The evening world., 1908-02-01

= few minutes Of privacy with hsr hus
band She was weak and sick. Sh
seemed on the edge of a total collapse
Thaw. walking up and down with a,
uniit cigar between his lips, was In ia
oetter shape.
The Commitment.
Justice Bowling before adjournin,
court entered this order upon the min
utes;
Tile defendant on his trial on sait
indictment having been acquitted by the
jury on the ground OF insanity and tn,
Court being certified OF the fact anc
tie defendant being in custody, and the
Court deeming his discharge az this
time wouli be dangerous to the public
safety, it is ordered that the said Harry
h Thaw be detained in safe custody
and be sent to Matteawan State Hos
pital there to be kept in said hospital
In,!I hence discharged by due course
OF law. 1t is further ordered that the
Sheriff Of the County OF New York
do forthwith convey the sad Harry k.
Thaw to sad hospital"
From the courtroom the jurors went
direct to the room upstairs where they
nad reached their verdict. There they
informed the reporters that they had
decided to stay together until their re
/ turn 10 the Hotel Kul,kerbocher. where
! they We're housed during the trial.
Jurors Take Oath OF Secrecy.
Foreman Gremmels also said that the
jurors had entered into an ironclad
agreement not to tell anything OF their
deliberations inside the courtroom II
was learned, however. that fourteen
ballots lad been taken. The first bal
lot was taken early yesterday after
noon. after the twelve men had gone
informally reviewed al the main points
in he testimony. This 'allot stood
eight for acquittal on the ground OF
INSANITY and four for conviction for
murder or manslaughter in one of the
several degrees
The four who voted for conviction
were Gremmels, Holbert. Arrowsi.tth
and McHugh. one by one the majority
won over the minority. until at II
O'Clock last night. when the tenth bal
lot was taken. the jurors stood II for
acquitta and one for conviction for
mansIaughter, Mr. Holbert being the
man who cast TIE solitary ballot.
Last Man Won Over.
There We're three more ballots with
out any change this morning, and then
at l23O Mr.. Holbert decided TO vote for
an insanity verdict. and the foreman at |
once sent Capt. Lynch to the Justice |
with word that the Jurors had agreed |
There We're no such quarrels as
marked the deliberations of the first |
Thaw jury. Mr.. Cary and Mr. Homer
No. IL. were said TO have been the
leaders OF the faction which finally |
won out
Thaw's lawyers went direct 70 tho
sher!rs Office. where Thaw was heinz
detained. He could not well he re-
turned to the Tombs as, under tNs
ruling OF the Court, he was now in ths
custody of the Sheriff and not Of the
Warden OF the prison. ''''
Preparing for a Fight.
Mr. Littleton. while on his way up to
see Thaw. said 10 an Evening World re-
porter.
Il will hold a conference at once with
my client, then l will go to see Mrs.
rhaw, the mother. and on my return
VIII confer with the other lawyers In
the case, and we will decide whether or
not to make application for a writ OF
habeas corpus. Tbs would act as a
lea ast."
1t was evident from Mr.. Littleton's
manner that he personally believed that
,he best place for Harry Thaw was in
Asylum. In fact, he'd
dropped a few words to that effect un-
nicially.
When the lawyers for the defense
Iea ched the Sheriff's office they found
Thaw and his wife there Thaw was
'nsistent that Littleton should go at
oonce before Supreme Court Justice
Ne"nurger and apply 'or a ha5eas cor
been drawn up yesterday in anticipation
or Just such denouement as Justice
bowling brought about
Orders LittIeton to Get Writ.
Standing m the middle of the floor
WIN eXultat!on shining from every one
u u ms features Thaw; in the tone of a
,iet ,icdoi,ous eneral address well,
-ittIetpn to use all diligence in getting
before NeWburger.
Llttleton promised him that he would
go at once TO the Supreme Court. but
II the door he stopped for a word with
friend Thaw watched him impa-
ticntly tnr moment and tnen called
"Mr. Iittleton, aren't you goi g TO the
Supreme Court 10 get that writ"
Yes. in a moment" said Littleton,
But you do not seem to be going,
lerceptibly" said Thaw, chewing on his
'!gar stump.
reporter for The Evening World
saw Thaw and his wife in the Sheriff ;
lffce imme 'iatoly after littleton had
eft TO go to tine Lorraine Both de-
lined 70 talk. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
was lying on a sofa. badly unnerved.
rhaw was trotting back and forth
NTH a nervous stride, The smile that
rad come to his face when he heard
he verdict was st!ll there. He APP
leared 10 entcrtain no rea! Eneasiness
'egarding the Imminent probability OF
Iis trip TO Matteawan.