Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-10
STORY OF MRS. THAW
5RANDEDBY JEROME
Unrelenting Prosecutor Of Hus-
band Declares That Prisoner 3
Wife Was Never Injured by
Stanford White As She Said.

Closing arguments were heaHu W gu
srsme Court Justice Isaac n. Mills to-
sav on Harry X Thaw's application for
pelease from the Matteawan insane
,.xIum. Each side was confined to m
aour. Mr.. Jerome's turn came first
Mrs. Josiah Tnaw. the prisoners
nster-in-law. was the only member Of
ne family party not present when
sourt convened Thaw looked even pei
ar than usual
THAw EXPECTS STORM
His chair touched Jerome's and he
get his features with evident deter
ufnation to show no emotion under the
storm which he expected TO descend
Hpon his head
Mr. Jerome began with saying that
Justice Mills must be perfectly famil-
ar with the case. and therefore he
would not attempt to so over the ev-
dence in detail.
speakinS nf the credibnity Of the
witness and their bearing under cross
Examination. he said he believed all
Eid their best to tell the truth. except
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
II do think" he declared. that this
girl was deliberately and Intentionally
galsifying. That she told her husband
the story Of her injury at the hands
Mr.. Jerome Lassed directly to the
question OF Thawis sanity. He ac-
kncwledged that modern science did not
attach extreme Importance TO the in
gluence OF heredfty on disease, never
theless he declared that this influence
must be considered in assessing the
tefendants mental condition
SAYS FAMILY's WEAK
He summed up Thaw's family history
sh1N ,har
broke. he or she broke in their weak
spot-the mind is under stain they de-
veIoped imbecility or epilepsy
Let me point out now that the
whole Thaw family manifested what
might be called popularity. From
such a stock. the average man OF the
world would say, without any assis-
lance from aIienists: well. you would
get a pretty rickety sort Of q child
out OF that family
Susie MerrilI's story Of receiving large
nIms OF money from Thaws attorneys
and his living at her house with vari-
aus women. the district attorney said,
vas unrefuted-
REVIEWS THAw'S ACTS.
Here Mr.. Jerome laid down his notes
and recited from memory various wild
acts Of the prisoner. testified TO at the
FORMER trials.
His alleged attempt at suicide In Paris
and his proposition to commit suicide
with his wife in New York were held
NJ particularly as evidence OF diseased
mind. mo normal mind would want a
wife to tell the terrible story Evelyn
chaw told on the stand" asserted Je-
ZONE.
While the district attorney spoke Mrs
rhaw read a magazine. Once she leaned
over and made q suggestion to Mr..
Horsehauser. which the latter noted
acwn-
Thawss love Of the dramatic was point
"a out By Mr.. Jerome as a strong char
kcfsristic OF his alleged mania
It received It's strongest Illustration In
he shooting OF White. said Jerome. The
district attorney declared that he placed
little reliance in the testimony Of DR..
Britton ID. Evans. Thaw's chief alienist.
and asked the court 10 disregard IT.
IF q person had come in here from
Mars" continued the prosecution. "and
seen Thaw on the stand. he would have
realized something was the matter with
him It was unvholesome, II was uncan-
ny. / call your attention to his attitude
toward his act. A man OF sound mind
would have said, Yes. killed him. but
he did a great wrong to the woman
loved and hated him. 1t was wrong
know"
Jerome's voice rose for the first time.
Mrs. Thaw laid down her magazine and
she and the prisoner and HIS counsel held
q whispered conference.
MOTHER TALKS TO THAw.
The district attorney went on: The
situation Is about this: Here is a man
whom heredity has proven to be bad; he
Is a man whose childhood was that OF a
highly nervous sort. We find him marry
ing this girl. and there was nothing after
the marriage to excite his jealousy. We
t.Fr of fn4rr 70
soung American girls"
Referring to Mrs. Thaw's attack on him
IN The Secret Unveiled" Jerome said:
I'VE see in this pamphlet the same col
or that runs all through the sons behav-
for. II seems TO me IL would not be safe
20 turn this man loose until there had
been ample opportunity to submit him to
medical examination from day to day for
q long period"
Jerome finished his summing up at HES.
the court having offered no objection to
the length Of his speech.
Attorney Morschauser. for Thaw, began
urging the court to consider only the evil
dence produced in the present proceedings
and disregard Thaw's condition prior to.
during. or just after the homicide. He
dweIt upon the testimony OF his own
aIlenists and attacked that Of the opposed
experts and especially DIR. Bakers.
II 1ldN ndQ N6u q A41AcuA trace OA
sanity. ne said. the horrors of Mattea-
wan would have made Il evident. Incl
dents Of Thaw's early life were grossly
exaggerated at the trials. he said. to show
insanity. similar result might be
achieved with the boyhood FRANKS OF any
man
EXPLAINS ICE INCIDENT.
Mr.. Morschauser explained the excite
ment created in a London hospital by
Thaw-s demand for ice follows:
Mr.. Thaw was simply ahead OF the
English. Your honor remembers how,
when, as boys. We had fever, they
would not give any ice OF cold water.
Wei. the people in that hospital had the
same idea"
He declared that, although the defend
ants life was raked for incidents to prove
his insanity AZ the trials. there was pc
Rod OF fourteen years during which no
erratic acts were in evidence.
At 1870 Mr.. Morschauser said he would
take at least an hour longer and Justice