Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-12
NUMBER 81

spllltS nau somewhat revived, and
they exchanged smiles and words OF
sympathy with a number of newspa-
per men who had been in attendance
upon the trial since January 2S
Justice Fitzgerald arrived at the
courthouse shortly after ten o'clock
He had been preceded by the Thaw
family. all of whom seemed detected
and all but forlorn.
Jurors Go Into Court.
Just before IL o'clock Justice Fitz-
gerald received a communication from
the jurors asking for an interview at
which they might present their re-
quests for exhibits and the reading
of testimony.
Promptly at II o'clock the jury
filed into the courtroom. Only the
members of the Thaw family. his at
:orneys, District Attorney Jerome and
the newspaper men were allowed to
enter.
The strain under which the jurors
aad labored since their retirement
was plainly written upon their faces.
Their eyes We're red, their cheeks
chalky white and the whole effect
one of haggardness. 1t was evident
that sleep had been stranger to their
/ consultation room the previous night.
/ Jurors Pink and Steele seemed espe-
cially to have suffered in the long Wig
H. During the long time it required
the court stenographer to read the
! testimony they desired the jurors
! lounged back in their chairs and ap-
peared to keep awake only with the
! greatest effort
Arrival of the Thaw Family.
! Members of the Thaw family began
| to arrive at the criminal courts build
ing shortly after ten o'clock. In one
automobile were Mrs. William Thaw,
! the countess of Yarmouth, Mrs
George l.. Carnegie and Edward
| Thaw. They went at once to the wit
ness room adjoining Justice Fitzger-
! AIDS chambers. The judge came in a
| few minutes later
! Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made her ap-
| pearance at the courthouse within Is
minutes after the other members of
/ the family had arrived. Through the
| heavy black veil she wore it could
| be plainly seen she was unusually
! pale. She walked as though much
fatigued
| Fears Neither Chair Nor Madhouse
| AS for the defendant, the cheerful
ness and even gayety which marked
his recovery from the gloom which
! almost overwhelmed him when Dis
! trict Attorney Jerome excoriated him
and his wife, and Justice Fitzgerald
solemnly adjured the jury to do their
duty, remained with him until late
into the night. Indeed, through Cliff
| ford w. Hartridge, his personal coun-
sci, he sent me7cage 10 one OF the
| newspapers, which quotes him as de-
claring that he had the absolute con-
viction that he would be acquitted.
and added:
Il fear neither the electric chair
nor the madhouse, for my act was
iustifiable"
Thaw Has Good Nights Rest.
Newspaper men called at the
Tombs early in the day and sent a
message to Harry Thaw's cell asking
how he felt. He said he was still
! outcome 1t was said that Thaw had
a good nights rest after returning to
his cell shortly before midnight The
| guards at the Tombs said Thaw was
packing up his effects, ready to leave
| the prison at a moments notice
should he be acquitted
Thaw Gives Out a Statement.
| just before coming over to the court
| Harry Thaw sent a note to the news
paper men, saying there were so
many misstatements in the papers
| that he would like to give out state
| ment that would be official 1t was as
| follows:
Il am told that it is impossible to
| tell what any jury will do, so ! am
attending to my ordinary affairs, but
preparing for the best, as it is sim
| pier to unpack my things if necessary
| than it would be to return here for
| them if the verdict is favorable
Il had very good cold bath. The
| bathroom always is filled with fresh
air in the early morning, with the
| same temperature as outdoors. Next
| had weak coffee and rolls, as usual
| These details must have interest plus,
as they are often mistold.
HARRY K. THAW."
Evelyn Thaw Hopeful.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who
stayed with Thaw until all likelihood
| that the jury would return a verdict
| Wednesday night had vanished, ex.
| pressed an assurance that he would
| be acquitted. Mrs William Thaw
| the mother of the prisoner, and the
| other members of the family, who
| have remained by his side all through
| the trying ordeal, anxiously awaited
| at their hotels up to late hour for
news from the jury.
AS Forecast by O'ReiIy.
| At midnight Daniel O'Reilly, one of
| the prisoners lawyers, who has been
! credited with successful forecast
| ing of the way the jury stood in the
Nan Patterson case, said that the jury
| stood ten for acquittal and two for
murder in the first degree Mr.
| O'Reilly was also convinced that the
/ jury would agree by 1890 a. m.
| Paris Banker Assassinated.
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