Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
IELEGRAPHIC NEWS

pIete victory over Harry X Thaw to-
cay when Justice Isaac N. Mills de-
eided that the slayar of Stanford
White is still insane and sent him
back to the Asylum for the Criminal
Insane at Matteaman.
Not one OF the many contentious
made by Thnw during the three weeks
OF his recent bearing we're sustained.
He. however. is better off than before
he brought the present suit because
Justice Mills in his decision suggest
ed. aud the suggestion amounts prac-
ticolly to orders. that Thaw while at
Matteawan be restored to the priyi-
legcs he enjoyed during the first three
months OF his stay there. and that his
mother be allowed all possible privi-
leees and treated with every consid-
grafton when she calls to see him.
Thaw VIII remain in jail at least un-
III tomorrow when his attorney will
be given chance TO make any formal
motions before Justice Mills at his
chambers in Mount Vernon.
The prisoner took the decision cool
Iy. His only statement was denial
that he still cherished the same de-
lusions that drove him TO shoot White.
The decision is very elaborate. At
length the judge went over the pris-
oncr's entire career. Continuing his
history OF Thaw's life Justice Mills
said;
About 1901 he became enamored
with a young woman, Miss Nesbit,
whom he afterward married. She was
then by common reputation well
known 10 him as the mistress or a
mistress of Stanford White. She soon
assumed that relation TO Thaw and
obviously to account to him for her
former position with White told him
various Wild and grossly improbable
stories OF the inception of that rela-
tion. Although he. Thaw, evidently
was himself far from a moral man
and was then engaged or soon there
after became engaged in practices of
n perverted character ms revealed by
the testimony of the Merrill woman
which. with the corroboration afford
ed by other evidence In the case ap-
pears credltable, he gave absolute
credence to the tales told him by
Miss Nesbit about White, He obtain
ed similar information as to Whites
conduct with few other young WON
en-, either directly from them OF
through Miss Nesbit, all of which in
formation was of the same wild and
improbable character. evidently to any
normal mind grossly exaggerated. To
all, however. he gave implicit belief
Concluding his ruling in the Thaw
case Judge Mills said:
upon my own personal observa
tlon OF the conduct of Thaw bis ac
tions and his speech In the court
room. both on and off the witness
stand ! have been impressed that he
is now of unsound mind. He'was exceed
ingly nervous and very frequently in
tcrrupted his counsel with suggestions.
On his examination II became evident
even by his own admission that he
holds his former beliefs as to the
evil practices of White just as ex-
'tremely and just as strongly today as
ever. II those beliefs constituted de.
Msions in his mind when he commit
led homicide they are the same now.
While he has no more evidence against
White than he had then 1t is all of
the same character and neither alone
nor with what he previously had, war
rants his extreme convictions. In the
litter part of his examination when
he was striving nightly to defend
his beliefs, his facial appearance seem
ed to me not to be that of sane
person. The release of Harry K Thaw
jow would be dangerous to the public
peace and safety and therefore can
not be permitted"
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-Mrs. Freda
Jacobs, who has caught more burglars
than any other woman on record In
New York, explained to Magistrate
Cornell her methods of taking prison
ers. Mrs. Jacobs said:
Il have caught four of them In the
last three weeks and l have caught
each of them in the same way. To
begin with, a burglar is more fright
ened than the people whose property
he is stealing. Owners of property
may forget this. but l always remem
Der 1t. So, whenever l see burglar
fu the house l shout at him. startle
him. Then i run for him. keep
running till | catch him, and when |
catch him / keep punching him till
n policeman comes. There is some
thing about burglars life that makes
his nerves unsteady. He can't stand
TO be shouted at, and once he is
thrown off his mental balance, SO to
speak, he loses his courage and can't
take step"
Charles A. Boyer was Mrs. Jacobs
latest prisoner.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Aug. ~.
PLAY time is over for the civil war
veterans who came here as delegates
to ihe national encampment