Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-31
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that be did not know it was a pistol
he held in his hand when ne Ilreu WIN
good and deadly aim three puiiets INTO
the body of his victim; that ne must
have been so insane as not 10 know
that he. the man he killed, was stan
ford White, the one man in the world
whom he hated. and against whom ne
haa a motive for vengeance; that ne
must have been so insane as not TO
know that it was against the law 10
take n fellow beings life; that he must
have been so insane as not TO know
what the police officers wanted with
him when he voluntarily surrendered
himself to them and asked them to
take him quickly to the station house
with the added request that his
brother-in- law and an attorney be Sent
for; and lastly that he must have been
so insane as not to know the nature OF
quality of his act or that the act was
wrong.
Lacking these essentials the prosecu-
ton said the insanity Of the defendant
conceded TO have manifested ltSeit d.
certain times, had no standing uHdei
the law. Partial or incipient INSANITY
which does not rob the sufferer OF /"
perception of the acts he COMMITS ms
no recognition by the law.
Coming TO the conclusion of his long
address, which lasted throughout tHe
morning and afternoon sessions vi
court. Mr.. Jerome denounced IhaW III
bittereet terms as "a coward, Skulki!iS
beneath the petticoats of his wife, dt-
tcmntins to shield and save his worth
less life behind her shame.
Twice in his sanity" declared tie
nrosecutor, "he mas sat in this court
room and had her bare her shame III
all its pitiful nakedness to All tpe
world. Is such 4 man worthy ol even
the slightest consideration at yohi
hands"
Mr.. Jerome in opening declared th'
Case had been handled by him WIZ
some difficulty as he had had many
other matters Of Importance to attend
20 at the same time.
IT | had at any time lacked the
dignity that attaches to my olttce.
continued the prosecutor. III AT any
time | have shown any asperlty OF
lack of consideration, l can only say
now that / regret II. Any personal I'M
preston / have made or have no.
made should have no part whatever II
your verdict. You are not trying tht
district attorney. Any sneers he may
have made Is not evidence for tn'
people, and neither are they any evi
. n
when he killed Stanford White.
AS to the woman, If my manner
was one of disapprobation. that is no
evidence Neither / nor the woman |:
being tried here Harry Thaw is or
trial for the murder of Stanford White
and the defence IS that he was insane
on tho night Of June 25, 1905. that h
was not generally insane or is insan'
now. All you have 10 deal with is. al
! have to deal with, is whether or not
ut Il particular time and place this de
PENDANT was insane--whether whe!
he >ko; and killed Stanford White HI
knew that the act WAS wrong ant
against the law OF the land
II shall cndcavOr ccldly to diSsec
the evidence tn trace ii step by ste!
and - show you that the burden TIL,
law p!Gtes upon the defence of prov
ing the insanity Of this defendant has
not been met.
u shall endeavor> not to attack tn
learned counsel for the defence. ii
arraign the district attorney is old
very old. whether it comes from TIL,
mountains of Tennessee. the panhan
die Of Texas or the sunny slope Of th'
Pacific. You gentlemen understand i
and will not regard it seriously"
Martin w. Littleton, chief counse
for the defence. is a native of Tennes
STE and formerly lived in Texas
Mr.. Jerome declared that in tn,
case the only verdicts possible wer'
murder in tue first. or the second dc
gree, nlanslaushter in tho first degre
or not guilty on the ground of insan
ity. Murder in the first degree is pun
ishahle by death, in the second degre,
by life imprisonment and manslaugh
ter iii the first degree by mprison
nent not to exceed 20 years
The district attorney declared Thav
plainly had a motive for killing White
Every act of his for two or three year
before the tragedy pointed TO his deadr
i~tc VI W bltt. IndW UcllsNed tnat W nit
had druGsed and nyistreated lis wife. h
knew that White had kept hin, out of ;
New York club, he knew that White la,
threatened his life, IL the stage door ma,
Is TO be believed, and he knew that jus
month before the tragedy White hat
told May Mckenzie that he heard Thav
and Evelyn were not living happily to
Hether and he would get the girl back.
1t matters not whether You believe til.
girls story of the dragging or rot dc
clared Mr.. Jerome.
1T Is certainty that a great wroni
was done--a wrong that cried out for ven
geance. II is for you to pass judgn,en
as to the drugs-I say nothing hut the
relations of this midtle-aged marie,
man with the girl of Is cry out t,
Heaven ana no decent man can say 4
word III deferce. | certainly have no in.
tention of doing 50. But Il there was n
motive in the heart Of the defendant