The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-19

Il jury possessing average lntelliSeHCe,
excepting possibly Mr.. Bolten, COM
pretended the weight of evidence and
balanced it for acquittal. All my
family bid me goodbye with courage.
l trust ID. w we may all keep well. +"
To his attorneys Thaw said he was
deeply disappointed.
"But could hardly expect anything
else in view of the events of the last
few days. he added
Earlier in the day Thaw had given
out another statement in which he
| said he had desired that his fate
should be judged on the written"
laws of the state of New York. He
declared that he believed the evidence
adduced had convinced even District
Attorney Jerome Of his innocence I'M
der the strict letter or the law.
Attorney Dolphin M. Delmas, who
conducted Thaw's case in court and
who in making his summing up adj
dress to the jury appealed almost d.
rectly to the "unwritten law" or "de-
mentia Americana" as he termed 1t,
was not in court when the pury made
it's report and was discharged.
Clifford w. Hartridge, the attorney
of record and warm personal friend Of
Thaw, gave the following statement
to the Associated Press:
"Mr. Thaw has already expressed
himself DESTROYS of trial under and
in accordance with the laws of the
state of New York. can add moth
ing to that except to say that / en-
tirely agree with him and hope that
we shall have a new trial speedily
and that the next time It will moi be
necessary for the presiding Judge to
have to charge. the jury that we are
living in a civilized community
Attorneys Daniel O'Reilly, Clifford
w. Hartridge~A. Russell Peabody and
John B. Gleason acted for Thaw Fri
day. 1t was said that Mr. O'Reilly
would have a leading part In the fu-
ture conduct of affairs.
The story of the proceedings in the
Jury room as they were learned to-
nieht far outranked in interest the
brief court proceedings which brought
the famous trial to close. 1t devel-
oped that the jury had considered
everything connected with the case
except "the unwritten law" basing
their judgement entirely on the evil
dence they voted either for or against
murder in the first degree when they
cast their first ballot. The first vote
was 8 to in favor of conviction.
Then the jury tried TO reach a COM
mon ground on a verdict of man.
slaughter in the first degree, the pun
ishment for which ranges to max
imum of 20 years Imprisonment The
men in favor OF cquittal-largely on
the ground of insanity 1T is said
would not change their ballots and
in the end won over to their side one
of the eight who favored conviction.
During the nearly 4S hours of deliber-
alton only eight ballots were cast.
The jury spent the two night sessions
DOING in their chairs.
To Gnjoin 6reweries.
Topeka, Kan, April 12.-Applica-
ton was made to the supreme court
Thursday by Attorney General Fred
S. Jackson for writs of quo warranto
and injunctions against eight big brew
cries and whisky jobbers doing bust
ness In Kansas, for the purpose OF
not only compelling these big con-
Germs to cease doing business in Kan
sas through their agents and cold
storage warehouses, but also with
the ultimate purpose of having re-
ceivers appointed One of the concerns
against which the proceedings have
been brought is the Hahan Supply
company of Wichita Kan. This is
an Arizona corporation which is do
ing business In Kansas without IL