The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-11

Juror B. b. Gcrstlnan Says Harry
Tllaw Waited Too Long to
AVengc Wrong.

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Avenge Wrong.
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WHITE GOOD TO EVELYN.
'Mould Have Acquitted Prisoner
if He Had Acted as Soon as
He Heard Wife's Story
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,,.,sfsff3.~ THE more have stud
SASA led and thought over the
4&Va evidence and the features
+ I -u9sXX8 of the Thaw trial, the
| pIJXs,W WI more convinced am that
.l,ItA fssS;sSY we were right in not ac-
5Jlgy;#asg. N quitting the man who
r -/ts..t.. killed Stanford White"
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<AML AG8H This Ia what Mr.. Ber
H$4dsT@fMH. nard 3. Gerstman, the
4 kJSA2HaRA9sMn1 youngest member of the
HQYSH9SEH famous Thaw jury, said
N&NlalkSAM to a TimesD lspatch
psE E22ykH1gp writer on yesterday at
kzSSXH Murphy's Hotel, where he
hyEH spent the day, breaking.
HH9E3NHH8 his Journey on his way
7AkdXxSEYc3l North.
fs'SHSsf'' ~ Mr.. Cscrstman was not
Bcrnnrl II. inclined TO discuss the
Gerstmnn. Madison Square Garden
tragedy for; he said, with
evident weariness, that. In the South
the people were not in sympathy with
the jurys findings. He added:
Almost everywhere l have been IN
the South have found that the UNI
written law has a strong hold on the
n tt.1,f, hat In Thavv
should have been acquitted. at
tribute this state OF affairs to the re-
ports printed in the yellow journals
throughout the country, which used
only that part OF the evidence which
was OF a sensational character. and
withheld much that was necessary to a
complete understanding of the case.
If the people of the South could have
hoard and seen what we members OF
the jury heard and saw, they would
understand the true conditions which
surrounded the trial
Anxious to AcIuIt.
"Thc fact is. all Of the jury were
more than anxious to acquit the pris-
oner. but we could not. and ! can sum
1t up by giving two reasons: First
1t was not proven that Stanford White
pursued Evelyn Nesbit Thaw after she
was married, and, second. Harry ThaW
wrongs of Evelyn. There was no 'un-
written law In the Thaw case. for
larry waited too long. Had he come
straight to America as soon as his
wife told him the story of her wrongs
In Paris, and had he then killed stan
ford White. ! believe the jury would
have acquitted him. But he did not act
Mt once; he waited. that was fatal"
Praises jerome.
n spaa Loving murder
trial. he said the circumstances sur
rounding IL were very different from
the Thaw case, and he added that he
could not understand why Mr.. Jerome.
district attorney for New York City.
should have sent advice to Judge
Rarksdaie without being asked to do
so. for Mr.. Jerome, lie asserted. was
cminentiy sair-minded man. who at
tended strictly to his own business, and
who had given Harry fair trial"
His next renark was something OF
q "Hibernianism." for having said the
district attorney attended strictly te
his own business. he observed: "Je-
rome is more like Roosevelt than any
man / have ever seen
MIR. Gerstman spoke In terms OF praise
OF Stanford White. who, he said. had
"heen good" to both Evelyn and her
mother. A fact which seemed to have
impressed him greatly was the state
mont made by Evelyn Thaw on the
stand that Stanford White was a
grand man. and that ne had always
been kind and generous to her. This
seemed to cover a multitude OF sins.
Whites Generosity.
Along this line he said stamford
White was not on trial. but it devel:
ored that he was great man, who
while he led two distinct lives, was
always generous and kind to all witt
whom he came in contact. This wa.
especially true of his treatment of Eve
Ign and her mother and of the Other
girls who figured In the trial"
This phase Of the case. which hat
never been considered in this section
appeared TO appeal very strongly t
MIR. Gerstman. who dweit on II agar
and again. Continuing, he said:
you can't imagine how many letter!
VIC jurymcn received from all parts O
the country. I had a number addressed
only .Gerstmam New York commend
ing me for the position I took. Will,
other jurors who favored an acquitta
received Just as many commencing
them.
Has Not Changed.
II can only say that have triet
In every way possible since the tra
to discover the truth about the killing
of White. and ! am more convinced
now than I was at the end of the tria
that Harry Thaw should not have beer
acquitted. r. have not been able t
find out anything which would caus
me to change my mind"
Regarding the new trial of Harr,
Thaw, which will take place in New
York during October Mr.. Gerstmal
said that every one conceded that Their
would be the utmost difficulty In Sc
curing a jury. for not only in Ney
York City, but all over the country
the case has been discussed in detail
He thinks that jury will be selecte
from residents of New. York City. who
while they have discussed the killin
and have read the newspaper account
of the testimony brought out durln
the first trial. will be able to swear t