The Washington herald., 1907-04-10

son. he sat down and added the codicfl
TO his viii. With much emotion mr.. Del
mas said
Brave Man Deserves sympathy.
And Stanford white thought he would
play with this child. now the wife Of
MF. Thaw, IN the same inhuman manner
and in the end cast her of. These were
the thoughts that came over him and
never left him. We admire the chiYairy
Of the knights Of the Middle Ages. who
went about redressing wrongs and rescu-
ing maldens in distress. Why should we
withhold our sympathy from this brave
man, who was so anxious TO take part
in the rescue Of young girls in this city,
THE efforts of Harry Thaw 10 pro-
tect the community against the poilu-
ton OF Stanford White did not end even
with the provisions Of the win and the
codicil. So ieep was the impression on
the mind Of Harry Thaw, sc overwhelm-
ing and irresistible was the impulse, that
he had in the early part Of 1906 written
a letter 20 Anthony comstoek, under
whose special charge ne believed the
morals Of this community had been
placed, telling of Stanford White and his
uced young girls and ruined them.
Appeals to jerome.
''He called upon the district attorney
the same man who is here trying to take
this mans life, demanding that he cleanse
the city Of this man. He went 10 the
principal detective agency that It might
ferret out the facts that this man might
be sent to The prison where be belonged.
but again he was bafied. But ne did not
lose courage. He battied on And when
he told his brave little wife about his
efforts, she. better informed than he was
as TO the power of these people, told him
that they were too rich and powerful for
him. and that he would never succeed;
that they had friends who would stop
anything he tried to do.
1t was with such thoughts 10 his mind,
Waging battle for American wOms nhOod
and humanity. and baffied by wealth and
social position, that Harry ThaW met
Stanford White "a 1906
You remember the incident at Days
Theater, when Harry Thaw and his wife
and a friend sat in a box and Stanford
White came into box opposite 70 them
When Harry Thaw looked into those eyes
which had lured on the poor mangied form
of the woman beside him, those eyes into
which so many girls had gazed as they
went down 10 ruin. his face became as
chalk and he trembled with emotion. You
have heard that story heard il from the
trembling liIs Of Evelyn herself
Thaw TrembIes All over.
'She says Another time we were
going up Broadway in an electric hanson,
and at Herald Square Mr. Thaw sud
denly saw Stanford White. ] think he
had a 1T right there. He cried. sobbed.
bit his nails and carried on like that for
fifteen minutes. He shook and trembled
all over He moaned, clenched and uu-
clenched his hands but his agitation
showed mostly In his eyes"
This condition Mr. Delmas attributed
10 the many infamies" whici Thaw be
neved Stanford White was p~.petrating
in his "dens Of iniqulty" Mr. Delmas
read that part OF Evelyns testimony
where, in response 10 questions asked by
Mr. Jerome, she stated that she believed
Thaw crazy about Stanford White, and
that all his friends held the same opinion.
And u was true declared the speaker.
The man who had brOoded on this sub
Ject for three years, who had pictures OF
and in the stiffness Of the night. could
not be human to retain the calmness OF
his reason. Gentlemen. place yourselves
ia his place. picture 10 yourselves the
horrors he went through and do justice 10
Harry Thaw"
It was 1910 O'Clock. and Mr. Delnlas
announced that he found that it would
be impossible for him 70 conclude by the
usual recess time, as he had expected %
40, and asked that recess be taken until
2 clock. The recess was ordered.
Howard Nesbit Vows Something,
II was a fighting. struggling crowd
that tried 10 get into the courtroom at
the afternoon session to hear the wlnd-up
Of Dir. Delm3s speech. Howard Nesblt,
young Mrs. Thaws brother, made several
vain attempts 10 get IN. vowing each
tims that Il Mr. DeImas said any more
unkind things about his mother he would
get Up and say something. The young
man was not taken seriously.
Every seat in the court was taken.
and extra chairs filed the aisles The
Enclosure inside OF the clerks rail did
not have room Tor another squatter. It
seemed that everybody who knew a judge
or politician with a pun was on hand
with a letter and pleading for seat.
even K it was in the farthcst corner Of
the room.
Nothing more remains for me 70 do.
said Mr.. Delmas in a subdued voice. than
10 call your attention TO the night OF
June -. with a view of dwelling on the
tragic events of that night, eIucidatfng
the one great point TO which your atten-
ton must be centered-the condition Of
the defendants mind on that night" II
was summer night. he said, and might
have been su!try. He described the Cafe
Martin, with the balcony outside There
were four IN Thaw's party-his wife,
Thomas McCaleb, and TruxtOn Beale be-
ing the others. They were seated at a
table when Stanford White. either by ac-
cident or design came into the room
Thaw did not see him. but his wife did.
and "foreseeing. with that keenness char
lCteTistic Of her sex, fOrebOre 10 call his
TO the presence OF this man" il
was only when White left that she called
for pencil and paper and wrote the note:
THE d. was here a moment ago and
went out again"
Night of Tragedy.
"As denoting the condition Of Thaw's
mind at that time, " said Mr. Delmas, and
that the principal object of his soiicitude
was his wife, he merely said: Are you
all right? He mastered whatever emo
tons he had in that public place and the
incident had for the time being no further
In simple style Mr.. Delmas told how the
party went TO the Madison Square roof
garden and what happened up TO the time
Thaw went over and sat next to James
Clineh Smith, Whites brother-in-laW.
Their talk was the idle conversation as
/ presume behts men who call themselves
mon of the Mnrld-soaiatv rnen-tha idIA