The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-04-18
DelmaS' Appeal For Thaw.

DelmaS' Appeal For Thaw.
William Hoster, in New York Ameri-
can.
Long after the Thaw case has become
history the physical cadences of that
wonderful voice that rang ont today in
Thaw's defense will haunt the memoir
les of those who were so fortunate as
TO be present at the trial.
Twelve jurymen sat spellbound un-
der its sway, aud mirrored in their
faces the varying emotions to which it
gave expression. A mute, absorbed
and sympathetic audience looked on
the Judge, bending forward, his eye
fixed on the advocate; the defendant
hanging eagerly on the words that may
set him free; the wife, the mother, the
sister-their faces distorted with the
pain of suspense-clntching their
chairs, clenching their hands.
All the while, rising and falling in
waves of emotion, the voice of Delmas,
echoing a masterfuh plea, logical, rea-
sonable, human, for the life of Harry
X. Thaw.
When the session came to an end he
had but half completed his task. But
he had gone sufficiently far to make
clear to Jerome that most formidable
structure will have to be overthrow
when his turn comes to speak to make
verdict possible for the state. In
brief, Delmas justified expectations,
His voice is new and welcome add
ton to the eloquence of the New YORK
bar. Specifically, in the two hours anc
half that he spoke, he placed the old
time Harry Thaw in new light, con
Btructed about him in the case on tht
issue of which hangs his life, that law
yer's bulwark-a reasonable doubt
and he is not yet through.
LOGICAL SUMMING UP.
What those presentin the trial cham
Der heard today, where the, case o
Thaw was resumed before the jury
Jerome having backed water and Jus
tice Fitzgerald having approved thu
report of the lunacy COMMISSIONERS
logical summing up of the evidence
for the defense, in which the truth o
the story of Evelyn Nesbit was con
vincingly presented to the iury-iI
which the love of Evelyn for Harry
and Harry for Evelyn was painted no
too brightly, but with the touch Of I
master-in which Hummel stood forth
in all his odious colors and the mothel
, of Mrs. Thaw was dragged from he
retirement and forced to play leading
role in the tragedy of Stanford White
death.
Beginning at few minutes past tive
o'c ock this afternoon, Delmas spok,
almost constantly until 4;30, when b.
was compelled to cease from the phys
ical and mental exhaustion that over
came him. He executed a master
stroke in the opening sentence of hi
speech, when he spread before the jur
ors the hapless statement of jerome
that Thaw of right should not be or
trial for his life.
MADE EVELYN'S STORY TRUE
This he followed with a ringing dec
laration that Harry Thaw stood before
his judges claiming no advantages save
those guaranteed him by the writer
laws of the state. And then his pitt
lessly cold logic took up the threads o
the wonderful story Of human MISERY
one by one, and as the twelve Juror
followed every movement of his lips
every motion of his hands, he showe'
them how Irresistible is the conclusion
that the story of Evelyn Nesbit is tru
how confrmatory is every fact, sub
mitted by the state and the defens
alike, of the truth that this story wa
told to Thaw. He passed on, telling
anew in simple phrase the terrifying
story of the child wife, and pointing
tout the evidences OF its truthfnlness a
The Numbered along. He ripped T.
shreds and tatters the career of Stan
ford White, and in the calm, dispas
sionate tones of logicisn laid at tn
mothers door the downfall of Evelyl
Nesbit. Upon Hummel fell the vic
lence of the tempest which ragged il
full force as the California advocat
dissected the evidence of the ex lawye
of Dodge Morse fame. Never has trutl
been so pitilessly told of woman as
fell from the lips Of DeImas today
Never has man tesn so mercileesI
fayed as Hummel.
It all seems too commonplace in th
telling-yet it was all so dramaticaII.
real, 30 tremendously convincing, 81