New Britain herald., 1915-07-16
THAW GAINS FREEDOM
 UNDER $35,OOO BOND Justice Hendrick Adopts Ver-
 dict of Jury = State . Appeals Decision.

New York. July 16.-Harry K. Thaw. adjudged sane last Wednesday by a. jury. was given his freedom to- day by Supreme Court Justice Peter | "A. Hendrick. who announced that he had accepted the jury's verdict.
 The state immediately served notice of appeal and Justice Hendrick fixed Thaw's bail at $35,000. A surety company was prepared to give the bond and Thaw was taken from the court house to the judges chambers so that details might be arranged. A crowd that numbered several hundred lined the sidewalks and overfioweds into the street around the court house cheered Thaw when he emerged from the edifice. l. In announcing his decision Justice Hendrick took occasion to comment unfavorably upon the action of alien ists who had assisted the state in pre- pairing the case and then appeared as expert witnesses in. court.
 1T have reached a decision. in this case,'' Justice Hendrick said, ''and it is based on my own mind, fortified by the action of the jury
 Thaw, sitting with his counsel, showed his pleasure with the de- cision.
 II want to say a word about the alienists,' Justice Hendrick contin- ued. We have been told by one alienist that it is impossible to deter mine the sanity or insanity of a per son without taking the word of alien hic Y,yfo oy,I i,,r ,ot 1o pend upon the word of an alienist who for years has devoted himself to a case of this kind and assisted in it's preparation That doctor can help -prepars aa case and then go son the astand as an expert witness, is wrong.
 s'I hope the legislature of the state will find some means to correct this.
 Gentlemen, I have adopted the ver- dict of the jury. I declare now that it is the decision of this court that Harry K. Thaw is sane.''
 Edgar Bromberger, of counsel for the state, gave notice of an appeal. At the previous conference of counsel in the case, 1t had been made clear, that should the court decide in Thaw's favor, the commitment of Justice Bowling, under which Thaw was sent to Matteawan in 1908, after he had been acquitted on the grounds sof in- sanity. of the murder of Stanford White, would nothbe formally vacated but would sfnnply Cease to Be .oper- ative
 Justice Hendrick decided that the states notice of appeal automatically acted as a stay John B. Stanchfield, of Thaw's counsel then moved that Thaw be given his liberty under a bond. This m otion was vigorously op- posed by the state, but the court then fixed the amount of bail at $35, ,OO0. Thaw said that after the bail ar rangement were completed he was go- ing to get his bags and then go direct to the Pennsylvania station in Jersey City whence he would take a train company Thaw until he is on New Jersey soil out of New Y York state.
 The bond, which was furnished by surety company differed from the ordinary bond in that it assured Thaw's obedience to any mandate of the court until final disposition of the appeal.
 As soen as the bond was signed 4 IldW4 $CIHCIScu IHc DullQIn2 III which the sheriff's office and the chambers of Justice Hendrick are located and entered an automobile. He was accompanied by a detective and his secretary. The machine, followed by six cars containing re- porters and photographers, started down town toward the office of Thaw's attorneys. All the way down Broad way persons on the sidewalks cheered and applauded Thaw. Thaw appear ed to be much pleased with the dem
 Albany, N. Y., July 16.-Attorney General Woodbury will reserve der cision as to whether he will appeal from the Thaw verdict until he has examined the court record in the proceedings before Justice Hendrick. This information was made public to- day in a statement from the attorney generals office explaining that the ! formal notice of appeal was taken to l prevent Thaw leaving the jurisdiction of the court. fa.@
 BARZILAI CIVIL GOVERNOR.