Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08

of Hades' gateman, with which to shout re-
sentful negatives, but also the hundred
eyes Of Argus and the multitudinous arms
of Briareus. He was for the time the bust
est man in New York. The influence re-
quired to pass him would come near secur-
ing position on the police force.
Once inside this yellow-walled high-ceil-
inged chamber, awaiting the opening OF
court, the surroundings revert suddenly to
the ordinary. Some artists had endeavored
to beautify the wall before which STANDS
the judges chair in an appropriate alle-
sorical fashion. BY his fiat, weak tintings
the artist would seem to be an admlrer OF
Puvs Chauvanne. In the center is depicted
Justice, holding in one hand crystal
golden cross. 1t is as If she were holding
aloft a hand grenade, intending to bonn
bard with fire extinguisher the two gambol-
ing Smuslin-cloaked boy attorneys at her
feet. At the left of the wall is a panel. on
which are represented, with classic preten-
lions as to anatomy and drapery. three
male figures. Over these are letters winch
come like sinister echoes from French So
cial agitation-"Liberty, Equality, Frater-
nifty" 49, 90 i.el1
Fortunately. perhaps, most of the people
who have business with New YORK ponce
justices are too busy with other things to
dispute the proprietX of the motto. Much
more to the point is the sinister picture or
the three Fates. which stare relentlessiy
hour by hour at Harry Thaw from the
right-hand panel.
A Typical Policeman.
In front of all this art stands a typical
New York policeman-a cop. Big of body
and expressienless of stare he stands pom
derous and inert but impressive. Whatever
width of brow he first possessed has been
counterbalanced by broadening Of lower jaw
and an overlapping Of jowls until his face
looks like the side of pyramid. They are
all worth picturing, the people who take
their places one after another in the court
room. but the artists have been excluded
and only reporters who. are authorized and
accredited are permitted to sharpen pen
Gil or flutter sheet of paper. One luckless
chap with long hair and dark dreamy eyes,
who had hoped to win his way to some city
EDITORS eternal consideration by submitting
few original sketches, was put out by
baiif with oStentatious man handling. But
the evening papers are full of pictures just
the same. The files of photograph galleries
are ransacked and imagination, very i'm
perfectly assisted by recollection. load the
press with fantastic unlikenesses. These are
eagerly devoured by the eyes of millions of
readers, who will probably go to their
graves in the belief that Thaw Is a young
man of frank and handsome bearings, and
that Evelyn. his wife, is a woman of sur
passing beauty. Both Of these ideas are far
from correct
Jerome is well worth portraiture. He is a
gray man. Gray of head-cold, iron-gray-
gray in attire and without warm reliev
ing tinge In speech or manner. 1t is not the
GOODNESS of extreme and altitudinous INTEL
lectuality but that of Instrumentation.
He conveys the impression of a rasping,
bloodless, untiring automaton, moved stead
lily and solely by the energy of personal am
bition. His face is lined, its expression is
nervous, but the nerves are under control.
His voice has little meditation. Its tones of
stress are very loud to soften them requires
effort. His face is that of worried being,
one who has grasped for much and attained
much, yet who feels that his clutch is inse-
cure. He is no longer the dashing young
crusader against evildoers in general: the
terror of the bedizoned wantonness and
cheap gamblers. He Is a fighter, but one
with his back to the wall. fully aware that
he is no longer an aggreSsor In affairs. The
public is weary Of Gasconades.
This pitifdl murder case may give him the
chance to reinstate himself in some degree
as plumed knight and a champion
The Judge.
Judge Fitzgerald at first impresses I'M
favorably. His big gold watch chain
flashes anonymously from under the folds
Of his judicial black gown. There is about
him certain suggestion Of big Bill' Dew
cry, but his manner Of speech, which whis-
pers family of the brogue, is clear-cut, d.
rect and well considered. He is the oppo-
site of Jerome. amply fed and shade rosy
Of cheek with genius for quick decisions
and an utter absence of concern about his
own personality which is nevertheless al
ways dignifed. He follows the case close
ly, cycling every speaker with keen alert
ness. Common sense and fair play seem
to dominate his purpose to the exclusion
of all else. What passes before him Is
purely objective; he does not realize that
he is in the picture.
Defense's Principal Lawyer.
Judge Delmas is little more theatric
In that his demeanor, though suave and
self-contained. is well guarded. When in
the future occasion may demand he may
perhaps loose torrents Of emotion. There
Is no sign of such thing now. He refers to
Mr. Jerome over and over again as 1.-THE
learned district attorney" until by sheer
! eiteration the phrase takes on a CLINT OF
satire. He permits himself no affectations'
or mannerisms and instead Of asserting his
opinions seems to suggest them with almost
youthful modesty, throwing himself on the
mercy of the perspicacity to which he ad-
dresses himself. He IL not q young man;
nor an old one. In the prime. Of life and
yigor with every nerve cell and every mus.
Gle fiber under the control of a disciplined
mind and q splendid viii power. He has
thef strong personality which one associates
with the forensic giants OF bygone days.
Rumor has it-rum9r in New York always