The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-07
AGED MOTHER ON
WITNESS STAND
st,ouuest Evidence Yet Pre-
scented in Effort to Save Thaw
From Electric Chair.
ruoT0NS OVERCAME HER
.,s.7 CONSIDERATION SHOWN
BY JEROME.
EMOTIONS OVERCAME HER


- york March 6.-Another dramatlc
-. uas added TO the history OF the
enaP' Harry X. Thaw for the murder
ulA. !. White today when the de-
V.,ssnt's mother took the witness stahu
s.ntr;bute what she might toward saw
- - son from the electric chair. Mrs.
lns -. stav before the Jury was DIi Fl;
,,lssr Mr. Delmas had detlmteiy hIhite9 i
We .xoT1ination to the change she nad
hel 4, her sons condition following his
nol5n - fron, Paris in 1893 after Evelyn
Ielui Nd told him her life story, ana
- District Attorney Jerome mad with
w. confederation conducted snort ana
ss.effecfual cr0ss-examtnauon, the mother
~ wslled strong in Mrs. ThaW ana She
~ ~, - rad not done her all. She was
I'm fe leave the witness chair
Wanted to Say More.
.,r..,. is the question Of heredity,"
4rnratested when both Mr.. Delmas and
~ Jerome told her she might step
down. llama all thar
4. a,nSidered necessary" said ThaW's at
.ornev with the utmost Difference
lfre ThaW half rose, hesitated and was
,bont 10 sid down again. when the lead
70 counsel for the defense offered her
hs hand 70 assist her from the STAND.
Twica during her recital Mrs. Thaw
MIKE down and was unable to proceed
Justice Was Kind.
aaar n few moments Justice Fitzgerald
,sksd solicitously if she felt able to pro-
ed and Mrs. Thaw, evidently much
,hsgrined that her great grief had over
.a1e her strong will Of resistance, NODDED
s the Affirmative She declined glass
a pate. made an effort 20 proceed, but
ssIled Justice Fitzgerald then interpoScd
relief for which the elderly woman
facing him must have been deeply CRATE
ul He said that as many OF her re-
marks had been uttered IN very low
voice. It would be necessary 10 have the
stenographer read all her testimony ap
to that time to the jury.
When he reading was ended Mrs. Thaw
had regained her composure and was able
70 proceed.
Came Home Changed Man.
She said that when Harry came home
in 1868 he seemed depressed and appaT-
emily had lost all interest in life. He
passed sleepless nights; would often leave
the table at meals and 60 into the par
Tor to play upon the piano. the music
growing softer and softer until IL finally
died away
the wickedssr mfn In all New York-ha5
ruined his life.n
Il was not until some time after he
had offered this explanation of the
change IN him that she learned the story
Of the yeuns woman who was TO become
her dauEhter-in-Iaw.
Broke Down in Church.
Mrs Thaw told Of her son breaking
down IN 4 Pittsburg church and explain
lee that IT was all because of the sor-
row which prevented the young woman
ne loved being at his side Mrs. Thaw
loa Of coming to New York to meet
hVeiyn Nesbit and of giving her consent
. aef son 5 marriage-the one condition
esng that the girls past life in New
iGk should be a closed book. never to
e referred 70 in any way. Then came
q story Of the marriage in Pittsburg in
%la, rs, the honeymoon trip and then
lady placid summer spent at the
.1Hef country nome in the mountains
az Deimas ended her testimony alb
iaptiy- The district attorney was taken
surprise and began to crOss-examine
afS Ihaw In very low voice. He asked
ne cenaiti0ns surrounding her sons al
usaaee. but Mr.. Delmas objected. He
esAel what the sons income amounted
% Mrs. Thaw said it was moderate
ana refining Ike the sum the newspapers
Aa'e 50 often reported.
Even Jerome Hesitated.
NJ Jerome next treaded upon what he
Lust have felt the thinnest of ice, lest
tx - ~ himself in the attitude of at
SsssAPlins 70 harass the pathetic figure in
saeE on the witness stand. He asked
sns mother what she knew of her SON s
sssaslons with Miss Nesbit before she
became his wife
mot. Nothing" she replied without hest
Ihs district attorney seemed com
s,ssssy Daffled and speedily brought his
Summation to a close
i've inaws story was deeply impress
80 IN Us simplicity and brevity.
Words Will Carry Weight.
II Harry Thaw's fate Is thrown into
s sas hands of the twelve men in the i,1rv
wi, - VINO today heard the mothers story.
- seems little doubt that what she
n WI carry wonderful weight But
rss.A seloine gave the impression that he
49, ~ the mothers testimony as a
espon IN another direction-in his fight
~ nave commission appointed 10 FEST
a.. rssent state of mind OF the defend
fhs alise the elder Mrs. Thaw was on
h e.ane the district attorney engaged
Wh;.,s sLluy war with Mr.. Delmas during
tirs - ne uttered publicly for the first
NJ ne threat Of a iunacv cornrnission
IL peimas was invoking the nres,,r,1r-
irss. ~ idE that Thaw insane in 1909 was
T Tl,saas IN 1904 This was to enable Mrs.
n ~. - state conversations with her son
wsrs sldtter year. These conversations
nav auinlssible only on the ground that
msss. IRE the utterances of a person
tss-s 0 Irresponsible. Mr.. Jerome said
ssc.,ls vas no reason why the assu,nutfon
~ 10Y continue down 10 the pres
,sts-s 81. ~ II Mr.. Delmas' point was well
49, ne trial should be suspended and
submission appointed. 49, ''N
court Upheld Defense.
ssS sAss fitzgerald upheld Mr.. Delmas
sss - tne question OF a Commission
szf;s ~ before the court. With the com
1 oi the mothers testimony today
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