Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-09
D[[hAS RESUMES
HIS PLEA FOR 1HAN
Tells Jury He is Confident They
Will Do Right by His
Client
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CONTINUES STORY OF TRAGEDY
CONTINUES STORY OF TRAGEDY
peImas Grow. Eloquent in Reviewing
EveIyn's Sublime Remuneration" Of
Her Lover and Whites Lecherous
Attentions After Their Marriage -
Docs Not Conclude Until Afternoon.

Does Not Conctuoe Until AIeeFn0oH'
New York, April 9.-Harry Thaw
was in unusually good spirits this
morning when he began to prepare for
his day in the court room. He laughed
and clatted with his keepers and to
everyone he met he expressed himself
as more than ever confident Of the out
come OF the trial He was pleased with
Delmas' speech yesterday and looked
forward to its close today with eager
anticipation.
The crowd began to gather outside
the court room at an unusually early
hour. The guards at the doors Of the
rooms exercised extra vigilance In
keeping out those who had no business
to. enter.
The members of the Thaw famils
els usual were among the early arri-
walls A new figure appeared in the
'rhaw group today. 1t was that OF
Mrs. Edward Thaw, who accompanies
her husband and sister-1n-laW, the
countess of Yarmouth.
DeImas Resumes.
When Delmas arose to resume his ar
gument, he told the jury he would en-
deavor to he as brief as possible III
order not to tax their patience and re-
,lieve them of their onerous duty as
speedily as consistent with the re-
sponsibilities resting upon him.
when am done,'' said Delmas, Il
shall give the fate of my client into
your hands with every confidence.
.Delinas said It would be necessary to
cast a rapid glance over his remarks of
yesterday in order to connect the
threads of his argument.
& Jerome was again absent from the
court room today while Delmas was
carrying forward. his argument
The state, Delmas said, had attempt
ed to get scene for the last act in
the deplorable tragedy upon the tiim-
sy basis of the affidavit dictated by
..a felon-a man convicted of perjury" !"
Delmas quoted briefly from the speech
Of Jerome when Hummel was up for
sentence. At that time Jerome urged
the maximum penalty of the law on the
ground that Hummel had been men
ace to the community for twenty
years. OF the story Evelyn Nesbit
told upon the witness stand, Delmas
said:
"You know, gentlemen Of the jury,
that no human imagination ever in
vented such story You know that no
oh did n.
flinchingly, under all the tests known
to skilled lawyers to elicit. the truth,
unless she was telling the absolute
truth. shall now proceed" went on
Delmas, !" in an effort to depict to you
the effect of this story on the mind OF
Thaw. / shall prove this to you with
out using any language of my own. l
shall tell you the story in Evelyn's
words, the words which you heard her
use on the stand"
Delmas then read dramatically the
Young woman's story of Thaw's actions,
when. in Paris in 1903, she told him her
story, of how he walked the floor biting
his nails and sobbing. He also read
that portion of her testimony in which
ME said she had refused Thaw's offer
of marriage because she loved him so
much that she would not drag him
down.
"sublime renunciation," says the
sneering district attorney, in an effort
to make you believe that this story is
not true that it is impossible" went on
Delmas "But I shall prove to you
that it is true, I shall prove to you be-
yond the slightest doubt that she did
refuse him, refused him for the reason
given, alone"
Evelyn's Sublime Remuneration"
MAN, it may be- has not that great
power of Remuneration, but in the gent
Ter breast, woman. do we find that
great gift of God, and in the breast OF
this little girl existed this great
strength that enabled her to put aside
her one love, when she knew it was for
the good of the one she loved"
Arguing along this line to furthe:
demonstrate Evelyn's sublime renun
ciation," Delmas referred to and read
abstracts from the letter which Thaw
wrote to Attorney Longfellow in Sep
tenrber 1903. In this letter Tha.w wrote
that he had proposed marriage to Eve
lyn. but that she had refused point
blank, because "she said it would shut
me out from my relatives" "The gen.
uineness of this letter" Delmas argued,
cannot be denied. What, then, did it
mean when Thaw wrote to Longfellow
that Evelyn wouldn't marry him? Is
It not true that she had refused him ?
Thaw wrote that she thought first, then
rejected his offer. Yes, she thought.
she looked upon the man she loved. She
booked upon her own past. She did notl
want to bring repreaeh upon the man
who would have married her. Down
in her noble heart she said:
".Harry, love you, and because l
love you I do not want to tie my un-
fortunate existence to yours, SO people. |
would point the finger of scorn at you.
I want to leave you free and the mo-
ment you think it is best for you I
will go my sad way. will go back to
earn my own living. You shall be
free and honored Go back TO your no : |
bio mother and dear sisters. and y