The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-31
JEROME |! N MAKES PLEA
THAT curry CONVICT

THAT Jury CONVICT
lGoHtinued from First pasa.)
White, tile only man inthe world whom
nc mated ana he'd motive for ven-
gentco against; that he must have been
so instane as not to know II was
against tho Law to take a fellow beings
life; that he mist have been SO insane
rs to know what the police officers
wanted With him when he voluntarily
surrendered himself into their custody,
and asked to be taken quickly to the
stationhouse wltll5thn request that his
broth merlin laiw and an attorney be sent
Tor, ana lastly that he must have bceli
so insane as not to know the nature
or quality or his act or that the act
was wrong.
LnGklng In these essentials, the in-
sanity OF this defendant, conceded to
have manifested itself at certain times.
had ITO standing under the law. Par,
tial or inclpfent INSANITY, which does
not rob tho sufferer of perception
OF the acts he commits has no recogni-
ton OF the law. +
Denounced As Coward.
SuIuiHS 70 ELHe CONCLUSION OF his long
address. which lasted throughout the
morning aud afternoon sessions of the
day, Mr.. Jerome denounced Harry
aTraw in bitterest terms "as coward,
skulklng behind tic pctticoats OF his
wife, attempting to shield and save his
worthless life behind her shame
Twice in his sanity" declared the
prosecutor. The has sat in this court
room ana had her bare her shame, in
all us pitiful nakedness, to all the
world. Is such a man worthy of even
the slightest consideration at your
Cnsc. Not Him. On Trial.
There was another great crush at
the Criminal Court Building to-day to
near District Attorney Jerome make
the closing address for tho people.
lf I have at any time lacked in the
olgnltT that attached to my office
SAID the prosecutor, III at any time /
have shown any asperity or lack OF
.eolislaeration, can only say now that
regret II. Any personal impression /
nave made or have not made should
nave no part whatever In YOU. verdict.
You are not trying the district attor-
ney. ANY sneers he may have made are
not evidence for the people. neither
are they any evidence that Harry K.
ne .KlllcCl& Stull-
ford White. AS to the woman, II my
manner was one Of disapprohation TINT
is not evidence. Neither I nor the wo-
man is being tried here. Harry Thnw
is on trial for the murder OF Stamford
White, and the defense is that lie was
insane on the night Of June 25, 1905,
that he was not generally insane or is
insane now.'
The district attorney declared Thaw
LAT Al
Livery act of his for two or three wears
before the tragedy pointed to his dead
ly and consuming hate OF the man he
killed. Thaw believed that White had
drugged and mistreated his wife; he
Knew that White had kept him out OF
q New York club; he knew that White
had threatened his life, and he knew
that Just a month before the tragedy
White had told May Mckenzie that he
heard Thaw and Evelyn We're NOT
living happily together, and he would
get the girl back.
Knew What He Did.
The prosecutor took up one by nne
the acts of Thaw on the roof garden
ana Immediately following the tragedy.
ana asserted that all pointed to a fun
knowledge of what he was doing: that
ms eyes fell upon "tlle rnonsterp who
mad done him many wrongs, against
whom he had many grievances. ana tl,..
pfemeditated murder came to stnrtIe
me Whole world. Thaw's movements
We're characterized by the utmost de-
Mr.. Jerome said.
NV M W., Jerome reviewed the evidence
outbreaks by Thaw, and declared h.,
could find in them no trace OF braii,
storm storm or maniac Oppressive insanity.
~ pm re- u ; you gentlemen can, he added,
benefit OF it. we all have had tan.
trums In our childhood, when we were
SSrghted but We're we insancY No.
me- " = tecelE , mat best OF medical treat
hieiit-a good, sound Spanking"
Mother DID Not Shy Insane.
MI Jerome dweIt at length upon the
testimony of Mrs. William Thaw. the
all persons in the worJi. could 4I nave
told the real history OF the boy, vino
might have been excused had she at
dents she. might have recited.
But, he pointed out, there was
nothing Of any Irrational conduct in
t sne m ho,i,e testimony until Thaw
PIT, the girl he loved with devotion
that It seems to me presented strong
contrast to the girl herself. who had
been taken away from him and was
H~'A III iHe NanQS or the man who
mad Wronged her. Is there anytime
unusual In bis depression? Was it not
natural? There is no doubt about his
devotion TO, this young woman, who
mud peen taken away from him through
ftales winch accused him OF being an.
eccentric, rickety .rervert. What is
there IN The mothers TESTIMONY ia
show the INSANITY OF this defendant? q.
!, W. Jerome also declared that al
of Mrs. William Thaw never would
have consented tn her sons marrlage
rad she believed him INSANE. He read
again TO- the Jury the affidavit made
nv MIS-. Thaw last year.. In witch she
declared that for four generations in
the direct line OF descent there had
peen no epilepsy or trace OF Insanity
IN r., he. FAMILY Of the defendant. This
oHldhN,t swept foravcrS out OF the ca SO
all talk OF heredity. 4
Accepts Girls Story.
AIT: Jerome entered upon q detailed
sGro con ;iti Of the story told BY
S Z. '.,Il,I Nesbit Thaw.
IS no het matar she ]. was drngged not
part do not BELIEVE 1t. But L am
In Paris that she told him the story
she says she did Dragged or MOI.
that she was wronged--gross wrong
eds wholly true. That the places
n r. wen second and Twenty-fourtlli
Streets SHE has described to you ex-
Iiissled IS as true as that You are sit
Stns NJ That they We're mairtalne
!. BY q miserable lot OF deEenerates--
some of whom etlll live inasthIs CITY