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persons, all clamoring for admission to
the courtroom. An extra police guard
was on duty at every entrance. stairway
and elevator. and only those with cards
of admission gained the 300 coveted seats
in the courtroom. Most of those who
gained the vantage points were women.
BET TO 1 ON THAw.
In the crowds outside betting was rife.
The prevailing odds were 5 to 1 that
Thaw would go free. Under the noses of
half dozen uniformed policemen bet
was laid of $500 to $50 that Thaw would
win.
Thaw, wearing a brand new gray
striped suit, was among the early ar
rivals. He was Jaunty and smiling, and
had Just had a haircut and shave
Nothing at all to say now" he told
reporters as he breasted his way through
the crowd into the courtroom. "My plans
have all been upset by this delay"
It was HIP when Justice Hendrick
mounted the bench.
"A jury" Justice Hendricks began
abruptly. without preamble, has de-
declared that this relator is a sane man.
That jury paid no attention to the tes
umony of alenists Neither have / paid
any attention to that testimony Alien
lists appeared here on both sides. and un-
der hire, for pay, testified that this man
was sane and insane. 1 hope that the
law may some time be corrected to elimi-
nate this farce of expert testimony. This
court now hnds that Harry X. Thaw Is
sane"
That was all that the court said. but it
meant that Thaw was a free man. He
was committed to Matteawan in Febru-
ary 1908, by Justice Dowling, as not
guilty of the murder of Stanford White,
but insane, to be confined until released
by due process of law. One of the pro-
cesses of the law was for Thaw to he
found sane A jury of II men and a JUS
tice of the Supreme Court had found
Thaw sane. Therefore, he was automat-
ically free man.
John B. Stanch1eld. chief counsel for
Thaw. at once moved that Thaw be ad-
mitted to bail, Deputy Attorney General
Edgar A Bamberger urged that the court
had no right 10 grant bail Justice Hem
drlcks'' however, announced that he would
liberate Thaw in 1885, 900 bail.
Ihaw and his counsel then left for thS
SherlI once across the street to AK up
the bail bond On his way from the
courthouse Thaw was surrounded by n
throng or men and women Some of the
women were crying. All shouted:
WOMEN CRY ADVICE.
"stlck to mother!"
GOD bless you"
Don't drink; keep away from Broad
way"
stick to your home in Pittsburgh.
Thaw smiled at his admirers and waved
the crowd away, as he went into the
Sheriff's offlce.
Thaw's bond was signed by the Ma
uonal Surety Company. 1t is said that
MRS Thaw. his mother, and the Thaw
family put up gilt-edged railroad bonda
10 protect the company.
IL was l o'clock when Thaw left +ba
sherins office. The police steared the
crowd away by a false alarm that 1rbsv
was coming out OF another entrance
When ne appeared. surrounded bv five
Oodysuafd the crowd went wild
heres Thaw," was the cry.
THAW THANKS CROWD
Thaw, elated at the reception. lifted bi.
nat and said, THANK you" He was i'm
mediately hustled In an AUTOMOBILES ana
drove down Broadway The trim was ona
grand ovation. On the way down tbe
thoroughfare Thaw stood up I'm the auto
mobile and posed for photographs He
was IN exceptionally good humor.
IN the automobile with him wera
Shefln GriHenhagen, undersherin Row
efs, deputy Miller and Thaw's private |
secretary, Harry G. Pyle. The marty /
turned or Broadway at Battery ParIS |
ana ufoYe up West street 10 the PennavI- /
wanna station. They crossed the ferrv
ana thaw left by automobile for Pbits- /
ueiphia' Where he will spend the night