THAW=WHITE MURDER.
CLOSING SCENES. . / WAS. ACCUSED INSANE?/ ' tir TEi.sGiurn—l-iiEsa association—oorrtUGitT, (Rec. Jan. 31, 9.30 p.m.) . Now York, January 31.In .tho caso against Harry Thaw, charged, with the murder,.of Stanford AYhito, counsel have concluded their addresses, and tlio judg'o will sum up to-dav. . ' ■ Tho prosecuting District Attorney, Mr.; Jerome, in a scathing indictment%f Thaw's:, conduct, said thero was plenty. of evidence., of Ills depravity, and none of his insanity. Ho had sought to shield his miserable life behind his wife's shame. Ho asked whether a business man. like Mr. C. M. Sclnvab, ; President of tho Steel Trust, would: play cards.with a man.who waS'iirratiorial or in-.
Tho plea of Mr. Littleton, counisel for ilia defenco, was that Thaw was temporarily insano bcforo and tlio tragedy/
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 5
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123THAW=WHITE MURDER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 5
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