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Show FIFTY WITNESSES ! FOR THAW TRIAL 1 Defendant Confident of Freedom Free-dom Plans to Visit Panama-Pacific Exposition. New York. June 21" Fifty wlt-i wlt-i nesses summoned in behalf of Harry K. Thaw in his effort to prove he is I now sane and entitled to be set free ! from the Afatteawan asylum were j ready to testify in bifl sanity trial today before Supreme Court Justice Hendrick and a Jury. This was Thaw's fourth attempt to obtain his freedom by means of a habeas corpus, but was the first Instance In-stance in which his plea was heard, by a jury. Justice Hendrick. however, how-ever, pointed out that the jury was an advisory and not a trial jury, "L they come to one conc lusion while I i reach another, l shall not be bound by their findings." he added. Thaw was so confident of success that he was planning to attend the Panama-Pacific exposition after the trial It was stated that Thaw's counsel will object to a lengthy questioning of their client concerning the murder of Stanford White. They contend that Thaw's mentality is the only question to be decided. |