The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-25
SECOND TRIAL
OF HARRY IHAW
SET FOR NEXT WEEK WILL 6E
POSTPONED TIL COMING
JANUARY.
FOR CHANGE OF VENUE
Defense May Ask--c,aim New forN
County Is Preludiced--Tha~
planning For New Trial
Confident Of Acquittal'

Nav York. Nov 24--The sacoiid
trial OF H.,lry x Thaw, SET TOT on'
week from tomorrow will again pc
nostponed. and there is little cnlice
that II will called until well aioas y
january. The decision 10 ASK y
nnstpouemeat has been agreed TO ~
both sides 1t is due partly 70 sNe
fact that th,, task OF selecting Jury
w,s,l,i he made doubly hard by the up
uroaching OF the holidays and the pros
meets before the talesmen OF spending
christmas and New Years locked up
under the care Of court bailiffs, ana
also the fact that Thaw's counsel mas
applied to the court for permission 20
inspect secret evidence presented pc
fore the lunacy commission during the
first trial. There Is a rumof that the
attorneys for Thaw may apply Tor
change OF venue declaring a fair triai
for their client in New York county
is impossible. Such move, II mace
would be based upon the alleged uh-
friendly attitude of many local papers
and the extent to which the evidence
was printed and read in this county
District Attorney Jerome will serious
ly oppose the granting OF change OF
venue.
Thaw. IN his cell In the famous old
Tombs prison, which he has occupied
since the night of the tragedy on Madi-
SON Sa,Iare Roof Garden June 20, l906,
* nlaning for his second trial with the
same confidence of acquittal that ne
prepared for the first ordeal. He daliy
advises with his counsel, chafes at the
DELAYS already encountered IN getting
his story before a second jury and -
impatient for his days in court to De
gin.
It is nearly year since the iirst
trial was begun. It covered period
OF twelve weeks and after two days
and two nights of deliberation the jury
could not agree. Seven OF the twelve
men who heard the dramatic recital OF
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw-a story oil al
legged wrongful treatment at the hands
OF the mated architect; story ,nat
was flashed by telegraph and cable to
every part of the civilized world and
read as one of the most remarkable ut
terances ever heard in court room
, failed to believe that her confession
/, TO her, husband justified him three
Years, late iii taxing the life offt1e
ss.y,as. charged! with 3thasrni9 on ihis isschsss
s;.iiis sisa ~ifs. IsAey voted SefFesnlt 3f
;snurds IN I'll the .frst llesfaat Z slrisss oi
the Jurors, ION the other hand 'wefs
ready. to acquit. most of them believ-
ing that Thaw's mind had been so
upset over the story of the girls down
, fall that he was bereft of reason and
was entitled to that provision OF the
law which excuses q person so In
:. sane as not to know the nature or
qualify OF his, act and not to know
that sthe act is wrong. At the police
station the night of the tragedy and
after and in the. city prison Harry
Thaw contended he was acting as an
agent of Providence in sending Stan
ford White to his grave. ss.f
3 Great interest centers in the course
on the defense at the coming trial. II
3 is, generally Believed that despite any
ideas OF justification which Thaw may
entertain, his present lawyers will con
fine themselves TO making oIt case
of legal insanity. This may be emo
tional.p or hereditary. both OF thes'
phases Of the matter having been gone
into at the first trial. Six or seven
alienists took the stand at that hear.
ing and testified that Thaw had been
driven insane by the story. told hial
when sand the girl who was 70 be
come his .wife we're stopping together
IN Paris Dr. Britton D. Evans. super
infendent of the New Jersey Stats
Hospital for the Insane. mado q
wprld wide stir by expressing Tba
condition of mind the 'night of th'
tragedy as "brainstorm. Tho darl
clouds had been gathering for a yea
or more. he declared, aud when Thav
saw white "glowerng" at him on th'
roof garden. at The first night OF
summer cxtravaeanza known as Mile
Champagne" the storm broke and
Thaw fired.
District Attorney Jerome eombatte'
this plea with the testimony OF seveI
experts. all of whom declared tina
Thaw's insanity was not such as &
deprive him Of knowledge as to tn
wrongful nature OF his act. Notwith
standing this. however. they agree
with District Attorney Jerome tina
Thaw was radically insane not only a
the time of the shooting but through
out the trial during which. they d
clared. he was unable intelligently {
advise with counsel or to appreciat
the character OF the proceeding
agains, him
The trial was interrupted. It will b