Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08

until the next day to meet the district at
torney's request that he be allowed day
To himself In which to make an uninter-
rupted address"
The court, then. is powerless to deter
mine how long Mr. Delmas Will require.
said Justice Fitzgerald, who then Informed
the jurors that after O'Clock they would
be kept together until the end Is reached
With the trial finished save for the
summing up, the BELIEF that the jury
will disagree is growing among those who
have followed the case since it's begin
ming The trial has been the longest ana
most costly ever held in New YORK. ana
Justice Fitzgerald will not allow the jurors
to be discharged until 1t is certain that
there Is no chance of their agreeing. Even
IL they do announce a disagreement, he
will without doubt send them back 10 ire
Jury room again, and keep them there as
long as there is the slightest chance OF
their reaching an agreement. disagree
ment would mean that Thaw would be
Obliged to remain in the Tombs until his
regular turn came again, probably until
late in the fall. -..-.
MI. Delmas Begins.
One OF the spectacular moments in the
Thaw trial was that (which Dolphin MI
chael Delmas rose to address the jury for
the defense 1t was his final plea to the
twelve men who are to pass upon the fate
of Harry X. Thaw, and no stage setting
could have been better set than were the
surroundings in which the attorney found
himself when, with bow to the court and
to the jury, he began an argument that
promised to be as interesting any Of the
many sensational features that have mark
ed the development OF this trial.
Court Orders Order.
Before nodding to Mr.. Delmas to begin
Justice Fitzgerald ordered the court at
PENDANTS to maintain perfect order.
MI Delmas began his appeal to the jury
by quoting from utterance of District
Attorney Jerome during the trial. He
said:
We have no right, if the real facts
were known to be here trying this man.
and would be absolutely prohibited by the
statutes
Had you heard these words" continued
the attorney. from some irresponsible bah
bier instead of from an official charged
with a great public duty; had they been
spoken in a place where Idle men resort
to indulge in idle talk. instead of in
tribunal where justice presided in
solemnity; had the occasion on which they
We're uttered been some trivial discus
sion some insignificant topic instead
of a debate the issue of which is life or
death and had you. after so hearing
them. heard the same lips make an ap-
peal to prove that the law demanded for
felt of the life of the man about whom
they Were spoken, THESE WORDS might not
have filled you witt. amaZement.
To Prevent Such a Conclusion.
at is to prevent such conclusion in
this case" went on Mr.. Delmas. that 1
have undertaken the performance of the
onerous task before me. In this task it
will be my duty to give you all the help
In my power in deciding the question be-
fore you.
No Unwritten Law.
In the performance of my task. it is per-
haps not improper to say that l shall make
attempt to influence your passions; no
attempt to make your sympathies over
balance your judgment. 1 shall not call
such fimsy thing as the "unwritten
law" This defendant finds his justifica-
t!on in the written law, In the statutes of
this state. In the written law he finds all
necessary to protect his life and his liberty.
In the performance of my duty il will
he necessary for me To refer to the dead. i
will do so in all respect possible. but there
are cases where the memory of the dead
must give way to the .needs of the living.
For those who are left behind. for the
widow who mourns. for the son. l have
nothing but words of sympathy Gladly
would | suspend, II possible, the law. that
the sins of the father must descend for
three and four generations.
A Tragic Tale.
whom fate by inscrutable decree had deter
mined to link together, to be united and
walk through life in the company Of one
another. The story covers only few
years. 1t is the saddest, most mournful
and most tragic which the tongue of man
has ever uttered or ear of man ever heard.
Let begin briefly with ner story-one
hlled with incidents with which volume
might overflow. or which might be writ
ten by the vivid imagination of the most
gifted novelist.
She was born on Christmas eve. 1884 in
the city of Pittsburg. The first years of
her childhood saw her lose her father and
natural protector. and left her in charge
of a mother who early manifested that
character of frivolity and extravaganza
which was TO lead TO such deplorable con-
sequences. When the girl was ten years
of age the family found itself in strait
eued circumstances: they began to feel the
psngS of want.
A Family Drudge.
AT twelve she became the family drudge,
assisting her mother in the household du-
ties. And thus the family continued NOV
ing from place to place without any fixed
habitation.
But nature had endowed her with the
fatal gift of beauty-a beauty which mani
tested itself in early youth and gift with
which the mother soon saw means of sup
porting the family.
Al fourteen years she was in Philadel-
phia, already embarked on the perilous sea
"t an artists model But New York. the
great metropolis. was the market where
such natural gifts are most sought and
most dearly paid for. and to New York
the family came. and by the procurement
of thc mother the employment begun in
Philadelphia was renewed here. and the
beautiful child wendell her way through
the streets from morn till noon and from
noon till eve, from studio to studio and
from artist 10 artist, and at the end of
the week the sCant earnings she carried
to her mother for the support of the
family.