The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-30
THAW WON'T BE RELEASED Significant Trend of Talk to Prisoner By Presiding
 Justice Mills Whites Slayer
 Much Dejected1 Three Vital Points Which; Have Impressed the Court Made Known to Him Thaw Mumbled In Answers Exaggerated Ego Alp pears to Be His Chief l
 Trouble Now
Special from United Press, :,

Court House, White Plains, N. July 30.-Justdce Isaac MILLS, who is|| to decide the fate of Harry K Tnaw.i took Thaw into his own hands todayd and after 15 minutes of questioning bysI the keen eyed jurist. Thaw left s41ae3 stand, shaking and nervous He ,maa confident. however, that he had farorl ably impressed Justice. .Mi1iA
 This. the most severe of T4aawse or-d5 deals, came after two hours of terriffh hl croSs-examination at the hands of Jeat-f ome At the end Of the morning sek-i slon when Jerome announced- that he was through with Tfaaw, Justice MIllS turned to the prisoner and said he wanted to ask him some Questfoha.3 The justice picked out three JutaE points in the case.
 The alleged de1usion concernfn0 White; the apparently insane snoteat made by Thaw for his counsel dt1rirak the first and second trials; and tha
 exaggerated ego" which Justice Mule safd Inaw exhibited in his conducf during the trial of this case
 Do you hold the same belief asz fcv practices of White you held when you were examined by Dr. Evans, who said y1n W5S1s nad a,at paranola?. asked Justice
 In substance?" '1 found war mistaken dn some thing and [ dfscoy- cred additional things'
 Well, do you still believe that ,W7ite did assault young girls in that room ?s' Yes sir,'' answered Thaw firmly.
 Do you think you had ample evil dence?" asked Justice Mills. seYes, sir''
 Thaw then said that he had nothing but the word of the women who claim ed to have been ruined and the word of Anthony Comstock. He finally ad- mitted that Comstock had only the evidence of the women himself. and therefore had been unable to prosecute White
 @'Do you think the statement of aban- doned women as to the cause of their downfall is to be trusted?'' asked the Justice. Certainly not" answered Thaw."
 How long prior to the killing of Ief9 seaR1oFd inas nsee 1sos saa you held that be
 Next, want to find out about those notes to Del7nas. They appar- ently indicate you thought the killing of White praiseworthy and likened Goliath" Thaw explained that he was taking advantage of every possi- ble defense that was offered him. ..No one finds any fault with that,'' said Justice Mills. 'fYou were quite right.s'
 'sThese notes were simply to be used ! in the summing up for rhetorical eff feet to appeal to the emotions of the jury,'' said Thaw. .tNow as to this i Exaggerated ego which it has been claimed yod suffer from; your dis ! trust of your counsel during your i two murder trials seems to support that clain,.'' said Justice Mills This hit Thaw bard and he could make no adequate explanation.
 You are represented in this pro- ceeding by one of the leading mem oers of the bar in this country" said ] Justice Mills. "but you constantly in I ,errupt him and apparently distrust your case to binn.'' Thaw asserted hat he fully trusted Morschauser but made a rambling explanation at the 1 snd of which Justice Mills said: ] These three points are vital MT. T rhaw If there is anything further j you wish to say T wish you would say it.'' Thaw mumbled a few words ! and left tine stand agitated and de- 5ressed. Morschauser announced that 4 ie would recall Thaw in rebuttal and he downcast Ihaw party filed out of he courtroom for the noon recess. q Jerome was well satisfied with the urn of affairs but Morschauser sap ,eared apprehensive.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- ion Morschauser announced that with he exception of one witness whom ,e mieht call, the Thaw case was completed.