The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-30
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 abruptly ending the conversation. he turned and walked through the audi torium to where White was sitting The shooting followed almost instant ly.
 Not Searching for White.
 Thaw's counsel place the highest im- portance upon this piece of evidence. By 1t they hope to convince the jury that Thaw was not searching for White to kill him and he and his wife did not go to the roof garden with the hope of finding the architect there and that Thaws desire to slay his en- emy did not flame up until his glance. by pure chance fell upon White. They also think 1t will aid them in build ing up their theory of emotional in- sanity.
 | It was stated today after Thaw had pleaded not guilty before Judge Cowin | to the indictment which the grand Jury returned yesterday charging him with murder in the first degree, that al- though the defense stood ready to go | to trial at the earliest possible mo- ment. there was little prospect of call ] ing the case before october. It is said that as result of the long conferences between Mrs. Thaw and her l husbands Attorney today, former Gov l ernor Black will take m active part | in Thaw's defense Up to the present time the active worK in the case has been performed by other members of Mir Blacks firm under the guidance of I former Judge Olcott.
 | An announcement that the defense win mako emotional insanity" the basis for Its fight for the release of Harry k Thaw, in jail and indicted for the murder of Stanford White, set at rest the speculation on this point today Justihable homicide and the straight plea of insanity had been sug gested as line of defense, but Thaw himself made the insanity move tmpos- sible by his refusal to consider 1t and by declining to allow alienlsts to ques- tion him.
 It will not be claimed that the young man is Insane now. Such a plea
 would mean a sentence to the asylum for the criminal insane at Matteawan This new line means trial and if the
 plea of "emotional insanity is justi-
 fled Thaw will be free man. The de- fense, 1t has also been announced, plans to bring out the whole story of Whites life, of his relations with ! Evelyn Nesbit before she married Thaw and of his subsequent actions, which the defense claims annoyed Mrs.
 Thaw and goaded the husband on to the shooting.
 District Attorney Jerome, who is on
 his vacation left Cape Breton yester- day for New York. The arraignment of Thaw today in the court of special
 sessions is simply for the purpos of
 receiving the prisoners plea of not guilty" and MT. Jerome's return. 1t Is expected, twill hurry the actual trial
 It Is suggested today that the district
 attorney may personally conduct the prosecution.
 Mrs. Thaw VIII Testify.
 Mrs. Thaw will be a wits ss for her
 husband at the trial She ..as declar-
 ed her willingness to tell all she
 knows. She fully realizes that in do- ing so she will subject herself to a searching cross examination. That Thaw bought revolver to kill White,
 or that the killing was premeditated, will be denied. The defense is prepar- ed to prove that Thaw had been ae- l custoHned for more than two years to carrying a revolver. About two years
 ago, according to evidence in it's pos-
 session, Thaw was attacked by thugs on the streets and robbed and since
 that time has carried a weapon.
 Thaw's action in telephoning Anthony Comstock aroused much interest. MT Comstock, in an interview, is quoted as saying that he is willing to appear for the defense if called upon and give evidence as to Whites conduct.
 About a year and a half ago., said MT Comstock, "T.aw came to me and complained about Whites actions. Af- ter his marriage he came to me many times He saw ns again about two weeks before the murder.
 "As to Thaw's purpose in furnishing me with this evidence against White, l firmly believe 1t was prompted by the purest motives. I do not mean that Thaw thought White should be murder ed, but that he should be taken ont of the community by legal process and put in prison. Thaw seemed to have an I awful weight upon his heart when he visited me, but I was unable to fathom it, and ho never volunteered any in formation on the subject.
 "On the strength of this information and from that received in anonymous letters which corroborated Thaw's statements, I endeavored to get at the truth with view of securing a con to preparing a case against White many difficulties confronted me. I had no substantial evidence to offer in a le- gal action which would make a con | viction certain,
 My III success in not bringing White to trial seemed to depress Thaw. As to whether I believe this depression caused Thaw to commit the murder l do not care to say"
 The Woman Seriously Affected. Tho strain of yesterdays proceedings seriously affected Mrs. Thaw She had hardly reached her apartments when she tainted and it was necessary to call a physician to revive her.
 Thaw has had several unpleasant ex- periences with prison discipline since his confinement in the Tombs, but his Keepers say that on each occasion he has met them gracefully. He had con siderable difficulty Tn getting to sleep last night, because of the intense heat in his cell and about midnight called keeper and asked permission to walk In the corridors. I'm used to night air you know and this is pretty hard on me-" said the prisoner in making the request
 I'm sorry" replied the keeper. but the regulations forbid prisoners leav- ing their cells during the night.
 "Then I guess I don't walk" was Thaw's comment, as he returned to his cot
 An hour later he told the keeper he was hungry and asked for a lunch, but again the prison regulations were called to his attention.
 Then I don't eat, either" said Thaw, with smile, and a few min utes later he was sound asleep. He was up early this morning and by the time the gong sounded at o'clock, wa ready for the morning exercises in the corridor.
 Talking to one of the keepers about the exercise he got in prison. he said fl was hardly enough for him as he had been in the habit of swinging h. d{a, cI,ths every morning when he first