The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-11
Jury NoU Considering
 The Case Of Harry 7hav.

Thaw always had a great opinion or himself. ,,. Paraaha of Millie naire.
 Evans also told you that Thaw had a brain storm; better term would De paranoia of a millionaire. No one ever heard of 8 brain storm before and Evans wanted to make of 1t classic phrase. Well, he has at least succeeded in making it known the world over. For two days. you VIII recall. we tried to find a definition For brain storm. but couldn't find out.
 When Dr. Wagner took the stand, he sad Dr. Evans's explanation of Thaw's state of mind when he killed White was a good one. When asked him If he knew of similar case re- corded in medical literature, out of the many cases, he said he knew he cited this one"
 MT. Jerome then read the case of n woman which has Berveal times been referred to in the course of the trial After reading this case MT. Jerome remarked: .... ' <,
 T think one can truly say with Dr. iilrsch that there is as, much similar ity between this case and eIat of liar ry Thaw as there is between smallpox and broken leg"
 The District Attorney then rehears- ed the testimony of the States ex- perts and dwelt upon the fact that they all expressed the fact that Thaw knew the nature of his act and knew that It was wrong.
 NOW, let us come back to the kill ing, there Is nothing in any of the events of that night that showed lack Of appreciation of what he was doing. You remember the conversation with MT. Smith, Was there anything ir- rational there? And after the killing did he say that he was the agent of Almighty God. who had been directed to make way with this ravisher of American womanhood? No, he said, He ruined my wife, There was noth- ing about Providence unte after his consultation with my friend. Dr. Ev- ans. That was not the insane man the agent of Providence, the one chosen Of God to avenge a woman-that was not a man glorying in a righteous act.
 The real questio nhere is whether New York city is to become a mining camp. If this sort of thing can go on, if the only thing between citizen and his enemy Is brain storm. then every man had better pack a gun.
 MT. Delmas appealed to the Scrip lures. Let me. too, direct your atten- tion to them--to what the Lord said: Veangeance is Mine: l shall repay . Let me also remind you of the great fundamental law sounded down the ages-the commandment of God, Thou shalt not kill.
 Mir. Jerome then sat down.
 Justice Fitzgerald ordered a twen- tyfive minutes recess before begin ming his charge to the jury.
 Thaws Were Depressed.
 The atmosphere about Thaw and the members of his family was heavy with plnnpn dnrip ha indOe'Q The defendant sat in dejected mood. his head bowed, his face pallid and his entire appearance denoting a nervous state of mind. It seemed as though every vestige of hope had been taken away from him. All of the confidence and cheerfulness which were so strong ly in evidence yesterday had disap peared. Fear and doubt had supplant- ed them.
 A complete change had come over him by the time the judge had con- cluded his charge. He began to realize that real danger menaced him; that his acquittal was by no means certainty and as he was led out of the court room the debonair state which marked his entrance yesterday morning had entirely disappeared. The members of Thaw's family were equally as low in spirit; they recog
  was by no means favorable to Harry; they could not even construe it that way.
 None of Thaw's counsel would com ment on the charge but they shared in the general opinion that 1t was ad- verse to Thaw.
 Shortly after visiting Harry in the prisoners pen. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw left the building with Dan O'Rei1ly, after telephoning for a moment.
 At 5:30 o'clock the other members of the family left the building. Thaw's counsel denied a report that the best they hoped for was a hung jury.
 Under the statutes of New York murder in the first tdegree is punish able with death: murder in the second degree by Imprisonment for life and manslaughter in the first degree by Imprisonment not to exceed twenty years. If the verdict should be one of acquittal on the ground of insanity