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said, and remained quiet even when his
counsel was describing him as a mad
mana thing that frequently happened.
Mr. LittIeton's Address.
Littleton opened his address with the
statement that the defendant was ar
raigned on a charge OF murder in the
first degree and that it was the burden
OF the State to prove thar the crime was
one to which the law Of the land applies
a frst-degree specification.
But the law permits the accused 10
offer supplemental plea to his answer OF
not guilty OF the charge mad8. said Lit
Teton. This underlying plea OF insanity
/ that such was his affection, that he was
/ not responsible for what he did, his ac-
! tons We're not voluntary. but were i'm
PEELED by forces Of undeniable power, a
force beyond control and knowledge.
! In this plea IL rests also upon the
district attorney to show beyond a doubt
| that this defendant was sane and knew
what he was doing when the awful crime
with which ne is charged was committed.
/ 1t is not enough that doubt should be
cast By innuendO. by slurTing comment, by
/ Inference. or insinuation. Justice demands
/ that evidence OF fact be produced
/ The pleader said # was not thu inteu
/ ton Of the defense 10 befoF. bewilder. o.
deceive the jury with any defense not
/ specified by law, or that was beyond the
| grasp Of sound reason, This was a slap
at the 'dementia Americans" and hid
/ den unWrittcn law Of the last trial
| We come before YOU and ask what any
/ American boz is entitled 20 ask OF any
American jury continued the lawyer, his
voice rising.
No Evidence OF sanity.
The district attorney called firemen.
! policemen. and an engineer 10 tell you
whether this defendant was sane the night
of the killing Of Stanford White" went or
Littleton, but did they say he was saue2
| They said he was rational Are there
not periods OF nationality in the chaos OF
| insanity?
! 4 will show you how we have pro-
duced the fact of this unfortunate boys
mental esponsibuity"
/ A dissertation on the law Of heredIty.
| OF parental influence. and the sensitive or
/ ganism Of a person born TO such infiu-
! ences was eloqueatly given. This led to
a review Of Harry ThaW's tainted ances-
| try, a picture Of the aged mother laying
bare the secrets OF her heart and family
ard the great misfortune OF one born TO
such cOnGt ions.
At mention Of her own and her hus-
bands relatives dying or confined IN in
sane asyIums Mrs, William Thaw dropped
her black veil and folded her arms IN
resignation.
The letter written by Mrs William
Thaw TO Abram Beck In 1881, when she
pleaded with the Pennsylvania school
teacher to bear with her son a while
longer. and expressing her fears that he
would be afflicted as was his uncle. was
cited by Littlet0n as answer 70 Jerome's
reading Of her AFFIDAVIT in the lunacy
proceedings last year IN lieu OF cross
examination.
Mothers Fears shown.
This letter comes fiuttering across the
space OF twenty-five years" said Little
ton 1T is written in the hand Of this
boys mother. and lays bare her fears to
the splendid schoolmaster, who was try
ing to shape the unfortunate boys mind
to some definite purpose. I think this let
ter Is an answer 10 the affidavit Of con
founding phraseology framed for special
proceedings and by a lawyer versed in the
perforation Of affidav!ts Of peculiar tech
meal construction.
Littleton said he was awaiting with
much interest to see how District Attor-
ney Jerome would meet the evidence OF
fact regarding the defendants mental
condition at the time of the shooting He
wanted to know why the array OF alien
lists placed on the stand at the last trial
were not summoned 10 give the value of
their learning TO the support of the states
contention that Harry Thaw was sane
when he shot Stanford White.
We have woven the unfortunate his
tory Of this defendants life" said Little
ton, who was not spaTing the family pride
In dwelling upon the insanity strata OF
the Thaws and Copleys.
Witnesses have related the facts that
show this nervous, unstable young man
to have been driven into the darkness of
an eclipse or left wandering and irrespon-
sble
That paresjs was the only form of in
sanity that could be correctly diagnosed
| by physicians and specialists was brought
out The lawyer called attention to the
experts statements that other branches
Of insanity and the cOntributory causes
were subjects Of speculation among men
who devote their lives to the study.
Why does not the district attorney
call the roll of the gallant alienists who
were here at the last trial." he cried.
'and not endeavor to slur into the testi-
mony doubts by inference ana inuendO?"
That Thaw had a gibberish Of his own
as a child was emphasized by his plead
ing counsel, who said il was not unusual
for a child 20 mispronounce words, or
make sounds that were uninteIlgible 10
hearers, but that ne should evolve a Ian
guage out Of the darkness of an unsound
brain was remarkable and a source of
wonder and bewilderment 10 men versed
in psychiatry
Knew Whites Reputation.
Littleton spoke for two hours at the
morning session. bringing the testimony
UP to the time of Thaws outburst on the
train near Albany That ne should call
out 'shyster. shyster. shyster!" In his de-
lirium at that time was logical deduc-
ton that It was suggested by his learning
OF Stanford White having taken Evelyn
Nesbit to Abe HummeI.
"Thaw knew the reputation OF that
man, said Littleton, AS did every other
man who moved around in New York. In
II unnatural for Us TO assume that the
trickery Of Hummel burned its imprint
into the dended boys weak brain?"
The attorney had not reached the point