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" 1 vv 5 An Especially ' | Almost An Our line of & A loirrro vari | | n iiu 5 v t ua j I pieces wfaicii I Call and sec I what a sing] V t* We have just stacks (tide. Come and k MAYES' The Ho THAW HEARING HELD; I > DECISION DEFERRED JEROME FIGHTS HARD AGAINST GALAXY OF COUNSEL. j Calls on Governor to Ignore Hysteria. ?At Least a Week Before Ruling is Given. Concord, N. H., Sept. 23.?The duty ; of the State of New Hampshire toward Harry K. Thaw was the subject of exhaustive argument before Gov. Felker today. The legal battle in which William j Travers Jerome, special deputy attorney general of New York State, which seeks to obtain the extradition of Thaw as a fugitive from justice, was pitted against three of the fugitive's array of counsel, was dramatic at times, and near the close came dangerously near to being personal. To the charge that he had resorted to subterfuge and was moved by ulterior motives in his determination to return Thaw to the Matteawan insane asylum, Jerome retorted with : unusual feeling that the State of New , York would not permit its justice to be defeated by the corrupt use of | Thaw money. A Week's Delay. At the conclusion of the arguments ! the governor gave counsel until Monday to file supplementary briefs. This means his decision will not be known for a week at least. During Jerome's arguments new | angles in the celebrated case develop- j ed. One that appeared to take the | opposing counsel by surprise was his ! statement that Thaw is now under ! indictment in Duchess county, charged with conspiracy to escape from ' ' " * A 4.4. tne msane asyium. auuiuc.yj iui Thaw had emphasized the common belief that no bill had been found against their client and that there was no evidence before the governor that New York intended to place him on trial. Promises a Trial. Jerome went further and gave his k word that Thaw would be placed on ? trial if returned to New York State. These assertions were coupled with the explanation that the returning of the indictment had been kept secret in order that evidence might be pre sented to the jury against *'tne instigator of this plot, a man of more importance than any one yet mentioned in this proceeding." i Attractive line 4 A 1 Articles lything You Need For 1 10c Chinaware cannot be iety to select from, and inclm 11 ll f._ J 1.1. I usually seu lur uuuuie wuai i it. You will be astonishe le dime will do for you here. of popular goods for it us show you what w nAATf BUUR iuse of a Thousand 1 \ Judge W. M. Chase, for the pris- 1 oner, argued that Thaw was insane : wfben he escaped from Matteawan and therefore irresponsible. The charge of conspiracy had been trumped up he said, for the purpose of returning ( Thaw to the asylum. Speaking in a similar vein, Former ?* 1 - i Gov. Stone ol Pennsylvania uecicueu that there 'was no lav; to punish a lunatic for escaping from an asylum. Both quoted at length from authorities. George F. Morris, the third of '- i ~ fho notinnn IIISW S COUJUSC1. ai.avnou i.uv for extradition, saying it sought to do indirectly. In tihe name of public opinion and public sentiment, be asked the governor to exercise broad discretion. in dealing with the case, forced and Fraudulent.'' i Mr. Jerome said that while he had listened to many arguments in many tribunals, he never had heard a more , extraordinary argument advanced i than that of Mr. Morris, that in a J forced and fraudulent public opinion the governor of New Hampshire could and should find a reason for an excuse for disregarding the petition for a writ of extradition and for refusing to i o ^ntv laid nnon him by the j pel J.UI 111 U> uu.j ? A constitution of the United States. | He quoted from decisions of thej United States supreme court to show ' every offense punishable by law and , that the certificate of the requesting , governor was all the authority as to \ the crime committed that was needed , ? | by the governor upon wuicu mc . quest was. made. j i Replying to a charge that he had used subterfuge and was moved by ulterior motives Jerome said: 3ran and His ^roney. " 1 + ? V* fr-vr*r1 "From tne very iiuux umi omuiuiu White lay dead on the roof garden in the city of New York?his life taken either by a murderer or a lunatic? from that time to this minute, it has been said repeatedly that in the end the Thaw money would defeat the ends of justice. "So far it 'has not entirely accomplished it, but wherever this case has gone and wherever it has rested, it has left a trail of ignominy, disgrace, filth ( ? j 1? i uif f hnc: hppn ana scauuai unjmu *<, ~? ? absolutely appalling. The State of ( New York wants back a man whom it i regards as a homicidal lunatic when ^ influenced by his insane delusions and a vicious degenerate at other times? a man criminal in bis lucid intervals and dangerous In his insane ones. "The State of New York can pledge its course as the best evidence of goodj weeKs. It was added tliat it vas possible. m .8 oi 1 en-cent j i i i i i I en Lents excelled. iing many I we ask. |j d to find | / 1 A ! iu cents tne arre have for 10c rhings. i bm? faith hv savins that if this man he returned to the State of New York he will be put on trial before a jury. "It will rest with the State of New York to show that the Thaw money can not corrupt forever, althugh for a lime it may." Judge Chase, in pleading for Thaw, -.1-1* J AT- -? + 1 in + Anf TI'O C fVlD SliAlfclU I'lil' I.I llll-uai micui Iiao j essence of'crime. Against criminal j intent, insanity was a complete; I defense. Thaw killed a man, "he said, but was regarded innocent of the crime because his act was decided by a jury to have been that of an insane ipan. He was thereafter confined in the Matteawan asylum until the alleged act of conspiracy took p'ace. ?lileii is lie i , "The State of New York has no right to question the findings of its own court tfhat Thaw was insane. But it has charged this insane person with the criminal act of conspiracy, especially requiring the exercise of sanity. "Thaw was in Matteawan not as a punishment for a crime, but as a protection to the public against the acts of an insane person." Gov. Stone, who followed, dwelt upon the fact that the request for extradition was not acompanied by an indictment. The requisition papers, he said, did not comply with the requirements of the State. >Gov. Stone concluded at 1 o'clock and adjournment until 2 o'clock was taken. Gov. Stone this afternoon asked for time to file supplementary briefs and was granted until Monday. The hearing was then declared at an end. In a sharp reply to Mr. Jerome, Gov. Stone charged that the deputy attorney general had hounded Thaw from the night that Stanford White was murdered. NOT YET GIVEN OIT. Thaw Indictmeint Kept Secret if it Has Been Found. Pougftkeepsie, N\ Y., Sept. 23.?If1 the grand jury of Dutchess county has i found an indictment against Harry K. i Thaw, as reported by William T. Je- i rome at Concord today, it has not j been made puulic here nor handed . up in ?nv court. The district attor- ' ney's office explained this afternoon ! that the jury had made no report on the case and had adjourned for two j us m And the T tt r I ou can ings acc< . want, or will not t To Bori Your sav the pure!; The ster makes y DO ft Wp nav 4 Di ? ^ ? 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