New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-17
THAW JURY FAILS TO
AGREE ON A VERDICT
BEING HoPELEssLY DIVIDED IT
is DISCHARGED BY
THE COURT.
New Trial Far in Future-Jurors
Stood Seven for Conviction and
Five for AcquittaI-Defendant is
Bitterly Disappointed.

New York, April 13-Hopelessly
divided-seven for verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree and five
for acquittal on the ground of insan-
| ity-the jury which since the twenty
| third of last Janury had been trying
Harry K. Thaw, reported at 1925
o'clock Friday afternoon, after AZ
hours and eight minutes of delibera-
| ton, that it could not possibly agree
| upon a verdict. The II men were
promptly discharged by Justice Fitz-
| gerald, who declared that he, too, be-
| lieved their task was hopeless.
Thaw was remanded to the Tombs
| without bail to await a second trial
on the charge of having murdered
Stanford White, the noted architect
When this new trial would take
place no one connected with the case
could Friday night express an opin-
ion. District Attorney Jerome de-
clared that there were many other
persons accused of homicide awaiting
trial and Thaw would have to take
his turn with the rest AS to posi-
BILE change of venue, both the district
attorney and counsel for Thaw de-
clared they would make no such
move. Thaw's attorneys will have
conference Saturday with the pris-
pner to decide upon their next step.
| They may make an early application.
Mr.. Jerome said he would strenuously
oppose it. He added the belief that
as seven of the jurors had voted for
guilty" his opposition probably
would be successful In that event.
| Thaw has another long summer be-
fore him in the city prison, for his
case on the already crowded criminal
calendar cannot possibly be reached
until some time next fall.
| Result Was Expected
The scenes attending the announce.
ment by the jury of it's inability to
agree upon any sort of verdict were
robbed of any theatricalism by the
general belief that after their long
deliberation and the reports of wide
division of sentiment, the jurors could
make no other report than one of dis
agreement
Thaw, surrounded by the members
of his family-the devoted, aged mo-
Their, the pale young wife, the titled
sister, the countess of Yarmouth; Mrs.
George Cernegie, and Edward and Jo-
siah ThaW, the brOthers-received the
news in absolute silence When it be-
came known that the jury was about
to make it's report and that the case
would be disposed of, Thaw' called his
| wife to seat by his side and sat
with his right arm thrown about her
until he was commanded to stand and
face the jurors. Smiling and conf
dent as he entered the courtroom, he
sank Imply into his chair when Fore
man Deming B. Smith, in response to
a question by Clerk Penny as to
whether the jurors had agreed upon
verdict, said:
"We have not"
| Evelyn Tries to Cheer Him.
The mother, her features hidden be-
hind dense veil of black, sat stolid
and motionless. In i'll health of late,
she had felt severely the strain and
stress of the long hours of anxious
waiting. The wife, by her husbands
side, gripped his hand tightly as the
jury foreman spoke, and then, when
he sunk down by her side, she tried
to cheer him as best she could by say
ing that she believed he would now
be admitted to bail and that second
jury would surely set him free.
The mother, the sisters and the bro
theirs, pale and well-nigh exhausted
j by their tedious, nerve-racking wait
for verdict, smiled weakly at Thaw
as he was led away again to the
.Tombs. They we're permitted to speak
with him for few moments to bid
! him be of good cheer, before he
crossed the bridge of signs" to the
cell in the prison which, until few
minutes before, he had hoped that he
was about to quit forever
Hartridge Raps DeImas.
Friday night Clifford w. Hartridge,
the attorney of record and warm per-
sonal friend of Thaw, gave out the
following statement:
| Mf. IhaW has already expressed
himself DESTROYS of trial under and
in accordance with the laws of the
state of New York. can add nothing
to that except to say that I entirely
agree with him and hope that we
shall have new trial speedily and
that the next time it will not be nee
essary for the presiding judge to have
to charge the jury that we are living
in a civilized community
See Mistake in Defense.
Mr.. OReilly, of Thaw's counsel,
said:
II confess that I am disappointed.
I really expected an acquittal. Per-
| haps now, in view of the verdict, Mr..
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