, 1907-04-09
HUNDREDS PRESENT TO LISTEN
TO LEARNED LAWYER FOR
DEFENDANT SUM UP
CASE TO JURY.
DeImas Spoke for Several Hours Yes
terday Afternoon, When His Voice
Gave Out and He Was Compelled
to Desist-ConditionaI Pardon for
Willie seiI-Woman's Death SEN
tence COMMITTED to imprisonment.

Willie SeiI-Woman's Death Sen.
tence COMMITTED to imprisonment.
New York, April 9.-Not since the
day when Evelyn Thaw gave to the
world the story Of her life has the
court room, where the final scenes in
the Thaw trial are now being enacted,
been so crowded as it was today. The
attraction was Delmas. who today con.
tinued his summing up for the defense.
Voice Became Husky.
Delmas began his final plea yester'
day afternoon, and after speaking two
and one-half hours his voice became so
husky as to necessitate adjournment.
He was in good voice again today,
when the proceedings were resumed.
Jerome Not Present.
The district attorney a again alb
sent during Delmas' speech. When
Delmas arose to resume his argument
he told the jury he would endeavor to
be as brief as possible, In order not to
tax their patience.
Confident Of Result.
when l am DONE" said Delmas. 81
shall give the fate of my client into
your hands with every confidence
He then briefly ran v e his address
of yesterday in order to connect his
argument.
Effect Upon the Defendant.
After calling attention again to Ev-
elyn's story, MI. Delmas said: Il shall
now proceed in an effort to depict to
you the effect Of this story upon the
mind of Thaw. shall prove this to
you without using any language Of my
own. l shall tell you the story in
Evelyn's words. words you heard her
use upon the stand"
sobbed az He Walked.
Delmas then dramatically read the
young woman's story OF Thaw's actions
when in Paris in 1903. He told the
story of how he walked the floor, bit
ing his nails and sobbing. He also
read that portion Of her testimony IN
which she said she refused Thaw's Of
fer of marriage because she loved him
SO that she refused to drag him down.
This, he said, was proved by Thaw's
letters to Attorney Longfellow.
Testimony Of Girls Mother.
Delmas read from the testimony Of
the elder Mrs. Thaw, and asked the
Jurors If they believed that venerable,
gray haired mother had come here to
p~erjure herself?"
Reason Undermined.
Delmas read at length from Evelyn's
testimony showing the effect OF her
story upon Thaw, saying that they I'M
dermined the foundations of his reason,
but the storm did not burst at that
time.
Mother Noted the Change.
Delmas told Of the condition Of
Thaw's mind when he returned to Pitts.
burg, and how his mother had noted
the change that had come over him.
He depicted Thaw's mind in church,
when" he said, "the organ was roll
ing and voices were appealing to the
Lord God Of Hosts. God Of Armies and
of Navies, be with us yet, lest we for
get, lest we forget Forget, the voices
rang, forget, the poet had written. But
in Harry Thaw's heart rang a voice.
You can never forget; you can never
forget that an innocent little one Is
gone from you for ever, and has return
ed to the clutches OF those who had
ruined her.
Could Not Give UP Girl.
"This, then, was Thaw's condition.
He could not give her up, and so came
back to New York to try once more TO
save her." Delmas declared that the
stories about Thaw's alleged wrong do
tngs were invented to protect White
from the wrath he felt was to come
He said White was ian old leecher,
who saw in the girl but a toy to grail
fy a moments lust and then be cast
aside to 60 her way down the paths OF
fallen women"
Crowds Held Spell-Bound.
Delmas' oratory held the rapt atten-
ton of the jury and those in the court
room. He told how Thaw got his moth
or to come to New York, and thus final
ly persuaded the girl to marry him.
White Tried to Ruin Wife.
Delmas told of the approaches made
by White after her marriage and OF his
telling May Mackenzie that he would
win Evelyn back to him. He referred
to the "pie girl" incident and said
Thaw's will was evidence that he was
making an effort to protect the com
munity against the pollution Of White
Spoke In Afternoon.
Delmas did not complete his speech
this morning and continued this after
noon. In contending that Thaw was
insane when he shot White. re review
ed exhaustively the testimony adduced
on this subject. He told the jury that
the prosecutors alienists would not
have testified that Thaw was NOT In
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