The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-11-25

sanity which had been built up toss
ed It literally out of the window, and
made his plea unreservedly on the
"unwritten law" He pictured with
great oratoricai effect '.the wronged
Evelyn" us IAN angel child" Thaw
alternately was a "Sir GaIahad" or a
st George destroying the dragon.
This line OF argument gave District
Attorney Jerome an unexpected open
ing and he too disregarded the mass
OF testimony tending to show Thaw's
mental responsibility, devoting him
seid to ridicule OF the heroic roles in
which Mr.. Delmas had cast the de-
PENDANT and his wife. Mr. Jerome de-
clarcd the tragedy was nothing more
than "a common, low vulgar Ten
derloin murder" To the Jury he de-
scribed Thaw as a ''wilful wretch, =
indulged from his youth by wealthy
parents and at last turned loose to
float his way through the Tender
loin on $4,000 a year" The seem
ingly irrational writings of Thaw
which were placed in evidence, were
dismissed by Jerome as the work of
a rich illiterate and nothing more
District Attorney Jerome and Fran
els p. Garvan, his first assistant, again
will have charge of the prosecution,
but Thaw has made an important
change Of attoreys. Replacing Mr..
Delmas as chief counsel win be Mar
1 tin w. Littleton. of BROOKLYN. Mr..
Littleton is known as a capable law
yer and brilliant orator. At the
Democratic National convention of
1904 it was he who nominated Alton
b. Parker for the Presidency Mr.
1 Littleton is southern man. having
been born in Tennessee just thirty
| five years ago. He is what Is gener-
| ally termed a self-made man, having
educated himself. He began the
practice of law in 1891 and maving
to Dallas, Tex, served there for a
term as assistant prosecuting attor-
| ney. Later he removed to Brooklyn
and at once became prominent fig
/ ure in politics and at the bar For
four years he was assistant district
attorney for Kings county and under
the first Mcclellan administration in
Greater New York was president of
Brooklyu borough Just who will he
associated with Mr.. Littieton may not
be definitely known until the day the
trial begins. At present Daniel o.
Reilly and A. Russell Peabody are the
only members of the former array of
counsel credited with being in Thaw's
service. Because pf Thaw's impetuos-
lity il was not always known during
the former trial just who his attor-
tneys might he the next day. The
opening day Of the coming trial un-
ldoubteCN viii settle whatever nisun-
lderstanGing may exist among COUNSEL.
1t is the hope of the prisoners friends
that his cause may not be hampered
this time by the wranEles among
lcounsel which were frccuiest last win
ter.
| Ihere : much speculation as to
Whethsf or not Evelyn Nespit Thaw
hts schooiSlf!-iike figure about which
the storm ana tempest OF the first
tria4 peat out ITS fury, VIII again take
the STAND IN her husband's defense. a
report mas peen current for some time
that she VII not but the Thaw case
always has been surrounded by every
class & -I.::or and suEgestlon that
human ingenuity can invent
deHHis. .s.on as 20 the matter OF
placing The girl again upon the stand
! may not be arrived at until the trial
1 Is Wen under way. Without her tes-
timony there would be difficulty IN
making out u case of emotional IN
sanity--a defense which would have
to be relied upon to gain Thaw ahso-
lutte freedom. If medical or heredi-
tary insanity he the plan of the de-
fense. the best Thaw can hope FOR is
an Indefinite commitment to the
State Hospital for the Criminal In
! sane at Nfatteawan.
Neither Thaw nor his wife reIishes
the idea of placing the girl at the
mercy of another eross-eya,,fnatfon
lby Mr.. Jerome. who. unmoved by her
burning checks Of shame. forced her
to admit the Ione-contin,ied relations
which existed hetyvae,, nor ana stan
ford white md 10 Ia, the iurv in
main words or tbe t,yo E1ronean