The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-04-13
THAWS FATE -
IN JURYS HANDS
Judges Charge Cast Gloom
Over Slayer Of White.
JEROME ATTACKS EVELYN

JEROME ATTACKS EVELYN
Declares "Angel Child" WoVe Web ct
Lies to Fool Jury and Acquit Cold
BIooded Murderer On Defense Of
"Dementia Americana'-calls Crime
Common Tenderloln Murder and
SAYS Trial Would Have Ended
Sooner Had Slayer Not Been Nil
Iionaire.
New York. April Hilary Kendall
Thaw's fate is in the hands OF iae
hIrv. The trial. which has been in
progress since January %. came to an
end when the II men who are to pass
upon Stanford Whites slayer retired
to deliberate upon a verdict
After six hours of deliberation the
Jury was said to be almost hopelessN
divided. and none OF those connected
with the case would venture the hope
Of anything better than a disagree
ment as the climax Of the long drawn
put trial
In the life OF Harry Thaw this day
will 20 down as the most trying le
has ever experienced From the open
ing of court until the jury retired. the
fatcs dealt numerically with him. BE
ginning with District Attorney Je'
romcs final argument and throughout
the Judges charge Thaw had To listen
10 scathing attack upon his charac'
ter and to a narrative drown from the
evidence. which was meant TO strip
his deeds OF the halo of chivalric glory
which his own attorneys had thrown
about them.
The Judges charge lasting about an
hour. was concise outline of the law.
and gave to the jury the alternative OF
rendering any one OF the following
four verdicts- murder in the first de-
gree: murder in the second degree,
manslauehter in the first degree. or
not guilty on the ground OF insanity.
The statute governing the plea OF
insanity was defined clearly much
stress being laid on the fact that an
irresistible impulse to kill had no place
in the law
The Judge also informed the jury
that an Illusion, unless the Illusion II
true might result in the injury OF the
man suffering II. could not be accept
cd as an excuse. Altogether the
charge while consisting principally o.
a complete explanation of the law. was
considered by those who have followed
the trial. as adverse to the defendant
The attorneys for the defendant took
exceptions because. the judge had
failed to include any of their prayers
Thaw Detected.
The atmosphere about Thaw and the
members OF his family was heavy with
gloom during the judges charge. The
defendant sat in a detected mood, his
head bowed. his face pallid and his en-
tire appearance denoting a nervous
apprehensive state OF mind. II seemed
as though every vestige of hope had
been taken away from him. All the
confidence and cheerfulness which
were so strongly in evidence had dis
appeared. Fear and doubt had sup
planted them.
A complete change had come over
him by the time the judge had con
cluded his charge. He began 10 realize
that real danger menaced him.. that
his acuuittal was by no means a Ger.
tainty. and as he was led out of the
court room the debonaire style which
marked his entrance had entirely dis
appeared. The members OF Thaw's
family were equally as low in spirits.
They recognized the fact that the
Judges charge was by no means favor
able to Harry; they could not even
construe II that way
The district attorneys summing mp
was a comprehensive and forceful re-
view of all the evidence adduced. He
declared at the outset that romance
and sentiment did not enter into the
issue; it was not a question of Stan
ford Whites character. or Evelyn
Thaw's sufferings; 1t was plain mat
ter of fact homicide.
Jerome's Bitter Denunciation.
"a common, cowardly tenderloin
murder" as he termed it. The novel
plea OF "dementia Americana made
BY Attorney Delmas at the very close
of his argument, was attacked by the
district attorney. and he repeatedly re-
| ferred to it in tones of sarcasm.
"JustiRable does not mean demon
| tia Americana.
"Justihable can only be self-de-
| Tense"
"'Dementia Americana does not
wait three years glazing at its victim.
"Dementia Americana does not mean
taking the woman through the capitals