The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-31
Jury Sitting in the Famous
Trial Was This Morning
Charged and Sent to DeIib-
crate the Case.
JEROME'S FINAL SPEECH
WAS WEAKER THAN LAST.
Not Once Did He Attempt Ora
tory Confining Himself to
Plain Statements of Facts
As He Interpreted Them.

New York, Jan. 31.-Judge Bowling
charged the Thaw jury this morning
and the jury retired at "a this fore
noon. The judge told the jury the bur
den of proof was on the prosecution
and warned the jurymen to weigh the
evidence carefully. The court then ad-
journed subject to call.
Before the jury in the Thaw trial
yesterday, jerome laid down the last
argument of the people in the case OF
the murder of Stanford White.
AS in MI Littletons speech, Dis
trict Attorney jerome began his adj
dress i'll low, conversational tone,
which only reached the heights of elo-
quence after he had been speaking for
an hour or more.
Thaw listened to his arraignment
with apparent indifference. He listen
ed to a change of front on the art OF
Jerome that was amazing. For Jer-
ONE, in the course of his speech, said:
| Il believe that Evelyn Thaw's story,
in its essential details, is as she de-
| scribed in her story. 1t is true that
these places were supported at enOr-
and perverts.'
| 1t must be said that Mr.. Jeromes ar
gument was far weaker than that ne
put forth in the first trial For q
time it seemed as though he were
summing up for the defense. He at
! tackled Stanford White, saying that he
was associated with degenerates.s
At this period of the summing ur
Evelyn Thaw wore a smile that would
not come off" Later on, when the
shame OF her own life was revealed
she became more serious.
Mr. Jerome throughout his speech
was argumentativc. but not OratOriCal
In his speech last year Mr.. jerome
passionately defended Stanford White
declaring that his spirit hovcred ever
near the courtroom crying out to b.
heard in defense; crying for some on'
to tell the truth and protect a charac
ter Evelyn Nesbit had sought tC
blacken.
The prosecutor yesterday took u,
one by one the acts of Thaw on th'
roof garden and Immediately following
the tragedy. and asserted they all fel
upon the monster" who had done hin
many wrongs, against whom he hat
many grievances, and the premeditate'
murder came to startle the who'll
world. Thaws movements were char
acteriZed by the utmost deliberation
Mr.. Jerome said. we find Thaw arm
ed on the garden-armed for a siugl
- purpose ARMED for the man he walk
ed up to and killed by three bullets.
Was He Really Insane?
'Is there anything insane about all 0
this? He was nervous as a child; b
had fits of tantrums; he didn't like al
zebra: he was always pale, with stal
ing eye; he may have had Outburst
here and there, but what has all tha
10 do with this case: You are to cor
slider only if Thaw had the capacity t
know he had a pistol in his pocket,
. he knew it was Stanford White &c
ward whom he was walking. and if h
knew the act was against the Law
That is all.
The law specifically says that
weak or disordered mind is no defens
for criminal responsibility. Partia
; or incipient insanity is no eXcus
when the accused is capable Of formin
a correct perception of the nature o
quality of his act. That is all. Cor
Cede that Thaw was crazy on the train
concede that he was crazy in Londor
in Monte Carlo, in Paris. in Pittsbure
where you will. but is there any cor
teution here that Thaw has been Graz
during all of his Sc years Of life: l
there any contention that he has bee
crazy during the two years he has bee
in the TOmbs: Is there any confer
ton that he is crazy as he sits here be
fore you: Then why crazy when h
calmly and deliberately shot Stanfor
, White?
He read again TO the jury the aft
dayit made by Mrs. Thaw last year, i
which she declared that for four ger
erations in the direct line OF descen
; there had been no epilepsy or trac
of insanity in the family of the defenC
ant. This affidavit, the District AttoI
ney asserted, swept forever out of tn
case all talk of heredity. Mr. Jerom
finally entered upon n detailed cor
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