The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-02-20

Be Used to Obtain Legal Redress
From Stanford White.
New York, Feb, 19.-"I never want.
cd to shoot the creature. | never
wanted to kill him. | knew he was a
foul creature, destroying the mothers
and daughters of America, but want
ed through legal means to bring him
to trial. wanted to get him into court
TO bring him to justice. But Provi-
dence took charge of it; it was an act
of Providence"
This is Harry X. Thaw's own ac.
count of the killing of Stanford White.
1t was given by him to DR.. Britton d.
Evans, the alienist, last August In the
Tombs. DR.. Evans repeated the pris-
oner's words to the jury which is try
ing Thaw for his life.
District Attorney Jerome fought
hard last week against the introduc-
tion of this evidence, which the de-
Tense believes is conclusive proof that
Thaw did not know his act was wrong.
But once the testifying physicians had
declared that in their opinion Thaw
was insane at the time he made the
statements to them, the rules as to
evidence permitted the introduction Of
the prisoners words.
In further bulwarking their conten-
ton that Thaw was insane when he
killed Stanford White, the defendants
counsel succeeded in placing before the
jury the will executed by Thaw on the
night of his marriage in April, 1905,
and codicil to the will executed at
the same time. Again Mr.. Jerome
fought the evidence, but he significant
ly withdrew his objections after DR..
Evans testified as his expert opinion
that Thaw was insane at the time he
executed the will.
Appointment of Commission.
The fact that the district attorney
seems disposed to permit the admis-
sion of testimony of every character,
provided 1t is preceded by an opinion
by witness that the man was of un-
testimony refers, was taken as further
indicating that at the psychological
moment, and If he deems his case
strong enough, Mr.. Jerome may de-
mand the appointment of commits
sion to pass upon Thaw's state of mind
at present.
The will and the codicil, as read to
the jurors, were offered In evidence as
cumulative evidence of Thaw's mental
unsoundness prior to the shooting of
White. In his will Thaw provided
that his executors should set apart the
sum of $4,000 for the investigation of
his death in case of violent or sus
picious end, and for the prosecution of
the persons suspected of having had a
hand in his taking off.
In the codcil Thaw left to a lawyer
in Pittsburg the sum Of $500 to be
used to obtain legal redress from
Stanford White and one other person,
whose name was not allowed to be
read. for the benefit of four young
women who, Thaw declared, were the
victims of degrading assaults" in a
house Furnished and used for orgies
by Stanford White and other inhuman
scoundrels' The names of the four
young women were mentioned by
Thaw, but were not made public.
At the end of the day it seemed that
Thaws counsel had made still harder
the task to be met when they begin to
carry out their plan Of having Thaw
declared of sound and discerning mind
today. Two other physicians will take
the stand, Doctors Hammond and
Jelliffe. and It is said that 1t will be
part of their function as witnesses to
detail the improvement in Thaw's
mental condition during the period of
his confinement In the Tombs, on the
theory that the stress which caused
the mental explosion was removed
with the death of Stanford White. 1t
was also said that Mrs. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw may go on the stand this
afternoon to complete her story.
DeImas Again In Control.
The trial entered its fifth week. The
opening of court found Attorney Del
phin Michael Delmas again in his ac-
customed place at the head of Thaw's
counsel table. During the day there
was no surface indication of the storm
which II is said ragged among counsel
for the defense the latter part of last
week after the trial was adjourned
because of the death of Juror Bottoms
wife. Mr.. Bolton was at the criminal
courts building early and said that he
felt perfectly able to so on with the
trial. It was decided that the jurors
be not again confined until they retire
to reach a verdict
DR.. Evans, who has been by far the
most important witness for the de-
fense among the medical experts,
lengthily recounted his conversations
with Thaw in the Tombs. He testi-
fled how Thaw declared that his law
yers and physicians We're In a con-
spiracy with the district attorney ito
railroad" him to an asylum and to
prevent his case from coming to trial.
He declared that Thaw asserted they
wanted to close this matter up" Thaw
told the physician that in his attempts
to bring Stanford White to justice he
complained to District Attorney Jer.
ONE and that the latter told him to
let the matter drop; that there was
nothing to It. He also complained to