Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-13
Prisoner Held to be limos
cent by Some, Guilty BY
Others Delmas and 8
Jerome Criticised Z
EvELYN'S MOTHER
SEVERELY SCORED
Two Lustful Beasts in Per.
suit of One Girl is the
Way One Lawyer
Phrased 1t

"This Thaw trial is simply 1
Smoky Row case In the high
society life. Harry Thaw is Z
millionaire degenerate; If he 10
eIectrocuted society has lost moth.
ing. Stanford White was a genius
but with all that ingenuity he was
a lustfuI beast and the world is
Just as well off with him dead.
The mother Of Evelyn is the ona
utterly detestabe element which
: the trial has brought out. 1t simply
dwlndled down to a contest be.
tween two IustfuI beasts as who
should have that giri.'-Judge ].
G. Mitchell.
Evelyn is nothing but Iewd
chorus girl. In my opinion that
whole story of her past life lis
creation drummed up in her law
yer's office" John w. Lewis.
"The killing Of White was
result of mental disease on
ThaW's part causing an irrlsti-
BILE impulse to murder White. No
American Jury has ever convicted
man for any action taken in de-
Tense of his wite."-Judge Robert
Sloan Of keosauqua.
cts good thing White is dead,
the world would not mourn 'rhaws
s.eath If he be convicted; but
Whites end will ever be one great
lesson to the thousands Of men
OF his character."-J. A. LoWen-
burg.
Every conceivable phase of the
great trial, the pending issue Of which
IS exciting throughout the world wide
comment, was discussed last night g,
The meeting of the Wapello County
Bar association. lie rly every lawyer
If note OF the county vas present ant
had something to say in regard to the
case. A noticeable feature Of the dis
cussion of the case was the widely
differing opinions of the whole affair
as expressed by the various attorneys
Heated arguments arose, attorneys
that Thaw should be acquit
ted were met repeatedly by remarks
to the contrary. Brief sketches of the
two prominent lawyers involved II
the case were read by r. r. Ram
sell and Y. L. Duke, following which
he discussion was commenced. ~
A Smoky Row Case.
There is nothing on earth in tina
rial that issunusual, Judge Mitchell
said in opening. st IS simply Smoky
Row case in high society life / had in
tended to write up long paper on th,
affair and read 1t tonight, but ate
| studied into the case little deepe
got. so disguised | quit. have beer
in few cases where the unwrittel
law was appealed to- / have foIlowef
this thing through and neither Je.
ONE nor Delmas are better. lawyers
than we have right here in Ottumw'
today.
Harry Thaw is a millionaire dc
generate--there is no question at al
about that. II he is electrocuted sc
ciety has lost nothing That mai
White was genius in certain re
spect but according to evidence witt
all his genius he was a lustfnl beas
ant the world is just as well off witt
him dead as living"
''The mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thay
is the one detestable element brough
out in the trial. If Thaw is electro
cuted, she ought to be too. Evelyn
l hardly know how to classify. Sh
was beautiful, attractive and all tina
the artists claim for her but there j
no question but that she was misled
To sum UP the case-here is White
he gets away with the virtue of tina
girl and her mother through hi
money. Then here's this man Thaw
Evelyn told Thaw of all her indiscre
tons with White. When Thaw mai
ried her he knew he was marryin
a woman who was not virtuous one
When they were married, it was sin
ply a question of two lustful beasts
White and Thaw, which should hav
that girl
w. w. Cory Disasrees.
Following Judge sMitchelEs summar
of the case. Nracticallv every iawye
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