The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-09
DENUNCIATION Of
MOTHER OF MRS.
THAW IS BITTER
California Advocate Draws
Striking Word Picture
of Tower Scene
REVIEWS TRAGIC LIFE
Says Prisoners Love for
Wife Was Spiritual in
Character
WILL RESUME TODAY
Jury Expected to Take Case
as Soon as Jerome
Makes Reply
WILL RESUME TO-DAY

NEW YORK, April a.-The
trial Of Harry K Thaw, charged
with the murder of Stanford
White, is nearing the end. At
torney D. M. Delmas, the Cali
fornia advocate, this afternoon
began his closing address to the
jury, and after he had spoken for
nearly three hours an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow
morning.
Delnas expects to conclude be-
fore the luncheon hour is reached.
District Attorney Jerome will make
the closing address on Wednesday and
Thaw's fate should be in the hands Of
the Jury by Wednesday evening. Jus
tice Fitzgerald today ordered the jury
locked UP until the end of the trial
The Judges charge to the jury undoubt-
edly viii be delivered Immediately after
the District Attorney concludes. The
latter says his speech will occupy not
more than three or four hours
Declaring he would not base his plea
upon the "unwriten law" because his
client found ample protection In the
written statutes OF New York, Delmas
made striking appeal TO the sympa-
thies Of the jurors. His story of the
first tragedy in the life of Mrs. Thaw
deeply affected them
Delmas based his argument solely
upon the story Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
with flushed cheeks, but dry eyes. that
young woman heard her life history
repeated TO the men who are to Judge
her husband and bowed her head as her
molner was denounced IN the bitterest
terms and tones the eloquent lawyer
could command.
Delmas. before beginning his attack
upon Evelyn Thaw's mother. poured out
a torrent OF denunciation upon the
architect who became the victim of
Thaw's pistol. He accused him of the
crime OF rape" and declared President
Roosevelt had said in a message to
Congress that such q crime should be
visited with death This was one Of
the suggestions which Thaw himself
made 20 his counsel for his summing
up speech-one OF the suggestions
which played such an important part
in the proceedings before the lunacy
commission
Delmas declared that God heard the
cry Of the fated child upon whom Stan
ford white had fixed his gaze, and who,
he had determined. should be his. He
quoted from Scripture that He who
afiicts a fatherless child shall perish"
and declared that Providence had sent
Thaw 20 avenge the wrong.
HUMMEL is DENOUNCED
That Evelyn Nesbits story was true
and was told to Harry Thaw formed
the subject of the argument for more
than an hour. Delmas declared the
only evidence the District Attorney had
to bring against the girl was the mis-
called andavit procured by Abraham
Hummel.
Speaking of HummeI, Delmas again
drew heavily upon his bitterest invec
tfves and declared that it would re-
ouire more than the word OF per-
jured man to send Harry Thaw TO an
ignonomous death.
Delmas devoted practically all of his
address today TO a resume of the evil
dence of certain witnesses He will
have many more comments TO make
along this line before he comes to his
plea for the defendants life.
The courtroom was crowded Justice
FitzgeraIds injunction that absolute
quiet must be maintained was hardly
necessary, for there was interest in
every utterance u the attorney. In the