep quiet As ho proceeded Jerome became becam e stronger In his argument Oh the baseness of it he ho exclaimed I I Ia a ua pair of wretches fighting fight over th the I. I possession of ono one waif wait What hiat sort of or a man is Ja 8 he who seeks seek S the tho shelter of a to shield him bin a from the consequences of or his act net What WI-ia t sort of a Cl man would allow that stor story to be told not once but twice that hi hla C life lIro ml might ht bo saved Rather had he I-i I a taken the stand and sacrificed his lit life C than she be compelled to tell her terrible ter tar story ston But with all aIl tho tue things s I hay have C pointed out to you OU If It there was no motive motivo mo mo- tive tivo In the heart of or this defendant eron Ican I Ican can can Imagine nothing that ran pan can create a motive maUve A 4 moment after the adjournment was announced Mrs Thaw with Lawyers Littleton Lileton and OReilly went to the prisoners prisoner's pen and greeted Thaw Mr Littleton told Thaw he hoped for the tha best and he was sure that everything DC DO all right Thaw smiled his appreciation as he lie and his wile info started out nut of the courtroom In the entrance of ot the Bridge of Sighs Thaw smiled a good nl night t this timeto timeto time to his wife and end then thon kissed her goodbe good good- bye be Justice Do Dowling will charge tho the jury at 1030 o'clock tomorrow morning |