The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-07
THAW TO
ASYLUM
JURY DECLARED HIM NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER.
SLAYER OF STANFORD WHITE
HELD BY COURT TO BE
DANGEROUS MAN.

New York, Feb. 3.-Adjudged not
guilty of the 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 a dangerous lunatic and was
whirled away to the state hospital for
the. criminal insane at Matteawan.
| 1t was quick transition from the
dingy little cell in the Tombs which
had been the young mans home for
more than 10 months to the white
bedded wards of the big asylum tucked
away on the snow covered, steep
banks of the Hudson river, 80 miles
above the city.
The verdict came after rs hours of
waiting and when every one connect
ed with the case had abandoned all
hope of an agreement ever being
reached in this or any other trial. Four
hours after the foreman's lips had
| framed the words mot guilty" with
J the accompanying insanity clause,
, Thaw, protesting he was sane, was on
} his way to Matteawan. A little after
. nightfall he had been received in the
institution under commitment papers
which directed his detention until
discharged by due course of law"
70 No more unwilling patient ever
% made journey to state institution.
IS Thaws train ON it's way to Fishkill
e. landing, where carriage was taken
I'd to Matteawan, passed beneath the
TX walls of grim Sing Sing, but at no
~ time since his arrest on the night OF
ct June Is, 1906, had the young Pitts
Ill burger millionaire ever held the
ne thought that he would see the inside
y. of that famous prison, and he needed
it not.
The first thrill of the words of &C
~ quittal brought Thaw to his feet Ii
~ the courtroom, and with that lack o.
grace of action which always has
a. characterized his movements, he awk
49, wardly, almost haltingly, bowed hi
70 acknowledgements to the ~ jurors al
- they were discharged by the court
smile played about his pale features
and there was every reason to believ
that he was entirely pleased with tn
outcome. 1t was after he had hear
AK the words of Justice Bowling commit
g. ting him to Matteawan, on the groun
Inc that his release, in the opinion of tn
cir court, would endanger the public SAT-
Xix ty and after the citation of the verde
Ind had died away, that Thaw rebelled.
of Justice Bowling, it is said, had bee
On; consulted in the matter before he ha
md signed his order of commitment, an
is informally had advised Thaw's couns
lec- against making immediate contes
The prisoners consent was not VIC
until after a lively scene with h
counsel and his wife, the latter plea
for ing with him for more than an hour
.: be content for a time at least vii
,, O. what fate had given him.
hin; On his way to Matteawan, Thaw di
sao tated the following authorized stat
"" ment to representative of the Ass
90. ciated Press:
81 am perfectly sane now, but
act am going to Matteawan on the advi
title. of my counsel, who thought it unwi
to sue for a writ of habeas corpus
this time Counsel will proceed in t
matter of my release just as soon
oun they can get together the proofs tn
900, w. - .asont 49, ~, s+o1, Of M
o"u' teawan will be for short period
time only
,.,,, Brief History.
faot April %, 1905-Thaw and Evel
ali Nesbit married in Pittsburg.
&C June 25, 1906-Thaw killed White
LEE. January %, 1907-First trial beg
!. Y. before Justice Fitzgerald.
February 2, 1907-Jury complete.
February Z, 19O7-Evelyn Thaw te
lmer jury of wrongs by White.
from March 26, 1907-Lunacy commiss
s OF appointed.
S.