The Washington herald., 1907-04-13

up by the women. he told them that they
must not worry or fret; that everything
would come out ali right eventually. and
that he himself was all right. He was in
/ such cheerful spirits that everybody left
/ him except his WIFE, who stayed for a
few minutes final chat Then she went
away with Lawyer O'Reilly.
! The women went az once In automobiles
to the Lorraine. where they haye been
living. There was. a large crowd in White
street as they came out OF the Criminal
Courts building, but lane had been
I formed by the police, and they were not
/ bothered. Lawyer O'Reiily accompanied
/ Mrs. Harry Thaw part OF the way home.
4 Then her automobile driver put on extra
/ speed and She got 70 the hotel just as the
other women were stepping out Of their
machine.
Il cannot understand it, said the pris-
oner's wife, when she was entering the
hotel "On the evidence in the case /
thought that the jury would certainly
bring a verdict Of acquittaL'
Then she hurried upstairs to her room.
/ The Countess of Yarmouth. who was
somewhat excited, remarked TO one of the
hotel managers
nothing 10 that remark.
Mrs. William Tha-- refused TO say a
word except that she had made no state
ment Of any kind and did not intend 20
/ mako one now The other members OF
the family refused 70 make any comment
on the action of the jury
Thaw Dictates Statement.
When Thaw got TO the Tombs he talked
20 one OF two OF the keepers, and then
made this statement. which he insisted
upon debating:
This is the first statement since the
disagreement, and the second and last
statement to-day. / believe that every
man In the jury possessing over average
fintelligence, excepting possibly Mr.. Bolton.
eomprehended the weight of evidence and
baiioted for acquittaL All my family bade
me good-by with courage.
Il trust. -. ". We may all keep well"
/ District Attorney Jerome, as soon as the
jury had been discharged. went upstairs
10 his offices. When he got there ne had a
surprise awaiting him. one Of his assist
ants told him that several of the jurors
ssere inside waiting for him They were
standing in the room which is occupied
by Mr.. JerOmes secretary. and he went
right ia 10 them. The jurors were Messrs
Fecke. Pink, Dennee and Foreman Smith
Httie later Juror Bolton came I'M. car
ryiug a little satchei The door was
locked, and Mr.. Jerome listened to the
jurors FOR about twenty minutes They
explained Ca him their recollection of
everything that went on in the jury
room Ar- Jerome was much pleased 70
get an accurate account Of what hap
pened. though he refused to say anything
a.E hoe #E
all went away, after shaking hands with
the district attorney
jerome seems Satisfied.
The district attorneys s manner indicated
that ne was not much put out over tho
outcome His belief right along has been
that the chances We're in favor of a disa.
greement lie was asked about what he
had 10 say about the case.
There is nothing that / can with pro-
priety say about the trial" he said
From what went on in the jury room
and the way the jurors stood. it apnears
= certain that there should be a second
trial As to the date of that trial tber.
is no telling now. There are fifteen nrfs.
oners ia the Tombs awaiting trial on the
i charge Of murder in the first degree. an6
J their cases viii have to be disposed ot
in the regular course of events before We
can get to Thaw again 1t certainly viii
not be before fall
As 10 bail an application will Of
course. be made but / shall vigorously
oppose the release OF THsw. Taking into
consideration the number of Jurors who
voted to convict the defendant of mur.
der in the first degree, I think it ex.
. ffHeHr1 1nallH rFnN rf.Nr Ill
allow the application"
1t was suggested that an application
might be made for a change of venue he
fore another trial, but Mr.. Jerome said
that was not an arbitrary matter either
Tor the district attorney or the court
Satisfactory reasons would have to be se5
forth in sworn afIidavits for the trial to
be transferred to some other county. on
the ground that il was impossible to get
a jury in this county.
In view of the precedent Of the boodle
aldermen cases in 1884, over which there
was a good deal of public excitement. Mr.
jerome said he could not see at this time
why a jury could not be obtained.in this
city to give Thaw a fair second trial.
DeImas Not communicative.
Dolphin Michael Delrnas, chief counse,
for Thaw, was in court a part of the
morning, but was not present when the
jury was discharged. The only commen;
he would make tonight was that he
thought that the outcome of the case indi.
Gated that the course he had pursued was
the proper enc.
lawyer Gleason. said somewhat testify
early IN the day that if the defense OF
, "Dementia Americana" had not been in.
terposed at the last moment, the defense
as outlined by him in his opening speech
would have resulted in freeing Thaw. He
said tonight that he still held TO the same
IOplnioa. Lawyers Hartridge and Peabody
said they did rot care TO make any state
/ ment
From all that could be learned tonight
a report that all of the Thaw lawyers
except Daniel OReilly had been thrown
over, or would be thrown over by the
Thaw family appeared to be correct
Lawyer O'Reilly said that so far as he
knew he was the only one Of the LOT
J who had been retained for further pro-
oeedings. It was said that both ThaN
and his mother were dissatisfied with the
conduct of the last stages of the trial
The comments on the closing speech OF
Mr.. Delmas did not please Mrs. William
J ThaW. She was asked tonight if Law
yer OReilly was the only one of the