The Washington herald., 1907-04-10

broke the pistol indicating that there was
no danger: turned slowly and walked de-
iliberately toward his wife. When she be-
held the spectacle she said. Oh, Harry,
what have you done?' and be said, 1t is
an right deaTie, / have probably saved
your life.' and stopped down and kissed
her.
TO the policeman who took him down
the elevator and 10 others Thaw said:
He ruined nay wife Mr.. Delmas said he
dwelt on those things for had not White
been in the Cafe Martin. and had not
Thaw seen hin on the roof garden, and
what was the condition of his mind IN
this storm and stress.
What was the condition OF his mind
when he saw the form. the hide0us form,
OF the man who had caused so much
suffering to him ard his wife," 8ir. Del
mas repeated. If you have been in dam
ger, If there have ever been moments
when your life was hanging on a thread;
you know that men under those circum-
stances take life lightly and that their
minds 60 back over the past ike forks
of lightning.
Panorama of Past.
Harry Thaw saw in a panorama the
whole picture Of the past. He saw this
man in the form Of a friend and protector
insidiously laying his plans 10 get into
the service Of the daughter. He saw him
paying money to the mother IN order that
she might absent herself from the city
so that he might perpetrate the deed he
had IN mind. he saw him plying this
child with wine. inhaming her youthful
imagination with the luxury Of his sur
roundings. He saw her losing her mind
and senses under the power Of the drug
He saw her stretched out on the bed of
sickness, He saw her in Paris, as he lifted
her as a mother carries her first born.
He remembered his proposal OF mar
riage her refusal, and The agOnized ac-
cents of her story. He saw his renewal
Of the pledges of love and his vows that
he would marry her. he saw this man
poisoning her mind with Infamous stories.
Tnen he saw her once again rescued and
restored % him. He saw her when
he led her TO the altar and made her his
bride He saw this same man saying I'll
get her back again Then his mind reeled
and the tower where reason stood en-
throned tottered-
Strikes Like Tigress.
He struck as a tigress strikes to pro-
tect her y0ung. He struck for the purity
of the American home. He struck for the
purity of the American maiden. He
struck for the purity of the American
wife He strickland who shall say that
.ii he believed on that occasion he was an
instrument of God and an agent of Proyi-
Gence, that he was in error?"
Probably it was the most effective part
Of Mr.. Delmas' speech. It surely had
more effect on Thaw and the members
Of his family than anything else Mr..
Delmas said. He described how Thaw
had gone TO the district attorney, An
thony Comstock, and the Pinkertons and
got no relief
"On that night" Numbered Mr.. DeImas.
che raised his eyes TO God and God
answered the cry Of the poor, fatherless
child as He had promised thousands of
years ago to the children OF Israel that He
would hear and answer that cry-and God
redeemed His promise that any afflicted.
fatherless child that cried unto Him
would surely bee heard, and He would
smite with sword their enemies and make
their children Fatherless and their wives
widows
what was the condition OF his mind
at that time? Men judge their fellow-men
as they would be judged. Place yourself
in the spot where he stood, surrounded by
the thoughts that surrounded him. and
thus you Will only be able 60 do him the
justice which under your oaths you have
promised TO do"
Testimony of AIienIsts.
Mr.. Delmas then took M the testimony
Of the aljeaists Three witnesses of the
shooting swore that Thaw was irrational
Another witness swore to Thaw saying
that he heard the voices of young girls in
the Tenderloin. but no one else could
hear them. Mr.. jerome promised 10 call
DR.. Allan McLane Hamilton. but he did
not. because he knew that DR. Hamilton
would swear that Thaw was suffering
under such a defect of reason the night
he killed White that he did not know
what he was doing. He commented on the
testimony of Or. Austin Flint and DR.
William Nabon. both of whom sat near
him He pointed them out and declared
that neither OF them would swear that
Thaw was not insane or that night Then
came the first interruption Of Mr.. Del
mas speech. Assistant LSitriet At
torney Garvan got up quietly and OBJ
jected, saying that Mr.. Demas should not
speculate on the testimony
You must confine yourself to the issue
pd must not speculate" said Justice
Fitzgerald to Mr. DeImas
DelmRs shows DispIeasure.
The orator was put out and replied with
some heat that he believed that he was
within his rights. He started 10 argue. but
again Mr.. Garvan objected. and Justice
Fitzgerald cut off the argument. There
upon Mr.. Delmas quit, but made some