The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-14
Will Bring Former Teachers, Ply
sicians and Nurses to Prove
Him Insane
Irrational at Times Before kiI|ing--EveIyn's Story
Quickened Fire Of Insanity and He Kill
ed White--PerfeCtly Sane Now

New York, Jan. 13-The Thaw
trial moved with a rush today. After
state had presented its direct case
and Assistant Attorney Garvin had
characterized the killing Of Stanford
White as a preEeditated, deliberate
end cowardly murder" Martin ~.
Littletcn, for the defense, made the
opening plea for the prisoner. His
promise of new evidence was sensa
tional and held the supreme attention
Of all in the court roonl. District AT
toraey Jerome, seemingly taken by
surprise. seated himself In the wit
ness chair better 10 hear the outline
OF the new defense. Mr.. Littleten
promised to forge a chaing Of circum
stances and to produce a line Of testi-
nony which will prove Harry X
Thaw undeniaby insane at the time |
OF the homicide. Evidence of heredi /
tary insanity and of strange, unusual !
acts OF 'fhaw not even hinted at dur |
ing the first trial was told of by Mr.. /
Littleton, who said that physicians /
and nurses who had attended rhaW
were huriying here from Europe that i
teachers of the defendant in child
hood would be on hand to give their
impressions OF "the wide-eyed distant L
boy" In conclusion Mr.. Littleton
challenged the district attorney to
produce Single reputable physician
who would say that Thaw was not in.
sane at the time he killed the noted
architect.
Mr.. Littletons speech fairly bristled
with surprises. He startled the court
room by declaring that after Evelyn !
Nesbit had told him her story in Paris |
in 1908, Thaw "drenched himself with t
a poison" and would nave died but s
for the heroic work OF three physi I
clans who labored over him all of one t
night Mr. Jerome had his surprise
to- offer too and when Mr.. Littletcn f
started to launch into the relations i
OF Stanford White with girl whom
Thaw married, the district attorney IT
was on his feet with an objection. q
Justice Bowling sustained him and
the name of the architect was not s.
linked again with that of the defend D
ants wife Mr. Littleton touched but e
lightly upon the girls story as she b
told Il to Thaw, but careful as he was or
on this point he again drew an objec- a
ton from the prosecuting officer who hi
said: T
"Mr. Littleton Is now straying into
a field Of stun which in my opinion .,
will be excluded" 81
Again Justice Bowling sustained the re
objection. 1t was reported at the be-
ginning of the trial that Mr. Jerome =,
would fight this year to exclude the re
OF young Mrs. Thaw. m
Mr. Littleton spared neither Thaw "a,
Tor his family in his recital of the de- Ico
'endants life history. During the
peech Thw saat wide eyed aud palid -,
coking fixedly at his counsel Toward 80
he close he seemed rather displeased -
With something that was said and 80
Gaming forward seribbled off a note. -
dr Littleton's speech was somewhat
ramatic and impassioned at times
nd was keenly followed by the jury :,
espite the rather frequent objec- -
ions from the states attorney that the :"
lights of oratory had no open state.
lent of facts.
Thaw's ancestry. marked by decided =
aints of insanity on both his fathers
nd mothers side. according to bis Q|
hief counsel. was drawn with great itl
are and then the defendant himself
as pictured as irrational. erratic and
isane as a boy, who oscillating be- ny
geen "starship a1d madness. be-
Concluded on Sixth Pager