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Highland Park News-Letter (1904), 20 Apr 1907, p. 1

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White was killed in a theater. Thaw did not run amuek, Manhunt a revolver. 30 lead there shots and did not throfiaway oneâ€"all took elm. lie immediately explained, .heing anxious to have it tandemoodnhat he had proVOcation. And just!»- ifore‘ containing the murder. he talked to eaveral .aequalntaneea in terma elearly indicating that he was In full possession of his sense. Finally, the trial was interrupted, so that experts might pass upon his cue-11%" tamed a certificate of sanity. 3The statement that five of the jurors were even homlnally mum oflhla sanity should, perhaps be reviaed. They did not think that he should he pnniahed. ' . ' Nbbody now; believes that the prisoner will pay any other penalty than loss of liberty for a ten month: longer, and a bill of eoats. This in the (ace of the fact that there is no record a: a max-- der mqre deliberately committed. This in the face of the fact that the State has left no stone unturn- All the precautions taken by the commonwealth for the preservntlon of bumnwllfe hue. in this nun-«ting cane, become I travernlty on the term. Nor is this one leolnted. Plenty of others might be cited in proof of the proposition that, given cer- teln lrreleuncieo. life moy be With impun- lty. Thnw‘s wife has youth. end bounty, 3nd he kn rich relations. To thm fut. add the truth that glend men tell no almond n formldnble con- tribution mthe trouble: of the prosecution hen been made. Then by oll m. let the murder he upecuculnr no tint It I” hemmed of I pro- minent plnée in the (ll!!!) 0! Bumper horrors. "You erewmâ€"tleterhtine whether the defendant wee tendon- not: whether he knew the netnre end the anelitylol the ectlhe wee doing, end whether he knew end understood the neture of the crime. I! hedld ell thie. thena‘he wee gnilty.”â€"Juetiee Fitzgerald to the thew jury. The Brooklyn Eegle'e editoriel on the conflue- ion of the Thaw triel. hesed upon the ehove. in o! ’ exeeptlovml interest. It in published below: Convineedfo! Thew’e qenily, eeven jut-ore voted tor convictioewotninelly convinced of hie inun- lty. Ive voted for ‘nequltel. The people of the State of New York will make enother eflort to eettle their account with the murderer; hut hie Riches “feel though he had not been caught ted Wed. When e Rnpreme Court, justice recent- ly Med thetin Brooklyn etch e one would My; ”We! in e week. he did not imply gthet nonfiction would have followed ee e mutter ififiéWhe’tflenhetaumflee here their elv “Mime to beta give We dietlnct ed. And an.” in the face of the fact that if Thaw did not understand what he was doing when he becune a murddrer, he never did and never will comprehend the significance of anything he does ~mad says. Dplibemtely and knowingly and under- standingly, he killed. ’ thunder to I Manhattan jury in da- ease. ,â€"-_ \ on Ire m Volume 20' Th'arw’s Escape HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIE There is one idea that. doee not men to have prom itself. Mattel-a Would have been much simplified had, the jury tried the murdered man in- stead of hia murderer. Ilia char-cur wae anything but atainleae. Hie oflenaoa were rank enough to amell to heaven. They Were top] enough to insure unanimity in the jury room. Moreover. being dead. condemnation could on do him much damage. wheraaa Thaw ia very lunch alive and very sure (hat. with his trusty revolver, he did the right. thing-at. firefight. time. and in the right place. Home» h la rm alma- clear than While waa MW III! ”'1“. VIII. It in “totem", “a“ Thaw will noun humbled-uh long- Aiter . the second trier! 1:th will. b. Miled. A’ third trial 'muy or My *not‘ follow. ‘ About "(0 South of Frnnee, when he. said, he prop-need to spend the snmmer. It was added thnt he might etayionger so as to give the cine time to pan out of the public mind. Disagreement interferes. but it is only a matter of months; Meanwhile, the so- onued majesty of the luv don not. seem to have been nflronted by the formulation of the program, by a traveling eehedule taking acquittal for grant- ed. This ilsgenuine novelty. Almost anything is to be expected when n murder is spectaculnr but an arrangement to go to Europe in untieipntion. And it in almost e pity that the jury did not acquit, woompenying it: verdict with the thunk: oi the community. -.v- â€"u. uwlu In unlin- na'l jurisprudence. it mid demon-nun the whole judielll system, which really is the 637010?“ PN- ductof thousands a! you: of uplift tron lhnt mm of turbid“: in which the unwritten I." once held uboolnte my. Adda 3mm .1! that, however, unwritten law as Ipplied by juries today becomes ridkmlous in it: central-idea, Mg! why about! the civilized American peofle consent-to huge“ around.” ,, ' , __ â€"w .. -’ WUUIII' in: but a «price. a pension i‘nvuted with the power 91 life or death. And It is oerteinly fer fibm Magnum with mmW~ ‘ ed juniee. Allowed to run over the field of crimi~ an] Sâ€"..l--__. j and no that the crnah to the courtroom doors ahall memble rush hour: at the bridge terminal. The rest nay be predicted. Theoretically. the law in aa cold an an Iceberg. It was at (reezing point.“ formulated by the trial judge. He endeavored to give hla temperature to the jurors. but u it turned out, he might ae well have run all the gaunt o! emotions. _Aa it turned out, live of the juror-a might. aa well have had in mind. while it wubelng delivered. not the charge but what the wild wavea were aayln‘. The! adopted as {substitute {or every'word spoken "on the bench. the unwritten law. concerning pat-{of which that the Springfield Republican had to say a few dare agole wall' worth reproducing. “There are. at coerce. Inany reaaone for trying that the unwritten law deaervea not be talented ina civilised acciety. It la truly anarchlee'l in it: influence; lt looaena‘ the ,reapectof the people for in'the ahatract. since unwritten law may be neth- z..- L... - ____L~ ‘3' I scheduled for s trip to the here he, said, he pmpoud to It was added thgt he might give the e... time to pus put . Disagreement interferes. but >, APRIL 20, 1907 .. â€" .W- Bug! 3...; little membut tougli end wiry. He'ie about} kit 5 inches in height,~'weights perhape 140 pounds. has dark eyes. hair, and complexion. end e black mustache. He 1e about. 50 yeere‘old. unmarried, and much devoted no his parents and his brothers and'eietete. Elie habit; ere good- never-drinks, but emokes much. He is genex’one and has helped mores of men in Frisco by getting them positions or giving them‘mnney out of his own/pocket. And he in quiet about his men: eete of kindness. Rue! has Devin C. Bill‘e gift of tall;- menory for ieeee were the ma of hie mecca. A few months age I wee in Fdeoo eftee en eh. aenee of two yen-e. I hed flopped out ofe tuner- ent. when e men an up end “new hie m. we“ me batons I bed time toeey e word. It wee Abe Reef. There wee no meson for each e aiepley of The dey efler he wee indicted he renerked thee he wee in an new clue wish Beekelefler. ll. wee. ehereetedeuc of the men. He cent" .mm; {or on... but worked for power» M‘ieween- for a fine. “Thnt'e 3 good idea for e‘story," the editor aid; “Why not work it up by finding the local men with the largest noqunlntnnee.” ’ - . , _ “All right," I uid. end started out to and my mn. My first idee wu them Whitman, we chief of Muscat.”- l madden... luau learned um Abe Ric! knew more p'ople the: my other men in‘Fi-im. Abe Beuf a Great Mixer I? MTAID VlllJ-Il but mint 1 mr not. burl-g none. When} Int went to Who, at you- no. I watching» the Sunday editor of the Chronicle on. My 150111. the number of pol-om it. uh: possibly for on an; to “'9' pol-Donny. - ‘ or. In I few nonthl be will In a... possibly tn the theater in which he plsyod u put not on “In pm- (nluu. Aqd he will punish], «joy “to lous- uon hi- nopo‘onuco mah- uutfl ml: an: bo- ooneut eonmonplm. 1! his friends were poor he night so into nudovnlo. Numbct I 6 L legs]

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