New-York tribune., 1907-04-10

Delmas said he would finish in the afternoon
and thea Mr.. Garvan announced that District
Attorney Jerome would begin his summing up
this morning.
RECTTES STORY OF SHOOTING.
Al the afternoon session Mr.. Delmas resumed
with tee story OF the events Of the night OF
June -. 1906. Beginning. he said:
Gentlemen. nothing now remains for me to do
but 20 call your attention TO the events ot tEe
at any length upon the tragedy bur with the idea
% elucidating many Of The events upon %cs % fa
namely. the condition Of the DEFENDANTS mind
upon that night.
He then told CT the party dining at the cafe
Martin the passing of White through the room,
the note that Mrs. Thaw wrote 10 her husband
md finally, led UP 10 the party Of four going
10 the roof garden. lie told OF Thaw chatuhs
with James Clinch Smith. Whites brOther-in-
Law. Tor a half hour. and finally the four start
ing to leave. At this point Mr.. Delmas grew
dramatic. His voice was low. but very earnest
as he said:
suddenly he saw the face Of Stanford White
Stanford White was ihen apparently - intent m on on
watching performance of the play. Thaw turned
then fred the ETH three shots that caused whites
death. wish 10 call your attention TO me ciTS
soien IB9t vine, the body OF Mr. White fell on
the floor Thaw stood calmly facing the audience
Win his arms outs:retched. in the form of cross
IIKENs TIAw TO PRIEST.
This Is a circumstance which has not been dwelt
hpon any OF the expert testimony but crc9In- i
tLA5Se tSac. lie tbe priest who
stretches HIS arms after the sacrifice has been
task Thaw broke the pistol emptied the cham
bers q IL 10 assume the attitude that no h5Tin
4yould happen 10 any one. and then lac walked 10
Dis TiSs.
Mr.. Delmas related the conversation with
frhaw and his wife that followed and what Thaw
said as he was being taken away. Continuing
BE said;
Gentlemen. have dwet upon the acts, acts and I'd
eeolerations q Ihaw 70 , SFeS Sf Sro The menace
of the man whom he might well have thought was a
man gentlemen. who followed her 10 the Cafe Mar
sin he thought, who followed her 70 the FooI sa1h
- DR.. Delevan's. The first thought was that ne
STso SHTs. ms own mo ''''H 'l'' ''
AR. Delnas dwelt on the point that Thaw, at
That moment, when he saw White at the Roor
Harden, was in the condition when his mlnd
svent back Ike forks OF lightning over past
events He said Thaw thought of everything
he had heard about White, and another resume
NJ fae various charges against White was made.
The fact that three witnesses testified that they
believed Thaw was irrational when he shot
sE7bite also was detailed. The examinations and
Testimony Of DR. Bngaman, the Thaw family
thvsician and DR.. Evans and Or. Wagner
pIlenists, also was brought out. The testimony
ef Or Allan McLane Hamilton was broached,
bnd Mr.. DelmRs said:
As regards DR.. Hamilton, II Is proper oeileke,
60 state that during the examination of Dr. Evans
fhe District Attorney asked him what ms pt. oplIton
az DR. Hamilton 10 his rank as an t!lehisi
or Evans naturally shrank from expressing rs
opinion OF a brother physician: Nj Jerome clteu
q ease IN when one expert testified 10 the quail
flcations Of another physician, and insisted mat
.Dr. Evans make reply.