The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-07
THAW LOOKS
FOR FREEDOM
Fate May Be Decided
Today.
CASE GOES TO THE COURT
Mother Of Prisoner Denounces
Attorney Jerome.
She Declares That The New York
Lawyer Has Not Acted Like
GentIeman--statemen by

X. Thaw's latest struggle to regain his
freedom will end tomorrow.
The submission of testimony in his
hearing before Justice Isaac N. Mills
closed this afternoon and all that re-
mains is the final arguments of the at
torneys. Justice Mills will file his de-
cision with the County Clerk here, on
Thursday August IL.
Several possibilities confront Thaw.
The court may grant his plea and
make him absolutely free. II may de-
eide that he has not established his
sanity and refuse to interfere, In
which case the state authorities will
Hospitaf for the Criminal Insane. But
Justice Mills has further discretionary
powers. He may feel that the young
mans mental condition is still In doubt
and for that reason delay a final order,
meanwhile paroling Thaw In the GUS
tody of some officers or possibly on his
own recognizance In the care OF his
family. Or he may declare Thaw In
sane. but moved by his mothers COM
plant regarding his surroundings at
Ma4teawan. send him to some other
State hospital not peopled by criminals.
Thaw left the court room this after
noon with a jaunty, step. The strain
of the last four weeks during which he
has submitted personally to fourteen
apparent either In his face or'his bear
ing. At no time during the proceedings
has he expressed anything but salts
faction with the results and condolences
In the success of his cause. This az
ternoon he was at hopeful as ever.
"I am sure" he said. that shall be
free"
Jerome f. Denounced.
The evidence presented in behalf OF
Thaw closed today with dramatic
out burst by his mother, Mrs Mary
Copley Thaw, who was the final wit
ness. Her last words were denun-
citation of District Attorney Jerome !.
Earlier in the day she had read a list
of names distinguished in New York
society. They were guests, she said at
a dinner she gave In New York which
Harry attended before his marriage. In
concluding her testimony she referred
10 this list Of names.
s-ssf drought in the names of those who
attended that dinner to my SON." she
said, because of statement OF Mr I.
Jerome regarding the company that
Harry was accustomed to keep. / don't
have any special enmity toward Mr..
Jerome but he has not behaved in this
matter in q gentlemanly way nor In a
Christian way. Mr.. Jerome always
talked about Harry's being frequent
err of the tenderloin, when he knows
went to the tenderloin until he met q
certain person who dropped him
down."
"That," said Attorney Morschauser,
lends our testimony"
ON the stand today, Mrs. Thaw's tes-
tfmony was again frequently interrupt
ed by sobbing as she described Harry's
surroundings at Matteawan.
"That place seemed to me like ves-
tibuIe to the Internal regions" she said
soiemnly.
The principal new witness today was
Roger O'Mara, formerly Chief of Po-
lice of Pittsburg. and secretly employed
nv the Thaws as a detective in Harry's
case He testified in corroboration Of
the stories about Stanford White.
Attacks the Alienists.
The greater part OF the day was
devoted to a re-examination of Thaw's
alienists. Jerome attacked these ex-
perts with every device of. the skilled
cross examiner. He reused the Ire OF
DR.. Britton D. Evans by asking II
he was the object of the denunciation
Of medical expert witnesses delivered
yesterday by Gov. Franklin Fort Of
New Jersey. DR.. Evans Is superin-
tendent of the New Jersey State In
sane Hospital at Morris Plains. Tho
expert replied that he declined to go
into personalities
DR.. Isham q Harris. of the Pougb-
keepsie State Asylum also received q
grillinR but both alienists stuck to
their assertion that whatever Thaw's
mental condition might have been
when he shot Stanford White. he was
now sane. They left the stand I'M
shaken.
Jerome will sum up first tomorrow
morning and Mr.. Morschauser will
follow. Both say their closing
apeeches will be brief and the case
will probably be In Justice Mills hands
by noon.