Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-01-31

know he asked that some one telephon,
to George l.. Carnegie, that he didn'
know what he was saying when h,
asked the policeman if White wa'
dead"
Evelyn's Sacrifice.
Referring to the sacrifice the wife
made to save Thaw. Mr.. Jerome said:
I'VE in America are generous, Mr.
Litteton told us, and that is so. The
mantle Of marriage covers and hides
the past. But what think you of the
man who tears the mantle away to re-
veal years Of depravity and shameless
ness?
"This girl says she refused to marry
Thaw because, poor little waif of the
theaters, she did not want to drag him
down to her level. She who had been
the breadwinner of family, she who
had been hunted by many men. she
who had never had chance in her
whole forlorn life-she, say, made for
this man supreme remuneration that
is unsurpassed in the realms of ro-
nance!
And what did he do in return?"
! Numbered Jerome, turning and point
ing his fingers into Thaw's face. ''Tll
tell you what he did This miserable
creature, this pervert, this degenerate,
! took this poor little waif away from
her mother, and he Haunted her
through the capitals of Europe as his
mistress. That was what you did for
her, you misera BILE creature!'
Thaw shrunk back in his chair: then,
rallying. he seemed on the point Of
speaking, but Peabody put a restrain
ing hand on the prisoners shoulder,
and Thaw settled back and remained
quiet.
Wife His CowardIy Refuge.
"Show me-" Jerome continued. amy
thing unnatural in the acts of this
man rs he carried this poor girl over
Europe. And here is the point. Had
he hurried home when he first heard
of the girls story and killed the raw
Usher he might have been excused in
higher court than this court; but, gen.
tlemen, he waited three years, and
then, having killed his hated enemy,
this low, groveling creature takes ref
uge behind the petticoats of a woman.
Not once, but twice, he drags his wife
here to this stand, and there this cow
ard forces her to bare her own pitifui
shame in an effort to save him from
his deserts.
Now, that man comes to you and
says, 1 have always been nervous, I
have always been pallid. l have al
ways had bullying eyes, had the tan
trums at school, sulked and howled
when wanted to be taken away, and
so was not responsible when l killed
Stanford White
"The burtien of propf of unsoundness
Of mind rests upon the defendant.
Concede that he was crazy in school,
crazy in Rome, Monte Carlo, Paris and
London, crazy in the parlor car neal
Albany-no one claims for Thaw that
he has been crazy all his life, all his
thirty-six years. His counsel does not
claim that he is crazy now nor that he
was crazy year ago as he sat in this
courtroom.
What you gentlemen of the jury
must decide is whether Thaw was i'm.
sane at the time he committed the
crime charged in the Indictment. (
Tho Supreme Test.
did he know that there sat STAN
ford White? Did he know that he
walked toward him? Did he know
that he drew a revolver from his
pocket? Did he know that it was re.
volver? Did he know his act in dis
that revolver into the body OF
the man he hated?
Did he know those things on the
night of June %, 1906? If he did
know. then any tantrums at school.
any cratic conduct at Monte Carlo.
are without the slightest weight
Mr. Jerome dwelt upon the fact that
seventeen years elapsed between the
time of Thaw's i'll behavior at school
and the night he gave August Weber,
the butler, SIS for bringing him ciga-
rettes and Scotch whisky. He said:
Was there no circular insanity dur
ing that period? No manic Oppressive
no illumination?
Funny, was it not. that this man
should be permitted to have his own
house in Washington. TO manage his
own vast estate. was never examined
by a physician? He had a group of
relatives of strong character: his moth
er. his brothers, his father. too. was in
his lifetime a man OF strong mind, yet
none ever asked a physician to deter
mine Harry Thaw's fitness to be free"
Suicide Attempt q Fake.
Mr.. Jerome asked why Banker Lyon.
Thaw's banker: Josiah Thaw. Roger
OMara and others who knew Thaw
were not called TO testify to his insan-
ity.
Would Mrs. Thaw-you saw her-a
woman Of strong character. have con-
sented to the marriage Of a lunatic
SOM Mr.. Jerome asked. Would
Lawyer LOngfellow have taken fees
from a crazy client for the years of
biz majority
The attempt at suicide in Paris was
described as a fake. II was the act Of
/ miserable. cOwar,ily. drunken fellow
trying TO scare a girl 10 death and fax
ng in his drunken sickness the actions
" would l,e suicide, the district attor-
lsy declared
In closing Mr.. Jerome said:
4 believe Evelyn Thsw's story in its
essential details is true. I believe now
hat there we're such places as she de-