Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-16
The THAW TRIAL.
It Is Now On In Earnest to
the Finish.
No One Expects Death Sentence.
and Mrs. Thaw is Sanguine
of Acquittal.
(By special wire to the ARaUs.)

(By special wire to the ARaUs.)
New York, Jan. 13.-When Harry
Thaw entered the court room this
morning his dark face was dawn and
lined and his general appearance and
manner showed the anxious recess he
had spent.
The prosecution opened with it's
statement of the case to the jury, which
was brief.
When Harry entered the court room
and his wife already present in the
the court room. His mother is ex-
pected to be able to come this week,
and has written Harry to that effect.
The taking of testimony for the
prosecution will begin with opening of
the afternoon session today.
Harry Thaw is now face to face with
the full jury that will do n of four
things with his care:viz convict him of
murder, render q verdict of insanity;
acquit him, or fail to agree. Hardly
any one expects him to be condemned
to the electric chair. Thaw himself
had rather be executed than sentenced
to the mad house, and while pleading
insanity at the time, his greatest fight
will be to keep out of the asylum.
Therefore many believe it will be a
prison sentence or a hung jury again,
in which latter event he would be re-
leased on bail. -- 49,
Still the hope of absolute acquittal is
not abandoned, especially by young
Mrs. Thaw. Both she and Harry are
in fine feather over the outlook.
1t is said that the defense will pro-
duce evidence at this trial more sensa-
tional than any at the first trial.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
began his ad dress to the jury shortly
after ten O'Clock and presented the
opening of the prosecution in a deter
mined manner. He was followed by
District Attorney Jerome, who severe
ly arraigned the prisoner.
The taking of testimony began after
the conclusion of Garv an's address, by
calling Walter Olkeming, a draughts-
man in J erome's Office, as first witness
this ate moon. His evidence vas as
to the plan Of the roof garden theatre
in which Thaw killed White.
New York, Jan, 14.-The generally
expressed opinion here today, which
after all does not count for much, is
that Hsrry Thaw's two best chances
are the electric chair or the Mattewan
Madhouse. Somehow his prospects of
freedom-even OF the contingency of
appear AS strong as yesterday morn
ing. Why, no one can really tell.
Perhaps the mans own detected de-
meanor and expression-due chiefly to
the absence of mother and wife from
his side-have much to do with the
opinion expressed by spectators,
The first witness today was DR.. J. T..
Deemar, of Pittsburg, the physician in
attendance when Harry Thaw was
born. Before he was called to the
stand insanity experts and detectives
for the defense arrived in court. DIR.
Deemar testified that Harry Thaw was
an unusually child; that there
was frequently a noticeable jerking of
his limbs. Said he knew his mother
before Harry's birth, and was we'll ac-
quainted with all the family. That
Thaw's uncle, Henry CopIey, is of un-
sound mind; had been insane six years.
That Henry Copley's father (Thaw's
maternal g~randfather) suffered from
imbecility. He instanced other evil
dences of observation-disclosures and de-
rangement in the family of Thaw's
people.
His testimony went to support the
plea of his lawyer that Harry Thaw
was born and bred a mailman. But
near the close the defense received a
setback in not getting all it wanted be-
fore the jury about John Ross, who was
The evidence this afternoon was
strong to show that Harry Thaw was
weak-minded while a school boy at
tending Wooster University in 1886, by
the tutor Of the Academic department
there. District Attorney Jerome
fought hard to exclude this testimony,
but the court ruled with the defense.
"TRIS DAY In HISTORY"