Thaw Trial Scene Highlights Judge Charge and Reactions
The jurors weighed a four verdict range as Judge Fitzgerald detailed the law on insanity and all factors of the case. Thaw appeared dejected and his family showed gloom as the trial neared deliberation amid notes from the district attorney sobre remarks about the sensational “brainstorm” theory and the Dunham affidavit controversy.
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Evelyn
Hummell
Hoe
Eivelyn Nesbit
Thaw
William Thaw
Yarmouth
Josiah Thaw
Edward Thaw
George L. Carnegie
Evelyn Reablt Thaw
Willam Thang
Harry
Jerome
Galahed Busi
Tess
Thay
Wis
Attorney O
Sandock
Teo
Harry ‘Thaw
Cogges
Department of Correctiong
Tawyer
Dan O Peilly
Show
Klonnd
Broadway Central
Harry Shaw
Wade
Rob Kimber
West Thirty Sixth Street
Wothlim
Cannon
Inion
Conductor Dies Under Car In D C Streetcar Accident
Benjamin Allen twenty one year old conductor for the Washington Railway and Electric Company was killed instantly last night when the trolley backed over a switch near Fourth and T streets northeast. He stood on the rear bumper guiding the car and was thrown to the track when the rope and trolley pole slipped. The car passed over him breaking his back and neck and mangling both arms. The coroner was notified and the body taken to the morgue where an inquest will be held at eleven this morning. Allen resided at 824 Rhode Island avenue north east.
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Boily
Benjamin Allen
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Eckington Pern
Fourth and
T Streets
Alen
Wile
Court holds road guilty in NY rebate case
Judge George Ray told the jury in a U S Court that the New York Central Railroad allegedly paid rebates to General Electric of Schenectady, violating Elking law. Evidence suggested car suffering and ongoing rebates long before the alleged kickbacks, with the case submitted to jurors in Syracuse.
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New York Central
Syracuse
George Ray
United States Court Today
United States
New York Central Railroad Company
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Instructions to the jury on law and insanity as defense
Justice Fitzgerald delivers the jury instructions on how sympathy must not influence verdicts and insanity as a defense, detailing homicide classifications from first to second degree and manslaughter, plus justifiable and excusable homicide. The judge explains presumed innocence, burden of proof, and definitions of deliberation and premeditation.
He brands the woman between two men in sensational trial
A dramatic courtroom scene centers on a man who brands a woman as between two lovers. He asserts betrayal as part of a sordid murder plot, denying any angelic innocence and denouncing a white savior image. The trial hinges on motive and public sentiment.
Jerome's Invective Echoes in Thaw Trial Rhetoric
District Attorney Jerome delivers a furious summing up defending Stanford White and attacking Harry and Evelyn Thaw. He condemns dementia Americana, urges jurors to base verdict on law and evidence, and questions Evelyn Thaw and White’s conduct while detailing the studio encounter and White's influence.
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Jerome
Harry
Evelyn Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn
Angel Chita
Galahad
Delmas
Cambridge
Harvard
Mr Jerome
Europe
James Clinch Smith
Evelyn Neabit
Thaw
St. George
White
S. Genius
Twenty-fourth Street
Ievelyn
Europa
Florodorg
Angel
Angel Child
Goeg
Harry Thaw
Paris
Pittsburg
Longfellow
Evelyns
Ming
Illterate
Trial Echoes of Evelyn Nesbit Case Reverberate in Court
Amid dramatic courtroom exchanges, lawyer Jerome questions letters and diary passages to contest Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White’s roles. He argues Thaw acted with intent and condemns the defense’s portrayal of a coerced, innocent girl while highlighting evidence of manipulation, seduction, and the crime’s moral complexities.
Fugitive David Combes Arrested at Fifth Avenue Hotel
Special to The Washington Fest New York April 10 David B Combes a Washington DC cadet type figure was arrested at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and jailed. He faces charges of passing bogus checks and was identified after a boarding house encounter with Percy L Small. Police traced him to New York where he was captured. his Washington residence could not be confirmed.
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David
Combes
Washington, DC
Fifth Avene
Marshal Farnan
Beltimore
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Coambes
Reris
Combea
Comber
Baltimore
David 8
Franklin Street
Percy L Small
Washington City
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