The daily sentinel., 1907-04-10

VN htA AaAhtlB INC man VINO WAS utI
protector
"The Greatest of Crime.
Must I tell you how she was led
on step by step; how she was piled
with wine and drugged. and finally
became his victim? That story you
have heard from his child's falter-
ing lips. Better that he should never
heard the cries of anguish of the vic
tim who lay before him. He had
committed the greatest crime that
ever defiled the image of God. He
had lured to destruction and had
crushed the child who trusted him.
He had committed a crime against
the law; against the law of the state;
crime that the chief magistrate of
this country in a message to congress
said should be punished by death.
"oh. Stanford White"
Had this man forgotten that when
our Lord set down child among his
disciples. He said: 'Whosoever re-
ceiveth such a little child in my name
he shall dwell with me forever. but
who shall offend little one such as
this. 1t were better that milestone
were tied about his neck and he were
drowned in the depth of the sea-
He, gentlemen, who had erected a
temple to Abraham, had forgotten
the words of the Great Jehovah to
the children of Israel, that he who
afflicted fatherless child should
surely die.
''oh, Stanford White, who entrap-
ped child who had no father, who
had been deserted by her mother, and
was left alone in a city of millions
had you imagined that God would
not hear that cry?
Had you forgotten that retribu-
tion would be at hand? Better had 1t
been for you that you died before that
day. for then you might have died in
the splendor of your fame; when your
departure would have been deplored
by your family; when all would have
attended your obsequies; before your
genius had been an aggravatlon of
your crime"
AN Unnatural Mother"
When Mr.. Delmas had completed
his denunclation of Stanford White
he launched into 4 merciless attack
on Evelyn Thaw's mother. He first
recalled to the jury that in the early
part of the trial, when the name of
the mother was first mentioned, he
stated that he would not cast any re-
Elections upon her and held her guilt
less, believing her to have been the
helpless victim of circumstances. o.
when said this. gentlemen" Mr..
Delmas confined. 81 wish you to bear
in mind that three things had not yet
developed-that for years after this
assault had been committed, upon
this girl, the mother received $500
a month from the assailant; that the
mother had given to district attorney
written statement by which he
might torture the soul of her daugh-
ter. by which he might leave her
alone in the world-her father dead,
her mother unnatural, her husband
executed.
''When ! learned that every shot
at her heart came from the culver
supplied by her mother; when 1 learn
ed that it was the mother who was
pointing out the sore and tender
spots for the district attorney to at
tack. and when l learned that the
poor babblings of girl in school
her diary-had been furnished by her
mother that they might be used
against her. l retracted as | retract
now, the statements / made in behalf
of the mother.
"Oh, unnatural mother that she
wasl to desert her girl and leave her
the victim of the lust of this gray
haired man; to receive for a year the
wages of her daughters downfall; to
wear DIAMONDS bought with such
money as this. and then to come now
in the hour of her daughters supreme
agony to steal away the life of her
only protector.
'Shame Upon This Woman"
"Why, gentlemen of the jury, a
beast protects her young. l have
even seen little bird watching over
her brood of young in a dusty road.
ruffle her brave little feathers until
she was twice her natural size and
fly straight at a pointer who had come
running up until the dog stood abash-
ed and respected the mother.
"oh, shame upon this woman
Not content with what she has
already dones she would take away !