Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-04-09
Largest Crowd in Court Since
Evelyn Gave Testimony
to jury.
DELMAS HANDLED THE
TESTIMONY SKILlFULLy
His Ordtory Held the Throng Spell
Bound Nor Did He Spare
Stanford White.

New York. April 9.--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 enacted
been so crowded as 1t was today.
The attraction was Delmas, who to-
day continued his summing up for
the defense. Delmas began his final
plea yesterday, and after speaking
two and half hours. his voice be-
came SO husky as to necessitate ad-
journment.
Was in Good Voice Today.
He was in good voice again today
when the proceedings were resumed.
District Attorney Jerome was alb
sent during Delmas' speech. When
Delmas arose to resume his argu-
ment he told the jury that he would
endeavor to be as brief as possible in
order not to tax their patience.
When l am DONE" said Delmas, 81
shall give the fate of my client into
your hands with every confidence"
He then briefly ran over his address
of yesterday in order to connect his
arguments.
Handles Testimony Like Master.
After calling attention again to
Evelyn's story. he said:
II shall now proceed in an effort
to depict to you the effect of this
story upon the mind of Thaw.
shall prove this to you without using
any language of my own. l shall
tell you the story In Evelyn's words
words you heard her use upon the
stand"
Delmas then dramatically read the
young woman's story of thaw's ac-
tions in Paris in 1908, when she told
him her story-how he walked the
floor. biting his nails and sobbing.
He also read that portion of her tes-
timony in which she said she refused
Thaw's offer of marriage because she
loved him, so she refused to drag
him down. This he said was proved
by Thaw's letters to Attorney Long
fellow.
Delmas read from the testimony of
the elder Mrs. Thaw and asked the
jury IL they believed that venerable,
gray-haired mother came here to
perjure herself?" Delmas read at
length from Evelyns testimony,
showing the effect of her story ON
Thaw. saying that they undermined
the foundations OF his reason, but
that the storm did not burst at that
time.
Oratory Entranced Throng.
Delmas told of the condition of
Thaw's mind when he returned to
Pittsburg, how his mother noted the
change which had come over him
He depicted Thaw's mind In church,
"when," he said, "the organ was
rolling and voices were appealing to
the Lord God of Hosts, God of Arm
les and Navies, be with us yet, lest
we forget, lest we forget! Forget. the
voices rang; forget, the poet had
written; but in Harry Thaw's heart
rang the voice: You can never for
get, you can never forget that inno-
cent little one is gone from you for
ever, and has returned to the clutches
of those who ruined her"
This then was Thaw's condition. He
could not give her up, and came back
to New York to try once more to save
her. Delmas declared that the
stories about Thaw's alleged wrong
doings were invented to protect White
from the wrath he felt was to come
He said that White was ian old lech-
er who saw in a girl but toy to
crafty the moments lust and then
be cast aside to go her way down
the paths of fallen women"
Delmas' oratory held the rapt at
tention of the jury and the court
room. He told how Thaw got his
mother to come to New York and
thus finally persuaded the girl to
marry MIN.
White Still Pursued.
Delmas told of the approaches
made by White after Thaw's mar
riage and of his telling May Mac
kenzie that he would win Evelyn
back TO him. Delmas referred to the
pie girl" incident and said that
Thaw's will was evidence that he
was making an effort to protect the
community against the pollution of
White.
Delmas did not complete his
speech this morning and continued
this afternoon. In contending that
Thaw was insane when he shot White
he reviewed exhaustively the testi-
mony adduced on this subject. He
told the jury that the prosecutions
alienists would not testify that Thaw
was not insane. If they had been
asked that question. Assistant District
Attorney Garyin objected and Justice
Fitzgerald ruled that the jury could
not speculate as to what answers
might have been given. Delmas
concluded at 3:17 and the court ad-