The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
THAW ACQUITTED
But IS sent TO
INSANE ASYLUM
WHITE SLAYER NOT RATIONAL
WHEN HE SHOT DOWN STAN
FORD WHITE.
MIND TEST MAY FREE HIM.
No Recognizance Taken Of Present Con-
dtion and Commission May Find
Him Sane Now.

NEW YORK, Feb. l.--IIarry Ken
dali Thaw Of Iittsburg was today found
not guilty Of the murder Of Stanford
White, the great New York architect on
the grounds of insanity,
Justice bowling at once ordered him
confined in the state asylum for the
criminal insane at NattcaNan until suth
time as he can demonstrate TO the sa'lS-
faction of commission mat he is d SAFE
character 10 be ut large, This practical
u.s. means acqulttal for Ehaw as he UNI
aouhIrlly viii he found sane, judging
from the findings Of the former commas
SION which al the first trial declared the
,rl>uurr 10 bc rational
Jury Out IS Hours
Tie jury returned its verdict shortly
before / O'Clock today and had taken
fourteen ballots. The jury was out
twenty-five hours.
Mr. Littlctun. Thaw's counsel, filed an
rtc.utiou at once to Justice Downing
ruI.g which committed his client 70
Eajlcawan nj once and the justice WITH
drew Lis ruling until o'clock when by
agreement of couuse! the matter came
on. .ur argument.
l!s afternoon counsel for Ihaw an
n.-.rcd that they would make mo- move
fer commission at this time Or for
transfer 10 another asylum. II was an
nnuuc,d hat Thaw would leave FOR the
Alteavuu asylum on the la'9 O'Clock
Argue All Night
After having argued and baiIotod all
ul-.t Ip.g IN tie stuiiy little jury room
adjoining the chamber Of the criminal
I....a of the supreme court the IhaW
.Yr~ this morning heartily welcomed
u.r release from confinement, when
,uu.tly before : O'Clock they were taken
uptown 10 breakfast
Several Of the jurymen are we'll along
in wears and the all-nIght session seemed
Ia have gone badly with them. ih"lr
faces were drawn and tense and the
good nature and compunionship which
had been SO noticeable in TINS jury ever
since the panel was completed during
the first week If the trinI was gone.
No report with any degree Of authcn-
ITCHY filtered from the jury room tins
morning, and the opening OF court al
1920 a. m was awaited with much
anxiety as il was believed the Jury
might have some communication 10
make at that hour or that Justice DowI-
ing might send for them to AJAX # Ia"
cuuid be Of any service.
Baths fresh air and breakfast worked
a marked Improvement 10 the rondl'lnn
Of most Of III" jurors, aud when they Ir
turned to the criminal courtroom from
their hotel at 10 O'Clock MI seemed phys.
lcaily ut 10 continue 'hrF l''I"''"'I"H7
for some time 10 come
Thaw Sees Asylum.
Thaw, although late 10 bed, was MP
with the gray of dawn this morning.
and to his keepers i'm the Tpmhs "N
isI'u ne n't y''1 ,I,ro ,r,%,,' ",
l,.r.ro. rrtIrlu. last nigm that IN. rumur
dividing lBr mr.. : To- m favor Of ar.
um,tal on tie ground of insanity was
true. aud he felt todu, that The minority
uYItHt be- won over.
flaw seemed absolutely rccDncilcd ~
The fact that tie best he could hope
for was a term Of confinement in an
asylum. lie was convinced however. aud
so are his attorneys, that he would be-
able to win Ills way out Of an asylum in
a short while, col, the tests hc stood last
year when arrugnpd bolorr commits.
sion were quite convincing as 10 his
present ability To- prove his SuuuIur-- Of
reason.
Prisoner Restless All Night
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Everybody Seems SATISFIED