The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
PLEADS FOR
YOUNG THAW


his parents as q young man, and told
again the Incidents that the foreign
physicians testified to.
ssThe coming OF these physicians was
met with the usual sneers and insinu-
ations OF the District Attorney. that
they might be charlatans or shysters,"
said Mr.. Iittletcn. but when they
appeared before you there came not
word to question their standing and
reputation. Every witness we have
produced has been answered by sheer
or an snsinuation and in no other way.
3ut sneers ana insinuations don't meet
the requirements OF the law. which de-
mands evidence ana proof I want you
to hold the District Attorney to that
rule as hard as you have held mo to
the production Of proof.
sWhsxe ~ the Proess'
.swhere IL the District Attorneys
proof7 where are the scientists. the
hooks on Insanity with which he has
shown such thorough farniliarityin the
past2 where's the gallant band OF alien
lists thine Of them) who appeared at his
best at the last trial and are still
available? Where are they; why are
thew not here 10 answer our case? You
Gentlemen will remember that at the
onening OF this trial challenged the
pistrict Attorney to produce single
reputabie witness to say that Harry
K. Thaw was not insane when ne KILL
ed stanford White. ] repeated the
challenge day after day ana the pros.
ecuting officer evaded II. Now at last
he has laid down In the face OF it,"
when the luncheon recess was or
dered Mr.. Littleton had not vet reach
"a Thaw's meeting with Evelyn Nesbit.
The crowd that besieged the door Of
the court room at the beginning OF the
Afternoon session was nearly twice as
large as that at tAe opening OF co.s..
and the police maintained order IN the
Corridors with the greatest dificulty.
Resuminx his address. Mr.. Litueton
vasArred 10 the testimony OF Miss Alice
thatcher. OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton AZ washington, who had known
Thaw for twenty-six years ana VINO
told OF his irrational periods. He said
the District Attorney was a. q loss 70
answer tlils testimony, and did not
syen try 4 sneer or insinuation against
n. Mr.. Littleton then came to the
point of Thaw's life where he met Eve
| iyn Nesbit
20 scores Mr.. Jerome.
He condemned District Attorney Je-
rome for his treatment OF the young
woman on the witness stand.
~ don't know what the Judgment OF
ven gentlemen may be as to her NOR
ais. or as to any reprehensibllity or
| conduct. either with Stanford White or
| Mr.. Thaw," he proceeded, but the Dis
| triet Attorneys manner toward. her In
nav Judgment. exceeded anything she
deserved. There always was the note
81 savagsry and bitterness In his ex-
| ANIMATION OF her and in his comments
| upon her before the jury, which were
| not justified BY the facts Of this case
/ n has seemed to nee that Mr.. Jerome
| mas been more intent upon destroying
| this young woman than proving that
. .:rs we're the District ATTORNEY and
i had no other Testimony to destroy q
young woman with than that OF mis-
cradle little convict. the very vermin
| az The New York bar, would hesitate
/ 4 long time before asking twelve OF
/ my fellow citizens to hear the testt-
mony OF psrjursr whom convicted
myself.
arsv ana was put upon thu stage ~
fifteen. She told you OF her exper-
ience What was strange about I'll
Haven't you heard OF such things be-
fore2 Thaw came into her life and
loved her. He proved his love in the
gerateat way any man can. With all
that the District Attorney showed you
about her, what right did he have
to bend ali his activities against her.
vent all his bitterness upon her and
forget all his duties as to proving the
sanity of this manT'
Mr.. IdttIeton then cited the many
letters introduced in evidence as prov
ing that Evelyn Nesbit told Thaw her
story IN Paris Just as she told y upon
the stand. When she returned from
Europe in 1908 she encountered White,
who began to pour poison into her ears
! and who took her 10 Hummei--ot all
the peopIe IN the world--and had an
! anidavit prepared. II was significant
he said, that Hummel ana White
thought IL necessary only 20 photo
graph and preserve that part OF the
afIidavit which diaclained Whites re-
eponsibility for assault upon the girl
X showed the affidavit was prepared
solely to protect White against the
time vvhen she would return and I'M
dertalse action against him.
II have no word to offer against
Stanford White, II all his works ano
charities were set up here wouio
lba the last to tear them down, but ]
saw TO you with fact that he joined
hands with Abe Hummel and gave
this girl no chance to protect herselr.
.srhis HummeI afhdavit IL all they
have against her. They put out their
bitterness upon this unfortunate crea-
ture. who, whatever her sins may have
been, had borne her share IN the nsns
with fortitude that has cnaIenBeo
| OF manhood in his breast.
Tattletou Grows Eloquent.
..They win tell she was Immoral with
Thaw. Let him who Is without sin cast
the first stone Why she, OF All ~
the community, should be picked ou'
ana held up to scorn-this girl wnon
Thaw loved, and who consecrated ina ,
love with the sacred rites OF marriage.
Mr.. I,ittleton asked that Mrs. Tnaw
he judged only by what had been prov
"A AGAINST her and by the manner II
which she was reared, without the pro,
tacttna hand Of father or brotner httee
once in her behalf. $50. 4,
Mr.. Idttleton said Thaws letters e
Anthony Comstock his VIII ana the co
dicil ali were evidence OF the menta
A,aorder In the Comstock Ietter
there was no note OF revenge. but rain
AZ the note Of disorder, the belieI Una
he nnuat take up the grievances OF 81
thA vot,nr women who had or had no
$1,000 ,vronRs in the 24th Street stu
dio house. ...a,sA.l,
-eSadin9 the tragedy. Mr.. Littletoi
said there was increasing eVlGo !.
a maniacal outbreak, put notnIns y
| Indicate the contemplation OF muras.
Al 10 James Clineh Smiths testlnon'
eoucarninR Thaw's rational cohVers -
tIon on Madison Square GARDEN mt
fIttlAton said 1t was unreliable 70 50
are Ieast. but could be perdoneo %
ssu.s AZ the feeling OF bitterness en-
tsrtained by the brother-in-ia"
white - A.. A.