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TIEARisT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA . SUNDAY. AUGUST 31. 1013. 3 D HARRY THAW AND SOME OF THOSE FOR AND AGAINST HIM |L wf] &v7i MRS. MARY COPLEY THAW. WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME. HARRY K. THAW. MRS. EVELYN NESBIT THAW. DELPHIN M. DELMAS. Thaw Life Drama Bares Every Human Passion Nation’s Interest in His Case Is Unflagging IlCnT ufliubilI Seeks Trial and Acquittal on Con spiracy Charge to Remove Ground for Deportation—State, Beaten in First Clash, Forced to Mark Time. SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. Aug. 30. pulsed by its own attack, the State New York, fighting for the posses- n of Harry K. Thaw, to-day is npolled to wait for the famous soner to make some move which ;1 permit them to take counter ac- n and again place him in Mattea- n Asylum, from which he so dra- ticaily escaped more than a week 1’haw occupies just as paradoxical nation. In his light to become a man he if fighting every move 4fct him out of jail. Jere is the .situation. The State of w York preferred criminal charges conspiracy against Thaw. On this irge he was arrested soon after he 3 crossed the New Hampshire State e into Canada. ■Iis attorneys first sought his re- -ie from prison on a writ of habeas ■pus The date for arguing the ap- cation for the writ was set Thaw Called an Undesirable, n the meantime representatives of ■ State of New York sought Thaw s inrtation into New York by the migration authorities. These au- irities held that Thaw is an un- drable citizen and should be de- | Phi's ruling meant that if Thaw I re to win his fight for freedom on | habeas corpus writ he would lose fleht for freedom by being deport- | info the United States and imme-j telv rearrested. Obviously, Thaw s , y hope for freedom was to stay in 'iis attorneys immediately mad- 3cation for withdrawal of the ap- cation for the writ of habeas cor- . The State of New York imme. telv struggled to have the original, plication "/ranted and Thaw made -fate Loses First Tilt. .. legal fkirmish before : fie GlobenekY before whom the ! ’UThrTe 11 poTnts at issue. These j re i<ew York sta,e was <,enipd the ' right to be a party tc the proceedings in court. 2. Counsel for the State failed in their efforts to have Thaw arraigned before a magistrate, and the commit ment on which he was held quashed, which would have released him to the immigration authorities. 3. The court granted the plea of Thaw’si counsel for a discontinuance of the writ of habeas corpus, which might have brought about his release. This remedied the stragetic blunder that his counsel had made in making the original application for writ of habeas corpus. But Thaw’s principal victory was in his realization that Canadian pub lic sentiment is with him and he is asMured of a fair trial and probable acquittal if the charges of conspiracy are ever brought to trial. If he is ac quitted on that charge, it is held hv his counsel that his legal status In Canada will be fixed and he can not be deported as an undesirable. Prisoner Given Ovation. As won as the crowd that packed the courtroom saw that the-court had ruled in favor of Stanford White'? slayer there was a tremendous dem onstration in his favor. Ho was cheered all the way back to the Jail and was made to realize that if he gets a Jury trial in Canada chances of h’<? success are exceedingly bright William Travers Jerome, his old pro c ecutor. who is repre^ntins" New York. State as snecial counsel, has now gone to Quebec where he will make every effort to have the magis trate who committed Thaw. Alexis Dunuls, of Coaticook quash the com mitment. If he succeeds in this Thaw will he in jail with no charge against him and. of course, will have to be re leased. To be ready for this emergency and Thaw's deportation New York is keenine in ’ouch with sheriffs in Ver mont and New Hampshire. They will M notified hv telephone to be pre pared to capture Thaw on their side if the deportation machinery should be set In motion. Boy, Stolen in 1896 By Gypsies, Found Flees From Nomad Band to Monks. Parents Recognize Him by Birthmark. WATERTOWN^ y,,, was Frederick Br° i nearly seventeen kidnaped b>L, en restored to Ms years ago, ^ Mf!) John Brosseau, of parents. - * i awrence County. V • Sissonvllle, St. a young man de- About a 0 , gypsies and tons eerted from a > ,,ka. 40 miles refuge with t Hjs preser , ce was re- fro 7Li M tn‘the'Montreal police and an ported to the picture in a news- aunt recognized n J, osltlve , y identified £55%, Fbir'thmark. 1 ’ Fined for Following Girl With X-ftayGown Los Angeles Judge Upholds Woman’s Right to Wear Diaphanous Dress. From Mansion to Lone ly Farmhouse, Every D evelop m e n t Is Watched With Breath- less Interest. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 30.—Police Judge Frederickson upheld the right of women to wear diaphanous or shadow gowns when he fined Leo Keller $10 for following pretty 19-year-old Lillian Lam bert Miss Lambert, though wearing a pretty dress of pink flowered mate rial which displayed her figure when she walked in the sunlight, declared that she was not aware that she was wearing a diaphanous gown. By DOROTHY DIX. No other murder case in the whole history of the world has been so much written about, so much read about, so much discussed as the Thaw- case. If all that has been printed about it were spread out upon the earth, it would blanket the United States from Canada to the Gulf, and from the At lantic to the Pacific Ocean. And every printed word of it all has been eagerly devoured, not only by people to whom their daily news paper sensation is as necessary as pepper and salt in their food, but by quiet, conservative folk who as a rule religiously skip all accounts of mur ders and scandals in their papers and confine their attention to the tariff and the editorials. But there was something in the Thaw case that took hold of the pop ular imagination and stirred the dull est fancy so that the remotest ham lets and the loneliest farmhouses were just as much interested in it as was Broadway. Every move in it was fol lowed with the breathless interest with which an audience watches a grip ping melodrama, and. no matter what the real merits of the case are, or what the law, it is idle to deny that popular sympathy went with Thaw. Thaw Appears as a Hero. fn New York we were close to the magnitude of the crime, and we knew a few things about Harry Thaw that did not seem to make him just the idea! avenger of youth and innocence. Also there were circumstances con nected with Evelyn’s past history that dimmed her halo as a victim of man's depravity, but away from New York these slight blurs on the picture were pot perceived. Harry Thaw' was the noble hero who rescued the persecuted heroine and slew the despoiled of virtue, and most people hoped that the law would deal leniently with him. He killed to avenge the woman he loved—his wife —and that theory of Justifiable homi cide still goes in the South and West As a matter of fact, popular sym pathy has always been with Thaw, even in New York, and it Is interest ing to note that, In his present at tempt to escape from Matteawan, practically everyone that discusses it expresses the hope that he will suc ceed in his efforts to get free. General Interest Not Abated. For underneath it all Is the feeling that Thaw committed a crime that needed to be committed, that he rid the world of a man who was a mon ster of vice and an influence for evil whose power was beyond computing, and who had preyed on defenseless voting girls. This man's social and professional position and the wealth of the men who were ills associates put him almost beyond the reach of the law. Probably only such a bullet as Thaw’s could have stopped his iniqul- The People Hail Thaw as Public Benefactor, Says Dorothy Dix “Popular sympathy has always been with Thaw, even in New York, and it is interesting to note that, in his present at tempt to escape from Matteawan. practically everyone that discusses it expresses the hope that he will succeed in his ef forts to get free. “For underneath it all i*s the feeling that Thaw committed a crime that needed to be committed; that he rid the world of a man who was a monster of vice’and an influence of evil; whose power was beyond computing, and who preyed on de fenseless voting girls. This man’s social and professional posi tion, and the wealth of the men who were his associates, put him almost beyond the reach of the law. “Probably only such a bullet as Thaw’s could have stopped his iniquitous career, and for that reason the man in the streets and the woman in the home have never udge Thaw harshly and have always felt that he was unduly punished. Which isn’t law, nor logic, but is very human.” —DUROTHY MX. tous career, and for that reason the man in the street and the woman in the home have never judged Thaw hardly, and have always felt that he was unduly punished—which isn’t law noc logic, but is very human. Nor has the general interest in the Thaw case abated, although it is now seven years and more, since Thaw shot Stanford White dead in Madison Square Garden. Thousands go night ly to see Evelyn Nesbit do a foolish little dance on a roof garden simply because she was the heroine of that scandal, and millions of readers are watching Thaw's attempt to escape from Matteawan with an interest they are not bestowing upon what Huerta is doing in Mexico, or Congress is doing to them in Washington. Drama Held Every Passion. This undying interest in the Thaw case is easily explained in many ways. For one thing, it was a great human drama that swept every chord of emotion. It had in it love, and jealousy, and bitter hate and re venge, every passion that sways the heart. Moreover, it went back to the very foundation stone of romance, and told the tale, in real life, that has been the basic idea of every novel from Pamela down to William Dean Howells. Its heroine was the poor, pretty country girl who comes to the greit city to seek her fortune, and whose beauty is her undoing. She meets with the rich villain, who substitutes silks and satins for her homespun, who plays his knowledge of the world against her unsophistication, and so beguiles her into the primrose path. Then comes the rich young prince, who falls in love with her. who mag nanimously marries her in spite f her -past, and who takes her by the hand and leads her to his splendid home and his white-haired old moth er, who, after having at first fran tically opposed the marriage, finally consents, and bestows upon them her blessing. Romance in Real Life. There isn’t one of us who hasn’t sat up nights to follow some novel wii.1 exactly J.h it plot. Ther» isn’t one •>{ us who hasn't shed tears over such i play on the stage, and hissed the vil lain. and applauded the noble hero, and felt that when the hero shot down the dark-browed villain he was doing a praiseworthy act for which he de served a Carnegie medal. And here was the story in reality. Here was the romance in actual life Here was the play being played out by the living people, not the mum mers on a stage. So wonder that the Thaw case interested the general pub lic! Another reason was because of the importance of the people concerned in it. In one of the charming come dies that Sol Smith Russell used to play there was a scene In which he, starving himself, told stories to make two hungry little children forget their misery. “What shall I tell you about?” he asked. "Tell us about rich people,” replied the poverty-stricken little creatures. Tale Had Good Background. So say we all. We like ro hear of the doings of the rich and great, and we like to read of millionaires’ af fairs just as we prefer to peruse nov els in which the characters are duke* and duchesses rather than scrubwom en and longshoremen. The Thaws’ millions gave a sort of aureate backt ound to the story. Be sides which, they were personally in teresting. There was his old mother, white-haired, haughty, her ~roud head bowed to meet th.s agonizing experi ence—the greatest that any mother can possibly suffei—that of seeing her idolized son, his hands red with blood, standing in the shadow of the elec tric chair, fighting f. * his life. There were his sisters. Mrs. Car negie, married to a nephew of Andrew Carnegie, and so adding other mil lions and other prestige to the Thaw millions and prestige There was the Countess of Yarmouth, another sister, the shadow of her mad marriage to a discredited and fortune-hunting Eng lish peer already darkening about h<*r. There were brothers who came and went during the trial, and always Roger O’Mara, grim mouthed, silent as the Sphinx, forever hovering in the shadow of the Thaw family. The Three Vital Figures. About all thero were th£ three vital figures in the case, itirst the Family’s Millions Fur nish Aureate Back ground to Tragedy of Beauty, Hate, Re venge and Love. ghost of Stanford White, all the more interesting because it was so intangible it left a million tilings to the imagination—an evil ghost that might have come from the pit itself, so bla«*k and sinister were the things attributed to it. From the shadows from which it was evoked came also lurid pictures of unmentionable orgies taking place amid scenes of indescribable beauty ■and splendor. They were scenes such as filled the pages of Ouida, and that ravish the fancy. Then there was Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, marvelously beautiful, with her story of injured innocence to make the very angels weep—a story that gained credence from her wist ful little child’s face. Never was there a more lovely heroine, never a sadder tale or one that went straight- er to the heart of every honest man and woman. That such experiences should befall one so young and ten der drew tears from every eye— tears that had to be wiped away sur reptitiously, so that we wouldn’t miss a single word of her revelations. Escapades Ste.rtle the Nation. And there was Harry Thaw him self, a perfect type of the gilded youth, who make history up and down the tenderloin. The country al ready rang with a thousand stories, some true, some false, of his es capades—of his giving $50,000 beauty dinners to the demi-mondaines of Eu rope, of his shooting up cafes Just for fun, of his hard-headed old father having made a frantic effort to save him by cutting down his al lowance, and of his fond mother hav ing circumvented the plan by supply ing him w’ith money from her own deep purse. Other features of interest were the lawyers, Dan O’Reilly, fresh from the Patterson case; Clifford Hartridge, Gleason, Delmas, brought from the Pacific Coast because of his golden tongue and posing about in Napoleon ic attitudes; Martin Littleton, alert, th ( . iron hand in the silken glove, the only man who has ever been able to control Thaw at all. Question of Sanity Absorbing. And last, but not least, one of the reasons for the undying interest in the Thaw case is the still unsolved query whether he is sane or insane. It is like the conundrum of the lady or the tiger, and each person has a perfectly good opinion on it which he can substantiate with perfectly good arguments. Half a dozen alienists, eminent and respected in their professions, most of them the authors of books on mental diseases, many of them in charge of institutions for the insane, swear that Thaw is a dangerous lu natic. An equal number of other alienists, also authors of books on mental diseases and in Charge of other insane asylums, swear that he is perfectly sane. When doctors dis agree what is the layman to do but argue about it? And so. for a hundred and one reasons, the interest in the Thaw case goes on and will continue to go on for Heaven knows how long. It is the great continued story of real life in which our interest never flags, for none of us knows what is coming next, nor what the real end will be. Screens Subtract Colors in Arti ficial Light That Are Foreign to Natural Illumination. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.—Dav- light at night—century-old dream of scientists—is now a reality. Dr. Herbert E. Ives, one of the best known of American scientists, has solved the problem. By mans of ar tificial light he has been able to pro duce daylight, pure, true and unvary ing. The value of the discovery to surgery and to a wide range of in dustries can not be overestimated. It means, in many instances, the virtual revolutionizing of industries which depend in great part on daylight. Like all great inventions. Dr. Ives’ process is simple. The light is ob tained by passing artificial light rays from a powerful incandescent gas burner through two color screens These subtract the colors in the arti ficial light that are foreign to day light. The result is daylight. Dr. Ives, after perfecting the scien- tifit points, set about to get a device applicable to general use. An incandescent gaslight is placed < n top of a cabinet. There is a metal reflector to throw the light downward through the delicate screens, which filter out the rays that make it differ from daylight. “My invention.** said Dr. Ives last night, “has a great field of usefulness in surgery and certain industries. “Surgeons depend uppn the color of tissues to tell whether they are diseased or not. A great deal of sur gery is done at night. "In textile manufacturing, dyeing, color printing, etc., daylight at night will have many uses. In color print ing, for instance, they can run their presses only as long as the ink they | put in by daylight lasts. With the ild of my Invention they can run the presses all night. “Daylight.” Dr. Ives continued, “va ries from morning tints to almost all hues at night when the- sun is set ting. On a cloudy day daylight is not true. The light produced by my invention is unchangeable. It does not have to depend on the position of the sun or the presence or absence of clouds. “This invention can be made in va rious forms, to be used for different purposes. For instance, it can be used to light a small room or closet. It can be used to light a table so that you can read by daylight at mid night, or any other hour before the -tin is up. My dining room table i» lighted by artificial diylight now.” Steals Tombstone Weighing 2,099 Lbs, Robber Sourht by Owner to pain, $50 Reward Up. Ex- CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—Some thief who may wish to be forehanded in event of a violent termination of hit- career stole a tombstone at night from the show yard of the monument works of Joseph F. Gastat at No. 4806 North Clark street. It is a polished granite block weigh ing 2,1)00 pounds and is not inscribed. The yard is in a lonely neighborhood and the thief was free to take his time at the task. “I have offered a reward of $50 for the arrest of the robber,” said Mr. Cast, “and I am curious to know what motive provoked the theft.” Better Meals For Farmers Assured Two Hundred Ohio County House wives to Compete in Cooking for Family. CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.—Better meals for the hard working farmer is the object of Ohio’s newest farm or ganization, composed of Geauga County housewives. Mrs. J. K. Tur ner discovered a short time ago the high-cost-of-living problem exists in the farm sections as well as in the city. 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