The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-11
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Attorney Delmas Continues His Summing Up on Behalf of
 The Defendant.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT IN COURT ROOll
Alter Reviewing Principle Points in Argument Of Monday, Eloquent Califorian Depicts Effects O. Evelyn Nesbit's Story on the Mind of His Client.

New York. April 10.--Not since the day when Evelyn Thaw gave to the world the story of her life has the court room, where the final scenes of the Thaw trial are now being en- acted, been so crowded as it was Tuesday. The attraction was Dolphin M. Delmas, the San Francisco lawyer who continued his summing up for the defense. Mir. Delmas began his final plea Monday afternoon and af ter speaking 2A hours his voice be- came so husky as to necessitate an adjournment He Was Tn good voice again when the proceedings were re sumed Tuesday and. at the> outset promised to be even more effective than he was Monday
 Despite the indictment weather--a snow storm without-the courtroom was besieged an hour before the time for the opening, a large percentage Of the spectators being women
 With much difficulty the police sue ceeded in keeping the crowd down to the actual seating capacity, so that although every available bit of space was occupied. good order prevailed while Mir Delmas was making his ap- peal to the jury.
 Members of the Thaw family. as usual, were among the early arrivals. Evelyn Thaw was a trifle late but ar rived in time to hear the opening sen tences. A new figure appeared In the Thaw group Tuesday. II was that of Mrs. Edward Thaw. who accom-, panied her husband and sister-inlaw, the Countess of Yarmouth. Mir. and Mrs. Carnegie also were present
 District Attorney Jerome was again absent Tuesday during MT. Delmas speech.
 When MT Delmas arose to resume his argument he told the jury he would endeavor to be as brief as pos sible in order not to tax their patience and to relieve them of their onerous duty as speedily as coasisteat ~isi.. the responsibilities resting upon him When I am done said Mr. Delmas,
 1 shall give the fate of my ellen, into your hands with every con fidence"
 MT Delmas said it would be neces- sary to cast rapid glance over re marks of Monday in order to connect the threads of his argument.
 The state. Mir. Delmas said. had at tempted to set the scene for the last act in the deplorable tragedy upon the flimsy basis of an affidavit die tated by "a felon-a man con victed of perjury
 Mir Delmas quoted briefly from the speech of District Attorney Jerome when Abraham H. Hummel was up for sentence. At that time MT Jerome urged the maximum penalty of the law on the ground that Hummel had been menace to the community for 20 years"
 Of the story of Evelyn Nesbit told upon the witness stand, Mir. Demas said:
 
 that no human imagination ever in vented such story. You know that no actor could have stood as she did. unflinchingly, all the tests known to skilled lawyers to elicit the truth, un- less she was telling the absolute truth"
 q shall now proceed" went on MT Delmas. fin an effort to depict to you the effect of this story on the mind of Harry K. Thaw. shall prove this to-you without using any language Of my own. I shall tell you the story in Evelyn's words, the words you heard her use on the stano.'
 MT Delmas then read dramatically the young woman's story of Thaw's