Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-04-09
|DELMAs FINISHES
MASTERLY APPEAL
Southern Chivalry
Inspires Final
Effort
ELECTRIFIED THE JURY
White Bitterly Arraigned
and Depicted as "Old
Leecher".

New York, April 9.--Not since th,
day when Mrs. Evelyn Thaw gave tn,
world the story Of her life has thu
court room where the final scenes il
the Thaw trial now being enacted
been so crowded as it was today. Tht
| chief attraction was Counsel Delmas
who, today, continued his summing
| up address for the defense. Del
| mas began his final plea yesterda.
afternoon and after speaking two ant
| a half hours his voice became sc
husky as to necessitate an adjourn
ment He was in good voice again to
day when the proceedings were re
sumed. District Attorney Jerome wal
| again absent during Delmas' speech
When Delmas arose to resume his ar
gument this morning he told the jur!
| that he would endeavor to be as brie
as possible in order not to try thei
| patience.
Has Faith in Jury.
when am DONE" said Delmas. :"
| shall give the fate of my client int
your hands with every confidence"
He then briefly ran over his address
of yesterday in order to connect hi
| argument.
After calling attention again t,
| Evelyns story he said.
II shall now proceed in an effor
to depict to you the effect of this
stsry upon the mind of Harry Thaw
| 7 shall prove this to you without usins
any language of my own, shall tel
you the story in Evelyn's own words
words you heard here upon the wit
ness stand"
Read Evelyn's Story.
Delmas then read the youn!
woman's story of Thaw's actions wheI
| in Paris in 1903, she told him the stor.
| of her relations with Stanford White
how he walked the floor, biting mis- fin
ger nails and sobbing He also read tha
portion of her testimony in which sht
said that she refused Thaw's offe
to marry him, because she loved hin
so that she refused to drag him down
This he said, was proved by Thaw'
letters to Attorney Longfellow.
Delmas then read from the testi
mony of the elder Mrs. Thaw, ant
| asked the jurors if they believed tina
"this venerable gray-haired mothe
had come here to perjure herself"
Its Effect Upon ThaW.
Delmas read at length from Evelyn
Testimony showing the effect of he
story on Thaw, saying that it hat
undermined the foundations Of hi
reason. but that the storm did no
burst at that time.
Gave Striking Illustration.
Delmas told of the condition Of
Thaw's mind when he returned tC
Pittsburg and how his mother noted
the change that had come over him
He depicted Thaw's mind in church
when he said. "The organ was rollin!
and the voices were appealing to the
| Lord God of hosts, God of armies ant
of navies, be with us yet, lest we for
get, lest we forget" as the poet ha(
written; but in Harry Thaw's heart
said Delmas, rang the voice. "Yo,
can never forget; you can never for
get; that innocent little one is gone
from you forever and has returned t.
the clutches Of those who ruined her.
Wanted to Save Her.
This then was Thaw's condition. HI
could not give her up and came bach
to New York to try once more to save
her.
| Delnas declared that the stories
about Thaw's alleged wrong-doings
were Invented to protect White from
the wrath that he felt was to come
He said that White was an "olt
leecher who saw in the girl but toy
to crafty moments Of lust and then bt
cast aside to go her way down the
paths Of fallen women"
Oratory Electrified jury.
Delmas' oratory held the rapt atten
ton of the jury and courtroom. HI
told how Thaw got his mother to come
to New York and thus finally ersuadt
the girl to marry him.
ThaW Driven to Desperation.
Delmas then told of the approache
made by White after Evelyn's mar
riage and Of his telling May McKen
zle that he would win Evelyn back Il
him. He referred to the "pie girl
incident and said that Thaw's will
was evidence that he was making al
effort to protect the communit,
against pollution by White. Delma
did not complete his speech this morn
ing and continued this afternoon.
| insane at Time Of Murder.
In contending that Thaw was insan'
when he shot White, he reviewed ex
lhaustively the testimony adduced ol