The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-11

Bile impulse to kill mad no place in the /
law.
Altogether the charge. while con- /
sisting principally of a complete expla-
nation of the law, was considered by
those who have followed the trial as
adverse to the defendant. The attor-
news for the defendant took exceptions
/ because the judge had failed to include
any of their requests
Thaw was much depressed by the !
Judges words, and could not suppress
his feelings. He left the court room de-
/ jected.
The district attorneys summing up
was a comprehensive and forcetul re-
view of all the evidence adduced. He
/ declared at the outset that romance
and sentiment did not enter into the is
sue. it was not a question of Stanford
Whites character or Evelyn Thaw' 5
( suffering: it was a plain, matter-ot-
/ fact homicide: a common, cOWardly,
/ teuderloin murder" as he termed X.
/ The novel plea of 'dementia Ameri-
| cana" made by Attorney Delmas at the
very close of his argument was attack
1 ed bv the district attorney. and he re-
peatedly referred to it in tones of sar-
casm.
| Mr.. Jerome dealt mercilessly with
! EVELYN Thaw. to whom he referred q
the "angel child and to Thaw, whom
/ he termed alternately st George and
Sir Galahad-"
After the case had been given to the
Jury Mr. Jerome's attention was called
n The nervous state of the defendant.
Discussing the situation with num-
Der of friends. the district attorney
! said referring to ThaW:
] Sorry for Thaw.
THE poor fellow thought the judge
I 2 Inf &c
! ST. George. this Sir Galahad business
/ go. and that's all there would be to it.
/ I now understand he is sitting in his
cell all in a mess, his head bowed,
I Worrying about the outcome. I'm real
! " sorry for him, but more so for his
mother
/ The Thaws remained in the court
house for 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 O'Reilly at
a nearby restaurant. The others re-
/ turned shortly after o'clock and went
/ 10 the Tombs' waiting room.
/ The Jury returned to the court house
/ from dinner at 1852 p. m, and imnnedi-
ateIv went to the consultation room,
/ where they continued the discussion Of
/ the verdict.
Judge Goes Home.
/ When it became apparent that there
was no possibility of decision being
reached by p. m, Justice Fitzgerald
went home and left word that he would
return whenever the jury desired.
The court room was emptied and the
doors were locked. As time wore on
the crowd awaiting the verdict grew
| smaller and smaller. At last the court
house corridors were nearly deserted,
only the newspaper writer's remaining.
Mrs William Thaw grew weary of
the long vigil and went back to, her
apartments in an uptown hotel. Eve
| lyn remained at the court house ready
to be by her husbands side when a YER
dict was rendered. Ii seemed to be the
general impression everywhere that
there was no possibility of verdict
being reached before tomorrow morn
ing, if then
Prisoner Hopeful.
Thaw. at 1890 p. m. was in the pris-
Oners' pen on the second floor of the
court house with his wife. Mrs. George
4 L. Carnegie, his sister; Mrs. Carnegie,
Josiah Thaw and members of his coun-
sci.
Thaw was said at this time TO have
entirely recovered from the depression
cheerful and hopeful member of his
party The long delay in reaching
verdict seemed TO him TO preclude the
possibility of his conviction. He
laughed and chatted with his relatives
and attorneys and commented at times
upon the district attorneys address and
Justice Fitzgerald's charge The lat
ter, Thaw believed, was not wholly inn
! martial and he said he feared 1t might
!; have a bad effect upon the jury.
Thaw's family were fearful lest I'M
, der Justice Fitzgerald's charge the jury
might bring in a verdict for one of the
lesser degrees of murder, or of man
. slaughter. as outlined by the court.
Harry Thaw was amused when he
| read in late edition of one of the aft
: arnoon papers that upon leaving the
) court room he had fallen fainting upon
the floor.
.arhe boy has -onderful nerve" said