The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21

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I. White Plains. ~. Y.-Harry X.
ThsW, whom Justice Mills. declared ins
sane Thursday, will be taken back to-
the Matteawan Insane. asylum. As
soon AZ possible another case which isI
bending in the, court Of appeals will
be taken up and the great battle
fought all over again.
Justice Mills in Diminishing thej
habeas corpus declared the release
Of the petitioner would be dangerous
| 10 the public peace and safety"
| y There is no crumb of comfort for
Thaw in the 7.000-word opinion hand
I'd down by Justice Mills. All the
contentious of his old adversary, Dis
trict Attorney Jerome are supported,
and It is declared that Thaw Is still
insane, still suffering from persistent
decisions, and still as much a para
noiac as on the day he shot Stanford
White.
Thaw, waiting in the White Plains
fail. at the rear of the courthouse,
where the decision was filed, received
the news with an outward calmness
which appeared, however, more forced
than real. -. ~ 8. y ~
The members OF his family and his
attorney seemed stunned by the thor.
oughness of their defeat sThaw1 de.
clined 10 give out any extended state
ment contenting himself with the as
sertion that he was not disheartened
and would at once continue his fight:
for liberty.
my next effort" he said, will be
centered upon the. court of appeals,
through which I expect to secure a
hearing before jury In my effort to
have my commitment to MatteawaD
set aside
Justice Mills in his opinion reaches
these three formal conclusions: g.
That Thaw was insane when he
killed White.
That he has not yet recovered.
That public peace and safety would
be endangered by setting him at
large. ~.
He upholds District Attorney Je-
| rome's contentious that Thaw still
cherishes delusions regarding the
practices of Stanford White and his
associates.
Justice Mills characterises 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, evident
ly to any normal mind grossly exag'
| gerated."
| He asserts his belief In the testi.
mony of Susan Merrill regarding
Thaw's alleged whipping of girls, and
points out the contrast between
Thaw's chivalrous attitude as pro
tector Of young American womanhood
and his private life.
Justice Mills expressed deep sym
pathy for Mrs. Mary Copley Thawi
the prisoners mother, and her expost
ton of the horrors of Matteawan'
on the stand evidently prompted his
| recommendation that Thaw be al
lowed greater privileges at that insti
tuition. At the same time he gently
chided Mrs. Thaw for her censure Of
] District Attorney Jerome, Of whom
he said: II find no evidence OF any
heartlessness or undue zeal on his
| part"
Not the least significant sentence In
Justice Mills decision, in the opinion
of lawyers here, is one which de
clares that Thaw's decisions had be
come fixed and established before the
time of his marriage"
It is pointed out that this sentence
may, II desired. prove grounds-fo for pro.
ceedings by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw for the
annulment OF her marriage.
| Mrs. Thaw, after talking over the
following statement:
LET no one imagine for moment
on reading this opinion Of Judge
Mills that 1t means q victory for the
district attorney of the county Of
New York.
"One by one the decisions with
which he and his alienists started
out we're proven, each by the mouths
OF several witnesses to be stubborn
facts. that would not down at his bid
ding. Every DROP was taken from
under that arrogant, vindictlve perse.
cutor of sane acquitted man. So
bafiied was he that when he rose to
make his closing speech (for argu'
ment 1t was not), he had more the
appearance Of school boy compelled
to say his piece than the sometimes
courageous. mature sophist who domi
mates the courts Of his own judicial
district. except when wealthy male
factors are under trial.
1T Is impossible to fathom the
workings Of the human mind. and &c
the reason for this totally unexpected
and cruel decision Of the trial Judge
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