Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-11

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NeN LUX, April lv.-fhe raas "
Harry Thsw, which IL about to close
is the longest ever tried In New York.
and no other trial in American crimi-
nal history has attained such prom
inence that has been given 10 this
one.
All previous crowds were insignia
can't compared to the mob which
stormed the court room doors this
morning In an effort to hear Jerome
sum up.
Although the court was not con-
vened until 1880 o'clock, fully two
hours before that time the advance
guard Of spectators began to arrive
In the corridors the scenes were stir
ring. Scores of disappointed men
and women made an onslaught upon
the police guard in an effort to pass
the portals, only to be repulsed aud
fairly dragged back from the en-
trance. Men with imagined influence
pleaded with officers, cajoled. begged
and threatened, but all in vain.
Jerome began his address by tell
ing the jury they had been wander
ing through fields OF romance for
two days. Jerome said the case on
trial was not one or rape, but OF
murder. Jerome said the appeal to
the sympathy and passions of the
jury was broad departure from the
duty of counsel. there could he said.
be but one of four verdicts, murder
in the first degree, murder in the
second degree, manslaughter or not
guilty because of insanity"
Jerome said: The issues here can
not be determined by quotations
from the Scriptures. You have been
enjoined by the court to make up
your verdict solely from the evidence.
Attorneys for the defense have had
the responsibility Of human life rest
ing upon them. but there has been
responsibility equally grave upon the
prosecution"
Jerome referred sarcasticalIy to
"dementia Americana" asking IL Il
was the higher law under which q
man may fiaunt a woman through the
capitals of Europe for two years as
his mistress and then kill He warn
ed the jury that il would be a viola
ton of their oath to consider de
mentia Americana" declaring II had
no status on the Atlantic seaboard
Jerome said: This is no action be-
tween the executors OF Stanford
White and this defendant; it is not
trial to determine whether Evelyn
Nesbit was ravished by White. 1t is
an issue between the people OF New
York and Harry Thaw, and 1t is to
determine whether what he did was
justifiable or excusable, or whether
he should be punished for it," Je-
rome will speak throughout the day.
Delmas' Closing.
The closing of Attorney Delma's
mastery address yesterday in defense
OF the prisoner was dramatic in the
extreme, and his speech will go down
in history as one of the greatest ever
delivered in a Criminal Court room.
His closing remarks were confined to
Harry Thaw's responsibility when
he killed Stanford White, and he
said:
The District attorney will make
light of the experts because they have
not defined the species OF insanity
from which they say Harry Thaw is
suffering" Mr.. Delmas declared. 1T
Will suggest its name would call
1t dementia Americana. II is a spe-
cies of insanity which has been rec
| ognlzed in every State of the Union
1t is that species of insanity which
makes the American man believe his
home, his wife. his daughters, are sa-
cred and that whosoeyer stains the
virtue OF his threshold. violates the
highest human laws. II is a species
or insanity which has been recognized
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