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THAW NOT GUILTY
SENT T0 ASYLUM
Jury Cecides Defendant Was Insane
at Time of Shooting.
PROTESTS LIKE A MAD MAN.
Within Four Hours After the Verdict of
“Not Guilty’ Fell From the Lips of
the Foreman of the Jury, the Slayer
of White Was Being Rushed on Board
the Train to the State Institution.
END OF FAMOUS CASE.
The Judge's Last Words,
That Thaw is suffering from a
manic-depressive form of mental
disorder.
That recurrences of these
tacks are reasonably certain.
That there is no evidence Thaw
ever can be permanently cured.
That the prisoner is likely to
commit murder or suicide.
That to allow the defendant to
go at large would be dangerous to
public safety.
at-
Thaw's Chances To Go Free,
The law provides that once
defendant is found not guilty-
even with the insanity clause at-
tached may not again have
his life placed in jeopardy.
As soon as Thaw can convince
a commission that he is sane and
no longer to be regarded as a
menace to the public safety, he
will be given his liberty.
It is sald that District Attorney
Jerome would personally oppose
any move the liberation of
naw, either at the present time
or at any time in future.
a
he
Lor
the
New
not gullty
White, 1
time the fatal s
iall Thaw
to be a
Adjudged
Stanford
at the
tg were fired, Harry
was held by the court
and
spital for
Matteawan It
from the dingxy
bs, which had
home for more
York (Special).
vy of the murder of
Woreason
Ken
dangerous lunatic was
whirled away to the state he
the cr lin 12 at
was a quick transiti
little cell the
been the
than 18 months,
wards of the big ¢
on the snow-covered slog
the Hudson River, 5f
city. The t )
walting and when everyone
setad with the case had al don-
of an ment ever be-
other trial.
foren
in
young man's
he white bedded
tucked away
ying banks of
les above the
verdict ca after 20
conn
ed a
ing reached in this or
Four hours after the
had framed the words
h the
han
HOPE
an's
“Not g
anity clause
&, was on
uilty,”
acompan
Thaw, protesting |
his way to Mattea
nightfall he had be ¢
fnstitution under comm
which directed his detentic
h
y due course of
mn
law.”
atient
1d
which always
wl his movements, ho a
bowed
ser site
ost haughiiay,
grace
character
wardly, 1
acknowledgments t
as they i
A smile playe
ures, and ti
Lelieve
with the
It was had heard ¢
words of Justice Dowling committing
him to Matteawan on the ground that
his release, in the opinion of the
court, would endanger the public
safety, and after til elation of the
verdict had died Thaw rebelled.
He demanded attorneys immedi- |
ately to sue out rit of habeas cor- |
pus to have his ty tested before
he was gent away to the up-state in-
stitution, the insane of crimi-
nal tendencies are confined.
Mrs. Wm. Thaw,
where ghe had received over the tele-
phone the news of the trials end,
joined in the demand of her son.
Martin W. Littleton, whose conduct
of vie case as chief counsel for the
defense has won so much favorable
comment, finally prevailed against the
wishes of the mother, indicating to
her that he believed it would be bet-
ter for the present to obey the man- |
date of the court
Justice Dowling, it was said, had
been consulted in the matter after he |
had signed Lis order of commitment |
and informally had advised Thaw's
counsel against
ate contest,. The prizoner’s consent
wag not won until after a lively scene |
with his counsels and his wife, the
latter pleading with him for more
than an hour to be content for a time
at least with what fate had given |
him. |
Under promise that some action
gpeedily would be taken looking to
the appointment of a commission to |
fnquire into his present sanity or for |
his transfer to a private institution |
where his wife and otuer members of |
his family might reside with him, |
Thaw consented to go without fur-
ther protest.
of action,
his
were di
son to
pleased
after
he he
ie
away
his
where
from her hotel,
FINANCIAL |
ES "
Rina bss oa. 48 Sap
“Watch for gold exports pretty
soon,’ says an international banker.
“During the remainder of the
year,” say E. & C. Randolph, “politics
will be a big factor in the stock
market.” :
During the current month only
$60,000,000 of new securities were
fssued, compared with $107,000,000
last January and $386,000,000 in the
NILLED THREE CHILDREN
Other, to Their Death.
Wm
Meutsch, a carrlagemaker at 419
mitage shot and killed
of his daughters, five years old, and
fatally wounded his two other chil-
dren. The cause of the crime is not
known, but, according to the police,
Meutsch had recently guarreled with
his wife several times because of the
children. The carriage shop was
beneath the rgoms in which
Meutsch family lived and the man
called Gertrude, the eldest daughts
telling her to come to the car
{ shop.
| Ag she stepped through
fired a bullet in
Chicago (Special). H.
Ar-
Avenue,
the
her
He then called Jennie, three years
William. the two-vear-old son,
the last victim to called and 1}
| father shot him above the art
The two children were
to a nearby hospital, wher
{it was stated that both of them will
die.
was
ue is
Wid
an older son
time and heard
Meutsch and
were up stairs at the
|
i
i
aBHIngL { Bpecial)
velt's mess
but the
n Friday
» has writte:
noteworthy; specia
of
moved that
general
printed for
there
{ them.
{ Meutsch
in the
body
A short
saw her
back vard carrying the
of Gertrude and the
geious form of Jennie in hi
She at once telephoned to the pe
{In the meantime
children on the
ment and locked
| closet.
Police Captain Harding
tenant L.ynch broke down
id arrested Meutsch after
murderer
to be
d fter
to § i
years old, who
tragedy occured
to
time
husban
after Mrs.
1 walking
dead
ne
arms
on-
Meutsch plad
floor
himself
of
The
police of unso
his arrest
ther daughter
anoth
when
» COnfesse
intended
18
the
was absent
‘aptain
TRIES TO CUT HIS HAND OFF,
Man Who Struck His Father Follows
Biblical Injunction.
FATHER DIES TO SAVE SON.
Snatched
Off Railroad
But Is Crushed By Train.
Boy racks,
john
il sindys
ad pusl ed i
in doing so sii]
and fell direct
He was
od
wath of the engine
erushed that he lis
ninutes. The boy
only
wae unhurt
FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED.
Two Persons in
From
Injured
Fire At Thurmond,
W.Va
destroved
Escaping
WwW. Va.
Fire
gtore
Charleston, { Special )-
at Thu the
building occupied by Hurvitz & Lop-
{nsky. general merchandise; the
cery store of R. E. Duncan,
Thurmond Opera House, and re
dwelling of Harrison Ash, town mar-
shal. together with the contents of |
all four buildings, entailing a loss of |
$30,000,
Lopinsky and his clerk, i
were sleeping over the Hurvitz & |
Lopinsky store, where the fire origi |
nated, had a narrow escape, both be
ing seriously injured by jumping]
from a second story window. i
St
rmond
Stern. who
hs s—
Blows Off His Sister's Head, i
Rochester, N. Y. (Special).—In|
the absence of his mother from home
William MeBride, a twelve-year-old
here, put on a belt of his father’s, |
loaded a shotgun with cartridges of |
buckshot, and blew the head off his
fonr-vear-old sister, Viola. The little |
girl had been left by her mother, |
gtrapped in a high chair.
Killed By His Own Shotgun.
Luray, Va. (Special). Morgan
Dod, who lived in Madison Coun! /,
about four miles from the Pa je
County line, was shot and killed Ly |
gun, while returning to his home
from a shooting match which was
held near Skyland, this county.
Lightning Burns Her Toes,
Bristol, Tenn. (Special). Mra.
Frank Crossman had a narrow escape
from death by lightning during a
thunderstorm in Bristol. A bolt of
lightning that partially wrecked her
home literally tore the shoe from one
of Mra, Crossman’s feet without do-
ing further’ injury than to painfully
burn her toes,
Her son, Glen Crossman, was in-
jured. Both required the attention
game month 1906. {
of a physician.
Made The Timid Gasp.
messing:
en
Prasident’s
' a and p
He dwells at length
islons hearing upon
« renews hig request for
ne re
wealthy
idicial dex
teint
opi
reatric tion upot thi on te it
pon : n
yy tana
inctions
©
1
avons ta
ranting advocates
the ronment A8SUINd tr
SOME INCISIVE
IN THE
I do not
SENTENCES
MESSAGE.
for a moment believe
this Administra
ought on
®
actions of
ve br
»
business
1
gpeculatiy
honest
wealth
VOR
of
who
irom
Wrong:
it
ts )
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BY TELEGRAPH
Domestic
silk
at Bels
impriso:
prosecution for ]
TY «411 seed }
Italian mais Bais
gentenced edere
costs of
Guatave Delcustia, a nonstriker
WwW Shaw. superintendent
or Hospital, in Detroit, and
the Hospital
Association America
me in that city
introdu
of
of
Evidence was ed in
righurg Capitol graft case
that Contractor i
2 660 000 before his bills
he approy edd
The public school at
Pa... near Pittsburg, was closed bY
health authorities on account
apide + of scarlet fever
H
the
of
i
hia congregation
spending time on
im
Foreign
The Earl of Carrington, president
the British Board of Agriculture,
referring to the agitation against
American beef for the Army, sald
that to feed the Army on home-bred
meat would mean an annual increase
$750,000 in the budget
As a result of the disappearance
£250.000
Arthur
that
Dublin
it is reported
Viars, custodian at
by fire,
The home of A. Alexander, mine
partially wrecked by a dynamite ex-
ylosion.
The suit Leslie
Norma
Mrs
Miss
brought by
srtor-Pavyne against
as been settled,
Judge Smith McPherson, in the
i'nited States District Court, Kansas
City, handed down a decision de-
clining to interefere with the offi
cinls of Missouri in the enforcement
of the Missouri statute making un-
necessary labor on Sunday a misde-
meanor,
A special meeting of the Amer
jean ‘Railway Association has been
called for Chicago February 7 for
the purpose of adopting measures
to stop the tremendous loss occa.
gioned by the present movement of
empty cars on the roads of the coun
try.
Fred W. Wolf, the oldest active
letter carrier in the United States,
died in Troy, N. Y.
The new Westmoreland County
court house was dedicated at Greens-
burg, Pa.
Representatives of coal miners and
operators of four states met to de-
cide whether joint conferences shall
be called to make a wage scale, to
go in effect April 1.
A receiver has been asked for the
Consolidated Steamship Company,
which controls the six const
wise companies merged
W. Morse. '
The Standard O11 Company has ac-
quired the South African trading In-
terests of the Shell Transport Com-
thne securing a monopoly
Africa.
Four women suffragists of London
were sentenced to one month's ime
prisonment for creating a disturbance
at the residence of Chancellor As-
quith.
In the case of Mrs. McBride, or
Maud Gonne, the “Irish Joan of
Are.” who sued her husband in the
London court for absolute divorce,
the legal separation decreed by the
lower court has been confirmed by
the superior court, but absolute di-
vorce is denied.
A Portuguese official note denies
that the government will proclaim
a state of siege in Portugal, and de-
clares that a majority of public opin-
fon supports Premier Franco.
The International Congress of
American Students at Uruguay has
elected President Roosevelt an hon-
orary president of the congress.
At a fire in Montreal, Can., many
of the firemen had their hands,
nosses and ears frozen and one man
wes frozen to a ladder.
The women suffragists of London
made noisy demonstrations in front
of the residences of members of the
cabinet,
An international electrical expo-
pition is to be held in Marseilles,
France, beginning April 19,
The budget committee of the Ger-
man Reichstag voted $600,000 for
the promotion of experiments in air-
ship navigation.
south
LIVELY BIDDING FOR FLAG
Faded Colors of the Chesapeake
Bring $4,250.
(B
Americar
.ondon
the
and the
most valuable
lection of antiquities
TT. Middle
Lhe tion sale
for American buyers Ti
flag was captured in th
fight with the British ship non
in 1813, and there was good
for the taded and torn
the authenticity
| vouched in a
since
Roval
of tht
to the late
secured at
collection
Chie
Uroo
au
papeake
“i111
1
in
» rs
BiGaing
rie of t
i
iI
101
| owne rehin
{of the
{ EES8I0ON
tury ago
i The flag
{ London art
thie in
upon this
to the fa
at the
as sol
dealer,
| eu ¥ pr
in
MOUs 3
battl
i The d
highly interesti
of
nurchas
NINE DEAD IN COAL MIN?
Explosion Near
Va.
in Colliery
Nest, W.
Hawi
‘he dead
Grover Howl
Harry Wilson, W
ison Coles, Charles
mn Buffman nd
men
BO
A
One of the bodl
mine and
«1g from the
g blown down the
man
the
not instantiy
OE
w i with
Gree
ft ormnt
a
Lower
Bq
It
tt 0 ive ii
Boone is the propert)
Coal and
a small mine
Chief Mine Inspector Pau
patched four deputy inspectors
investigate the disaster
The cause of the explosion
yet been definitely
HER LOVE REINCARNATED.
a
The
of the
pany
wine Coke
is
dis-
to
has not
ascertained
Virginian Of Fifty Weds Ranghter Of
Woman Who Rejected
Morrisville,
Him.
yi A ro-
{Special ) .-
| Red, aged fifty, a prosperous plan-
| tor of Bristersburg, and Miss Sady E.
| Byrd, aged twenty, were married at
{ the Mount Horeb Church by the Rev,
{ Homer Welch.
: Red long ago unsuccessfully court-
led the mother of Miss Byrd. During
{all the intervening years he remained
‘a confirmed bachelor, until the
daughter of his old sweetheart rein-
| earnated the love of his early youth.
Poet Commits Suicide,
8t. Louis, Mo. (8pecial).—Louls
D. Goodman, thirty-six years old,
lawyer, poet, and journalist, commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid
Last July he attempted suicide by
plained later, he found the world
had places only for men of action,
and not for dreamers.
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Bloodhounds For Panama,
San Antonio, Tex. (Special).—The
first of several bloodhounds to be
used In tracking criminals in the
here by Lieut. Stephens for $300
each. Exhaustive tests have been
made here with the dogs, several sole
diers trailing for miles out from Fort
Sam Houston, crossing streams and
going through herds of cattle in the
endeavor to lose the trail for the
PORTUGAL'S KING AND
HIS HEIR ASSASSINATED
Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz Philippe
Shot By Band of Men,
FAMILY UNDER THE FIRE
She
Her Eldest Fon
icide , Armed With
Cun.
art,
(lueen Although
Tried to §
Three of the
Car
£To
Ln
4
Beller
ines, olice
John
Banking
Al
backward
dent
rien
eran
ormer Pres
of th Ar
denounces the
ai astep
wilde financiering
Senator Tillman
railroads witha rel
land grants to s«
geil at the prike 6
ment
Capt. Hanso B
United States signal
a 1,020-mile trip
dog teams
Hamil
A S80
finan-
toward
ation dri
cial bill as a
at
Waostern
to dispose ol
declining to
ACT N HOE
tticrs
xed by t
in om
gov
n Black. of the
corps, is to make
across Alasks with
Senator Nixon, of Nevada, told the
Pregident that the state constabu-
lary was now being organized and
that within three weeks the federal
troops could be removed from Gold-
field.
The House smmittee on Naval
Affairs decided to make a cut of
about $25.000.000 in the estimated
cost for the year of maintenance
and congtruction for the Navy De
partment.
William Jennings Bryan gave hie
House Committee
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ciections campaign contributions.
The House Committee on Labor
ordered a favorable report on the
Bartholdt resolution providing a fed-
eral investigation of mine disasters.
Strong arguments were made be-
fore the House committee by a large
forest preserve
The Aldrich financial ill, as fin
ally agreed upon by the Senate i
trance Committee, was reported to
the Senate.
Arthur W. Ferguson, secretary to
the Philippine Commission, died sud-
denly in Manila of heart disease.