The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-19
CHARGS BY THAW
AGAINST JEROME
Asks Why He Is Singled Out for
Cruel Discrimination by
Attorney.
ONLY QUESTION is OF SANITY
Protests Against Payment OF Big
sum by State for His
Services.
ONLY QUESTION is OF SANITY

The following telegram. signed by
Harry X. Thaw. was received last
evening by The Times Dispatch:
Concord \. H.. March lS,Mr. jerome.
to blind the people on the eve Of the
vote, has given the newspapers Il slam
in answer to Or. rarlthursts voluntary
statement 10 stop th,s persecution,
prcsaginH his remarks by stating that
the public should have no sympathy
for me. Ia my statement Of saturday
sympathy. but only justice. and by JUS
ticc / meant that the United states
under such provocation. where man
has suffered longer than seven years
Of punishment. | have been imprisoned
eight. Thou ask the people OF the
state OF New York why should DE
singled out for this cruel discriminate
ton which has been levclcd Ut ne?
Only one reason. and that ia To reach
tho pockets Of my adversary This
man, who. in his unbridlrd audacit
not only received in 1913 from tho state
treasury tlc,do3 Tor my habcas corpus
proceedings, but now seeks to further
enrich himself by 5000 more.
] submit TO fellow citizens That the
ONLY question Involved IN the present
proceedings is the question ~ my san
ity. have nov been forced Ia endure
honorable judges. the commissioHS 40
pointed by Justice Fitzgerald. Of the
New York Supreme Court, and ny Judge
AldriCh. OF the United states court
two months ago.
Both these commissions unanimously
reported me sane. yet this prosecutor.
mas believed WAS insane, has the
anrontcTy to attempt TO force his in
dlvidual cgotistical opinion upon thc
public 10 the prejudice OF my rights
against the opinion OF tho Two duly
appointed commissions.
Dared judicial Murder.
How muck moro must endure" hat
lest his hypoc!lsy might not be- I'M
folded 10 the people. 70 whon / hHIo
appealed. draw their attention 10 tho
undisputaDIe ract that this man IN 1907
dared to attempt u judicial murder by
prosecuting. man whom he now says
he believed to bc insane, when his duty
lay 10 hold the scales Of Justice even
Tho next year at my. second trial he
stated to the jury (oiiicial r.cord). NO
one has pretended that for tn ~"
years nearly he mas been In The Tombs
he has been insane ana there iS no
evidence OF delusion ia the slightest
degree on his part ana DO you think
gentiemam Of the 2ury when YOU look
At Mrs. William rhaw, on the stand
that she gas the type OF woman that
wouih allow an insane son To marry 9?
[ think not, and certain people would
bn only too gla0 % have this fellow
ad 'iic gcG q iuuat!c ju9t The ding
would not come OUT. and did he
strike Comstock as irrational But i'm
the same year, within SO months. hr
jerome appears IN my haDcHS corpus
proceedings. places paid alianists on
tn. stand ana attempts &c prove me In
But his brn@cn deceit does no; cease
hero. for yesterday 10 said. There
never has been any agreement az to
retainer Of fees aud no sooner is his
statement published than to-day's
paper states that A2J.25O IS Included
/ In bill OF approval vouchers for ser
vice performed by william T. Jerome.
! duly verified by proper giidavlis OF
such claimant. He is therefore de-
c"ivine not me individually, but the
! public, and he must be Il paranoiac .!
I the malignant type.
No Reference ia Resolution.
But Mr. jerome does not ia any way
r"ic: az tho resolution before tie as
scmbij-. The resolutions merely called
FOR Information - TO why men who
have escaped from MatteawHu have
not been pursued. although un:er in
dictmcnt. why 500" was offered ia my
case and only $50 IN all others. and ~.
enemy employed by the State to chase
me. and no attempt made to chase
others, since Superintendent Nclb. Of
Mattcawan, admits there are at least
i've OF SIX escapes every year; why
Brown and sheldon, who, together cs-
capped from Mattcuw~n, have nor been
indicted Tor conspiracy rs ! was. or
even pursued. or why other cases OF
gross discrimination against mo have
been perpctrat"d
Mir. Heroine has not denied that he
on red and cYcli tried =. force upon me