Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
THAW'S ACT COLD
FLOODED MURDER,
SAYS Mr.. JEROME
Terrific Arrangement of STAN
ford Whites Slayer by New
York's Prosecuting Officer.
VERY CURIOUS CHORUS GIRL
Speaker Says That No One Would Be-
lieve Her Story as She
Tells It.
EFFORT TO DEFEND ARCHITECT
Frequent Reference With Much Sar-
casm to the Angel Child-Case
May Go to the Jury Tonight
The Law in the Case.

District Attorney William Travers
Jerome began this morning the final
speech in the case OF the state against
Harry X. Thaw before a crowd the
like OF which the present Criminal
Court building had never before
seen. From the moment he began,
in low conversational tone, until
the noon recess made him stop, he
held the spectators, who filled every
available inch of the court room,
silent and motionless. There was no
"oratory' in Jerome's speech today.
1t started in the even tone OF one
man talking to another, and went
on throughout without a single
flower of speech to decorate it. Thaw
listened to the speech, which &C
cused his wife OF having lied upon
the stand, for the most part without
any apparent emotion. Mrs. Thaw
also listened to the arraignment of
her without any show of emotion.
NEW YORK. April lott was District
Attorney Jerome's turn in the Thaw case
today. When court opened he began on
behalf of the people the summing up of the
prosecutions case against Harry Thaw.
Mr.. Jerome disclaimed all intention of
Mr.. Delmas but it is seldom that an ad-
dress more powerful, more subtle, more
logical has been heard in a court room.
From cold logic he passed to biting sar-
casm, and then invective, with here and
there touch of pathos. He had the
closest attention of the jurors and spec
tators, including the Thaw family. His de-
tense OF Stanford White, whose spirit, he
said, seemed to be lowering in the court
room begging to be heard before it was
blackened forever was uttered with i'm
pressiveness and with tears in his eyes.
Mr.. Jerome may conclude in time for Jus
tice Fitzgerald to charge the jury today.
Great Crowd About Court.
All previous crowds were Insignificant
compared to the mob which stormed the
court room doors this morning In an effort
TO hear Jerome sum up the state case
against Thaw for the murder of STAN
ford White. Although court was not con-
vened until II 80 o'clock, fully two hours
before that time the advance guard of
spectators began to arrive and took up
positions of vantage in the corridors lead
ing to the court room to be among
the first TO be admitted when the doors
were opened The police however an
tcipatiEs just such a move on the part
Of outsiders, were prepared for the rush
and kept the doors closed until II O'Clock
But this did not prevent large number
Of favored friends from getting into the
court room before that hour. Court at
tendants employed the side doors leading to
the aute-ro1m to good advantage, and so
when the main entrance was opened the
TRIAL room was almost filed.
The small enclosure in front of the
judges bench was also taxed to its utmost
capacity by the friends and assistants
OF the. district attorney. and altogether the
scene IN tne court room When Mr.. Jerome
rose to address the jury was one of tense
interest expectancy and suppressed ex-
element.
Stirring Scenes.
In the corridors the scenes were more
stirring. Scores OF disappointed men and
women made an onslaught upon the po-
lice guard in a last effort to pass the por-
tails only to be repulsed and fairly dragged
back from the entrance. Men with
imagined influence pleaded with the off,
GERS, cajoled, begged and threatened, but
all in vain.
About five minutes before the session was
begun members of the Thaw family began
10 arrive. The first TO enter the court
room was Josiah Thaw. He was accom-
panied by his sister the Countess of Var
mouth. Mrs. Carnegie and her husband
were the next TO arrive. Mrs. Edward
Ttaw and Evelyn Thaw followed quickly
and the elder Mrs. Thaw came last. All
looked hopeful and confident.
AT II 80 O'Clock Justice Fitzgerald took
his seat upon the bench. the jury was
brought in and Harry X. Thaw was called
TO the bar.
Field of Romance
Gentlemen of the jury" said Mr.. Je-