Morris tribune., 1907-03-30
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Thaw Lunaey Commission.

Inc Trlal OF Harry InaW Tor the MUIR
der of Stanford White at New York
was brought to a sensational suspen-
sion March 20 when District Attorney
| Jerome abandoned his case for the
state in order to move the appointment
of a commission to determine the pres
ent state of the defendants mind It
was while Dr.. Allan McLane Hamil-
ton was on the stand as a witness for
the defense that the district attorney
declared bis belief that Thaw was now
! insane and absolutely Incapable of in
structing his counsel and that conse-
Quently the state had no right to try
him for his life He said. furthermore,
that he believed that Thaw had been
insane all along, when he shot White
and prior to that event
Jerome had expressed the opinion
that if Dr. Hamilton We're allowed to
testify in full to what he knew he
would give it as his opinion. that Thaw
was insane at that moment and that
counsel for the defense knew this to
be So but had concealed the fact He
said he was prevented by the attitude
Of the defense from bringing out facts
about insanity in the Thaw family and
thus present conditions which would
shock the conscience Of the court and
stop the trial 1t was then that Law
yer Gleason, one Of the counsel for
the defense. who had been superseded
by Delmas as chief counsel, insisted
upon questioning the witness as to
whether he had made any such state
ment about ThaW's insanity to the
counsel for defense. To the surprise
Of every one, the witness said he had
done so several months ago and de-
MED that he had told Gleason that the
defendant was suffering from a cur
able form of insanity.
Prior to this climax the state had
succeeded in Introducing the affidavit
which Thaw's wife is alleged to have
signed at the inStigatiOn Of Stanford
White in the office of Lawyer Hum
mel. in which she told of Thaw's brutal
treatment of her during their European
trip before they were married. But
this document proved to be somewhat
Of boomerang. because it showed that
Hummel, contrary to his statement on
the stand. had acted as her counsel.
thus paving the way for attacking the
credibilty of the entire testimony of
Hummel
Jail For Coal Trust Head.
Samuel E. Howell. president offthe
Omaha Coal trust has been sentenced
to six months in jail and pay fine of
$1,000. which was the limit of the law.
Judge Sutton in sentencing Howell
told him he was mo better than a
common highwayman who put a re-
volver to a mans face and made him
give up his money" He said that if
it had not been for money and good
lawyers Howell would have been sin
fail long ago, where he belonged
Pittsburg Merger Carried Up.
The opposition Of the people Of Allie
gheny City to the consolidation with
Pittsburg into the community to be
known as the Greater Pittsburg has
caused the fling with the United
States supreme court Of writ of error
from the decision of the Pennsylvania
supreme court, which had dismissed
bill brought to prevent the consolida
ton. The case cannot be heard in it's
turn for at least a year, and this will
delay the legal birth of the Greater
Pittsburg.
Marvin kidnapping Case.
The strange disappearance of Horace
Marvin, Jr, the three-year-old child of
Dr. Horace Marvin of Bay Meadows,
Del, continued to attract attention and
to appeal to the sympathies of the gen
eral public. The governor and other
state oRoiolc IF