Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-02
THAW DECLARED INSANE
Atter 5Iwanty-EF;ve Hours Yer.
dict Brought In.
ORDERED TO THE ASYLUM
None of the Family Except Defendant
and His Wife Were In the Court
When the Jury Reported and Former
Bowed His Thanks,

5. New York. Feb AFTER havi,,
1t argued and balloted all night, thu
u fhaw jury in the stuffy little room ad
:, Joining the chamber of the crimina
l. branch of the supreme court, Saturda,
/. morning warmly welcomed release
: from confinement when shortly before
+ O'Clock they Were taken up town
{ for breakfast. Several of the jurymen
are well along in years and an all
z night session seemed to have gone
badly with them. Their faces were
: drawn and tense, and good nature and
the companionship which had been
SO noticeable in this jury ever since
the panel was completed during the
first week of the trial were gone. No
report with any degree of authenticity
Uttered from the jury room Saturday
morning and the opening of court at
lo.30 O'Clock was awaited with much
anxiety.
Thaw, although going to bed late,
was up with the gray dawn OF morn.
ing and to his keepers in the tombs
expressed the hope that verdict had
Been reached. He vas thoroughly
confident on retiring Friday night tina,
the rumor of the dividing of the Jury
to 4 for acquitfal op the ground of
insanity was true, and he felt that the
minority might be won over Thaw
seemed reconciled to the fact that the
best he could hope for was a term of
confinement in the asylum for the !
crlmlnally insane. He was confident.
however, and so was his attorneys, |
that he would be able to win his way
out OF the asylum In a short while.
as the tests he stood last year when
arraigned before the commission OF
iunacy was quite convincing as to his
present ability to Efove soundness of
mind.
Baths, fresh air and breakfast work.
ed marked Improvement in the con.
dition of most Of the Jurors and when
they returned to the criminal court
room from hotel at 10 o'clock all
seemed physically fit to continue their
de1perations for some time to come. '
Never since the killing of Stanford S
White has Thaw spent so restless a
night as he did Friday night, and dur. :
Ing the early hours. of Saturday morn
ing. After the tarly hours of Friday I
night Thaw smoked a great deal and h
seemed to think the jury would return a
verdict before midnight When he !.
earned the Jury had failed to agree y
Ind had been locked up for the night b
became restless. Although he tried to Fl
'leep, he was wakeful, and after doze ii
would awake again and ask the war. -
zen for news of the jury. d.
Thaw was taken from the prison to NJ
he courtroom at 10: 80 O'Clock, but no
gord at that time or for an hour there.
tier came rom the juryroom Judge r
bowling arrived at 1875 o'clock and
'ent to his chambers. Mrs Evelyn
lesbit Thaw visited her husband dur.
lg the morning and reported he was
ute detected over the outlook. Thaw
J reported to have said 81 am afraid
espite the vigilance of my counsel or
here are two or three men on the ta
Try with innate prejudice against me- tn
have in mind one particular Juror w
hose name ! will not meltiof. but
0 one who followed the trial with any re
gnificant glances this Juror exchang. BE
with member of the prosecution an
his was especially noticeable at the -
ose of Mr. Littleton's address," "n
Justice Bowling announced he would eX
IT send for the jury until he received Ok
me definite word from them bu
The jury returned a verdict declar ar,
g Harry K. Thaw not guilty, on the :,
ound Of insanity, at the time he kill VII
Stanford White. Justice Bowling
dered that he be committed to the
YUM for the criminally insane at oui
attewan for an indefinite period DR..
riod. Justice Bowling said he deem sig
Thaw's discharge to be dangerous wit
the public safety kid
At the request of defendants coun. var
Justice Bowling delayed execution ing
the order committing Thaw to the toa
YUM until 8 o'clock, to allow counsel flaw
confer as to whether a writ OF coff
beas corpus would be sued out to is l
We defendants sanity tested by
nmission before he was taken to
Ittewan.
rhaw and his wife, the latter being
only member of his family present
courtroom when the jury returned Tou
Terdict after a deliberation of TWEEN
five hours. Both seemed pleased and =,
isfied with the outcome of the case
aw stood and smi.ingly bowed his litoi
lnowledgements to the juorors as BAN
y lied one Dy one out OF the box Spri
+r,o. A..a fire.
iat,os 'eio lIe aiSo seeiheu whit
crime was committed that Thaw com,
'h'ally, If not legally was insane fror
avs counsel thanked the Jurors and
hearty hand shake for each one me-,
the twelve. IL.
ttorney Littleton filed an execution snid
Justice Dowling's decision in re. trio
ing Thaw in custody and commit
him to the asylum. Only a few
,tators were allowed to enter the
-troom when the jury reported. oh
ice Bowling warned them against uePo
demonstration whatever, but de. casn
? this one young man broke into nltro
ferrous applause. gang
10 foreman had irs+ u+torod +ba Must
words Of the verdict mot guilty"
n the young man made the demon
ion. He was fined S25 for con Ne
It of court Of CT
hen the news of the verdict was adelp
to the prisoners moth rounS
no was waiting at her apartments Athle
otel Lorraine, she said, THANK
my son is saved! am perfectly