The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-05

Thus Thaw's counsel outlined his
case To the jury this afternoon after
the proseeutico had occupied less than
two hours of the morning sitting Of
court In relating through eyewitness
es, the narrative OF the tragedy.
when the defenfe had interpcsed its
plea and outlined Its case, an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow morn
ing when the first witness in Thaw's
behalf will be heard. You will hear
the story OF this mans insanity" At
torney Gleason for the defense prom
ised the jury from his mother his
wife his relatives and his physicians
You will judge him by his acts, by
hereditary and the stress which en-
tered into his madness, and when you
come to Judge him YOU will say to
yourself that his act may be one of
insanity. but IT. WAS not crime"
Thsw's Moth:r TO Testify.
That Thaw's wife was TO be one of
his most important witnesses has long
been known: that his mother, Mrs.
William Thaw, was to take the stand
only became known positively today
when the co.rt announced the rule
excluding from the court room all wit
nesses save the experts. Thaw's
mother. wife, and MAY Mckenzie left
the court room upon hearing the or.
der
Thaw seemed detected During the |
opening address bv Gleason In which |
he entered the defense of insanity. |
Thaw sat with flushed cheeks which at |
times were buried in his hands. and |
with eyes cast down upon the table. |
He seldom looked UP, just feeting |
glance now and then at the man who |
was making the initial plea for his |
life and freedom. Never once did his |
eyes go to the jury box.
Thaw Looks Only at Hands.
There was another period during the
morning session when Thaw again
looked only at his hands. clasped be
fore him on the table. This was when |
Lawrence White. the 19-year-old son
Of Stanford White, occupied the
stand as the first witness. He was
with his father at dinner the evening
of the tragedy, but left him before he
went 10 Madison Square Garden where
he was killed.
White was alone Il was testified.
when Thaw approached slowly from
behind wheeled. faced him and sent
three bullets into his body and brain
Wife 10 Tell Of Relations.
Thaws counsel told the story of the
prisoners love for the girl he was to
make his wifi and that when he asked
her 10 mary him she refused. "The
reason for this refusal you will hear
from her lips" announced Gleason, "suf-
fee 1t to say that the reason had TO
reference to Stanford White"
Thus laying the ground for a plea OF
insanity. the defendants lawyer de-
clared that brain disease had laid
hold OF Thaw three or four years ago.
Gleason said, we will not base our
pttdt upOh hluktt dtl IL viii Dt
shown there was insanity on both
Sides Of the defendants family" 3.
It was asserted that Thaw labored
under delusion that his life was
always in danger when he was in New
York city and believed that threats
had been made to kill him. This ac-
ccunted for the fact that since Janu-
airy. 1904. he had carried a pistol. He
had placed in his overcoat pocket the
night he went to Madison Square Roof
Garden. There he turned suddenly
and saw what he thought vas a demon
glowing at bin.
impulse That Of insane Man.
The impulse came He felt that 10
hill Nbitc would be act Of Providence
and 30 believing. he set deliberately
about bis task. u was the work OF an
insa3e man. GIeason declared. the re-
suit Of the delusions Of disordcred
brain.
Garvan. for the state. in telling the
story Of the alleged murder occupied
les than ten minutes and the prose
eutlon's entire case was kept within
two hours. With the exception Of
young white and the cOru5er's physi-
clan who performed an autopsy and
described the wounds Of Whites body.
the only prisons called to the stand
by the tate we're FIVE eye-vitnesses.
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