The Washington herald., 1912-07-12
THAW LUNACY
HEAR|nG ENDS
All Testimony Complete and Judge
Sets July 26 as Date for Rem
dering Decision.
SENSATIONS IS NOW AT CLOSE

New York. July 1.-THE Thaw lunscy
hearing in White Plains closed to-day as
far as the admission of testimony is con-
eerned with sensation furnished by the
last two of the twenty-three witnesses
called during the day by Clarence J.
shearn. to establish the present and past
nationality of Harry K Thaw.
These witnesses were Mrs. Mary Cop
ley Thaw. aged mother Of the prisoner.
and Mrs George Lauder Carnegie, for
merly Margaret Thaw, Harry's sister.
Both Mrs. Thaw and Mrs. Carnegie fur
nished the strongest of corroborative evi.
dence that there actually was las charged
by Thaw). plan to send him without
trial to the Matteawan State Hospital
for the Insane.
The factors in this arrangement, 1t was
shown, were Louis Delafield, and w. M
X. olcott, representing Thaw; Delaney
NicoIl and Allen w. Evarts, representing
the friends and family of Stanford
White, and District Attorney Jerome's
Office.
Evarts. under previous questioning by
Shearn, stated that he represented Mrs
Stanford White. and that few days
after the homicide. he told Lewis Cass
Ledyard, who communicated with the
District Attorneys ONCE. that Mrs. White
would not insist upon the punishment of
Thaw, and that she was anxious TO avoid
a public trial and consequential scandal.
Mother on stand.
Mrs Thaw In a low voice testified that
when the news Of the killing Of White by
her son reached her. she was in London
on her way to a cure in Switzerland.
She told of her return to this country,
and of a talk with Mr.. Delafield and
Judge Olcott at the Hotel Lorraine in the
middle of July, 1906.
"Mr. Delafield told me that Our only
defense was insanity" STATED Mrs. Thaw.
amid a tense silence. HE said he was
in a position to know that the friends
and family of Mr.. White would prefer to
avoid public trial which would cause
scandal and distress many innocent fami-
lies. Mr.. Delafeld did not seem to have
my sons interest at heart. His statement
that public trial would distress many
innocent families, touched my foolish
heart.
Mrs Carnegie appeared rather ner-
vous on the stand. She wore a black
and white striped suit of blazer mod
el. white hat and gloves of the same
color. She said DIR. Allan McLane Ham,
ilton was so anxious to bring out alleged
points of insanity in Thaw that on one
occasion when her mother also was
present, DR.. Hamilton said OF incidents
in the life of Harry that they told him
TO be untrue, Never mind. 1t will all
help"
The incidents that were untrue, she
said, were that Thaw had ever assault
ed boy in Pennsylvania, that he had
beaten some one while at Harvard. and
that he had ridden 10 death a horse
belonging to her and Mr.. Carnegie.
Decision on July 26.
DR. Hamilton spoke OF my father
having a terrible temper" testified Mrs.
Carnegie. He said that, on occasions,
my father would become so angry that
he would fall on the floor, beat the car
pet and bite the furniture. Mother and
l both told DR.. Hamilton ii was untrue"
At the conclusion of Mrs. Thaw's tes-
timony, Mr.. Shearn offered a number OF
documents into evidence tending to prove
that Thaws so-calied decisions were
Shearn rested his case.
1t was decided that Mr.. Shearn's sum-
ming up should be delivered next. In
place of oral summing up, MIR. Jerome
promised TO submit briefs to the court
by July 19. Justice keogh then an
nounced that he would probably render
his decision a week later. which will be
Friday, July a6.
The present proceedings have lasted
eighteen days. as against seventeen at
the last hearing held in White Plains IN
1909
Before ne went back to his cell in the
county jail Thaw expressed himself as
entirely confident of the outcome of the
case. He held a little reception in the
court room shaking hands with officials
and others. whom he has come to know
in connection with the hearing