The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-11


Judges words and could not suppress
his feelings. lie left the courtroom de-
jcctel.
Tho district attorneys summing up
was a comprehensive and forcefnl re-
view Of nn the evidence adduoed. lie
declared at the outset that romance
and sentiment did not enter into tho
isste.sit was not n question of stan
ford Whites character. or ENelSa
Thaw's suffering. II was a plain mat
ter OF fact hodicidc.
Clearly Tcndcrloin Murder.
.'A common, cowardly tcnderloin
murder as he termed y. The express.
Il sion ..dementia Americana" made by
ATTORNEY Deilnas Mt the very close OF
his argument was attacked by the
district attorney. and he repeatedly re-
ferred TO Il in tones OF sarcasm.
Mr.. Jerome dealt lncrcilessiN with
EVELYN Thaw, to whom he referred as
tho .'angel child. and to Thaw. whom
ne termed alternately "St George ana
.'Sir tinlahad.
The atmosphere about rhaw and the
members of his family was heavy VITA
gloom during the judges charge. Thc
defendant sat In n detected mood, ms
head bowed, his face pallid and l'is
entire appearance dcnotins nervous
apprcllensive state Of mind 1t seemed
as though every restige of hope had
been taken away from him. All the
confidence and cheerfulness which
were SO strongly in evidence yesterday
& had disappeared
Fear and doubt had snpplantcd them.
"A complete change had come over him
by the time the judge had concluded
Ills charge. lie began to realize that
real danger incnaced him; tl!at his
acouittal was by no means n certainty,
and rs he was led out of the court
room the debonai, style which marked
his entrance yesterday morning had
Thaw's family were equally as low in
spirits. They recognized the fact that
the charge was by no means favorable
TO Harry; they could not even CON
strue it that way. None OF Thaws
counsel would discuss it. but they
shared IN the general opinion that 1t
was unfavorr1le to their client
Shortly after visiting Harry in the
pen, Mrs. Evelyn Thnw left the build
ing with Dan O'Roilly, after tolephon-
Ing for moment Thaws counsel
denied a report that the best they
hoped for was a hung jury.
Jerome Pities Thaws Mother.
After the case had been given to the
Jury Mr.. Jerome's attention was called
to the nervous state of the defendant
Discussing the situation with num-
Der OF friends, the district attorney
said, referring to Thaw:
.The poor fellow thought the Judge
. vsy0t CT 1,. taJ1 %l,o 80
st. George, this Sir Galihad go, and
that's all there would be to it. Now,
] understand he is sitting in his cell,
all in a mess, his head bowed, worry
ing about the outcome. I'm really
sorry for him, but more so for his
mother"
The Thaws remained in the court
house for a short time after the jury
had retired, and then the family, with
the exception OF the younger Mrs
Thaw, returned to their hotel for din
ner The young wife remained and
had dinner with Attorney ORcilly at
nearby restaurant The others re-
turned shortly after o'clock. and
went to the Tombs waiting-room. The
jury at o'clock went to the Broadway
Central Hotel for dinner and returned
to the courthouse at S:52 p. NJ They
Immediately went to. the consultation
room. where they continued the dis
cuSSlon OF the verdict.
When it became apparent that there
was no possibility of a decision being
reached by . p. NJ. Justice Fitzgerald
went home and left word that he
would return whenever the jury de-
sired him.
The courtroom vas dnptied. and
the doors were locked.
AS time wore on. the crowd await
ing the verdict grew smaller ard
smaller. All last the courthouse corri-
doris were all but deserted, only the
newspaper writers remaining.
Evelyn Remains at Tornbs.
Mrs. William Thaw grew weary Of
the long vigil and went back. to her
apartments in an uptown hotel. Evelyn
remained at the courthouse ready to
be By her husbands side when YER
dict was rendered
E.. 10 O'Clock the streets about the
courthouse. which during the after
roon had been crowded, were entirely
& deserted.
1t seemed to be the general impres
sion everywhere that there was no
possibility of q verdict being reached
before tomorrow morning, IL then
Under the statutes OF New York.
murder in the first degree is punish
!, able with death; murder in the second
degree by Imprisonment for life, and
granddaughter in the first degree by
imprisonment not to exceed twenty
years.
If the verdict should be one OF ac.
quittal on the ground of insanity tho
4 disposition of the prisoner would rest
with Justice Fitzgerald. Thaw alread Z