The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-09
Thaw Trial Enters Last
 Stage.
EVELYN NESBiT'S SHORT
 MADE PRINCIPAL, POINT
Mother of Wife of Defendant
 Severely Denounced.
Californian In His Address Holds that Stanford White Met Just Ret- rfbution on New York
 Roof Garden--Court
 Room Crowded.

New York. April s.--The trial of Harry K. Thaw. charged with the murder of Stanford White, is nearing the end. Attorney Delmas this af- ternon began his closing address to the jury and after having spoken for more than two hours and a half, an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning. Mir. Delmas expects to con- clude before the luncheon hour is reached here tomorrow.
 District Attorney Jerome will make the closing address of the trial on Wednesday, and Thaw's fate should be in the hands of the jury by Wednes- day evening" Justice Fitzgerald today ordered the jury locked up to the end of the trial. In view of this the justices charge to the jury updoubt- edly will be delivered immediately after the district attorney concludes.
 Declaring he would not base his plea upon the "unwritten law be- cause his client found ampIo protec- tion in the written statutes of the State, MT. Delmas made striking appeal to the sympathy of the jurors and so far as he progressed today the subject of Thaw's insanity at the time he committed the homicide was not even hinted at.
 MT. Delmas based his argument sole- ly upon the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. With flushed cheeks, but dry eyes, that young woman heard her life story repeated to the men who are to judge her husband, and bowed her head as her mother was denounced in the bitterest terms and tones the elo- quent lawyer could command.
 Even a Beast Protects.
 Even beast protects it's young" he declared, with scornful emphasis; "but this unnatural mother deserted be betrayed by false friend. to be lured into a gilded palace. and there left the victim of a gray haired man, wounded, bleeding and devoured."
 MT. Delmas went with great detail into the life Evelyn Nesbit had led up to the meeting with Harry Thaw. In all of his remarks he referred to she was today. He told of Thaw's S great love for her and his efforts to rescue her from the clutches of Stan. ford White" whose achievements in his profession, the attorney declared, were an aggravation of his crime.
 MT. Delmas before beginning his at. tack upon Evelyn Thaws mother poured out a torrent of denunciatior upon the architect who became the victim of Thaw's pistol. He accused him of the crime of rape, and then de- clared that President Roosevelt had said in a message to Congress that such a crime should be visited with death. This was one of the sugges- tions which Thaw himself made to his counsel for his summing-up speech one Of the suggestions which played so important a part in the proceedings before the lunacy commission.
 That Evelyn Nesbits story was true end was told to Harry Thaw formed the subject of the argument for more than an hour. MT. Delmas declared the only evidence the District Attor. ney had to enter against the girl was the "miscalled affidavit" procured by Abraham Hummel. Speaking of Hum. mel Mir. Delmas again drew heavily upon his bitterest invectives ana de. rlared that 1t would require more thar the word of a perjured man to send Harry Thaw to an ignominious death Hummel was accused by MT. Delmas of having committed deliberate per. jury upon the stand in the present trial when he swore he was not act. Ing as Evelyn Nesbit's counsel and that no action was contemplated ir her behalf. He said the so-called affi. davit itself convicted the man of these falsehoods.
 MT. Delmas devoted practically all of his address today to a resume of the evidence of certain witnesses. He will have many more comments to make along this line before he comes to his final plea for the defendants s life.
 Eager Throng Heard Speech.
 The court room was crowded this afternoon with an eager throng. Jus tice Fitzgerald's injunction that ab- solute quiet must be maintained was hardly necessary, for there was in- terest in every utterance of the attor- ney. Outside the court room a long line of persons waited for an oppor- tunity to enter but once the seating capacity of the court was exhausted, no more spectators were admitted. In the throng today were many attorneys of note, some of whom have traveled many miles to be present at the cli- max of the trial, which for length and sustained interest has had no equal.
 All of Thaw's family were in the court room. They sat unmoved as usual throughout the course of MT |. DeImass argument, their features be- traying no emotion. Thaw turned to them from time to time as his attor- ney seemed to strike some telling blow. Thaw also turned frequently to his wife, who seems to be standing the brunt of the storm. She had a responsive smile ready for his every look.
 District Attorney Jerome was not in court to Aear Mir. Delmas's speech. His assistant, MT. Garvin. took notes how ever. Mir. Jerome, it was said. was busy with the preparation of his own address.
 At the morning session of court. Mir, Jerome formally protested against the confirmation of the report of the lunacy commission. He made no argument, however. and his motion was quickly overruled. The defense then sought to have pr. Allan McLane Hamilton tes- tlfy, but the District Attorney inter posed an objection to the examination of pr. Hamilton in sur-rebuttal, which was sustained. MT. Delmas then an- noupced that the defense rested. MT. Jerome made a similar announcement
 Harry Thaw's family were early 1T court and took the seats they have oc cupied on all occasions when they have