Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-30
THAW TO FACE :
JURY f5sNURDER
After Examination He Is Indict.
ed for Murder.
ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY


To Bring Out the Whole Story of
Whites Life, and His Relations With
Evelyn Nesbit.
New York, June 29.-An announce
ment that the defense will make
emotional insanity" the basis for it's
fight for the release of Harry K.
Thaw in Jail indicted for the murder
of Stanford White set at rest the
! speculation on this point Friday. JUS
| tif1able homicide and the straight plea
of insanity has been suggested as a
line of defense, but Thaw himself
made the insanity move impossible by
his refusal to consider it, and by de-
clining to allow alienists to question
| him.
1t will not be cltA led that the young
man is insane now. Such a plea would
mean sentence to the asylum for
| criminal insane at Matteawan.
. This new line means trial, and if
the plea of emotional insanity" is
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The defense, it has also been an
nounced, plans to bring out the whole
story of Whites life, of his relations
with Evelyn Nesbit before she mar
| ried Thaw, and of his subsequent ac-
tions, which the defense claims an
noyed Mrs. Thaw and goaded Thaw to
| then do the shooting
Mrs. Thaw will be a witness for her
clared her willingness to tell all she
knows
Thaw's action in telephoning An
thony ComstOck aroused much inter-
est. Mr.. Comstock is quoted as say
ing that he is willing to appear for the
defense, if called on, and give evidence
as to Whites conduct
About year and half ago." said
Mr.. Comstock, "Thaw came to me and
complained about Whites actions. At
ter his marriage he came to me many
times. He saw me again about two
weeks before the shooting.
CAS- to Thaw's purpose in furnish
ing me with this evidence against
White, firmly believe it was prompt
ed by the purest motives l do not
, mean that Thaw thought White
should be murdered, but that he
should be taken out the community
by legal process and put in prison.
Thaw seemed to have an awful weight
upon his heart when he visited me,
but was unable to fathom it, and he
never volunteered any information on
the subject.
"On the subject of this information
and from that received in anonymous
letters which corroborated Thaw's
statements, l endeavoraed to get at
the truth with a view of securing a
conviction if possible, but when it
came to preparing a case against
White, many difficulties confronted me.
l had no substantial evidence to offer
in legal action which would make a
conviction certain.
MY i'll success is not bringing
White to trial seemed to depress Mr.
Thaw. AS to whether l believe this
depression caused Thaw to commit
the murder do not care to say"
Mrs. Thaw according to the prison
er's lawyers, had not been down town
during the forenoon, but she was ex-
pseted to call on her husband as we'll
as his lega advisers some time later
in the day. According to the Globe
today, investigation has brought tc
light the fact that Stanford White,
who was supposed to be wealthy, had
been living beyond his income and
was heavily in debt owing $500, 900 to
one young member of a prominent
family and as much to other per-
sons. In addition to this, the Globe
says that White had drawn so heay-
lily from the architectural firm of
which he was member that he had
been notified that he could draw no
more but would be allotted a weekly
sum that was not to be exceeded.
Thaw was taken into Justice Cow
ans court, where he was to plead to
the murder charge behind three other
prisoners, one of whom was a negro
charged with larceny. He was dress
ed in the same gray suit, which he
wore yesterday, with white shirt
and collar and black bow tie. His
appearance was very little different
from that of yesterday, except that he
was slightly paler. He stood with
his back to an open window at the
north end of the room and chatted
with the court officers while the pris-
oners were being arraigned. When
his case was called, Thaw stepped
briskly to the barrier, inside of which
his counsel, Judge Olcott and T. ].
McManus, were sitting at table with
Assistant Attorneys Garxan and Mott
When Clerk Tenny read the charge of
murder in the first degree for the kill
ing of Stamford White, he asked Mr..
Thaw what he had to say in regard to
the indictment, and the prisoner an
swered distinctly mot guilty" His
counsel Immediately interposed an
amendment to the plea, asking leave
of the court to withdraw the plea any
time up to next Tuesday This was
granted and moment later the pris-
oner was taken away from the bar
and re-entered the prison.
Breaks Els Neck; Wife Falls Dead.
Cincinnati, June ga special from
Millersburg, O., says that while Jas.
Patterson and his wife, both nearly
80 years Of age, living near Bloomfield,
were visiting their daughter, Mrs.
fell down the cellar steps, breaking his
neck. He died instantly. His aged
wife who witnessed the accident, fen
nvar with heart disaasa and die dwitt.