Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-10
DELMAS ENDS SPEECH



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lightning and thunder we're to burst in
three years and astound the world
Mr. Deinas read many Of the letters 90
which he had referred. commenting upon
them as he read. In one Of these letters
Thaw, speaking Of himself in the third
person. said:
He would have done anything for you.
but now you must get stronger without
him. Poor little Evelyn, You have fallen
back into the hands Of the man who
poisoned your life and who now IS poison
ing your mind But 7 have no reproa
to heap upon you-but oh. the sadness OF
II ALI You have driven me from your side
and now must fight the battle Of life alone
without me"
Thnw at Home.
The pages neither Of poetry nor oratory
contain a simple. sadder or more melan-
choly story Of desolation than that which
cnme as a desert waste on the mind Of
this young man when he saw the girl he
loved go back to the nan from whose
clutches he had rescued her. In this con-
dltlon OF mind Harry Thaw left New York
ard went To- his mothers home in Pitts
burg. Up to this time Harry Thaw had
been a man Of cheerful temperament, but
the mothers eyes saw how the change had
come"
Mr. Delmas then read from Mrs. william
Thaw's testimony regarding the actions Of
her son at that time; how he was moody
and quiet; how he did not sleep: how he
often went to the piano.
HE struck the chords Of the instrument"
went on Mr.. Dclmas until they resounded
like a wall. until they shuddered like a
goan Of a soul in agony, until the storm
passed from him and the music grew
softer and finally died away. The loving
mother heard his sobs, she saw him awake
until the gray Of dawn. He told that
mother that the story was one he could
not repeat to her, but soOn by a mothers
art she won her way into her sons soul
and little by little, he told the story.
Then. gentlemen, you remember that
awful scene in the church. You remember
the organ was rolling and the voices were
appealing to the Lord God Of Hosts, the
God Of armies and Of navies, BE with us
yet lest we forget, lest we forget "
ThnNv's Mental Condition.
Forget. the voices rang, forget the poet
| had written; but In Harry Thaw's heart
rang a voice You can never forget; you
can never forget that that innocent little
one is gone from you forever and has re-
turned to the clutches OF those who ruined
| her
/ This, then, was Harry Thaw's mental
condition. Must he give her up? He
| could not, he would not Brave cour-
ageous, indomltable man that he was, he
conceived that he had a mission to per
form The thought of little Evelyn in
those hands was more than the tortures Of
/ I,I L., tn New York
to try once more 20 save her
Mr. Delmas declared that the stories
about Thaw's alleged wronsdoing were in
/ vented to protect White from the wrath he
| felt was to come.
when Harry Thaw had convinced Eve
| Ign that these stories were not true, hope
7 began to dawn again in his heart. The
barriers which had been set up between
the two young people were falling into
ruins one by one. The two hearts that God
| had intended should be one were approach
| ing nearer and nearer until that blessed
| night of December a. 1903. 1t was a night
| which might have meant new chapter in
| the misery of this child, but fate decreed
! otherwise. Stanford White, in a room in
the lofty tower he had builded. had spread
a banquet in honor of the birthday of his
child victim 1t his hope amid the
| surroundings Of grandeur and treasures of
! art he had gathered into his apartments to
lure the girl back once again.
But that night e. brave man who had
devoted his life to the interests of this
! girl snatched her from the jaws of death.
snatehed her from the snares OF disgrace,
| snatched her from the man who had been
| curse to her. and a curse to himself,
snatched her from the old lecher."
When Thau Was Married.
| Mr.. Delmas' oratory held the rapt atten-
! ton Of the jury and the court room.
! After Thaw had rescued Evelyn Nesbit
from White in 1903 he feared thenceforth
/ that the architect had designs upon his
/ life and that once he was removed the girl
would be left unprotected at the mercy Of
| her ravishe-."
/ Mr.. Delmas turned to the events late in
/ 1864.
/ I'm 1904 we find second capital operation
was performed upon this young girl. When
she was convalescent the man who for
! two Years had sought her hand and who
for four years had loved her, the man who
/ had told the girls sad story to his mother,
! the man whom she had refused because she
! felt their union would tear from him MS
! family and social relation, that man-such
was the constancy and burden Of his love
persuaded his mother. the mother whom
he adored, to come to New York and see
| the girl whose sad story she already knew
and who in her womanly heart she could
/ but pity-she came TO the little girl and
besought her hand for her son. The little
girl, who had wlthstocd the pleadings OF
the son, could rot resist the pleadngs OF
the mother. And so on April 4, 1905, their
parents on both sides consented and they
met at the altar and were united The
man pledged to the woman before AL
mighty God that all through life he would
protect her"
Excitement JuStiRed.
! The speaker then told OF White meeting
Z Evelyn Thaw on the street and of follow
ing her 70 a Doctors Office. and Of her re-
port Of the occurrence to her husband. to-
gether with the statement Of MAY Mac
Kguzie that White had boosted he would
| have her back with him. and continues
! Harry Thaw had cause to become ex-
/ cited. He had cause TO lose his reason.
He imagined White was trying TO take the