The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 04, 1908, Page FIVE, Image 5
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. I
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the Indianapolis post office, has!
louml an honest man?and that with-!
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