The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-01-14

tain that shut out that family his
tory.
He named the relatives OF Thaw who
were insane or had a mental weak
nees of one kind or another. There
was surely taint in the Thaw fam
lily, and Thaw could not escape II.
The fever that burned in his blood
when he was born would burn until
no died, was the way Mr.. Lttleton
expressed II. He was an erratic child,
subject to convulsions and Sc. Vitus
dance; when he waa six years oid
no could not talk, at least he could
not talk language that a school teach
er could understand. He went TO
schools and was wild-eyed and erratic.
He osclllated between brilliancy
and madness since he was boy" was
Mr.. Littleton's description. Wit
nesses would be brought from London,
Paris and Monte Carlo to show that
Thaw was insane, Mr.. Littleton said.
This country had been combed for
witnesses TO bear out the defense and
after hearing Mr.. Littleton name the
measures that have been taken TO
build up the defense no one will doubt
that good sized fortune has been
disposed OF TO save Thaw.
Mr.. Littleton's presentation OF what
he says he will prove was commented
upon favorably, II there was quite a
bit OF what seemed to be unnecessary
oratory thrown In. IL took him an
hour and n half. and when he got
to keep Thaw out of the madhouse
II he produced all the evidence he
said he would. I'VE vii, cross that
bridge when we come 10 It," he said,
In his speech to the. jury Mr.. Little
ton said that he hoped that Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw, Thaw's mother,
would be able to be a witness She
was very sick with rheumatism ana
heart trouble, but she was improving
and would make every eff6rt to come
from Pittsburg to aid her son.
A few times In Mr.. Littleton's
speech Thaw showed signs OF .ner-
vousness and exeitability. Several
times he spoke to lawyer Peabody.
who sat next to him, and once he
started to laugh, which MIR. Peabody
cut short promptly, The only mem
bers Of his family in court were his
half brother, Josiah Thaw, and his
sister, Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie.
They sat in what has been named the
Thaw pew, most of the time looking
downcast. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw heard
MIR. Littleton's speech, although she
was not In the courtroom. With the
other witnesses she had been exclud-
ed In the morning, but during at least
part OF Mr.. Littleton's speech she
listened at a door TO the courtroom.
1t took Mr., Garyan. just twenty min
utes to tell the Jury in a straight
forward matter of fact way, what the
prosecution intended TO put to the jury
to convince them that Thaw was
guilty OF murder. After the usual
word OF praise for the jury, Mr.. Gar
van asked that no personal feeling
or difference be allowed to interfere
with fair verdict. The purpose OF
the criminal law enforcement was not
retribution or revenge or expiation.
It was for the protection of society,
and to serve as a notice to all who
crime that they could not
break the laws of the state without
being punished.
by every rule Of law" said Mr..
Garvan. "it Is the contention of the
people Of the state of New York that
the defendant committed a premedi-
lated, deliberate. cowardly muraer on
that night. At the conclusion of this
case we will ask You for verdict OF
murder in the first degree"