Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-05

PRISONER MAD, HIS
RELATIVES WILL TESTIFY
Prosecution Presents Case in
Plain Unconditional Story of
Shooting on Madison Square
Garden Roof.
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IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire. !
New York Feb 4.-Thc state laid
its case against Harry X. ThaW to-
day--a plain, International story Of
the shooting on the Madison square
Garden roof The defense replied
with plea of hereditary insanity 1t
WAS asserted thai ThaW. i'm Staying
stanford White, believed ne was act
ing as am agent of providence; hat
real or fancicd wrongs committed
against him by the architect and for
mer friend Of his wife had caused the
impulse 10 kin When the deed was
done ThaW made no move to escape
its consequences. but. holding the ia
tai revolver al0ft. ne stood. as il
mutcly proclaimed to the world The
deed Is done: it was right ii was not
Wrou@"
Thus Thaws counsel outlined his
case To the iurX this afternoon after
the prosecution had occupied less
than two hours Of the morning sitting
Of the court i'm relating through eye
witnesses the narrative of the trag-
adv. Tomorrow morning the first
witness i'm Thaw's behalf will be
heard
You win hear the story Of this
mans insanity" Attorney John r.
Gleason for the defense promised the
jury, from this mother, from his !
wife from his relatives and from his
4hysicians. You Will Judge him by
his acts, by the hercditv and stress /
Wh#h entored into his madness 3ad (
when YOU come to Judge him YOU viii /
say to yourself that his act may have /
been one Of insanity but IL was not (
Oue Of crime.
That Thaw's wife was to he one Of .
his important witnesses has long been +
known. that his mother. Mrs. William
Thaw. of Pfusburg. was to take the
4 ,t1
the court announced the rule eXclud-
ing from the court room all witnesses
save exuerts ThaWs mother, his
wife aud May Mackenzie left at the
word Of command. Thaw seemed de-
fcotod at This Many times last week
during the dun davs of jury selection
he turned TO his wife for comfort and
found her ever ready with quick. re-
eponsivo smile. Now that the serious
work. Of the trial was to begin, he r.,
was to be denied ner presence.
During the opening address by Mr..
Gioason ThaW seldom looked up, Just
q flcctiua glance now ana then al the
man who was making the initial plea
for his life and freedom.
At one other time during the ses
sion Thaw did not look up. This was
when Lawrence White, the nineteen
year-old son of Stanford White, occu-
pied the stand as the first witness for
the prosecution.
Young White who is Harvard
student, said he was with his father
at dinner the evening of the tragedy,
but left him before ne went To Madi-
SON square Garden
ThaW's counsel told the story Of
the prisoners love for the girl me was
To make his wife He met Evelyn
began in him an honorable love and
regard for he girl. He told her
mother OF his love. The girl was i'm
p prccariouS condition following So
lious operation In a sanitarium. and
rhaw suggested to the mother that
She take her abroad to recuperate. II
was arranged that Thaw should ac-
company the two as the opeu and |
lvuWCd suitor of the daughter I'm
1903 he asked her 70 marry him, and
me- refused.
"The reason for this refusal YOU
viii hear from her lips announced (
Mr.. Gleason. suffice " 90 say the \
reason had to do with am incident in
her life with reference to Stanford
White"
Thus laying the ground for the
plea of insanity Mr. Gleason declar-
"A brain disease had laid hold of
rhaW three or four years ago. 1t was
.laimed there have been many cases
where "a person had been pronounced u
insane upon one subject only He
.i-cd instances of temporary insanity N
lased upon single act. n
we will not base our plea. how %
aver. upon a single act he added. n
III wilI De shown that there was in
,anity ON both sides Of this defend
inJs family. our case is far removed
rom the much discussed defense of
.motional insanity. You must disabuse
.our minds of all YOU have read in
he newspapers. and especially of the
dea ihat has gone abroad that we
ne To rely upon some higher or un-
written law. We rely upon the con-
utution and the laws of the imperial y
tate of New York and upnn them
lone. You will understand this man
insanity II will not require experts
70 cell YOU of it. 10 Is within you
% Judge him. and YOU viii say from
he evidence that when he killed
stanford White he was an insane
nan"
tr was announced that Thaw lab
,rod under the delusion that his life
vas always in danger when he was on
NpW York This accounted Tor the 81,
act that since January 1904. ne had p
arried pistol He had placed it i'm y.
his ovcrCoat pocket the night he went
% rho Madison square Roof Garden. i'
There De- turned suddenly and saw ti
lhat hc thought was a demon glow vs.
ring 20 him The impulse came. He "
clt that 90 Kill White would be- an az
ct ef providence. and, SO believing. ne ni
ct deliberately about his task g.
Counsel told the story % Thaw's de- IN
en-. In .s.wrs.araaffUuaf NAY IN ns