The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-09


miles To be present at the climax of "a
trial which for length and sustained
interest has no equal
Family All in Court.
All of Thaw's family were I'm the
court room. They sat unmovcd, as
usual throughout Mr. DcImaS' argu--
ment. Thaw turned 10 them from time
To time as his attorney seemed to
strike some telling blow. Thaw's face
turned frequently To his wife. who
seemed To be standing the brunt of the
storm. She had responsive smile for
his every look.
District Attorney jerome was not I'm
court to hear M. Delmas' speech. His
assistant. Mr.. Garvin, took notes. Mr..
jerome. it was said was busy with
the preparation Of his own address
At the morning session Mr.. Jerome
formally protested against the confirm
alton Of the report of the lunacy COM
mission. He made no argument how
ever, and his motion was quickly over
ruled. The defense then sought to have
Mr. Allen MCLane Hamilton testify.
but the district attorney objected and
was sustained
Mr. DelmaS then announced that the
difense rested. Mr. Jerome made q
similar announcement and an adjourn
ment was ordered until O'Clock i'm or
prived of their liberty, might adjust
their business affairs.
Before nOddinC for Mr.. Delmas to be-
gin. Justice Fitzgerald ordered the
court attendants to maintain perfect
order.
Address of Mr.. DeImas.
Alr. Delmas began his abUeal 10 the
jury by quoting from an utterance of
District Attorney jerome during tho
! trial. He said.
we have no right. if the real facts
were Known. 20 be here trying this
man. and would be absolutely prohib-
tied by the statutes"
Had YOU heard these words" con-
tinued the attorney. from some ire
spOnsible babbler,. instead Of from IN
official charged with a great pubic
duty. had this been spoken in a place
where idle men resort TO indulge in
idle talk. instead Of in a tribunal
wherein justice presided in soiemnity;
had the occasion on which they were
uttered been some trivial discussion on
some insignificant topic instead Of a
debate. the issue of which life or death.
and YOU had after so hearing them
heard the same lips make an appeal to
prove that the law demanded forfeit
of the man about whom they were
spoken. these words might not have
filed YOU with anna cement.
Depends Upon the Written Law.
1T is to prevent such a conclusion
in this case that I have undertaken the
performance of the onerOus task before
me. In this task 1t viii be nv duty
to give you ali the help in my power
in deciding the question before you. In
the performance Of nv task it is not
improper To say that / shall make no
attempt to influence your passions. no
attempt TO make your Sympathies over
balance your judgment / shall not
call on such a fimsy thing as the un-
written law This defendant finds his
justification in. the written law. i'm the
statutes of this state. In the written
law he finds il necessary to protect his
life and his liberty
In the performance Of my duty it
viii be necessary for me to refer to the
dead. ] will do so in all respect posi-
bic, but there are cases where the
memory Of the dead must give way to
the needs OF the living. For those who
are left behind. for the widow who
WOurns. for the son. 1 have nothing bur
words of sympathy. Gladly would
suspend, if possible, the law that the
sins of the father must descend for
three and four generations.
Life Story of Evelyn Thaw.
determined to link together. to be unit
determined to ling together to be omit
ed and walk through life in the COM
pany OF one another. The story covers
only few years. II is the saddest
most mournful and most tragic which
the tongue OF man has ever uttered or
the ear of man heard. Let Us begin
briefly wiki her stOry-One filed with
incidents with which a volume might
Overoflw, or might be written bv the
vivid imagination of the most gifted
novelist
she was born on Christmas eve.
1884, in the city Of Pittsburg The first
years o. her childhood saw her lose her
father and natural protector. and left
her IN charge Of a mother who early
manifested that character of frivolitv
and extravaganza which were TO lead
to such deplorable consequences. When
the girl was 10 years of age the family
found itself in Strengthened cireum-
stances; they began to feel the Dangs
of want.
AT Is she became the family drudge.
assisting her mother. Thus the family
continued moving from place 10 place
without any fixed habitation.
Fatal Gift of Beauty.
but nature had endowed her with
the fatal gift of beauty-a beauty
which manifested itself in youth. a gift
with which the mother soon saw
means of supporting the family
AT il she was in Philadelphia. al
ready embarked upon the peTilous sea
of an artists model But New York
the great metropolis, was the market
where such natural gifts are most
sought and most dearly paid for. essd
to New York the family came. and. by
the procurement Of the mother. the en-
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