The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
WHIRLED AWAY
TO MATTAWAN
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station by his wife and Josiah Thaw.
his brother. Attorneys A. Russell Pea
body and Daniel OReilly went with him
to Matteawan.
Littleton Talked Plainly.
Mr.. Littleton is understoon to have
talked very plainly to Thaw while the
subject of suing out a writ of habeas
| corpus was under discussion.
Upon an exception filed by Mr.. Lit
Teton, Justice Bowling had granted a
! delay until O'Clock in the execution
of the commitment papers so that coun-
sci might consult with the defendant.
Mr.. Littleton informed Thaw, it was
stated that there is such a thing as
| public sentiment i'm New York City"
But / shall not go to Matteawan!"
Thaw is reported to have repeated many
| times.
You viii have to co. replied Mr..
/ Littleton.
Daniel O'Reilly joined in this decision.
1t was remarked later that Mr. Lit
/ Teton went neither to the station nor
| TO the asylum with his client. He was
| said to be well-nigh worn out, how
| ever, from his arduous work during the
/ trial, which was rushed to its conclu-
/ sion at highest possible speed, and with
| the trying wait for a verdict.
! Thaw had no opportunity to bid his
mother farewell. The courts order
/ commanded forthwith" and Deputy
| Sheriff Bell, who had him in charge,
was anxious to take the first train lead
/ ing up the Hudson. Both the mother
and Evelyn Thaw will visit Matteawan
on Monday, all visitors being barred
/ from the institution on Sundays.
! Daniel O'Reilly announced at Fish
kill Landing tonight that when a writ
of habeas corpus is sued out in Thaws
/ behalf-if such action shall be decided
upon in the near future-the applica-
/ ton probably will be made at Pough-
! keepsie, N Y, the county seat of
/ Duchess county, in which Matteawan is
! situated.
Cheered by Crowd.
/ Thaw was cheered by crowd of sew
eral hundred persons as he was whirled
away from the Tombs in his wife's au-
! tOmobile If he heard, he paid no heed.
/ The machine was so filled with depu-
| ties and members of counsel that neith-
| er Thaw nor his wife was visible to the
waiting throngs. 1t was at first planned
| to have Thaw enter the automobile from
the criminal courts building, but the
crowd in White street became so dense
/ the chauffeur was directed to drive into
/ the Tombs yard. The party then crossed
I the bridge of signs leading to the pris-
on and entered the waiting vehicle
without trouble. Few people at the
/ Grand Central station knew of Thaw's
coming, and the party was little noticed
in the rush of the weekend throngS
bound for the suburbs. A special car
was attached TO the regular 4:39 ex-
press over the New York Central, but
there was a fifteen-minute delay in the
departure Of the train. Thaw smoked
and talked with his counsel through
out the journey.
Closing Events Come Rapidly.
From the moment that word came
from the jury room at 12:40 p. m. that
a report was about TO be made, the
closing events of the famous case
moved almost with cyclOnic rapidity.
For a day and a night there had been
absolute silence on the part of the
jury. Not a suggestion or report OF
any sort had come TO the court, and
when Justice bowling came down to
his chambers late in the morning, he
announced that he would not send for
the jury until they sent for him.
The report of last night that the jury
stood to for acquittal on the ground
of insanity persisted up to the very
time ii announced its intention of COM
ing into court, and all concerned with
the case had abandoned hope of def
mite conclusion of the second trial.
Few spectators were allowed in the
room and an incipient demonstration
was stopped by the officers when they
arrested Theodore Roosevelt Pell, for a
burst of applause. Pell was fined SIS
by Justice Bowling for contempt of
court. He had only check book with
him and was held in custody until
friends could be summoned.
Generalization All Around.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and Josiah Thaw
were the only members of the prisoners
family In court when the verdict was
announced. The young woman thanked
individually each member of the jury
and followed Mr.. Littleton's example in
shaking hands with them. All of the
defendants counsel were elated with the
verdict and declared 1t was just what
they had hoped for. District Attorney
Jerome was almost as well pleased
himself. He had cOntended from the
first that ThaW was medically If not
legally insane and his efforts this year
had plainly not been directed toward a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
Mr.. Jerome congratulated Mr. Littleton
and both counsel and jury Joined in
congratulations to Justice Victor ].
Bowling, who presided at the trial with
so much satisfaction to both sides.
The jury expressed their thanks to
the Judge for his kind interest In all
matters affecting their comfort, ana de-
clared it had been a pleasure to serve