The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-05
HEREDITARY INSANITY Is
 DEFENSE OF HARRY THAW
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within you to judge him and you will say from the eviodence that when he killed Stanford White he was an insane man.
 It was asserted that Thaw labored un- der the delusion that his life was always in danger when he was in New York city and believed threats had been made to kill him. This accounted for the fact that since January, 1904, he had carried a pistol. He had placed it in his over coat pocket the night he went to the Madison Square roof garden. There he turned suddenly and saw what he thought was demon glowering at him. White would be an act of providence, and so believing he accomplished his task 1t was the work of an insane man. MT. Gleason declared, from the delusons of a disordered brain. Counsel told the story of Thaw's defense In conversa- ton always directed as If he were talk Ing every juror of the twelve into his confidence Mir. Gleason was twice in- terrupted by District Attorney Jerome on the ground that he was arguing case from the evidence instead of plainly stat ing what the evidence was to be. The nterruptions caused MT. Gleason to re- peat in some instances, but his remarks did not seem to lose weight by the pro- cess The rumor that there were to be 'VN'AN' not be put down until Assistant District Attorney Garvan actually began his ad- dress. It was said that District Attorney Jerome had brought all the pressure >and nersuasion at his command to gam con- sent for the removal of one or two or the men, but Thaws counsel held out against all pleading for a further revision of the trial panel.
 Garvan Tells Story.
 MT Garvan in telling the story or the alleged murder occupied less than ten minutes and the prosecutions entire case was kept within two hours. With the exception of young White ana the cor oner's physician, who performed the au- topsy and described the wounds of Whites body. the only persons called to the stand by the state were five eye witnesses They were cross examined briefly by Attorney Delmas of the de- lense, who thus appeared actlVely lh the proceedings for the first time. The witnesses related the deliberate manner in which Thaw approached White, faced him and fred They repeated Thaw's s assertion, He ruined my wife and Mrs. Thaw's remark to her husband: es, but look what a fix you're in now.
 TO this last remark Thaw replied:
 "Dearie, I have probably saved you llfe."
 It was brought out mat Ina" iooheu hack at his victim as he walked away, with a staring look in his eyes"
 MT. Garvans outline of the states tes- timony was the briefst possible story of the crime He told how White went to the roof garden on Madison Square gar den to see the initial production of a summer musical comedy, and then re- lated in simple language the incident of the killing.
 ..The people claim" he concluded that it was cruel, deliberate, malicious, pre- meditated taking of a human life. After nroving that fact to you we will ask YOU to find the defendant guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree"
 It was not until after MT Garvan had spoken that the prisoners wife and moth- CT were barred from the court room un- der the rules excluding witnesses.
 Ar. Caravan spoke in voice so1a