The evening world., 1908-02-01

All sorts of rumors regarding dis
pgreements ana hopeless uiHereHce
among the twelve men edded aJout th'
criminal Courts Building through th'
forenoon Al. OF sudden came tHS
news that The jury WAS coming IN
There was a rush to get inside the
courtroom.
: Besides the reporters. probably sew
enty-fve spectators. ali men. found
places in the big court chamber. ThH
lawyers on both sides sought their
seats. Evelyn Thaw ana Josiah Tina"
came in from a side door. There we're
curious rcd and white patcaes Oh their
cheeks and she was trembling so thdt
her little gold bracelet on her left wrist
J1ngled audibly.
Thaw Eager to Learn Fate.
Cant. Ricketts,, Of the Court SQUAD
swung open the rear door throlsn u
(which fled the twelve jurors. tired and
hungry and s,eepy loyA!nE. with mussei
chair and Fuckers about the corners OF
tdhe.r eyes The hustle oc .Eeir entrance
'Dlad not subsidized when TAaw came IN,
accompanied bv a deputy. lie walked
lrapidIy to mis- chair inside the railing,
.springng forward ON his toes with
curious eager gait
He smiled toward the jury. showing
,snll of his teeth. He did not look toward
SINS wife. lie dropped his overcoat from
ih.s shoulders where ne had been carry
: ing ii as an Indian carries blanket
and sat himself on the edge OF the
tchair There was a strange dark red
S1ush under the customary yellow.sh
sgailOr of his checks.
Jdstice Dowlings voice broke the
Rush that followed. He ordered the OF.
: 1ccr TO close the doors and to sup
Spress any demo stration that might be
TIE Justice already knew
Z Haat the verdict would be lie nodded
Ato Clerk Penny
Reading the Versict.
Jury" said Penny. look upon the
! defendant Defendant look upon the
Jury.
THE twelve men rose up. Thaw
tytood straight up with his shoulders
tsquared. staring hard al the foreman.
Gentlemen" asked the Justice, have
you agreed upon a verdict?"
We have" said Mr.. Gremmes, the |
foreman. with a quaver OF nervousness
in his voice.
Clerk Penny gave the order fos the
reading of the verdict.
CHANGING at a slip OF paper which he
Weld in his hand Mr. Gremmels read
rhese words:
we. the jury, find the defendant not
guilty as charged in the indictment on
the ground OF the defendants insanity"
The biggest criminal trial OF recent
years was over
From the crowd in the courtroom
came long sigh. one slender young
man. with yellow hair. who sat lust
behind Thaw, put his hands together
TWO or three times In the silence the
sounded like a pistol vol
ley.
Bring that man here" said Justice
DowlinG
Cap. Lynch yanked the impetuou.
young person out OF his chair and
drilled him forward. holding him Sc
curely by his collar. {
Selfish In His Joy.
At the last word of the verdict Harry
Thaw had dropped back In his chair
with satisfaction written In big letters !
all over his face. He threw up his c
head, shook his hair back like swim I
lner emerging from n long dive He did s
not offer to shake hands with his law !
yers. HIS Joy was all for himself
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw threw up both
her ylenched hands and held them tight
n =a!nst her breast Ike person taken
Snort OF breath. Her lips parted and
between them one could see her teeth
Josiah Thaw's solicitude was for his
eister-in-law, rather for the half brother
who had just been acquitted. He
slipped his arm back OF the slender blue
Glad figure as if he feared that the
young wife might be on the verge OF
fain'inG. But she rallied her will and
sat quietly enough through the rest of
the pro ceiling.
Liberty Would Endanger Others.
Justice Bowling said this to the Jurors: I
"GcntIcmen. wish 10 thank YOU FOR l
y our eonfcirntious fair and impartial
consideration Of the heavy burden which ,
dnvcved upon you. You have faithfully :
and traiy dis 'hargcd your oaths and
you have done your fun duty as citizens
o. the state"
Then, loo. ing directly nt Thaw, the
Justice si!i:
The jur" having found q verdict that ]
tQ!s defendant is not guilty OF the MUIR !
dor or Stanford White on the ground OF ;
insanity, 1t now devolvcs upon this {
Court to take certain action. The testl- I
;nouy, as brought out b" the defense ,
proves conclusively that this defendant
has suffered and still suffers from the {
form OF insanity known as man c-de-
pr'ssiyc.