Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-13
JERONE'S CONVENTIONS UPHELD
Court Rules That Prisoner Was In
sane at Time of Killing. is Insane
Now and That public Safety Would
be Endangered by Setting Him at
Large.

(By Associated Press.)

WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, Aug. II
Harry X. Thaws latest attempt TO
gain his liberty met with complete
and disheartening defeat today wnen
Supreme Court Justice Isaac y. Mills
dismissed the writ of habeaus corpus
petitioner would be dangerous to the
public peace and safety" The sign
ing of an order sending Thaw back
to Matteawan is all that remains to
complete the failure of this latest APP
peal to the courts.
There is no crumb of comfort for
Thaw in the 1000 word opinion
handed down by Justice Mills today
All the contentious of District At
is declared that Thaw is still insane.
and still as much paranoiac as on
the day he shot Stanford White.
Thaw Receives News Calmly.
Thaw, awaiting in the White Plains
pail. at the rear of the court house
where the decision was filed, received
the ners with outward calmness. The
members Of his family and his attorn-
ey seemed stunned by the thorough
mes of their defeat.
Thaw declined to give out any ex-
tended statement, contenting himself
with the assertion that his next eff
forts, will be directed upon the Court
of Appeals. through which he ex-
poets to secure a hearing before a
jury in his effort to have his COM
mitment to Matteawan set aside.
The case before the Court of APP
peals is one which has been under
consideration for some time
Justice Mills in his opinion today
reaches three formal conclusions:
That Thaw was insane when he killed
White; that he has not yet recovered.
and that public peace and safety
would be endangered by setting him
at large He upholds District At
torney JerOme's contentious that
Thaw still cherishes decisions re-
garding the practices of Stanford
White and his associates.
: EveIyn's Tale Secuted.
He characterizes Evelyn Thaw's
tale of the Madison Square tower
room, and similar stories about White
told at the sanity hearing. as wild
and grossly improbable. evidently to
any normal mind. grossly exaggerat-
ed" lie assert his belief in the tes-
timany Of Susan Merrill regarding
Thaws alleged peTvert practices. and
points out the contrast between
Thaw's chiyalrous attitude as a pro-
tector OF young American woman
hood, and his private life.
Justice Mills expressed deep sympa-
thy for Mrs. Mary Copley Tha~. the
prisoners mother. and her exposition
Of the horrors Of NaiteaUan- on the
stand evidently prompted by his re-
commentator that Thaw BE- allowed
greater privileges al that Institution
Not the least significant sentence
in Justice Mills decision. in the
opinion Of lawyers here. is on which
declares that Thaw's decisions had
become fixed and established prior to
the time Of his marriage
Ground For Divorce
u j. pointed out hat this sentence
may. IL desired. prove grounds for
PROCEEDINGS By Mrs. Evelyn Thaw for
the anDuimcnt Of her marriage.
Thaw was visited late today by his
attorney. Charles Morchasscr and BY
his mother and bis sister. Alice. the
former Countess Of Yarmouth.
Late tonight Ms. Thaw. after talk
ing over the situation with her son.
wrote out the following statement for
the Associated Prcss. Let no one
imagine for a minutes on reading Tits
opinion Of Judge Mills that Il means