The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-13

Mother Of Murderer Sent Back 10
Matteswan by Justice Mills Con.
tlnues Attack on District Attorney
OF New York - Prisoner Receives
News Win Appearance Of Outward
Calmness and Says He viii Now
Seek hestins Before Jury.
White Plains. N. Y, Aug. l3.-Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw has made public
the following statement relative to
the decision Of Justice Isaac Mills. by
which her son, Harry X. Thaw, ls or.
dered TO be returned TO Matteawan
asylum for the criminal insane
Let no one imagine for a moment
on reading this opinion of Judge
Mills that ii means q victory for the
district attorney Of the county Of
New York. One by one the delusions
with which he and his alienists start
ed out We're proven. each by the
mouths of several witnesses. to be
stubborn facts, that would not down
at his bidding. Every prop was
taken from under that arrogant, win.
dictiye prosecutor Of a sane. acquit-
ted man.
$50 baffied was he that when he
argument II was mott. he had more
the appearance of a schoolboy com.
PEELED TO say a piece than the some.
times courageous, mature sophist
who dominated the court OF his own
judicial district except when wealthy
malefactoTs are under trial.
1T is impossible to fathom the
the reason for this totally unexpected
and cruel decision of the trial Judge
must remain mystery.
Meanwhile, my son, my daughter
and ] have no alternative but to take
up again the burden had every rea-
son to believe was behind us forever.
We. exlled from our two homes and
main close to the gate, and so help
the son and brother TO endure an ex.
istence which, If perpetual. would be
far worse than death itself, trusting
in Gods overruling providence in His
own good time to yindicate the
right
I, There is no crumb Of comfort for
Thaw In the 7,000-word opinion hand
ed down by Justice Mills. All the
contentious of his old adversary, Dis
trIct Attorney Jerome. are supported.
and II is declared that Thaw is still
insane, still suffering from persistent
delusions, and still as much para
noiac as on the day he shot Stanford
White.
Justice Mills In his opinion 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 Attorney
Jerome's contentious that Thaw still
cherishes delusions regarding the
practices of Stanford White and his
associates. 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, evil
IDENTIFY 10 any normal mind grossly
exaggerated" He asserts his belief
In the testimony Of Susan Merrill re-
gaIding Thaw's alleged peryert prac
tices, and points out the contrast be.
tween Thaw's chiyalrous attitude as
q protector Of young American WON.
anhood and his private life.
Thaw. waiting In the White Plains
1ail, at the rear OF the courthouse
where the decision was filed, receiv-
ed the news with an outward calm.
ness, which appeared, however. more
forced than real. The members OF
r the family and his attorney seemed
stunned by the thoroughness Of their
defeat. Thaw declined TO give out
any extended statement, contenting
himself with the assertion that he
WAS not disheartened and would at
once continue his fight for liberty.
my next efforts" he said, will be
centered upon the court OF appeals,
through which ! expect to secure a
hearing before jury in my effort to
have my commitment to Matteawan