The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-02-06


tional insanity. You must disabuse
your minds of all you have read in the
newspapers and especially of the idea
that has gone abroad that we are to
rely upon some higher or unwritten
law.
we rely upon the constitution and
laws of the imperial state of New York
and upon them alone. You will under.
stand this mans insanity. II will
not require experts to tell you of it.
1t is within you to judge him and you
will say from the evidence that when
he killed Stanford White he was an In.
sane man"
He declared that Thaw labored un
der the delusion that his life was al.
ways in danger when he was in New
York city and that he believed threats
had been made to kill him. This ac.
counted for the fact that after Jan.
uary, 1904, he always carried a pistol
He had placed it in his overcoat pock.
ct the night he went to the Madison
Square Roof Garden. There he turned
suddenly and saw what he thought was
a demon glowering at him. The i'm.
pulse came. He felt that to kill White
would be an act of Providence and SO
believing he set deliberately at his
task.
1t was the work of an insane man,
Mr. Gleason said-the delusion of a
disordered brain.
Mr.. Gleason Twice Interrupted.
Counsel told the story of Thaw's de.
Tense in a conversational way as if he
were taking every juror into his con.
fidence. They listened intently. Mr..
Gleason was twice interrupted by Dis.
trict Attorney Jerome on the ground
that he was arguing the case from the
evidence instead of plainly stating
what the evidence was to be. The
Interruptions caused Mr.. Gleason to
repeat in some instances, but his re.
marks did not seem thereby to lose
weight.
In adopting calm dispassionate
manner in addressing the jury, Thaw's
attorney followed the example set by
Assistant District Attorney Garvan,
who opened for the prosecution at the
beginning of the session.
The rumor that there were to be
further changes in the jury box were
not down until Mr.. Garvan actually be.
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trict Attorney Jerome had brought all
the pressure and persuasion at his
command to gain consent for the re.
moval of one or, two of the men, but
Thaw's counsel resolutely and sue.
cessfully resisted all pleading for a
further revision of the trial panel.
Mr.. Garvan in telling the story OF
the alleged murder occupied less than
10 minutes and the prosecutions en-.
tire side was kept within two hours.
Except young White and the coro.
ner's physicians who performed the
autopsy and described the wounds in
Whites body the only persons called
to the stand Dy the state were five
eyewitnesses. They were cross-ex.
amined briefly by Attorney Dolphin
Delmas of the defense, who for the
first time participated actively in the
proceedings. Witnesses told nothing
that has not been known to the read.
ing public ever since the night of the
tragedy. They related the deliberate
way in which Thaw approached White,
faced him and fired. They repated
Thaw's assertion He ruined my wife,"
and Mrs. Thaw's remark to her hus.
band, "Yes, but look what fix you are
in now" To this last remark Thaw
replied: "Dearie have probably saved
your life" 1t was brought out that
Thaw looked back at his victim as he
walked away with staring look in
his eyes"
Caravans outline Of States Side.
Mr.. Caravans outline of the states
side was of the briefest. He told of
Mr. White dining at the Cafe Martin
with his son and college mate of the
latter the evening of the tragedy. He
related how White went to the roof
garden on Madison Square Garden to
see the initial performance of a sum-
mer musical comedy called Mann
zelle Champagne and then related in
simple unembellished language how
he was killed.
The people claim" he continued,
that 1t was a cruel, deliberate, NAL
icious, premeditated taking of hui
man life. After proving that fact to
you we will ask you to find the defend
ant guilty of the crime of murder in
the first degree"
1t was not until after Mr.. Garvan
had spoken that the prisoners wife
and mother were barred from the
room under the rule excluding wit
nesses. Mr. Garvan spoke so low that
his remarks could not be distinguish
ed from the jury box. Mrs. William
Thaw and her daughter-in-law both
heard distinctly, however, from where
they sat. They evidently were pre-
pared for a much longer ordeal and
seemed surprised when the young as
sistant to Mr. Jerome finished.
It Wasn't Filled.
A physician well known on tbs west
side when passing house where he