The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-07

fore she became his wife:
Nothing" she replied without hcsl-
The District Attorney seemed complete
! " baffled and speedily brought his eX-
| animation to n close.
! Mrs. Thaw's story was deeply impress
! sve In It's simplicity and brevty.
Testimony Was Impressive.
If Harry Thaw's fate is thrown into
the hands of the twelve men In the jury
box who today heard the mothers story
there seems little doubt that what she
said Will carry wonderful weight. But
Mr.. Jerome gave the impression that he
weapon In another dlrection-in his night |
TO have a commission appointed TO test |
the present state OF mind Of the defen-
the stand the District Attorney engaged !
/ ma wordy war with Mr.. Demas. during !
which he uttered publicly for the first !
time the threat OF lunacy commission.
Mr.. Delmas was invoking the presump-
ton of low mat Thaw Insane In |
enable Mrs. Thaw 10 state conversations
with her son In the latter year. These
conversations were admissible only on
the ground that they were the utterances
OF person mentally irresponsible. Mr..
Jerome said there was no reason why the
assumption should not continue down TO
was we'll taken the trial should be sus-
Justice Fitzgerald upheld MIR Delmas
and said the question OF commission
was moi before the court. With the com
pleton OF the mothers testimony today
Thaws attorneys said they would have
but two more ~iinesses-cXperts-
VIII he called upon 10 answer A newly
framed hypothecal question covering the
NJ. Hammond and Smith E. Jelliffer
Harry Thaw during his mothers stay
upon the stand, seemed unusually pale
and extremely nervous.
AT the end OF Mrs. Thaw's examlna-
tion court adjourned over until Friday
morning. a death In Justice Fitzgeralds
family causing an abandonment OF the
Thursday sitting.
Mother of Thaw on Stand.
Mrs, william Thaw was called TO the
stand Immediately after court assembled
for the afternoon session Clerk Penny
Delmas whispered to him and in a loud
voice the clerk commanded.
Mrs. William Thaw to the witness
stand"
Mrs, Thaw appeared a moment later
She was stu dressed in the same black
lrock In which she appeared the first
With head erect and we'll thrown back
she walked to the witness chair. She
and the court crier handed her the Bible
Clerk Penny administered the oath, and G
as Mrs Thaw took her place In the chair 6
the court crier announced [
Harriet Copley Thaw," '
Harry Thaw was all interest. He sat 7
aGng his I5 mother and seemed extremely
nand and bit his nails. 2
Mrs Thaw repeated her name in re- I
'ponse to a question by Mr., Delmas,
,pealsins in n tone so low as hardly to be
Mr.. Delmas stood Immediately at her
Mrs. Thaw said that in the fall and :
winter of 1909 she was living in Puts
,urg. s
Her son, Harry. came home she said,
N the 10th or l1th OF November, a day y
before brother uyal n
ing.
Saw Unnatural Condition.
During the time your son Harry was
I home did you notice anything unnat- S
fai about his condition? Asked Mr. 81
)elmas Il
7 certainly did" replied Mrs Thaw IL
VIII you please describe what took
The day when he first came to the II
oor there was a look OF absentminded- II
ess on his face a despairing look. ." 1E
Did the impression of a change in ri
our son grow on you?' asked Mr.. Del p
las. A
Yes. His room was next to mine b.
'ften in the night ! heard smothered fe
obs Sometimes when | awake late In
night I would see light under his
oor and often found him sitting up at
o clock In the morning II
He told me he courc not sleep, and m
lere was no use going TO bed. ] asked II
i'm 20 tell me what the matter was. 81
Ie seld 1t was impossible to tell me his cl
Did he at any time. in answer to your ia
uestions, freely tell you the srory?' y,
lsisted on it. ~
Mr.. Jerome objected to the repetition in
the story until Mr.. Delmas. stated h'
overed by the testimony of the alenists or
s q period when Thaw was insane I'll
Then Mr. Jerome withdrew his OBJ di
,ction and allowed the witness TO give te
ne purport of the conversation. til
Co;d II;s TiTo VIZ, D.:..J nt
'fIe told me the story" said Mrs. ht n
haw, "bu, not definitely. He said his m In
,oubl.s were caused by something a So
licked man had done in New 1cjrk,
robabis the wickedest man In New York. IN II,
&c, e sand So,, It had m ruined his life. and he ~
ould set from him for week" mnc m
Mrs Mrs ThaW said Harry, seemed ab- az az
reat problem. He was very fond of
usic and often he would leave the ia
e and go into the parIor. n,
Mrs. Thew, as she told Of her SONS Ia
almost broke down I've ne
~ would hear loud music upon the -
ano, o. which VIII, would gradually grow soft co
"ine week before Thanksgiving / un- III
,rstoo4 more. ! did not know the girls sa
ant 10 know IL, but did know that his m m
ndition had something TO do with a ~
Jung ;uE g, girl He had told me about the TT
itfNcu man III new YORK, DNL H. was N
lly later that found out that this man 20 20
Al ruined young girl. y"
AFTER l found his condition was due TO e.,
mething which had been done to a ."
,ung Sirl ] asked him why ne should w
low his life to be ruined. W
Harry said the girl had been neglect g..
by her mother, or that she had no Il
other. or this thing would not have ~,
lppened. He said there was still n i,o
lance for her 10 be good. l can't re- az
II all that he said en- en-
On Thanksgiving day Harry and
ere alone" III,
Overcome by Emotion. MI
Here Mrs. Thaw's voice failed. Her Tt
ce flushed and her eyes filled with IN.
ars, ~ ha
Justice Fitzgerald asked II she could
oceed She nodded, but remained ST. sh
nj.
To relieve the tense situation, Jus Yo
e Fitzgerald ordered that all OF Mrs tin
Jaw testimony UP 10 this .time be
ad 20 the Jury by the stenographer rel
RS. Thaw's voice had been so low that rne
r words could not be heard distinctly, ini
eft hs first tbo,