Show jury after being out twenty five hours and balloting fourteen times reached a verdict of not guily thaw and his wife pleased when the result is announced new york feb 1 acquitted today of the murder of stanford white on the ground that he was insane at the time 0 the commission of the homicide harry K chaw was ordered by i justice dowlong to be committed tu the Matte awan asylum for the criminal insane until such time as he can convince the state lunacy commission that his being at large will not endanger the public safety i thaw was led back to the tombs across the bridge of sighs and will remain there until th e sheriff can plan for his transfer to the upstate up state ansti aution both thaw and his wife the latter being the only member of his family in court when the jury unexpectedly returned its verdict after a deliberation of twenty five hours seemed pleased and satisfied with the outcome of the case thaw stood and smilingly bowed bis acknowledgments to the jurors as they filed one by one out of the box district attorney jerome also seemed satisfied as ho has contended ever since the crime was committed that thaw as medically if not legally insane thaws counsel thanked the jurors with a hearty handshake for each one of the twelve attorney littleton at once filed an exception to justice bowings Do wings decision in retaining thaw in custody and committing him to the asylum only a few spectators were allowed to enter the court room when the jury reported justice bowling warned them against any demonstration whatsoever but despite this theodore roosevelt pell the noted tennis play erh coke into vociferous applause as the foreman uttered the first words of the verdict not guilty pell was immediately arrested arraigned before r had been discharged and fined 25 ov contempt of court it wa 1220 this afternoon just twenty five hours after the jury had retired that the first word came from their council room an officer was dispatched to justice bollings Bow lings chambers to inform him that the twelve men were ready to report district attorney jerome and counsel for the defense quickly assembled and young mrs thaw rushed to her accustomed chair in the court room justice dowling took his seat on the bench at 1242 p m and it was about five minutes later that the verdict was announced the jurors as they took their places in the box gave no hint of their conclusion cl in fact it was generally believed that a disagreement would ha up to the time justice dowling warned the spectators against making a demonstration thaw was not prepared for the climax of his case and there was an appreciable delay in summoning him to the bar when he had reached his chair at counsels table the ciol of the jury was begun all the doors of the court room were locked and save for a t newspaper messenger no one was il I 1 lowed to leave the chamber until ano proceedings were over thaw was commanded to stand up and face ano jurors as they in turn were called to their feet jurors look upon the defendant defendant look upon the jurors called clerk penny f gentlemen of the jury have you agreed upon a verdict we have said foreman gremmels what say you Is the defendant guilty or not guilty not guilty on the ground that no was insane at the timo of the commission of the charge then came the applause which caus cd commotion in the court room and j spread the rumor outside that a great j demonstration was in progress behind the big oaken doors harry K thaw was taken to mat late this afternoon continued on page six new york feb 1 after having argued and balloted all night long an fn the stuffy little jury room adjoining the chamber of criminal branch of tho supreme court the chaw jury this morning heartily welcomed release from confinement when shortly after 8 they were taken up town for breakfast several of the juryman jurymen are well along in years and the all night session seemed to have gone badly with them their faces were drawn and tense and the good nature and companionship panion ship which bad been so noticeable in this jury ever since the panel was completed during the first week of the trial was gone no report with any degree of authenticity filtered from the jury room and the opening of court was awaited with much anxiety 0 0 0 CROWD CHEERED thay 0 0 0 0 new york feb 1 harry 0 0 thaw left the tombs for the 0 0 grand central station en route 0 0 to Matte awan at 4 07 p m 0 0 he was accompanied to tho aay 0 0 lum by deputy sheriff bell hi 0 0 wife and attorney 0 0 oreally ORe llly A great crowd cheered 0 0 him as the automobile speeded 0 0 out of the prison yard 0 0 0 as it was believed the jury might leave some communication to make at that hour or judge dowlong might send for them to ask it ho could be 0 any service thaw although late to bed was up with the gray of dawn this morning and to his keepers in the toms expressed the hope that a verdict had been received he was thoroughly convinced before retiring last night that the rumor dividing the jury eight to four in favor of acquittal on the ground of insanity was true and he felt to day that the minority would be won over i thaw at last seems absolutely recon ailed to the fact that the best he can hope for is a term of confinement in an asylum he is convinced however and so are his attorneys that he would be able to win his way out of an asylum in a short time as the tests be stood last year when arraigned before a commission in lunacy were quite convincing as to his present ability to prove his soundness 0 reason baths fresh air and breakfast worked a mark ed improved condition in the most of i the jurors and when they went to the criminal court room from their hotel t at 7 all seemed physically fit to continue their deliberations for some time to come never since the killing of stanford white has thaw spent so restless a night as he did last night and in the early hours this morning during the early hours of the night thaw smoked 1 a good deal and seemed to think that the jury would return a verdict before midnight when he learned that the jury had failed to agree and had been locked up for alie night he became restless although ho tried to sleep be was wakeful and after a doze would wake aga inand news of the jury HARRY THAW IS ACQUITTED continue from page one justice bowling has committed harry thaw to Matte awan asylum for the criminal insane and ordered him taken there at once for an indefinite period justice dowlong said he deemed thaws discharge would be dangerous to public safety attorney filed an exception to justice dowlings decision in retaining thaw in custody and committing him to the asylum when he news of the verdict waa communicated to mrs wm thaw the prisoners mother who was waiting at her apartments in the hotel lorraane Lorr alne she said thank goday son is saved I 1 am perfectly satisfied |