The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-15
Dramatic Scene Yesterday
When Advisory Jury De-
clared Him Sane
THE QUESTION OF
FREEING PRISONER
VIII Be Decided by Justice Hendricks
tomorrow = State Will Appeal and
Demand Bail Pending Appeal if De-
cision Favors Thaw.

DeHaho BAH Pend1ng Appeal If De-
cision Favors Thaw.
NEW YORK, July Is. - While
awaiting the decision of Justice Hen
bricks ON the question of Harry K.
Ihaw s sanity, Thaw' s counsel has pre-
pared for submission to the court to-
day formal order vacating the origi-
nal commitment under which he was
first sentenced TO the Matteawan asv.
lum
Justice Hendrick had promised to
receive applications for such an order
today, but his decision on the question
OF freeing Thaw as sane is not expect
Ell until tomorrow. In the event of
deelslon to discharge Thaw, counsel for
the state were ready to give notice of
an appeal and to ask that Thaw be held
IN pan pending the result of such ap.
peal. Thaw spent the night in iaiI.
Thaw, who killed Stanford White in
June, 1906, and on his second trial. af
ter disagreement in the first was
declared by the jury to be "not ouiltv
on the ground of insanitv.', is sane 10
day, according to a jury which was Sc
leeted as an advisory body n tho
trial of his sanity before Justice Peter
A. Hendrick in the supreme court. This
verdict, following nine years of inter
mlttent litigation which is said to have
cost the Thaw family $750.00O. was
handed down at 3.42 yesterday after
noon when the jurymen had delberated
for scarcely 80 minutes on the great
mass of evidence submitted
After the justice had retired Thaw
caused remarkable demonstration bv
a crowd of 1000 men and women who
mad collected in the corridors of the
court house, on the long fight of stone
steps at the Chambers street entrance.
and in Chambers street. There was
much handclapping and sustained cheer
ing as Thaw was led down the stems
and across the street to the Office Of
Sheriff Grifenhagen In the great
crush some of the women were heard
to cry out Historically. Several of the
men tossed their hats in the air and
saw them trampled and crushed.
Ihaw took this demonstration quiet
~. lie bowed once or twice and smiled
las he faced battery of moving pic
ture machines and other cameras. A
dozen deputies, headed bv Sheriff Grit
enhagen, bore a hole in the crowd and
pushed him through. There was a last
ringing cheer followed by shouts of
good will and congratulations as Thaw
disappeared into the bank building.
The verdict did not surprise anyone
IN the courtroom. The short time re-
quIred for the iury's deliberations hay-
ing been taken as indication that the
verdict would be in favor of Thaw. The
murmur of whispered conversations
was hushed and men and women sat
forward in their seats as the iurv filed
~.
ing. David Robinson. the foreman. had
the written verdict in his hand, and af-
ter the roll had been called he passed
lit to the court clerk. Justice Hendriek
instructed the court attendants to make
arrests if there was anv demonstration
when he was on the bench. The clerk.
Frank Mcclure, read the verdict:
The question submitted to Won for
Your consideration by the court is: Is
Harry Thaw now sane? and your an
swer is yes. =
Ihere was murmur of relief in the
crowd, with show of suppressed emo
tion by some women.
Thaw sat between two of his attor-
neys, his eyes upon the foreman of the
Jury, and he received the verdict without
the least sign of emotion He had fore
cast the outcome while the Jurors were
celebrating. There followed a four
minute debate between counsel con
cernlng the next steps to be taken, and
Justice Hendriclz retired, announcing he
would meet with counsel in chambers
lat IL o'clock this morning He ordered
Thaw back to Ludlow street Jail for
the night.
Thaw Greets Relatives.
As the justice stepped from the
bench, Thaw walked over to his aged
mother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, anl
placing his right arm about her shoul-
ders kissed her. She had received the
verdict unmoved, and had sat for a full
minute with her eyes fixed on the jury
box, not muscle of her face relaxing
Her daughter, Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie, when she had heard the word
sane pass the clerks lips let her
mouth drop open. She looked as if she
wanted to sob or shout, but she remain
led silent. Thaw greeted her affection
ately and shook hands fervently with
his brother, Josiah t. Thaw The three
have attended every session of the
trial.