The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-13
JURY DISCHARGED;
DELMAS BLAMED
THAW JURORS AFTER AZ HOURS
DELIBERATloN ABANDON
TASK AS HOPELESS.
7 TO S FOR CONVICTION
For First Degree Murder, on the
Eighth and Last BaIot--Juror
Says "Unwritten Law" Was 4
Not Considered.

New York, April r. Hopelessly
divided, seven for Il verdict of guilty
OF murd in the first degree, five fol
acquittal on the ground of insanity
the jury in the Thaw case reported
today after A hours delibera ion that
il could noi agree upon q verdict The
jury was promptly discharged by
Justice Fitzgerald, who declared he
too. believed Their task was hopeless.
Thaw was remanded to the r mbs
without bail to await second trial.
no one conected with the case could
tonight express an opinion, Jerome
declared there were manv other per-
sons accused of homicide awaiting
trial and that Thaw would have 10
take his turn sith the rest
AS to a pcssihl change Of venue,
both the dslrct attorney and counsel
for Thaw declared they would make
no such move
Thsw Counsel Meet Today.
Thaws attorneys will have a CON
ference tomorrow with the prisoner
to decide upon their next step. They
may make an early application. Je
rome said he would strenuously op-
pose it. He added the belief that as
seven of the jurors had voted for
guilty" his opposition probably
would be successful
Asked tonight about the reports
that all the attorneys except O'Rielly
lad retired from the Thaw case Del
mas said he had not withdrawn and
did not believe the others had. He
would not discuss the disagreement
OF the jury nor comment on Gleason's
criticism of his Ndementia Ameri-
cana
In that went Thaw has another
long summer before him in the city
prison, for his case on the already
crowded criminal calendar cannot
possibly be reached until some time
next fall.
When It became known that the
jury was about to report and that the
case would be disposed of. Thaw call
ed his wife to his side and sat with
his right arm thrown about her until
he was commanded to stand and face
the Jurors.
Sinks Imply Into Chair.
Smiling and confident as he entered
The court room, he sank Imply into
his chair, when Forman Smith. in re-
sponse to question by Clerk Penny
as to whether a verdict had been
agreed upon. said:
we have noth
The mothsr. her features hidden
behind a dense veil Of black, sat stolid
and motionless The wife by her
husbands side gripped his hand
lightly as the foreman spoke. and
then when he sank down by her sid
she tired to cheer him by saying she
believed he would now be admitted .
bail and that second jury surely
would set him frse. The mother,
sisters and brothers smiled weakly at
Thaw as he was led away again 70
the Tombs.
Outside the criminal court build |
ing, only a few hundred persons were |
gathered The court room itself was
half empty. Only newspaper men.
court attaches and a few favored |
friends were allowed TO enter to hear |
the verdict Fitzgerald feared a dem
onstration of some sort should the /
general public be admitted and he
gave strict orders against this.
Appeal to Judge at 4:15.
It was 4:25 o'clock when the jury
filed into the court room. Justice |
Fitzgerald had termined to let them
fight it ont among themselves unit
appeal came at Ais and the atior
neys were called in. Justice Fltzl
gerald notified them of the jury's com
munication that disagrs sement seemed
inevitable. After a brief court room
proceedings at which disagreement
was publicly announced the jury was
dismissed and the prisoner remande1
Entering the court room at 4,25 the
jury was free in minutes. Thaw
when he had returned to the Tombs
gave out the following:
II believe every man in the jury
lpc SIS ssing average Intelligence. ex-
cepting possibly Mr.. Bolton. compre-
bend the weight of evidence and bal
ance for acquital. All my family b.d
me good bye with courage. | trust
we may all keep we'll"
To his attorneys Thaw said he was
eply disappointed.
But could hardly expect any
thing else in view Of the events Of
the past feW days" he added. Earier
in The day Thaw said he would prefer
his fate b decided upon the ~writtens
laws OF the ate