The Washington herald., 1907-04-10
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! or emotion. AueF Ndu lAc dlT oI men
who intended to decide the grave issue
In their keeping upon the logic of the
/ facts
/ The courtroom was damned to the last
/ seat at each session of the day. Just
after luncheon. the corridor outside the
/ entrance to the courtroom was packed
with a pushing. showing, implo-ing
crowd that gave the squad OF policemen
/ all they wanted to do TO handle it
without violence. One OF those who tried
/ repeatedly to get in and failed was How
ard Nesbit, young Mrs. Thas's brother.
Thay's Family Present.
All the Thaw relatives were there. as on
the day before. Harry Thaw's young
wife sat beside his mother, and as the
defendant left the courtroom, after Mr..
Delmas had ended his speech. he bent and
kissed his wife and grasped his mothers
| hand. Evelyn Thaw listened closely, but
| quietly to all that the Californian said.
1 but she showed no emotion, even when
the lawyer was depicting the terrible
/ scenes of her experiences with White
which Mr. Delmas imagined flashed be-
/ fore Thaw's eyes in the moment preced-
/ ing the killing OF the architect.
The space inside the rail was thronged
with the prosecutions experts and MEM
/ bers of the district attorneys staff, while
/ Justice Blanchard and eX-Justice Davy
/ spent some time on the bench with JUS
/ tice Fitzgerald.
Delmas Resumes speech.
When Mr.. Delmas arose to resume his
argument. he told the jury he would en-
deavor TO be as brief as possible in order
not 10 tax their patience and to relieve
them OF their onerous duties as speedily
as consistent with the responsibilities
resting upon him.
when / am done" said Mr. Delmas,
Il shall give the fate Of my client into
your hands with every confidence"
Mr.. Delmas said it would be necessary
to cast a rapid glance over his remarks
OF yesterday in order to connect the
threads of his argument.
The State, Mr.. Delmas said, had at
tempted to set the scene for the last act
in the depl0rable tragedy upon the fiimsy
basis of an affidavit dictated by "a felon
"a man convicted of perjury
Mr Delmas quoted briefly from the
speech Of District Attorney Jerome when
Abraham II. Hummel was up for SEN
tence. At that time Mr.. Jerome urged
the maximum penalty of the law, on the
ground that Hummel had been men
ace to the community for twenty years.
OF the story OF Evelyn Nes5it, told on
the witness stand, Mr.. Delmas said;
You know, gentlemen Of the jury. that
no human Imagination ever invented such
Ia story. You know that no actor could
have stood. as she did unfinchingly AL
the tests known TO skilled lawyers to
elicit the truth. unless she was telling
the absolute truth.
Il shall now proceed" went on Mr
Deluas, 'in an effort to depict to you
the effect of this story on the mind Of
Harry X. Thaw. I shall prove this 10
you without using any language Of my
own. / shall tell you the story in Eve
lyn's own words. the words you heard
Ter use on the stand
Thaw's Actions in Paris.
Mr.. Dclmas then read dramatically ,he
young wcman's story Of Thaw's actions
when in Paris. 1903, she told him her
story. how he walked the floor biting his
nails and sobbing.
He also read that portion OF her testi-
mony in which she said she had refused
"haws offer of marriage because she
loved him. so much that she would not
drag him down.
Sublime renunciauonr says the sheer
ing district attorney in an effort to make
you believe that this story is not true,
that tt Is impossible" went on Mr., Del
mas. But I shall prove 10 you that 1t is
true; I shall prove 10 you beyond the
slightest doubt that she did refuse him.
and refused him for that reason alone.
Man.-it may be, has not that great power
Of renunciation, but IN the geutlsr breast
OF woman do We find that great gift Of
God and In the breast Of this little girl
existed this great strength that enabled
her to put aside her one love when she
knew IL was for the good OF the one she
loved
Evelyn Refuses OHer.
Arguing along this lire 10 further dem
onstrate Evelyns sublime remuneration. "
Mr.. Delmas referred TO and read abstracts
from the letter which Thaw wrote 10
Attorney Longfellow in September 1893.
In this letter Thaw wrote that he had
proposed marriage TO Evelyn. but she had
refused point blank because "she said
il would shut me out from my relatives.
The genuineness of this letter." At
torney Delmas argued. cannot be denied.
What, then, did it mean when Thaw wrote
to Mr. LongfellOw that Evelyn would lot
marry him2
rs it not true that she had refused
him. Thaw wrote that she thought first
and then rejected his offer. Yes. she
thought. She looked upon the man she
loved; she looked upon her own past, and
she did not want TO bring reproach upon
the man who would have married her.
Sacrifice for Love.
Harry, 1 love you. and because / love
you do not want to tie my unfortunate
existence to yours. so that people would
point the finger of scorn at you. I want
to leave you free, and the moment you
think 1t is best for you l will go my sad
way. I will go back and earn my own
living. and you shall be free and honored.
Go back TO your noble mother and dear
sisters, and 1 shall 60 down. where so
many others have gone before me. and
disappear from the world
Yes. she thought. The sheer OF the
district attorney is unjustifed The little
girl did sacrifice herself: did rise 10 the
heights Of sublime remuneration"
Effect on Thav's Mind.
Mr.. Delmas here read from Mrs VIII
liam Thaw's testimony. and went on:
Did that venerable, gray-Eaired mother
come here TO perjure herself? Did she in
vent this story which she says her son
told her? Or did he tell an untruth when
he conhded TO his loved mother and told
her that he loved :his girl and wanted to
devote his life TO ner? And all this time
that little girl was going along using the
talents God had given her to make
living for herself, refusing to marry the