Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-11

"This physician who 1rahkiy tehs you he is general practitioner, Jer- ome continued 'who is not hired expert, testified that when Thaw was child he had all the ailments incl dental to childhood. He tells you he was called in to attend to Thaw in the latter part of 1904 and fonud him de- pressed and nervous. That was only natural.
 Ought to Be Depressed "Any man who had the interviews Thaw had with the girl he loved, saw her 20 to a hated rival and make the affidavit she did, would be depressed and dejceted.
 "Now, as to Mr. Deemar, he merely testified that Thaw was nervous-that was all. Evans told you Thaw suf- | fered from exaggerated ego. That is merely another name for vanity. Dr. Bingaman when asked about 1t said Thaw merely had a great opinion of himself.
 "Evans told you that Thaw had had brain storm; better term would be .paranoia of millionaire No one ever heard of brain storm before Evans wanted to make of it classic phrase. We'll he at least succeeded in making it known the world over. For two days you will recall we tried to find a def nition for brain storm, but could find none.
 ''we were told that Thaw was like rudderless ship which lost it's balance wheel, east off from moorings and the nearest we get to q definition was men tai illumination or psychic explosion. "Men of this jury, there is in this |, case every element of the simple, vul. gar, everyday tenderloin homicide. If the defendant were any person but the , rich Harry K Thaw of Pittsburg; if , he were the son of padrone in Eliza , beth street, and if Stanford White were not a leading architect, but a China man in Mott street; if this girl were 8 chorus girl in Bowery theater, how long would the brain storm or paranoia theory be listened tof
 F Same old Cause | "There were two ordinary men in ' this case and between them was ii gress urging them on. With Thaw she was seduced by White; with White she c was victim of Thaw's perversion Why, men, there are the same old ele | ments here that have made criminal ,. history ever since the world began.
 ''Is there anything in all this evi dence to show that when Thaw killed White he did not know the nature oi + quality of his act or that the act was : wrongf''
 Jerome reviewed the letters ThaN l wrote from Paris to Pittsburg to At I torney Longfellow. He declared that s the letters showed all through the writ 5 r's appreciation of legal rights anC wrongs.
 "They are nothing more,' be con tinued, "than the cratic, vulgar pro auctions of an illiterate who alway! had his own way in fife until he wal locked up in the city prison.
 Cowardly Fear of Death n The will and eodicil were next takei E up. The will showed "cowardly fea of death," declared the prosecutor, bu nothing more.
 f "So you see it was very easy fo il such cowardly man as this Thaw t' |, withhold dementia Americana for thre if years and then kill his victim, wh v could not see his approach. I'd "Where is the delusion in the will
 Did he leave the money to the righ
 people! Everyone of these experts ad
 mitted that at the time of the killin t. Thaw had knowledge of what he wa in doing, but said it was an insane know h ledge. They could not tell the differ C. ence between sane and insane know n ledge, but said the only knowledge tha s, Thaw had was insane He ruined m
 wife. There was nothing said abou
 Providence until after the eonsultatio with pr. Evans. In these words wa
 expressed the motive for the crime. Blu
 there was nothing there and was notl
 ing about anything he did that nigh
 When he got to the station he gave
 fictitious name That was not an insan
 man, or an agent of Providence, or
 man chosen of God to avenge woman
 that was not glorying in righteou
 act.
 No Right to Free Thaw But when this defendant presente
 to you that he was supposed to aveng
 American womanhood, American virtu this champion who had lain dormar
 three years-until he becomes in som
 way exalted, it does not come withi
 the classification of dementia Amer
 cana. He killed for motive and whe
 you are asked to acquit such man yo
 are asked to give something which yo
 have not the power to bestow.
 "The real question here is wheth'
 New York is to become 6 mining cam
 If this sort of thing can go on; if Il
 only thing between citizen and a
 enemy is brain storm, then every ma
 had better pack gun.
 "Delmas appealed to the scripture