Soon after Thaw was placed in the Tombs his wife arrived.
“My dear, my dear,” she sobbed. I am so sorry—so sorry,” and then she collapsed utterly.
Shortly after the jury had been discharged it was stated that the final vote stood: Seven for conviction of murder in the first degree, with death in the electric chair as the penalty, and five for acquittal. Reports as to the earlier votes varied greatly—in fact, hardly two jurors told the same story, but it was admitted that the division throughout was, on most of the ballots, about half for acquittal and half for conviction, although the degree favored by those who demanded punishment from Thaw varied considerably.
Estimates made as to the expense of the trial attracted nearly as much attention as did the probable outcome of the long hearing.
Apparently authentic estimates indicated that the trial cost considerably over $300,000. Of this sum, it is estimated probably $235,000 had been spent by the Thaw family, while the expense to the state had been in the neighborhood of $80,000.
At the district attorney’s office it was stated that the trial had not cost the county over $30,000. This does not include salaries and such expenses as come out of the general sessions fund. Conservative estimates gave $80,000 as probably the minimum cost to the state.
The expense Thaw had incurred in his own defense was estimated as high as $1,000,000. As a matter of fact he had probably not spent over $235,000. Neither Thaw nor any of his relatives could tell exactly, however, what the defense had cost.
Thaw’s alienists, it was said, cost him $45,000, and his attorneys $145,000. To offset his expenses, the jurors who listened to the long drawn out trial, paid at the rate of $2 a day, got only $1,536 for their combined services.
As soon as the verdict was announced, District Attorney Jerome, declared he would rush preparations for a new trial. He was smiling; Delmas was heartbroken.
The day after the trial ended, the jurors stated the final ballot was as follows: