Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14
"ALL OYER, BOYS, BUT
SHOUTING" SAYS HARRY
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Harvard. saying he tried there to kill a
cabman, devoted his time TO playing
poker and used a deadly weapon in one
poker fight.
He did not finish at Harvard" Cook
said "Thaw never In his life completed
| anything but the killing Of Stanford
White. He shot this man in a crowd
on what was then New Yorks most pop
ular roof garden. He broke his revolver
! to reassure the crowd, and then walked
over and kissed his wife.
| " Dearest, / have probably saved your
| life, he told her.
WAS that insane? Or was it an act of
| Providence, as Thaw has said? Gentle
men. If thought such a man as Thaw
| could be an agent of Providence I would
| give up religion today"
Twice this man hid behind the skirts
| Of this woman; hid behind her blood and
the mirrors OF Whites tower room"
I'VE are not here" Cook concluded, Ito
ask that Thaw be punished. The Attor-
ney Generals ONCE is not prosecuting
Thaw. The only question for you to de-
eide Is whether this man, who Justices
Morschauser, Mills and Keogh and the
jury in the second murder trial said was
insane, is now sane and not a menace"
AS soon as Cook finished his speech he
left for Albany, leaving Deputy Attorney
INANl al DtkhtF III EIhIk0 OF Ina STATES
case. Senators James. OF Kentucky, and
Hughes, OF New Jersey occupied seats on
the bench with Justice Hendrick when
Stanchheld began his address.
THE jury in the second murder trial be-
Heved Thaw sane at that time" snid
Stanchfeld. zone OF them appeared here
and told you so. II Thaw was game
nine or ten years ago 1t follows logically
that he is sane today. The only question
before you today is whether Thaw is
sane man today.
This Evelyn Nesbit was a mere sllp OF
a girl. She was a girl with skirts barely
TO her shoe tops, with her hair braided
down her back. barely 15 and a half
years old when she fell into the clutches
or Stanford White.
Stanchfield reviewed at great length
rhaw's association with Evelyn Nesbit
ana the effect on him OF her story OF
White. He drew a pathetic picture Of
that night in Paris when Evelyn in tears
poured into the ears OF Thaw the reason
why she could not become his wife.
Stanchheld declared that all the svi-
eenee OF Thaw's conduct after the shoot
Ing when he spent the night in a police
station. tended 10 show absolute rational
lty StanchAeld called attention 10 the
90 dlsinterested witnesses who had testi-
ned that Th9w was rational.
IL was certain that the jury would not
get the case until late in the afternoon
Ihaw was disappointed, as he had made
arrangements to go, a free man, 70 Pitts
hurgh tonight
II Is expected that the Jury will not be-
out long II Il fnds for Thaw Justice
Hendrick can either free the slayer Of
Stanford White or send him back 10 Mat
teawan, The court viii say the hnal
word.
When court opened today Thaw.s
counsel presented some evidence in re-
outtal and then the closing speeches be-
BY far the greatest crowd OF Thaw
fans seen since the second murder
trial besieged the courthouse today but
only a small traction Of the "gailerv5 |
gained the few coveted seats IN the smau |
courtroom.
AAtraoFdinary precautions were taken /
carry 10 handle the crowd Uniformed |
policemen euarded every stairway ana |
elevator leading 10 the third moor where /
lhaWs sanity test was IN is last staRs. /
honIs before court opened, al 10 O'clock. /
z AuAafeea of persons, the majority OF 4
them women. besieged the entrances. but /
ne poheemsn allowed only those with /
eafaAi OF a good reason, 70 pass
ina" vas Hve minutes late In ENTERING
tne room and ail neeks we're craned ID /
eaten glimpse of HIN. Mfs BIarv Con- /
ief tne# ana Afa George Lauder Car /
n-fie. thaWs mother and Sister. Who |
rave been with aim sil The time IA ia /
lQAs lahf tel rfeedon asre arnona ~ /
nfst te eAtef tne Eqou.