New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15

Alienists Ignored in Reach
ing 50-Nlinute Verdict
Cheers fot Prisoner, Who
Shuns Broadway Invita-
tons and Dimes at Wal
dorf-Mother Calm, but
Happy.
A great crowd surged and trampled
on each others feet as they pressed
about the imposing Chambers Street
stairway Of the County Courthouse.
Then at the top appeared tall man in
blue serge suit, hanked on each side
by an escort of men in citizens clothes.
. They were followed bv Gordon Of
blue-ccated policemen, who formed a
line across the doorway and fought
back a pack of struggling people who
sought to keep close on the tall mans
heels.
He stepped out into the limellght-
like glare of the sun and majestically
descended the broad steps of the court
house alone, with his immediate escort,
and then from the two thousand people
in the street there went up a mighty
shout.
The motion picture cameras churned,
the crowd clapped and roared and
shouted congratulatory words to Harry
as they called him in the emotion of
the moment, imperilling each others
limbs as they fought to get nearer him.
Thaw Calm Amid Cheers.
Thaw received his public acclaim
with becoming humility. Only once or
twice did he lift his hat to acknowledge
the shouts that waited him down tn,
courthouse steps. Once or twice he
smiled and nodded as some catch prase
of congratulation caught his ear. But
for the most part he gazed out dream
ily over the heads of the crowd as If
he did not see it, AS far as known,
Thaw was the only one there who had
ever been confined in lunatic asylum.
His honor escort of deputy sheriffs
under the command of Sheriff Grifen-
hagen fought a passage through the
crowd and got him across the street
70 the SherifF's Office. After a respite
/ there. where he took his coat off,
smoked cigar and made a statement
for the press, he was taken uptown
first to his doctor and then 10 dinner
at the Waldorf.
Thaw ate his first dinner as man
declared sane by twelve of his peers
/ las Jurors are called even when they
sit in judgment on a man legally called
{ insanel at a conspicuous table IN the
main dining room near the Fifth Avenue
windows.
Other hotels Wed with the Waldorf
/ for the boon Of Thaw's presence. The
/ Martinique, for one, sent an urgent re-
/ Guest for the favor of being allowed to
feed him on his first night out as a
man semi-declared sane. His status
will not be fully declared until Justice
Fendrick announces his decision on
Friday, either accepting or rejecting
the advisory jury's verdict. Until then
/ he is remanded in the custody Of Sher-
iF Grifenhagen.
Sane, He Shuns Broadway.
Thaw rejected the invitation Of the
/ Martinique Being so famous a char
acter, perhaps you had best have 1t IN
| his own words.
mo. l will not dine at the Martin
! ioue." the distinguished prisoner OF the
| Sheriff of the County OF New York SAID
! 81 want 10 keep off Broadway. The
/ Martinique is very nice hotel, | un'
derstand, and you can tell them II they
d will move their hotel off Broadway
will dine there"
Perhaps, also, before anything more
/ is written about the events surround
ing the rendering Of his jury's verdict
one should be allowed to hear IN ms
very own words the statement he made
/ for the press in the Sherift's office.
81 had planned TO leave immediately
/ for Pittsburgh if the judge had glven
/ his decision in my favor today h'
| said. "and after resting there a te"
days begin my automobile trip TO San
/ Francisco. But | won't say anything
| about my plans now until the Judge
makes his decision
Thaw's jury was out fifty minutes be,
fore they sent word TO the court tina,
they had agreed. They said afterward
that part Of this time was consumed
in A DELAY TO add greater dignity, ''
their deliberations. As soon as tnel
/ went in to the deliberatiye chamber
they took a preliminary ballot without
/ discussion.
This ballot stood eleven for sane and
one for insane. The one was cast py
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