Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-08

and women were barred because of the
limited number of available seats. EV-
cry member Of the Thaw family ana
most Of the alienists who have testi-
fed either for or against the defense
were present.
A good many lawyers who had been
waiting for the opportunity to hear the
widely heralded pleader from the Pa
one Of the 900 spectators followed
closely the words of the lawyer. Before
nodding to Delrnas to begin, Fitzgerald
ordered the court attendants to main
tain perfect order.
Delmas began his address to the jury
at 2:09, by quoting from a statement
by Jerome when he said:
1--WE have no right to be here try
ing this man IL the real facts were
known" pelmas said he would ask
acqpittal on the written law of the
state of New York. He then gave a
resume of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's life.
Delmas declared that White had COM
mitted g. felony IN his assault upon
Evelyn Nesbit.
When Delmas came to the. point
of Evelyn's story on the witness stand.
he paid a glowing tribute to Jerome.
calling him a master mind, but added
that even tho gifted beyond the aver
age mind. he could not shake the tes-,
timony Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Del
mas declared the large sums paid by
White TO Mrs. Nesbit proved he had
ruined iner daughter. He denounced
Mrs. Nesbit as an unnatural mother
who had given the district attorney
statement to torture the wounded soul
Of her daughter.
wher Delmas touched upon Thaw's
love for Evelyn, one of the jurors was
seen to wipe his eyes. Delmas seemed
determined to base his whole plea for
Thaw's life upon his wife's story. He
declared the story was proved by doc
uments.ry evidence. Evelyn listened
to her own story with reddened eyes,
but no tears came.
Stanford White Scored.
In speaking of White Delmas charged
him with having committed the great
est crime that ever defiled the image
of God "Had this man." he said, "for-
gotten that when our Lord set down
lu0 AltllO SilAi0 Slilohe3 Ills iAASSlPtSo, Nv
said: "Whosoever receiveth such child
in My name, he shall dwell with Me
forever, but who shall offend little
one such as this, it We're better that
the millstone were tied about his neck
and he be drowned in the depths Of
the sea. He. gentlemen, who had
erected the temple to Abraham, had
forgotten the words Of the great Je-
hovah to the children of Israel, that he
who afflicted the fatherless child
should surely die. Oh Stanford
White, Wild entrapped the child who
had no father, who had been deserted
by the mother and ws.s left alone in
"a city of millions, had. you imagined
that God would not hear that cry?
Had you forgotten that retributtion
would be at hand? Better had it been
for you that you died before that day,
for then you might have died in the
splendor of your fame; when your de-
partlre would have been deplored by
your family; when all would have at
tended your obsequies; before your
name was by-word. and before your
genius had been the aggravation Of
your crime.
Delmas next went into a long discus
sion a S to whether or not it was not
true Evelyn Nesbit had told her story
to Thaw in Paris in 1903. That, he de-
clared, was the main question of the
trial. Delmas said Jerome would de-
nounce Evelyn's story as false, as false
as the cunning device Of Thaw's mind.
Jerome, he said, would declare the
girls love for truthfulness made her
at oF TO
false charges against White; that she
refused to sign them in the face of
threats and great physical violence.
The first inquiry, said Delnas. should
be into the veracity of Evelyn Nesbit.
Delmas quoted at length from Thaw's
letter to Longfellow from Paris in 1908,
which he claimed proved Evelyn told
Ths,w her story Jerome was absent
while Delmas was making his final
plea. His assistant, Garvan, took notes
of the speech.
Thaw to Go to France.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw did not
visit her husband in the Tombs Sun
day, altho she had permission to do SO
from Commissioner of Correction Cog
gey. Thaw attended the special song
and prayer service held in the Tombs
chapel yesterday morning. Thaw told
his keepers that he didn't wish to miss
it, as, in his opinion, it would be the
las. Sunday he would spend in the
Tombs
At the service there were two solo
lists. Mrs Abbie Clarkson Totten, So
'rrano, and w. Carl Engel, basso. The
congregational singing included the
following songs: Nearer My God to
Thee" Jesus, I My Gross Have TAX
en-" 81 Need Thee Every Hour" and
Come, Ye Disconsolate."
Thaw didn't use the song book, say
ing he knew all Of these songs by
heart. Apparently he did, as he Joined
in the singing with a spirit
Thaw spent the remainder of the day
In his cell smoking a large pipe and
reading.
Speaking for the family, Edward
Thaw made denial of the published
story that Harry Thaw was planning
to go to South Africa in event of his
acquittal. Edward Thaw said the mat
ter had been thoroughly discussed, and
that there would be no restraint placed
upon Harry Thaw as to what he should
do. Harry and Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
1.haw. according to Edwards state
ment, have practically perfected ar
rangements whereby they will go to a
small place in France and hive for
some time
The Thaws will be accompanied by a
maid for Mrs. Thaw and valet for
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