The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-19
MIS-TRIAL IN
THAW CASE
Jury STOOD 2 TO FOR coNVIc-
TON AND COULD NOT AGREE.
Thaw Must Return To Jail And VIII
Probably Not Be Allowed Bond.


murder in the first degree and five for
acouittal on the ground Of insanity
the Jury which, since Jan. -. has been
trying Harry X. Thaw. reported to-
day. after a hours and s minutes OF
deliberatIon, that it could not possibly
agree. The twelve men were promptly
discharged by Justice Fitzgerald. who
declared that he. too. believed their
task hopeless.
Thaw was remanded TO the Tombs.
without bail. to await q second trial
on the charge Of having murdered
stanford White, the noted architect.
When this new trial viii take place
no one connected with the oaas coaiA
tonight express an opinion. District
Attorney Jerome declared that there
were many other persons aeeussd OF
homicide awaiting trial. AID that Thaw
would have to take his turn A. TO
q possible change OF venue. both ne
District Attorney and counsel for
Thaw dscl6hSa they wdaia make No
such move.
ThAw's attorneys viii have confer.
ence tomorrow with the prisoner for
bail. Mr.. Jerome said that be WIZ
strenu0usly oppose 1t. He added tnat'
az seven Of the jurors had voted for
guilty" his opposition would proba-
bly, be successful. In that event Thaw
has another long summer before him
In the city prison. for his case on the
already crowded criminal calendar
cannot possibly be reached until fall.
Attendant scenes.
TIE scenes attending the announce
men. Ey ;ac Jury of It's inabl.itJ to
agree we're robbed e thcatricalism by
the general belief that, utter their
long deli1erat.cn and TIC reports OF
a wide division OF sentiment, the jur'
ors could make no other report
Thaw, surrounded BY the members
Of his family-the devoted aged moth
er, the pale, young wife. the titled sis
ter. the Countess of Yarmouth, Mrs.
Carnegie and Edward and Josiah
Thaw, the brothers-recefyed the
news in absolute silence.
When it became known that the
Jury was about to report, Thaw called
his wife to a seat by his side and sat
with his right arm thrown about her ,
until he was commanded to stand and
face the jurors. Smiling and confident
as he entered the courtroom, he sank
imply into his chair when Foreman
Deming B. Smith, In response TO
question by Clerk Penny as to whetn-
err a verdict had been agreed upon,
said:
I'VE have not"
The mother, her features hidden be-
hind a dense veil of black, sat stolid |
and motionless. In i'll health OF late,
she had felt severely the strain OF the
long hours Of anxious waiting. The /
wife grasped her husbands hand tight i
ly as the jury foreman spoke. when
he sank down by her side, she tried
to cheer him as best she could by say !
ing that she believed he would now
be admitted to bail and that second
jury would surely set him free. /
Back to HE Cell
The mother. the sister and the
brothers, pale and well-nigh exhaust
ed by their tedious, nerve-ras&ins
wait for the verdict, smiled weakly
at Thaw as he was led away again to
the Tombs. They were permitted to
speak with him for few moments. to
bid him be OF good cheer before ne
crossed the Bridge of Signs to the
cell, which, until few minutes De-
fore, he had hoped that he was about
70 Uuit forever.