The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-11

acy, was on foo, TO commit him .,
asylum so as to prevent the lifo n, no. 10 an
being made public in courtron', white
that reason he changed his counsa, Eor
tional proceeding If Thaw wanted 10 IA .lrIa-
inc chance OF lighting out his case IKE IKE
Now. os to MIR. Deemar. Ho 80
testified that Thaw was nervous. tbatyy
"Drs. Evans and Wagner caroo w..
Evans told you that Thaw smrss nv
from exaggerated ego That is -nn.1ed
another ,,l1 name for vanity. DR., Binearn'ssny
had a great opinion OF himself "ays
Back to Scene of Shooting
Evans also told you Thew h-s
hranstorm: better term would ba 40 az
noia Of millionaire. No one ever bbola, bod,
OF brainstorm before and Evans "eara eedei
have wanted 10 make OF It cI.ss,yy ,,Sy
phrase. Well. he has at least suocsanne csass,e
In making It known the world over 9ea Te
two days, you will recall. we tried OF o,
hna a definition for braInstorm. bu,
we were told that Thaw was III.
Tudderless ship which had lost its ha, a
anSe anS WI %heet ar cas- cast on from It's moorlngr,
was mental Illumination, a psychic aS
plosion. eN.
When Dr.. Wagner took the stand :.
said DIR. Evans's explanation 81 TN Tbaune ne
state OF mind when he killed Whits nv
a good one. When / asked him /, was
knew Of similar cases recorded in msaI' e
cal literature. out OF the. many ca,an eu-
said he knew he cited this one no
Mr.. Jerome then read the case =, ,
woman which has several times hsen "a
TerrHd TO In In the course Of the trial. Alter
Il think one can truly say with ~
Hirsch that there Is as much sImiIa IT,,
between this case and that of Iarryy
ina" i, as there Is between smallpox and a
After Evans and Wagner came NJ,
Caine; She merely testified that Thaw
glared eysry time he saw White. Moth
This Is practically all the evidence
with the exception OF that of the 81,
perts. which the defense has submitted
in support Of the plea Of insanity
The District Attorney then rehearead
| the testimony OF the States experts and
dwelt on the fact that they all expressed
the opinion that Thaw knew the nature
Every one Of these defendant's sy.
| perts admitted that at the time q ths
| killing Thaw had a knowledge OF wha, hs
was doing: but said that It was an ins
sane knowledge. They could not tell the
| difference between sane and insans
/ knowledge. but said the only knowiedss
! that Thaw had was insane.
Laughs at the tBrainstorm." =
Now Jet us come back to the killing
There is not in any OF the acts OF that
night one thing that shows lack la ''isS az
! appreciation OF what he was doing You
| remember the conversation with Mr..
! SMITH Was there anything Irrational
! there? And after the killing did he sav
that he was the agent OF Almighty God.
who had been directed TO make way with
! this Tayisher of American woHnanhood7
No; he said He ruined my wife There
/ was nothing said about Providence until
| after his consulta ton with my friend. DR.
Evans. In the words He ruined NY wife
he expressed motive for his crime But
there was nothing irrational there. And
! there was nothing irrational about any.
| thing he did that night. When he got 10
| the station house he gave a fictltious
| name. That was not the insane man.
the agent OF Providence, the one man
chosen OF God TO averge a woman-that
was man glorying In righteous act.
'MT. Delnas said he would not appeal
to such a shadowy thing as the unwrlt.
'dementla Americana'-which he said az
| fllcted the whole nation. He might have
better adhered TO his original purpose
! because II this man were insane YOU
might acquit him.
'7But when this defendant is presented
! TO you as the supposed avenger OF Amerl-
| can womanhood-of American virtue-s
| champion who has lain dormant for three
alted, he does not come within classi.
fication OF 'dementia Americana He
killed for a motive. and when you are
asked to acquIt such a man, you ara
| asked tc give Of something which you
have not the power 10 bestow.
''The real question here is whether
New York City is 10 become mining
| camp. II this sort OF thing can go on.
| II the only thing between a citizen and
| his enemy Is a braInstorm, then every
| man had better pack n gun.
Mr.. Delmas appealed 70 the Scr!p-
| lures, Let me, too. direct your atten-
tion TO them, to what the Lord said;
" Vengeance is mine: shall repay
Let me also remind you OF the great
fundamental law sounded down the ages,
the commandment OF God, Thou shalt
not kill
Mr. Jerome then sat down.
Justice Fitzgerald ordered twenty-'
| five minute recess before beginning hla
| charge TO the jury.