The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-02
THAW IS SENT
TO MAT1EAWAN
NEW YORK STATE ASYLUM FOR
CRIMINAL INSANE is LO-
GATED THERE.
ADJUnCED NOT GUILTY
OF Murder Of White On Ground Of
insauity---Judge Dowiing De- 4
clared Harry Dangerous
to Publio Safety.
New York. Feb. l.a-AdlnlsI


New York, Feb. l,--Adluds~ not
guilty of the rnurGer Or Stanford
White by reason Of insanity az the
time the fatal shots were fret Harry
Kendal Thaw today was held to be a
dangerous lunatic and was whirlcd
away to the state hospital fcl' clip-
inal insane at Mat;ewal. Tho yer
t'ict came after twenty-five hours Of
waiting and when every enc called
With the case had abandoned all hope
tf an agreement eTer ching reached
ia this or any ct.er trial
Four hours artor the foreman's lips
Rad framed the worG3 not guilty
with the accompanying clause. Thaw
rotcsting that he vas sane was on
his way to Mattewau a little after
liebtfaH he had been received in the
restitution under commitment papers
which directed his detention until
discharged by due course Of law"
SO moro unwilling patient ever
aade icgrney to a scata Institution.
Thaw's train on it's way to FisfkiN
landing whore a carriage was taken
to Matteawan passed beneath the
very walls Of grim Sing Sing, but a
no time since his arrest on the night
ri rrne n. 1S0G had Thaw ever held
90 thought that he would see the in
slle Of that famous prison, and he
hoedad II not
fs-1s -,,-A a, am tla ,.rrr,Is ,af ura
uittal brought Thaw to his feet in
Ra court room and he awswardly. al
aest haughtilye bowed his acknowt
dgamcnts to the iuryman az they
were discharged bY the court a smile
asaFed sbout MS patiia saafRrss saaa
here was every reason to believe
hat he was entirely pleased with the
nutcome.
II was after he had heard the wores
II Justice Bowling committing him
20 Matteawan on the ground that his
eelease, in the opinion or the conrs
would endanger public safety and
after citation of the verdict had died
way. that Tbaw rebelled He com
handed his attorneys Immediately to
sue out a writ OF habeas corpus to
have his sanity tested before he was
sent away to the institution whore the
insane Of criminal tendencies We're
confined.
Mrs. William ThaH, from her hotel.
where she had received over the
telephone the news Of the trials end,
ioined ia the demand of her son. Mar
IN w. ittleton chieT COUNSEL for the
defense finally prevailed against the
wishes Of the mother indicating to
hor that he believed II would he bet
tsr for the present ta cDey t7e man-
date Of the court The prisoners
consent was not won until ar a
lively scene with his cornsel and his
wife. the latter pleading with him for
more than m hour To be content for a
time at feast with what fate had
given him.
Under promise that some action
would speedily be taken looking 10
tho appointment OF commission to
inquire into bis present sanity or for
his transfer to private institution
whore his wife and other members Of
rs family might, reside With him,
Thaw consented 70 go without furtner
protest.
Thaw. was accompanied from the
Tomls b the Grand Central railway
station by his wife and Josiah Thaw
his brother. Attorneys A. Russell
Peabody and Daniel OReiliy went
g5th him to Ma'teawan.