The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-10
When Reason Was Unseated.

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When Reason Was Unseated
Mr. Delmas read that part OF Evelyn's
testimony where she stated that she be
lleVed that Thaw was crazy about Stan
ford White and that all his friends held
the same opinion.
And il was true. The man who had
brooded on this subject for three years,
who had pictures OF dreadful horrors
haunting him by day and night, could
Of his reason. Gentlemen. place your
selves in his place; picture to yourselves
the horrors he Went through and do JUS
tIce 10 Harry Thaw.
II was 1870 O clock, and Mr. Delrnas
announced that II would be impossible
for him to conclude by the usual recess
time, and asked that recess he taken
until 2 o'clock.
Following the recess. Mr.. Delmas
brought the narrative OF his arguments
down TO the events OF the night Of the
the room OF the cafe where the Thaws
were dining, how Mrs. rhaw wrote A
note TO her husband; saying, The b"
was here a moment but went out again,
and how Thow and his party then went
10 the roof garden, picking up on the
way another friend who occupied one OF
seat. and how he found one beside MIR.
Smith, brother-ln-law OF White.
'He was not agitated, his conversation
went on in IT'S usual tenor. and he did
not include Smith In the aversion he felt
for White. Then he returned 10 his party.
talked about the play and lis lack OF In
terest. Remember al this period, gentle
men, the unbroken testimony OF all the
witnesses Is to the effect that the de
meanor OF Thaw was perfectly calm and
composed and that he walked quietly
down the aisle, When he reached the
point OF exit he saw to his right the form
OF Stanford White. looking n the stage
Mr.. Thaw then turned. walked slowly and
quietly toward him. faced him and fired
three Shots which CanGG1 his death He
then slowly and deliberately turned 10 the
audience spread out his arms in the
there-a circumstance which has not been
dwelt upon by learned experts called ns
witnesses by the State, but which de
notes the character OF the execution that
took place.
Like a Priest of the Altar.
Mr. Thaw stood as a priest might have
stood after some ceremony OF sacrifcial
offerings. saying All Is over and dis
missing the congregation. He turned his
pistol barrel down 10 indicate 10 the audi
ence that there was no danger 10 them.
He then walked slowly 10 where his wife
stood. and when she said. oh, Harry.
what have you done? he replied. IT is all
right, dearie. | have probably saved your
life.' and as he said this he stopped and
kissed her, When he was dlsarmed he
said. lie has ruined my wife. When the
policeman came he said. lie has ruined
my wife
II have dwelt upon these incidents.
gentlemen, TO call your attention to the
fact that the safety OF his wife, whose
menace was implied by the very presence
OF this man. was uppermost in his mind.
To him this man, who had met the
young wife upon the street who had fol-
lowed her to the doctors, who had also
her TO the cafe and to the roof
garden. this was the man who boasted he
would get the young wife away from her
husband. So 1t was that after he had
shot the first great thought that welled
al N Inn n
the moment was, AT last my wife is safe.
/ have saved her NE And then when
he answered the officer and said. He has
ruined my wife what was the condition
Of his mind? What was II when. as he
was quietly and peaceably walking down
the aisle, he turned and saw the hideous
Of so much suffering? II you have ever
been in moments of peril, you know that
mems minds go back over the past and
Illumine it as lightning at night llmmiues
the storm clouds In that fash Harry
Thaw saw what had ruined his whole
life. He saw that man as he had been,
poverty stricken family: saw him posing
as the protector and friend of that beau
Liful child whose beauty had attracted !
him; saw him paying money to the !
out his fiendish plans. saw him lure that |
child 10 his vile den; saw him ply her |
with wine. and saw him administer the |
fatal drug, saw him dlshonor the child: |
saw him kneellng at her feet and kissing |
The hem of her garment and telling her |
hat all women were bad; he saw her as |
he himself had seen her. III al school.
Lived Over Past Tragedies.
"He heard again the terrible story as .
she told Il 10 him IN Paris: heard again |
his proposals of hopeless love; he saw |
lImsef walking the floor and eXclaIm-
ng oh. God, oh. God he saw this .
hid about TO fall again into the hands
II the man from whom he had rescued
ier: saw himself leading her To the altar;
le saw his months OF happiness with her;
le heard the words. I Will get her back
again He saw and heard all this and
le struck, struck as does the tigress in
he protection OF her home: struck for
he home; struck for American woman