Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-02-07
JURY RETURNS VERDICT AFTER
Is HOURS DELIBERATI0N.
Noted Murder Case Ends by the Ac-
cused Man ssng Dsffsred Danger
10 ousIy. insane n Tims of Crime and
. Must Be Conf ed in syIum as Such
soiLt4arry cres&d a sRene.
4arrt oresNd a sRene.

guilty of the mqFder of StanBrd .Wflitel
by reason OF ill8anity III the@thne the
fatal shots werH fired, Harry Kendall
Dhaw Saturday Fas h%t by the court
to be a dahgeE us lupAtic and was
whirled away tsa the sthte hospital for
the criminal in zane atEMatteawan.
, 1t was a quick tranHltion from the
dingy little cell in the Tombs which
had been the Ybung MANS home for
more thanff1 IS Tponthssto The white.
bedded wards ohthe bigasyrum tucked
away on the SNOW ebvered, steep
banks Of the Hudson fiveffi so miles
above the 'cityl ~ ...
--The-xerdict ame a#er 25 hours of
waiting, and when evaSy one connect
| ed With the ca5e had8 abandoned all
hope of an ag8eemerit eyer being
reached in this Or any ether' trial. Four
hours after lib foreman's lips had
framed the w6fds NIT guilty" with
the accompanying Insanity clause
Fhaws protesting he VS. sane, was on
| his May stos MAI eawanis A little after
nigbtfall he had been Received in the
institution Vunder commitment papers
! which directed his detention until
discharged by Que coHfse of law.
-. No~.@.more unwilling patient ever
made a journey to a &8atedipstitution.
Thaws-a train Oh it's May TO Fishkill
landing, sswhereHa carFhge5swas taken
to M$tteawanM passsA beneath. the
gwahs lof grim SSing Sing,-but-et~no
time Since hisFhrrest On the night of
June rs, 19O6M had tie young Ritts-
burger millionaire sveE held the
thought that lie would see the inside
of that famous prisons and he decided
| it not.
The first thrill of the words of ac-
quittal brought Thaw to his feet IN
the courtroom, and with that lack of
grace of action which always has
characterized his movements, he awk-
wardly, almost haltingly, bowed his
acknowledgements to the IL jurors as
they were discharged by the court. A
smile played about hts pale features
and there was every reason to believe
that he was entirely pleased with the
outcome. 1t was after he had heard
the words of Justice Bowling commit
ting him to Matteawan, on the. ground
that his release, in the opinion of the
court, would endapger. the public. safe
ty, and after the elation of the verdict
had died away that eThaw rebelled,
81 Justice Bowling. it. is said, had been
consulted i'm the smatter before he had
signed his order of commitment, and
informally had advised .Thaw's counsel
against makings immediate contest.
The prisoners consent was, not won
until after a lively scene with his
counsel and his wife, the latter plead
ing with, him fon more than an hour to
be content for a time at least with
what fate had given. him. q
10 On his way to Matteawan, Thaw die
tated the following, authorized state
ment to a representative, of the Assoc
ciated Press:wj ..1ujf.bw asn g.Yl
'h"I am perfectly sane now, but j
am going to Matteawan on the advice
of my counsel, who thought it unwise
to-sue for a writ of habeas corpus at
this time. Counsel will proceed in the
matter of my release just as soon as
they can get together the proofs they
will present that 1 am at present sane