Show mad house has had a depressing effect on the slayer of stanford white and thaws lawyers have been urged to get him out of prison now york fett 5 harry K thaw has demanded of his attorneys that they take immediate stops to secure his release from the Matte awan asylum tor the criminal insane it is reported that thaw demands absolute liberty but being denied this is willing to spend a time in a private sanitarium where he can receive treatment that Is to his liking thaw was acquitted on saturday of the murder of stanford white on the ground that he was insane when the crime was committed he wag immediately sent to the Matte awan asylum martin W lettleton who was chawa chief counsel during the trial is known to favor thaws remaining at the asylum tor several months or until public sentiment has had an opportunity port unity to change before a move Is made for his release mr was engaged it Is said solely to conduct the case in court and Is therefore acting at the present solely because of his natural interest in the case mr littleton last night attended a conference 0 thaws family and personal attorneys at which the matter of bis removal to some other institution ution than the Matte awan asylum was discussed it Is said that he stated at this conference that he did not believe it wise to ask for a writ of habeas corpus at athla time and stated that thaw might be removed to a sanitarium by order of the state board of lunacy in case the board could be convinced that he would be better off in such an institution sir leion expects to leave for florida today or tomorrow and expects to remain there for three or four weeks tf 4 the fact that at a council of the family of the earl of yarmouth it was decided not to defend the action of the countess made this possible this change from the previous intention to contest the case la said to have been influenced by the evidence given recently in new york at the trial of harry thaw brother of the countess for the murder of stanford white with regard to insanity in the thaw family as well as the verdict of the jury that harry thaw was insane when he committed the crime it has been well known for two years past that the domestic affairs of the were unhappy iho earls companions and his manner of living it was eald were such that ho could not give his wife the place in society which she had a right to expect she supplied large sums of money to defray her husbands extravagances and her friends say that she has conducted hersea with dignity throughout the troubles resulting from this unhappy union and the difficulties of her brother harry kendall thaw the fact that the countess had decided definitely to seek an annulment of her marriage was made known here january 3 when she applied to the divorce court for a decree the hertford family the head of which Is the marqula of hertford whose heir the earl of yarmouth is is one of the oldest and proudest of tho british nobility the marchioness of hertford stood by her daughter in law throughout her troubles and ek arted herself to re cancilo the coupat but in vain 1 I he family of the earl la much distressed at the notoriety brought upon it as a result of the action taken by the countess since her marriage the countess has made her home in angland |