Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-13
oTTUMWA BAR
DISCUSSES THAW CASE
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in the room had something to say IN
regard to the speakers views. w. W..
Cory took issue With Mr.. Mitchell in
regard to some things. He said:
81 don't agree with Mr.. Mitchell IN
everything I've ,'ars. | do agree now.
ever that Thaw was degenerate mil
linraire He is {. man that never was
restrained until he was by the law.
Let White be as lustful as you will
he was man of the greatest genius.
He had had some trouble with his fam
lily but he withstood the strains that
few men can stand. He worked dur
ing the days, day after day, and ca
reused at nights. think it would be
bad precedent to let Thaw go. In
sane?-Yes. as all degenerates are In
sane
"L don't believe much in Evelyn as
an angel child. She was to be pitied
of course, but she was not an limo
cent little child as some Of the evil
dence tried to show"
w. A. Work Defends Evelyn.
81 don't think Evelyn was worse
than any other child would be with
the same environments, W. A. Work
said. "She was beautiful in face and
form, girl that If she had the train
ing and teachings of the average ma
tural mother Of today would some day
have made a brfelliant woman. She
was an unfortunate child handicapped
by her mother and surroundings Any
girl in the world would have turned
out just the way she did with the
same bringing up, especially if that
bringing up was in New York.
.'If White did half the disgraceful
things it is said he did, there is no
question that he was brute, but it is
mystery to me how man Of his
genius could have fallen so low Jer-
ONE has shown bulldog tenacity in
his work throughout the trial
1.-TWO things that impressed me
greatly in Delmas' conduct of the case
side and his frequent reference to
Biblical passages. He undoubtedly has
impressed the jury by his extreme
and perpetual courtesy which he has
extended to Jerome.
"The charge of Judge Fitzgerald
to the jury is one Of the most perfect
ever heard.
j. w. Lewis Discredits Tale.
J. w. Lewis next, stood up and made
a relentless attack upon the tale told
by Evelyn in regard to her past life.
He said: "The Thaw case as a subject
of discussion, outside of the sensation
alisms as they appeal to us Individual
ly, is scarcely worthy of the consid-
Grafton Of the Wapello County Bar
association. Delmas is in many ways
a man, but as a lawyer, he has no
legal knowledge at ALL A criminal
lawyer, in my mind, is to the bar what
a quack doctor is to a board of physi-
clans. There is nothing in the case
that appeals to the mind of a lawyer,
but it certainly has appealed to the
public.
Evelyn is nothing but a lewd
chorus girl Her whole story was
Matched in some lawyers Office. It is
simply a plot to present a tale so
black against White, who cannot deny
anything, that the jury will be moved
to acquit Thaw The whole question
simply revolves around creation Of
that chorus girl and her lawyer.
The killing was simply a cold, bru-
tai, murder case and should be con-
sidered as that and nothing more.
Thaw takes this girl around the world
with him two and half years before
he marries her. He then brings her
back to New York. He knew White
would want her again and simply mar
ried her to have hold on her because
it was the money she wanted and
White could and would supply her
with that.
'sWell, they arrive in New York one
Sunday. On Tuesday this girl is
found once more in Whites arms.
Thaw hunts up White and kills him. "
Evelyn made some cash out of that
yarn she told about herself. / say
That Thaw's mother had to come down
plump with some good hard coin of the
realm to get Evelyn to publish her
doped up story. That girl will cut
loose from Thaw as soon as the case
is settled, she will have enough cash
to make her independent for while
society Of the United States as long as
ner again''
Deimas Is a Lawyer.
Judge Robert Sloan next took the
stand and took exception to Mr.. Lewis
concerning Mr.. Delmas' ability as a
lawyer
'"The test of a good lawyer is his
handling of the evidence" he said
"Delmas handled his witnesses and
their evidence admirably think the
claim of insanity opens up the whole
case. Experts will tell you that insane
people. in the elimination of their
schemes. especially in homicide cases
will exhibit the most cunning sanity
possible to display. Evelyn's tale was
not trumped up story. 1t is the truth
and should be accepted as competent
evidence. Her tale told to Thaw be-
fore their marriage was the cause of
the whole thing. He brooded over ii
until he was possessed Of mental dis
ease. He acquired an irresistible i'm
pulse to kill White. He finally saw this
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