The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-17
TEAW IS DECLARED INSANE.
SLAYER of White Must Go Back TO
Mattewan.-Thaw's Mother At
tacks Jerome.

White Plains, n. Y, August H.
Harry K. Thaw's latest attempt TO
gain his liberty met with complete
and dirheartening defeat today, when
Supreme Court Justice Isaac N Mills
dismissed the writ Of haS~as corpus
and declared that "the release OF
the petitioner, would be dangerous TO
the public peace and safety" Inc
signing Of an order sending ina"
hack to Mattewan is all that remains
to complete the failure Of this lat
est appeal to the courts
There is no erumb Of comfort tor
Tbaw in the 1000 word opinion
banded down by Justice Mills to-day
All the contentious of District At
tornev Jerome are supported and 1t
* declared that Thaw is still insane'
and still as much paranoiac as on
the dav he shot Stanford White.
Thaw, waiting in the White Plans
iail. at the rear Of the court mouse,
vbe,a the decision was filed, received
+bo news with outward calmness. Inc
members Of his family and his attor-
nev seemed stunned by the thorough
ness Of their defeat. Thaw declined
to give out any extended statement
contenting himself with the asser-
tion that his next efforts Will be cen
tered upon the Court OF Appeals
through which he expects to secure
a hearing before jury IN his eHor'
10 have his commitment to MatteWan
set aside.
The case before the Court OF Ap-
meals IS one which has been under
Consideration for some time.
Justice Mills, in his opinion to-day
roacbes three formal CONCLUSIONS:
That Thaw was insane when ne hllleo
White: that he has not yet recoVereo'
and that public peace and saIe'S
won1d be endangered by setting him
a. large. He upholds District Attor-
new Jerone's contentious that Ina"
still cherishes delusions regarding tne
nracrices of Stanford White and MS
associates. He characterlzes EVelyn
Thay's tale of the Madison Square
tower room and similar stories about
White told at the sanity hearing, as
<:vild and grossly improbable, evl'
dentlv to any normal mind grossly
exaggerated
Thaw's Pervert Practices.
He asserts his belief in the testl-
norv Of Susan Merrill regarding
Thaw's alleged pervert practleeS'
and points out the contrast between
Thaw's chivalrous attitude as pro-
tector of Young American woman
hood and his private life.
J2s1ice Mills expressed deep SYM
pa,hr for Mrs. Mary CopleH lha"'
the prisoner mother, and her expo.
.s;1;o,, Of tha "horrors Of Mattewan
on the stand evidently prompted his
recommendation that Thaw be allow
cd greater privileges at that lnstltu-
tion.
Net the least significant sentence IN
Justice Mills decision, IN the opln-
ion Of lawyers here, is one which ee-
clares that Thaw's delusions had be-
cor,o fxAd and established prior to
Efhe time Of his marriage. 1t Is point
HID ID ont that this sentence may, II de-
2aREire1. 2 prove grounds for proceedings
BY Mrs. Evelyn Taaw for the annul-
ment Of her marriage.
Tbaw was visited late to-day by MS
attorney. Charles Morschauser, ana
bv his mother and his sister, Allce'
tho former Countess of Yarmouth.
Mrs. Thaw Scores Jerome.
Late tonight Mrs. Thaw, after
talking the situation over with ner
son. wrote ont the following state
ment for tie Associated Press:
"Iet no one imagine for moment
D Ron reading this opinion Of Judge
G;;fHs that it means victory for the
district attorney Of the count! Oh
New York. ;+,,
v0;~, he and his alienists started
out. we're proven. each by the NOUNS
,1 witnesses, to be STUBBORN