The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-30
'THAN JURY MAY
GET CASE TO-DAY
Littleton Scores jerome
for His Treatment Of
Prisoners Wife.
SAYS EVELYN
IS NOT ON TRIAL
In Brilliant Argument Ttaw's
Chief Counsel Declares District
Attorney has sneered and
Jeered When.II He Should
Have Disclosed
Facts.

NEW York, January 2s.-Arartin w.
Littleton, chief counsel iii the defense
OF Harry K.Thaw, to-day asked for the.
acquittal of his client upon the ground
OF insanity, declaring he could not
conceive how, in the face of The evi.
,dence, the jury could render any other
verdict. The serious and sincere evil
dence OF the defense tending to esta b.
.ltsh the insanity OF the defendant Mr..
Littleton declared, has been answered
only by the sneers ana insinuntions Of
District Attorney Jerome. These snecrs
and insinuations, the young Pittsburg-
competent proof that the law required
the prosecuting authorities to produce,
once the insanity OF the accused per-
son was made the issue. He repeatedly
urged the jury to remember that In
q case Of this kind the burden OF proof
rests wholly upon the State to prove
the sanity OF the defendant beyond all
reasonable doubt.
Slap Mt HuD1meI.
Mr.. L,ttleton warmly defended
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw against the at
tacks OF District Attorney Jerome.
III said he could not understand what
had committed, considered In the light
Ior all she had confessed herself to be.
that the prosecutor should transcend
all rules OF propriety and fdecency and
,atremps TO destroy her, when. In the
next breath, he was ready to "coddle
and hug and vouch for the testimony
of such scoundrel as Abraham H.
Hummel the very vermin Of the New
York bar"
The address Of the defending attor-
nsy took up all Of the days sessions.
and District Attorney Jerome is ex-
pected to reply Tomorrow II he
should finish at the morning session
Justice Dowling will charge the jury
during the afternoon. II. however, Mr..
Jeromes. address should extend well
!rsto the afternoon. the case wI'lenot
go to the jury until Friday morning.
Wants No Compromise.
Afr. Littleton urged to-day that ther.
should be no compromise. He asserted
THAT II any doubt exists In the minds
or the Jurors, they should dissolve II
lin favor Of the defendant and acquit
him. He begged them not to be misied
by the di strict attorney into voting for
a verdict OF conviction in some lesser
degree than that Of primary murder.
Any, verdict OF not guilty in the
ca Sc. 1T Is said will carry With 1t the
lnssulnption that 1t was rendered on
the ground OF the insanity OF the de-
ifendant whether or not the insanity
clause is added. The plea OF not guilty
entered in the case carried with 1t the
Specification that the defendant was
/ insane at the time the crime was COM
lnlitted Mr.. Littleton's argument was
forceful and impressive.
No Appeal to Passion.
He refrained from appealing to the
passions. of the jurymen. and devoted
himself to logical consideration OF
the facts as adduced In evidence He
made no attempt to eulogize Harry
Thaw, and he said that he asked for
him no more consideration than the
average American boy had right to
demand.of the average American Jury
The speech was crisp with epigrams
and the short sentences We're filled
with the pith Of logic and the quality
OF appeal. The jurymen followed 1,
with Intense interest, and 1t was gen
orally conceded that Mr.. Littleton hat
left District Attorney jerome a diff.
cult task.
II confess to you. gentlemen" hi
said. that do not know what The