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 "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 minium cost to the state.

The expense Thaw had incurred in his own de