Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-29
aoolaled Pres Dispatch by Special wirea

Associated Pres Dispatch by Special Wires
New York, June 29-An announce.
mont that the defence will make emo
tional insanity the basis of It's hrht for,
the release of Harry X Thaw, indicted
Tor the murder of STANFORD White, set
40 rest the speculation on this point today.
Justihahle homicide and the straight plea
OF insanity had been suggested as q line
of defence. bat Ihaw made the insanity
move impossible by his refusal 70 consider
It and hy declining to allow alienists 10
question him lt viii not be claimed that
the young man Is insane now Such a
plea would mean sentence TO the
Asylum for the Criminal Insane. al Mat
teawan. This new line means trial.
and b the plea ol emotional insanity IS.
Justified Ihaw will be n free man. The
defence, it also has been announced.
phns 20 bring out the whole story of
Whites life, OF bis relations with Evelyn
Nosbit before she married lhaw and of
ms subsequent actions, which, the de-
fence claims, annoyed Ms. rhaw and
Cuadcd he husband on 70 the shooting.
District Attorney jerome, who is on
his vacation left Cape Breton Yesterday
for New York The arraignment Of.
lhaw to-day IN the Court Of Special Ses-
sions is simply for the purpose Of receiving
the prisoners plea Of not guilty, and Mr..
Jeromes return, 1t is expected, will hurry
the actual trial. lt is suggested today
that the district attorney may personally
conduct the prosecution Mrs. Thaw
/ viii be a witness for her husband Rt the
l trial She has declared her WILLINGNESS
TO tell oil she knows. She fully realizes
that in doing so she viii subject herself
to a searching cIoss-e1aamination. That
Ihaw bought O revolver TO Kill White,
or that the killing WAS premsditated, will
be denied The defence "a prepared 10
prove that Thaw had been accustomed
Tor more than two years 70 carry re-
yolver. About two years ago, accord
ing to evidence in is possession, Thaw
was attacked by thugs, while out late
one night, and since that time had car
red o weapon.
Thaw's action in telophoning to An
thony Comstock yesterday aroused much
interest. Mr. Comstock in an interview,
is quoted as saying that he is willing 70
appear for the defence, II called upon,
and give evidence as to Whites conduct.
About a year and a half ago" said
| Mr. COmstock. "Ihaw came 10 me and
complained about Whites actions After
! his marriage. he came 10 me many times
| the murder. As 10 1haw's purpose In
furnishing me with his evidence ngainst
White, ] firmly believe Il was prompted
by the purest motives. do not mean
/ that Thaw thought White should be
murdered, but that he should be taken
out of the community by legal process
and put IN prison. Ihaw seemed 20
/ have an awful weight upon his heart
when he visited me, but ! was unable
20 lathom IL. and he never volunteered
any iniomation on the subject On
| the strength of his information and from
| that received in anonymous letters,
| which corohorated Thaw'a statements.
| / endeayered to get az the truth with a
/ view to securing a conViction, If possible.
| But when IL came to preparing a case
| against White, many difficulties con-
I fronted me- The result was that / had
no substantial evidence TO offer In a legal
action which would make a conviction
/ certain My ill-success in not bringing
White to trial seemed to depress Thaw.
| AS 20 whether / believe this depression
caused Thaw to commit the murder,
| do not care to say"
The strain of yesterdays proceedings
seriously affected Mrs. Ihaw. She bad
hardly reached her apartments when she
/ iMnIoNf anu ~ Was htNtooaiJ W tou =
physician 10 revive her
Thaw has had several unpleasant ex-
periences with prison discipline since his
confinement in the Tombs, but his keepers
saw that on each occasion he has met
them gracefully. He had considerable
difficulty in getting to sleep last night,
because Of the intense heat IN his cell,
and about midnight called keeper and
CONTINUED on second psgel