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5 harry thaw goes to insane asylum ?' ADJUDGED NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING STANFORD WHITE. j Held by the Court to Be a Dangorous Lunatic?Thaw Protests Against Soing Sent to Miattcawan. New York, February I.??Adju.lged >n>t guilty of I lie murder ot Stanford W'liito by reason of insanity at that time the fatal shots were tired, Harry Kendall 1 haw was hold by the court I today to be a dangerous lunatic and was whirled away to the State Hospital for t?he Orimiiml Insane at Mat tea wan. It was a quick transition from the dingy little cell in the Tombs, which ha 1 been the young millionarie's home for more than eighteen mouths, to the white-bedded wards of the big asylum tucked away on the snow-covered sloping* banks of f- ,l,e Hudson River, fifty miles above f the city. J he verdict came after twentv-five hours of waiting aiul when every one connected with the case had abandoned all hope of an agreement ever being reached in this or any other trial. Four hours after the foreman's lips uid framed the words "not guilty" with the accompanying insanitv clause Thaw, protesting that he was sane, was on his way to Matteawan. A lUlle after nightfall he had been received in the institution under conimii-twent papers, which directed his detention "until discharged hv due course of law." No more unwilling patient ever made a journey to a State institution. T law's train on way to Fislikell landing, where a carriage was taken to Mat tea wan, passed beneath the vev walls of grim Sing Sing, hut at no time since his arrest on :he night of lune !!)()(?. had the young Pittsburg millionaire ever held the thought that lie would see the inside of that famous prison ami heeded it not. I he tirst thrill of the words of "ae' I ii i 11 a I'' brought Thaw to his feet in me court room, and with that lack of grace of action which has always characterized his movement lie awkwardly, almost haughtily, bowed his acknowledgments to the twelve .jurymen as they were discharged by the court. A smile played about his pallid features and there was every reason to believe that lie was entirely pleased with the outcome. Jt was after he heard the words of Justice Howling committing him to Mat teawan. on the ground that his release, in the opinion of the court, would endanger the public safety, and after the elation of the verdict had died away, Thaw rebelled. He commanded his attorneys immediately to sue out a writ of habeas corpus to have his sanity tested before he was sent away to the t'p-State institution where tlie insane of criminal tendencies are confined. Airs. Win. Thaw, from her hotel, "where she had received over the telephone the news of tin; trial's end. joined in the demand of her son. Margin \\. Littleton, chief couikscI for t'lie defence, finally prevailed against the wishes ot the mother, indicating to her that he believed it would be better lor the present to ohev the mandate of the court. Justice DowliiiL', it was said, had been consulted in the matter after he had si?ued his order of commitment and informally had advised Thaw's counsel against making an immediate contest. The prisoner's consent was not won nnt.il after a lively scone with his counsel and his wife, the latter pleading with him for more than an hour to he content for a time at least with what fate had given him. Under promise thai some ac'ti'on speedily would be taken looking to the appointment of a commission to impure into his present sanity or for his transfer to a private institution, wh'-'c wife and other members of hi fu>':lv might reside with him, Th ? w c- nsentcd to go without further prole-1. On his way to Matteawan Thaw dictated the following authorized statement to a representative of the Associated Press: ''I am perfectly sane now, but 1 am going to Matteawan on the advice of my counsel, who thought it unwise to sue for a writ of habeas corpus at this time. Counsel will proceed in the matter of my release just as soon as they can get together the proofs they will present that T am at present sane. T am confident that my stay at M/atteawan will be for a short period of lime only." Thaw was accompanied from tire Tombs to the Draml Central station by his wit'.* and Joshua Thaw, bis brother. Attorneys A. Ifussell Peabody and Daniel O'lfcillv went with him to Matteawan. Mr." Littleton i* understood to have talked very plain iv In Thaw while the subject of suing nut a writ of habeas corpus was miller discussion. Mr. Littleton informed Tiiaw, il was seated, "that there is such a thing as public sentiment in New York city." "Hut I shall not go to Matteawan," Thaw is said to have repeated many times. "You will have to .go," replied Mr. Littleton. Daniel O'Heilly joined in this decision. Both the mother and F/Volyn Thaw will visit Matteawan on Monday. AU visitors are barred from the institution on Sunday. Daniel O'Reilly announced tonight taat when a writ ol habeas corpus is sued in Thaw's behalf?if such action shall I>e decided upon in the near > future?the application probably will be made at Poughkecpsie, N. Y., llie ? county seat of Dutchess county, in i which Matloawan is located. I l'haw was cheered by a cvrowd of I several hundred persons as lie was whirled way from the Tombs in liis wife's automobile. If he heard iie < paid no heed. I A special car was attached to the i regular *1.-1!) o'clock express over the I New 'l oik Central, but there was a ' lo-ininute delay i;i the departure of i the train. Thaw smoked ami talked with liis counsel throughout the jour- : ney. .< From the moment that word came I from the jury room at 12.40 p. m. that a report was about to be made, the closing events of the famous case * moved almost with cyclonic rapidity. For a day and night there had been absolute silence on the part of the ; jury. Few spectators were allowed in the room, and an incipient demonstration was slopped by the olTicers when they arrested Theodore Roosevelt I 11 for r a burst of applause. 1 'el 1 was fined $- "> by .Justice Dowling for contempt of court. Thaw was not prepared for the climax of his case and there was an appreciable delay in summoning him to the bar. Tiiaw was commanded to stand and face the jurors, and they in lur:i,| were called to their feet. "Jurors, look upon the defendant ; I defendant, look upon die jurors." called Clerk I'enny. "(lenltmen of the jurv have vou agreed upon a verdict?"' "Wo have," said Foreman f!reminds. "What say you, is the defendant guilty or not guilty?" .," Vot guilty. on the ground that he was insane at the time of the commission of the act charred in the indictment. '' A fter thanking tin1 jury Justice Dowlinir turned to Thaw and his attorneys and said: ."'The only testimony in this case upon which a verdict of insanity could j be based was to the effect that tiie defendant is suffering from a manicdepressive form of mental derangement. This testimony and the (Sagnosis of the form of insanity] was based upon prior outbreaks of the defendant as testified to by witnesses from London, Monte Carlo, Paris and Albany. It also appears from the testimony, and the co?'vt was careful i to inquire as to this, thai recurrences of these attacks are reasonably ccr- ! tain. There has been no testimony ad I need here to show that a person suffering from I liis form of insanity ever can lie permanently cured. 11 nr.i Mrs. however, that during the maniacal form of the disease the person suffering; therefrom is likely to commit*' dangerous assaults or murder. There is danger also of suicide. "Therefore, upon all the testimony in this case the court deems that to allow the defendant to ^o at I a rue would be dangerous to the public safety. The decision of the court is that 111c defendant shall not now be discharged, but being in custody shall be so held and committed with all dispatch to the State Hospital for the criminal insane, at Matteawan. The j sheriff of the county is directed to take custody of the defendant and deliver him to the State authorities at. Matteawan." Mrs. Fvelvn Thaw and Josiali Thaw were the only members of the prisoner's family in court when the verdict was announced. The you lit; woman I in nk o d individually each member of the jury and followed Mr. Littleton's example in slinking bands with them. All of the defendant's counsel were elated with the verdict. District Attorney Jerome was almost as well plenswd himself. ITe has contended from the first that Thaw was medically, if not legally, insane. Mr. Jerome congratulated Mr. Littleton, and both counsel ami jury joined in congratulating Justice Victor J. I Dowling, who presided at the trial i with so much satisfaction to hoth I sides. The jurymen expressed their] j thanks to the judge for his kindly! interest in all ma! tors aif"cl' .<; ;l comfort. So lar sis lies within his power I I I net Attorney Jerome will resist an effort to have Tlrnw liberated at an> time in t'he near future. Neil her will lie willingly eotisent to his trans- i t'er to a sanitarium. What a Conscicnco. Indianapolis News. 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