The Washington times., 1906-06-29

prove invaluable to Thaw's case. To
the sitting out of this mat srial all ef-
forts of the defense are now being di-
rected, and In this work the efforts of
many detectives have been enlisted.
Events Moving Rapidly.
IL Is task which must be accom-
plished quickly. too. because Thaw's at
torneys do not know how much time
will be allowed them. Things have hap
pened quickly from the beginning OF
the tragedy. Stanford Whites life went
OHt in a moment. lie had not an in
fstant even for repentance when, after
she saw the averSer before him, death
came so quickly he spoke no word which
might have been used 10 help send his
murderer TO the electric chair. provided
he could have spoken such word. Not
"a moment has since been lost in pushing
The legal steps to bring haw to the
man under indictment for murder in
the first degree The coroner's inquest
TASTED less than an hour; the grand jury
hearing was prolonged only half OF that
time. Today rhaw WAS arraigned to
plead Next he faces trial at the in
sStance of the district attorney
And the trial for the prosecution
'means a different thing than il does for
the defense The States case is already
practically made out The murder of
White by Thaw is not and cannot be
denied. There is plenty OF evidence of
reconciliation, whether the reasoning of
a sane man bent upon ridding himself of
tan enemy at any cost, or the Illogical
'Tamblings OF a diseased mind, remains
for the testimony TO show and the jury
10 decide But the work for the district
attorneys office is comparatively easy.
On the mere showing of facts, unless
the defense can offer evidence to show
justification for ThaW s deed a verdict
OF guilty must follow
Will Insanity Plea Suffice?
VIII a defense Of emotional insanity
prove sufficient to prove Harry Thaw
innocent? That is the question that Is
now being asked on all sides, as this
great murder case is still the all-ab-
'sorbing subject of discussion in the
city. Thaw's attorneys and friends be-
lieve it viii. The telling of the entire
story. they are confident. will make
such an impression on any twelve men
who may be assembled in a jury box
that they will straighUway acquit Thaw.
In this belief they are backed by a
recent incident of interest in the life of
the city-the acquittal of Josephine
TcrranoVa, the Sicilian child-Wife who
was quickly freed from the charge of
murder in the killing of her aunt and
uncle when she told her story of abuses
at heir hands. Josephine Terranova'
defense was emotional insanity. In her
case il took the jury only long enough
10 register one ballot 20 decree her inno-|
Bel1e- 1ll-AW lI4enuS ana attorneys De
licve there viii be a similar ending to
the trial of the young millionaire
1t Is the same story, they point out.
IL a new setting-the tale Of a woman's
wrongs. II is the old tragedy with new
Characters, told in a different way. with
the stage fittings changed to represent
The luXuries of high life instead OF the
1nisera bic surroundings in which Jose
phine TerranOYa passed her miserable
existence. The ending of such a tragedy
Is always the same-the murder of the
.NnaaTT N-saT dan -
friends believe, in his case cannot fail
10 follow the natural cOurse-the rem
idering of popular as well as an official
verdict declaring that punishment has
Salrcady fallen where it was merited
that the real crime has been avenged;
that the. avenger has violated no law
nor which he should call down on him
self the slightest penalty
Wife the Central Figure.
The rehearsal Of the full story Of the
causes for the murder is bound to be
dramatic In the extreme and replete with
sensations The central figure in the
court drama promises 10 be not the in
dicted man. but his wife. Evelyn NesbIt
Thaw- She has determined tE4t q, save
her husband she will go on he stand
and tell the whole story. She will hold
pack nothing-her early relations with
iWhite must all come out. The tale OF
MS pursuit OF her after her marriage
VIII likewise be shown and proved CON
clusively, Thaw's friends assert, by let
IerS IN her possession
In this connection il is also stated
today some startling facts will be
brought out TO show the treatment TO
which Evelyn Nesbit was subjected By
white previous TO her marriage when
she was still the pet of the dead archi-
tect- In the batch Of letters which were
turned over by the young wife to Thaw's
attorneys, IL is claimed are illusions to
incidents in her life for which White
was responsible, which when brought out
will instantly win for her and the aveng-
ing husband the whOle-hearted sym
pathy Of the jury.
That Thaw knew all these things will
be shown-that they were enough in
themselves to overthrow the reason of
anyone who brooded over them will be
asserted. Add the refusal OF White 10
give up his former victim after her mar
riage even in the face of warnings to
do Sc, and the defense believes il will
have made out a case upon which
the jury will deliberate but few mo-
ments TO bring in a verdict of acquittal.
Full Story to Come Out.
The court story will include more.
however. 1t will bring out incidents OF
Whites life as affecting others than
the immediate actors in the tragedy.
Whites relations with other women
than Mrs. Thaw. his continual hunt
after young girls of beauty who are
new to New York will be brought out
IN tnlS connection the story told bN
Manager Lawrence. of the Madison
Square roof garden. where White met
his death. will be important. 1t will
show that uD to the very time OF his
death. White continued this pursuit for
syounE stage favorites. Not an hour be-
fore Thaw fired his fatal shot White
had beSought from Lawrence an intro.
ducttOn TO Miss Fuller a young girl who
made her first appearance on a New
FORK stage at the performance which so
ira gtcally ended by the murder.
In the laying bare of Whites real life
outside Of his office Thaw VIII have un-
expected support as has suddenly de-
velOped- 1t is now known that for
eighteen months before the murder the
Society for the Prevention OF I4ee-~ OF
which Anthony ComstOck is the head.
at Thaws instigation had been investi-
eating Whites career with a view OF
-SuppTeSSing him and his set Of cronies
in the alleged preying on young girls
This fact was brought out yesterday
when Thaw, in a moment given him
while waiting in the office Of Coroner