New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-05
ONE DAY IN COURT.
A Lawyers Impressions of the Thaw Trial.
n winslow williams. Of the Baltimore 0a'' III A''
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n winslow Williams. Of the Baltimore BAR IN Inc
6on't tbink I, ever saw what seemed a better
FURY Each man OF the twelve Is ils SGhts vsrdct
honest looking, and a Iar anu
70 look upon Thaw is to be star's I I tsu fg,ITe
.raordnarv importance of the man: MS l4I i.s ar
which stoops utte. Is clothed IN paCsH 81 ts ner
neither beard nor ie
nerson whose vitality has gone out 1Iis ~ Esd
dark and are generally lowered but when I bISI
are restless and unrcspOnsve His hair Is oiST
and rusty and brushed back hanging I'm, can be
lid Of him is that ne looks like crank DuI t
the entire days proceedings he spent e s before
IN and occasionally saying inadVerteht M;oIS ~
to one Of he h esd hMSi In ntese5t gSnce with
one even his wife, they escaped my 1Dse SLOW
and his act the issue of this extraordinary scenI,
no one for long associate the gtea iTsi
with the unimportant hgure sitting nstiessy a. t
soon loses sight of his identity as must the juror
alsG2i tho mower and all the play OF tho trial IS
Concentrated within a radl is Of few feet ana
there the battle is waged without an H ,t1s
because Of the presence of Mrs. Thaw on the stand
Jerome rS eGnestons for woman TO answer room
full OF men-n rapid succession and IN voice pIne-
tom and without bubble. there came an answer
in girlish high-ptehed voice each note fhg 5ra
tpct the witness offered some objection, and then
20 indulRence TO the argument OF his adversary,
,1aanWhile wiping his eyeglasses and gazing
Usually about the room. This seeming indiner-
ence however would fail to disturb the equanimity
~ the lawyer for the defence. who would go on
,resenting his arguments suaVely and deprecat-
tns-iv hut in language that was plain and logical
ana sometimes singing in ITS application The OBJ
{antions were generally well taken. and were sus-
JantIv prepared, for he would invariably go right
On with another question as though nothing had
6nDpened to interrupt the even tenor OF his way
S'he contrast, both in personality and method, be-
tween the men is striking and is one of the
1nosf interesting features OF the trial. Delmas
an advocate is gracious, insinuating and plausible
hut nj the time incisive and determined
Jerome on the other hand, Is aggressive. uncOm-
promising and selfconfdent 10 a degree. Originally
their conflict seems to have been more less per-
sonal in its nature, but now five weeks Of bitter.
saIf-consciOusness and left only professional in
stInct and pride in the struggle for mastery.
II is impossible, IL II were worth while, to fore
cast the result of this extraordinary trial. What
arouses an interest that Is International In its
TENT is not the crime ITSELF which Is a bald fact,
containing mystery, but the conspicuous char
acters involved and the sensational setting
The defence in the case Is emotional insanity,
but as the accused IS disnclined to spend his life
with the criminal insane his counsel is COM
nendably but Intellectually striving 10 draw a line
~ demarcation between mental Condition. az nm
soundness when he shot White and of sOundness
10 -day. Mr. jerome IS apparently ready to admit
mental unsoundness at the time OF the crime bur
cannot concede mental sOundness to-day, and thus
the only Issue remaining Is the present sanity OF
the prisoner. Judging by his appearance and all
the circumstances, Il would be safer 10 declare
for Than,x insanity than Cor ether mems sanity.