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Show FROM THE TOMBS 1 TO ANJSYLIJfVl Harry Thaw Eicapcs Death Penally for Killing White, Only to be Sent to Mad House. After Twenty-five Hour' Dellbera tlon, Jury Declares Harry Thaw Not Guilty of Murder Oecauee of Insanity at Time Fatal Shots Were Fired. New York. Adjudged not guilty of the murder of Htauford White by reason rea-son of Insanity at the time tbe fatal ihot were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw on Saturday wa held by thn court tn bn n daugeroii lunatic and waa or ili-red confined In the state hospital for tbe criminal Insane at Mattea-wan. Mattea-wan. It wa a quick transition from the d'ngy lllllo coll In the Tomba which bad lmn the young man'a home for more tliiin eighteen month to the while bi-dib'd ward of Ihe big a)lum. The virdlct came after twenty live hour of waiting, and when everyone connected with Ihe enau lid abnnd oned all hope of an agreement over being rem hml In till or any other rlnl Pour hour niter (ho foreman' lip ind framed lira word "Not guilty." with the nccomimnylng Insnnlly ;laue. Thaw, irutetlng that ho wa lane wa on hi way lo Mntteawnn. A Utile ufler nightfall ho had been ecelvud In the Institution under commitment com-mitment aprn which directed hi Julcnllon ''until discharged by due :oure of law." Un Id way In Mntteawan, Thaw Jlctated the followlhx mtlhotlied ilatement to n representative of Iho Associated Pre: "I am perfectly anno now, but I am going to Mntteawan on tho ndvlce of my counsel, who thought It unwise to ue far a write of hnbens corpus tt this time. Counsel will proceed In the matter of my reluaso Just a toon n they oon gut together thu proof they will present that I am at preaent snne I nm confident that my stay ntvM.ittunwnii, will Jjo -for a ihort period of tlmu only. Mr. i:volynyrbwai)d JiarlahjThnw' aero tho oaljS 'ior)rA grJlVl''-"',tu' sner'a family lo coniwliltlW verdict wa annoiinccd'nHoxiirij- woman thanked Individually each member of 'ijuj 1'iiv and followed .Mr. Ultlclon'a fKampIo In shaking hands with them, all of Iho defendant counsel wcro iluled with (ho verdict aud declared t wis Just what thoy had hoped for. District Attorney Jeromo wua almost I well pleased himself. |