Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-04-08
Longest and Most Costly Ever
Known in History of New
York Criminal Courts.
HUNG JURY PREDICTED
BY THE NEWSPAPER MEN
Delmds Begins an Able and Elo-
Guent Address to Court and
Jury at 2 O'Clock.

New York. April S.-With the
opening of the Thaw trial today
Jerome said ne could only ask the
court formally not to confirm the re-
port OF the commission i'm lunacy.
Justice Fitzgerald overruled the mo-
ton and ordered the trial to proceed.
Dr. Hamilton was called as wilt
ness. Jerome objected. saying that
to allow Hamilton to testify would
reopen the whole case. He was sus-
tanned by Fitzgerald and the defense
and the state rested.
Fitzgerald ordered the jury locked
up from now on. jerome suggested
that this would be something OF
hardships on the jurors, who had no
notice of il, and Fitzgerald agreed to
let the Jurors go until o'clock this
afternoon, in order to arrange their
affairs.
Delmas will begin his summing up
address at o'clock. He said he
might conclude his speech tonight
He said the testimony had been 50
Noluminious and there had been so
many Interruptions, he would take
two or three hours in refreshing the
memory of the jurors on the testi-
mony.
If Delmas shall be unable to con-
clude this afternoon, jerome VIII not
begin his address until Wednesday
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for his speech. Fitzgerald is expect
ed to charge the jury the same day
that Jerome closes.
Longest i'm New York History.
Verdict in the Thaw case may be
reached Wednesday night. Delmas
begins his address this afternoon, and
if he can conclude today Jerome will
talk tomorrow. This is the begin
ming of the twelfth week of trial,
making it the longest in the history
Of New York criminal courts.
Hung Jury Anticipated.
with the trial finished save for the
summing up the belief that the jury
in the Thaw case will disagree, is
growing among those who have fol-
lowed the case from the beginning.
The trial has been the longest and
the most costly ever held in New
York, and Fitzgerald will not allow
the jury to be discharged until II is
certain that there is no chance OF
agreeing
Disagreement would mean that
Thaw will be obliged to remain in the
Tombs until his regular turn comes
again, probably until late in the fall,
Deimas Begins Argument.
Delmas began his argument in the
Thaw case this afternoon by quoting
from the statement by Jerome, when
he said: We have no right to be try
ing TINS man IT the real Iacts were
known" He said he would ask for
an acquittal on the written law of
the state of New York. He then gave
a resume of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's
life.
Deimas Grows Eloquent.
Delmas declared that White COM
mitted a felony in his assault upon
Evelyn Nesbit. Delmas declared that
the large sums paid by White to Mrs.
Nesbit proved that he knew he had
ruined the daughter. He denounced
Mrs. Nesbit as an unnatural mother,
who had given the district attorney a
statement with which To torture the
wounded soul of her daughter. He
paid a tribute to Jerome, calling him
a master mind, but added that even
though gifted beyond the average
mind he could not shake the testi-
mony of Evelyn. When he touched
on ThaW's love for Evelyn one Of
the jurors was seen to wipe his eyes.