Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-03

New York, Feb. 2-Adjudged not
guilty Of murder of Stanford White
by reason Of insanity at the time the
fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall
Thaw Saturday was held by the court
to be 4 dangerous lunatic and was
whnied away to the State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane at AIattca-
wan.
Thaw fought vigorously against go
ing to the asylum, and up to within
Il short time before he was carried
away tried 10 have his lawyers enter
habeaS corpus proceedings. They re-
fused 70 do 50.
1t was q quick transition from the
dingy little cell in the Tomhs, which
had been the young mans home for
more than is months. to the white
beddcd wards or the big asylum tuck
ed away on the snOw-Covered sloping
banks of the Hudson river, 30 miles
above the city.
The verdict came after - hours Of
waiting and When everyone connect
Cd with the cas-" had abandoned al
hope Of an agreement ever being reach
Cd in this or any other trial. -Four
hours after the fOreman'S lips had
framed the words not guilty with
the accompanying insanity clause.
Tiaw, protesting he was sane, was on
his way to Matteawan.
A little after nightfall he had been
received in the institution under COM
mitment papers which directed his de-
tention until discharged by due course
of law
Thaw reached the court house at
1880 o'clock. Justice Bowling finally
arrived at 11.35 O'Clock and went to his
chambers.
it vas 124O when the persons who
were waiting outside had begun To
think that the trial would result in an
other disagreement. that the word was
brought from the jury room by Capt.
Lynch that the jury wished to make
a report to Justice Bowling.
In the court room waiting were Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw, and Josiah Thaw. q
half-brother of the defendant. Inc
other members of the family were not
in the building, but waited on the tel
ephonc to hear the result of the Jurys
25-hour dcliberatiOn.
They had to wait but three minutes
before the jury itself came from the
back Of the court room and filed into
the box where they had sat every day
except Sundays and Saturdays since
Jan. 6. In the meantime ThaW'S coun-
sci had come in. Dan OReilly hrSt
with a smile absent from his face fnr
almost the first time since the begin
ming If this trial; Peabody. soon at
tervard, and, following him, Littieton.
IOn -i,,.r int n
| that walked slowly up the side aisle
and took their seats in the jury box.
| Arthur Neathing. who sat in seat NO.
,. was apparently SO tired that he was
| almost on the verge of collapse.
| When Thaw had seated himself
| Clerk Penny gave the usual command.
..,Thr Jury will rise. Jury look upon the
| defendant. Defendant, look upon the
jury"
Have you reached a verdict. gem
tlcmen?" asked Clerk Penny.
| I'VE have" replied Foreman Grem-
nicls. 1--WE find the defendant. Harry
X Thaw. not guilty on the ground OF
his insanity at the time OF the COM
mission of the act
Thaw and his attorneys smiieo
| broadly and began to shake HANDS
Evelyn sat with her mouth open. linen
she checked and commenced to SOD, loi
the first time Size the beginning OF inc
! trial the tears trickled down her race
Then the silence was broken by n LOUD
| handclapping.
"Take that man into custody ano
keen him." said Justice Downing. one
of the court officers directly behino
Evelyn was sitting and took out q