THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912.
HARRY K, THAW A
COSTLYPRISONER
Family Has Spent $1,000,000
and State $350,000,
HIS FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM.
All Thus Far Have Been Unsuccessful,
but He Declares Ho Will Have a
Trial Every Year Until He Is Set
Free Review of His Case.
It has cost Now York county $XO,
000 to put Harry K. Thnw, the slayer
of Stanford Whltv, In Mnttenwnu nnil
keep him there. In his fight to get out
Thaw tins spent between $SOOflOO nnd
$1,000,000. The true amount will nev
er bo known, because nroch of Ue ex
pense was for secret work. Attorney
Clifford W. HartrldRc, wlio afterward
was tried for his actions m the Thnw
case, Is said to have spent $30,000 In
the Tenderloin "squaring Hnrry" with
.women.
The flrst trial bognn Jan. 23, 1007,
and lasted seventy-nine days. Court
expenses were ifr-00 a day. The suite's
nllcnlsts received $23,000. The Jury
was housed and fed at n cost of ?l00
a week. Witness fees and care of wit
nesses cost $3,000 more. When the
Jury, after forty-clnbt hours, returned
n disagreement the Mate had spent for
nothing a trllle more than 100,000. j
Thaw had given Ilartridgo $104,- i
000, and tliat attorney entered buH for j
$50,000 more. Dolphin M. Dolmas was
paid $40,000. Other lawyers received
sums from $15,000 up. Lawyer Glen
son Is said to have rocetvud $00,000,
Second Trial Cost Stat $100,000.
Then came the second trial, which
cost the state another $100,000. At
the end of this trial he wns adjudped
insane.
In 1000 Thaw began anotlicr fight
for freedom before Jwsttce Mills nt
White Tlalns. The state won and Thaw
stayed In Matteawnn. Cost to tho
state, about $4fi,000; to Thaw, more
than $100,000.
Two years passed and Thaw de
clared he should have another hear
ing, lie had more alienists ready to
testify.
The alienists recalled th first trlnl.
when ten of District Attorney Je- I
rome's alienists prevented bills for '
their services In the following amounts: j
Dr. Carlos F. McDonald fs.aoo
Dr. Austin Flint 5,315
Dr. -William Mnhon . 3,SS7
Dr. Robert Kemp Coleman........ MO!
Dr A. It. Dlofcnilorf ....... 1,237
Dr. William B. Prltcliard COS
Dr. William Illrsch C05
Dr. Albert Warron Forrta fr5
Dr. R. A. Wltthaus UK)
Dr. Aufjust Hoch 133
Jerome's alienists at tho first trial
could not make an examination of
Thaw. They sat in court and olwerv
ed him at $150 nn hour.
In tho recent hearing, which result
ed In Thaw being declared still Insane,
770,000 words of testimony wore taken.
This makes 3.G00 typewritten pages.
In book form it would make eighty
novels the size of the best sellers.
The alienists' bills amount to more
than $12,000 for a few days' attend
ance and the presentation of conflict
ing testimony. William Travers Je
rome Li to receive $10,000 from Um
state, it is said. Tho witness fees,
costs of court and other items will
make the trial cost to tho state m ex
cess of $T0,000. What the cost to
the Thaw family no one knows. In
previous trials it has always boon
twice tlie cost to the state.
cast. Tie came as tlm r)otnnarhnii
of tho west and his oratory flowed nnd
flowered until tho courtroom rang. lie
coined the famous plea "Dementia
ainerlcana," and his name was herald
ed everywhere. The Thaw trial was
the Inst of hfo rrent c-xr.
A. Russo:i I'riibod.v, associated In
Thaw's do' - hm is dead.
Thaw's mother, a pitiable broken fig.
ure, is uwln.'t the greater part of what
fortune she hns left to lclp him In Ms
fight.
And Evelyn Thaw, the cnuso of It all.
Just testified against her huslmnd. She
has said she would like to see him re
main in Mnttonwan for life.
But Thaw will not remain In tho
prison for the criminally Insano II ho
can help It. He will fight again, ho do
clarod. nnd such a flcht will rot nn.
other fortune.
Thaw has said. "I will have n rrln!
every year until I am set free." If 13
gets it tie will to the most exnetvdve
prisoner in the history of tle world
for fhstahce", by Le Birgo"6f'TTOifiodeu!.
Jo Diablo Boltcu.x."
It has been n long way from Etana
through Icarus and Luclnn nnd Poo to
Grnhamo-Wilte, but this old stone
cameo shows that even theso seers saw
the vision of the world and nil tho
wonder thnt would le. And there Is
still n long way to look forwnrd to car
ry forward Ilossottl's version of the
bird men of Nineveh:
Wo utaro above from kerb and rut
And m-o ngalnnt tlio dawn abut
Strons men n-wlns. with vans that Jut
Llko those on friczea quaintly cut
In long- mlllnnnlums bygone
Wo follow lllRhts that havo boon mi
To push till on our sliiht shall Ixiret
That last dcTctoiKxl from tho first.
Tluit best evolving from tho worst.
New London from old BAbylon.
A
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE,
COST OF DEATH CHAIR $65,000
In 22 Years 15S Men Have Been Ex
ecuted In How York.
With Ue putting to death In the
week of Aug. 12 of nlno irarrdvtTTH In
the electric chatr New York utato will
havo expended aUmt $05,000 m carry
ing out tho dwith penalty ptneo tho
present law went Into effect twenty
two yen re ago.
UP to tho present time 153 men have
bcen sent to tho electric chair In this
state. Electrician E. F. Dnvls receives
n ft of $2TJ0 for each execution, and
an nssbtnnt fa paid $r0. Tbo trarcXrnR
ana notci expenses of both are pnM.
MAKES E0Y GROW 7 INCHES.
Thyroid Extract Enables Lad to Pass
Academy Test.
Dr. George Alexander Gibson, the
fatuous physician, lecturer nnd author
of many works on various dtaonons
nnrrnted nt a meeting of British mod
Icnl men nt Liverpool a remarkable
Instaik'o of treatment with thvrold es-
tract.
i A Ihi.v of eighteen who was nnxlous
' to enter Woolwich Military ncailemy
was detmrred on the ground that ho
i was too amall in stature, lelng nn Inch
j lew than five feet
I Ir. Gltson treated him with tins
thyroid extract, and In six months he
Prow seven Inches and gained a high
I place nt his entrance.
An examination slwwod that his cer
ebral functions had not been disturbed.
Estoto James Van Valkonborg, lato
of Rf-ntt t
All poraona Indobtod to said cstato
arc notified to mako Immediate, pay-1
niont to tho undersigned, and those
having claims against tho said es
tate are notified to present thorn I
auiy attested ror sottlomont.
It. W. RAYMOND,
Adm'r.
Sherman, Pa July 1, 1912.
AMERICAN WOMEN IN
HUNT FOR PIRATE GOLD.
Head an Expedition to Costa Rica In
Search of $1 0,000,000.
Seeking $10,000,000 in buried stiver
and gold, the hoard of the plrnto Bom
bosa, a party of Englishmen nnd
Americans, Kul by two young women,
have reached Cocoa Island, off the
Costa Rica const. The woman tenders
are Miss Barrltdry nnd Mhm GoorgJ.
nrm Davis. Miss Itarrrtelly la said to
know tho location of tle trefwure.
Antlcrpntlng trouble nnd possibly an
armed effort to take the treasure from
the foreign adventurers if they should
recover It, the government has pent n
company of soldiers to tho lonely Is
land nnd holds others available for
use on short notice. The government
has granted a concession to Mlsa Bnr
rltcily and nwwclatea nnd will got part
oi ine Duinon.
Miss Barritelly recently spent some
time upon tho Island, and bcr friend
ship to a dying half breed is mid to
havo resulted in his giving her a map
showing where the pfratca cached
their booty. The young woman nt
first thought tho mop uocIchs, but In
vestigation showed that it tallied re
markably with old manuscripts bear
ing upon BombostiB career, nnd sbo
succeeded In convincing tbo otfwr
members of tlw expedition. Miss Bar
ritelly is said to bellevo that the work
will consume lens than a month.
BABY WEIGHS 77 POUNDS.
Ped on Diluted Whisky, Child Fifteen
Months OW Reaches Amazing Size.
Whflt id tieltniYwl fr twn ttu tnrmu
... , . - - -- H". .11,V.-)
Ixiby in tho world belongs to .lease Fox
and wife of Jonlln. Mo. The bahv Is
fifteen months okl nnd weighs seventy-seven
pounds. It Is well propor
tioned nnd can wear a No. 0 hat and
Nb, 8 woman's glovsj.
Tho parents say they hnvo fed it dl
luted whleky since It was two weeks
oM. It consumes a wlneglaaj of whis
ky daily, IwUlen any other food it
wants. Tho mother fa flvo feet three
' Inches tell and weighs 102 pounds.
, The father is a farmer, six foot two
Inches tali, nnd weighs 200 pounds.
, Tho child weighed three pounds nt
birth, but started to grow rapidly
when two months old.
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WHEN THERE
IS ILLNESS
In your family you of course call
a reliable physician. Don't stop
at that; frnve hia prescriptions
put up at a reliable pharmacy,
oven if it is a little farther from
your home than some other store.
You can find no more reliable
store than ours. It would be im
possible for more care to bo taken
in the selection of drugs, etc., or
in the compounding. Prescrip
tions brought hero, cither night
or day, will be promptly and
accurately compounded by a
competent registered pharmacist
and the prices will be moat reasonable.
O. T. CHAMBERS,
PHARMACIST,
8 Opp. D. & II, Station. IIo.iesdale. Pa.
mmut
III Fortune of Lawyers.
Nearly every lnwyer connected with
the case on Thaw's side has met with
ill fortune. Dan OTtellly was arrested
In connection with the theft of securi
ties and Ills career Wasted. Clifford
W. Ilartrldge cscnid disbarment by
one vote following his demand for $o0,
000 more from Thaw. Delphln M. Del
mas .lisi-.. b; bta Jjojyd jfJx tiic
AN AVIATOR OF 2000 B. C
Engraving on Stone of OW Babylonian
Times.
Probably tho oldest representation of
flying men is that engraved on one of
the Babylonian stone seals in the Ber
lin Asiatic museum.
This seal dates back to nt least 2000
B. C. From tho characters denlctnd
It Is surmised that tho work is- of about
tbo period 2SO0 B. C.
Tho talo illustrated is of Etana Bitting
on nn eagle and flying from earth to
heaven. Beneath Dtnna ore n ronn
with unified hand and dogs looking
up, on tno ten n snepoerd and hhi flock,
nt the top left corner a potter at work
and beyond a baker baking cakes.
In the story it Is stated that Etmw
looked down, and on the seal is repre
sented by tho artist what tho passing
life was ns ho actually saw It an old,
old story, since told othorwtso nnd oth
erwhera oy man? as original writer, as.
FIRST WHITE MAN ON WAY.
H. G. Bryant Takes New Trafl on the
Labrador Shore.
Henry G. Bryant, president of the
Philadelphia Geographical society, left
recently on an expedition, for ti ex
ploration and mapping of tho St Au
gustine river, entering tho gulf of SL
Lawrence at St. Augustine, Labrador,
nnd traversing a country never yet
penetrated by white men.
Ituesell W. Porter, who has had ex
perience In Greenland, Alaaka and
Franz Josef Land, accompanies Mr.
Bryant oh topographer.
Bryant Is famillnr with Labrador,
having been tho flrst whlto man to
measure nnd photograph the Grand
falls and Hamilton river many years
igo.
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W. F. SUTDAM,
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Tb Atknlio Refining Comncav
jr-iirinrnMgi
Midshipman Had Been Dismissed From
Naval Academy For "Inaotitudo."
Mldshinmnn William EL Sannders
who was dismissed from tbo Naval
academy on Sept 0, 1011, on the
ground of "Inaptitude for tho naval
Bervlcc," la to havo another chance to
Decomo an officer. Tbo charge waa
that Iks waa refractory and not ame
nable to dlscinllne. Immediately nnon
bis dismissal bo took tho case np with
noprceentatlvo Asbury F. Lover of
South Carolina, who nmmntlv rwm
pointed him to tbo vacancy which his
dismissal created, captain John II
Gibbous, superintendent of tbo acad
cmy, refused to pass favorably upon
tno nomination. Botn United States
senators from South Carolina nnd lion
reeentativo Lover colled unon the nres-
ldent peroral times In behalf of the
dismissed midshipman, and n few
weeks nxro tho throo. nocomnnnled hv
tho young man, went to Annapolis and
interne woa oaptnln Gibbons. Tbo in
tcrrfow was In a moosuro satisfactory
but ft did not guarantco tno rcadmls
sion of Saunders, which was the su
promo end in vlow.
Recently tho Bcnators. with itenm-
sentatlvo Lever nnd Saunders, made
nn appeal to the president, with the
result that tho president called Into
conference Assistant Secretary Win
throp. Tho outcome is that Saunders
is reinstated, not to his former place
! but is given tho rlcht to take tho In
mai examination. Ho was appointed
to tho Naval ncademy from South
uaronna on July a, iooo, and was a
member of tho third class when dismissed.
TRY A CENT-A-WORD
A Fish atory.
Plko aro supposed to llvo longer than
any other fish. Gesner relates that in
1407 a plko was caught In Suabla with
a ring attached, Inscribed, "I was flrs.t
put Into this lake by tho hands of the
governor of tho universe. Frederick
11., Oct 6, 1230." This Is the fish's
story.
Ono Horse, Five Men.
Flro men's strength Is equivalent to
that of ono averago horse
Hard Butter.
If you want to cut bard butter Into
squares and. find you cannot do It with,
out crumbing, fold a ploco of waxed
paper In which tbo butter was wrap,
pod around tho blado of tbo knife.
You con then mako a perfectly smooth
tut
WATER CONSUMERS
The use of water
for
sprinkling lawns,
gardens, streets, etc.,
is hereby prohibited
EXCEPT between the
hours of 6 & 8 a. m.
and 6 & 8 p. m.
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Honesdale Consolidated Water Co.