New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-11


While you cannot help your sympathies Delns
aroused you must not Jet them sway your TeaS snd
Who would nor have rs passions ass after her
with this defendant as his mistress say mere his Is
when you retire 10 your jury room YOU must SO iar
possible reflect with cslmness and deliberauoh
as 10 arrive al a verdict that shall be just
One 81 the questions asked you Dy nj De ,ide5
by the court on that point You were asHeq cues
justification for murder is clearly set forth In the
statutes Of this state. The only KIND OF INSANITY
of his knowledge Of the quality OF his act rea-
sonahle doubt is one that any Ieas9 reason man man
consider the evidence and on that alone deliver
your verdict.
DEMENTIA AMERICANA.
DeInentia Americana? Let rs look at this de-
mentla Americana, which We are told prevails from
The Canadian line 10 the Gulf chiefly at me Gun
then strikes down its victim. It waits three long
mis- d emo AmeTieSna faunis the woman it
loves through the capitals OF Europe as its nus -
he responsible for her condition. Dementia Ameri-
Eiri. Dementia American doesn't take refuge in
the terrible confession Of woman VINO Is iorced
shame SRan me witness stand 70 Ten the story q %
The compact. athletic form of the District At
torney Strengthened up he delivered these
sentences with all The force and feryOr at his
command. His voice. usually harsh rang with
something OF the timbre of Mr.. Delmas's full
round tones and his right arm Outstretched
gave emphasis to his words. Next he turned to
+ statement Of the peoples case. saying:
Now let as see what the direct case OF the peo-
Tle was. White spent Sunday with his family. He
came 10 the city the next day His son, with
Cafe Martin, and then White took them in his
electric hanson to the theatre and went 10 the
Beale. McCobb and Thaw's wife were dining in
away and ' after nat the T5aw paTfH Vent lte to the
roof garden. Men, women and children were in
got np ana talked with Smith 1t was quite
lengthy talk. Thaw spoke in high admiration Of
versation with him. Thaw finally said TO Smith:
man os ana Ionos dp,r5 Prbans 3I learned
counsel for the defence remembers the Dementa
Americana case 10 which Thaw referred
THAW GETS PISTOL READY.
At some part Of this conversation Thaw looks
intently in a certain direction. Then he moves
toward the elevator and looks intently at the same
unconscious OF any danger. Then Thaw goes out
long enough to take out his pistol and get it into
Vow, White IS sitting at a table looking toward
pushed hack Thaw walked over TO him. taking
care that lie should not be by White. and
grapple with him, he approached his victim. Then,
holding the pistol SO near 70, Whites face that be
OF the powder marks his brother did not
afterwsrd recognize his body, he shot him down
once, twice. thrice.
With the pistol in his hand that had sent
death 10 White, the District Attorney snapped
Aue Trigger llIee AlllleSs ana liitH opSlltu Inc
breech and held the weapon over his head as
Thaw did. Resuming. he said
One man. in describing the scene said: 1t seemed
70 me that t was done very quietly IhaW shot
down the man who ruined his wife and threatened
oUtstretChed arms IN the form of a cross. He
s Sa@ posg of N pane He td tho
around him He ruined my wife" That's his mo-
ford white?" and he replied: Il did" He said TO
McCaleb Take Evelyn to the hotel and telephone
10 George Carnegie"
EVIDENCE OF TIIAWS SANITY.
Was there any insanity there? Yves he like the
Pst at the altar Was he tb like the apostle Of the
can maidenhood? There was no evidence in that
70 show thai Thaw was the agent of Providence.
on, no; the apostle business developed after the
defendant had met my thirsty friend, DR.. Evans.
W hen he got outside he said TO the officer: can t
light. he refused to. tell the policeman then what
hi ala tel him. Ibid U you Go the shoeting? y
DID was n = man or a woman "A man .
Then he said he thought he would talk no more
They say his eyes glared Is murder in the eyes
nlei - Solioi .ll = .t > > -
paid2 Thaw had White at his mercy. There was
had glared for three years at the man whom he
could not punish as he said he wanted to Is there
eyes were glaring that night when he killed his
who made Thaw the executioner OF Stanford
White Let White be all my learned friend has
fart remains that he the roof that night
q N0illnR
in this case that can suggest one single thing
oept cold. deliberate murder.
the defendant. through his counsel. say? That he
GualiiT Of his act when walked ND 10 Stanford
White and shot him did not know what was
before the law he adds:
CHAMPIONS WHITE
Turning 10 Stanford Whites meeting with
Evelyn Nesbit the District Attorney began a
championship Of the dead man that continued
through the remainder of his address. Thaw
vas plainly worried. the jaunty air with which
he had entered court had disappeared. His wife
SGT with pale, expressionless face as Mr.. Jerome
destroyed the probability Of her story and
pointed out its weaknesses. He said:
This man comes into the life Of this girl insidi-
Ously we are told by the counsel for the defence.
one improper act? Did he try 10 lure her BY giving
her rich gifts? Did ne ply her with drinks? Night
after night he said TO Evelyn. Now, remember,
Does that look like the act OF monster. de-
spoileT of womanhOod? Was Il rather the So
lictation of man for the welfare OF beautiful
a s No, b easte T bat Il dos not fo% thai
be IS a brute. Every time White took her home he
mother received her. Was there ever the slightest
Familiarity during the rides in eabs2 She herself
has testified with the greatest posuveness, mo -
HoSever. this Dr. Jekyll going about doing good
man iuTes the eri 20 his den Does he Div hers
with Wine2 They sit down ana eat. He sits and
proper at that time? he does not Then the Scene
changes. White takes the gil about tho place TO
show her rooms. They come o LITTLE
Eooin. There was table there. and on II a bottle
and ono glass. The girl drinks the champagne.
THE BITTER" CHAMPAGNE
Now, on the direct examination the champagne
before IL 1t tasted bitter? But after this narticlaT
tlsss o. cnamISgne ihere was pounding IA her
nothing more until she awoke Now she finds il
impossible TO remember the time within three
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