The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-14
SAYS WHITE
HAD A GUN
"Scotty" Promises to Enter
Thaw Case
GIVES HIS TESTIMONY
says He was the Means Of Preventing
Stanford White From Killing
Harry Thaw Last
Winter.
GIVES HIS TESTIMONY

New York. Aug IA special de-
spatch from Los Angeles says
Walter Scott, the Death valley mys-
terry, Il likely I'd be star witness for
Harry Kendall Thaw.
"Scotty' last January, according to
his story, WAS the means OF preventing
Stanford White from killing Thaw ID
Madison square gilarden, and now has
the revolver which White intended to
nsc, He has two witnesses III New
York who we're present at the time, and
saw him take the revolver from White.
They heard the controversy and saw the
struggle Scotty had III Wrestling the
weapon from the infnriated architect.
II knew White for some years.
Scotty said Sunday. u met him when
WAS cowboy with the Buffalo Bin
show, which played At Madison square
guarden. White was Just about as he
has been pictured AS to his fondness
for the society Of women, but be was
4 good companion and while / never
thought he had much money, he had
enough To bold MP his end
aae liked Western men and took B.
fancy to ME. ID when went To New
| York We usually met and had a sitting
| together.
II cannot say whether ii was the night
of the Old Guard ball az that of the
liquor dealers association, nit the gar
/ den last January, that the incident hap
peued
III Was buying wine and was having
/ sailabbie with the house about Il
badly corked bottle for which had RE-
fused to pay.
"lEust then White came along and
asked me if was fn trouble. | told
him nothing but that ! could take care
Of myself.
| Threat by White.
"Then White said: i thought from
! tho way you talked you were going to
Kill d man. ! told him was not look
/ ing for any such game as that, and
/ looking me id The eyes, he said .Scotty
I'm going to kill my man tonight. That
Thaw and his wife are here and I'm
going to get him.
You could not even Indicate II print
the things he said about the Nesbit
girl. He coupled her name with lot
Of walters iii tile garden.
well, had nothing to do with
/ Whites quarrel, ana | did not want to
see him get into any bad affair. 10 /
1 took him into side room to talk ii
over asked him ii lie had gun,
and be said he had and intended to nse
4 It. and he half pulled q business looking
piece al artillery ont of his pocket
n grabbed it and We had quite a
little scrap. for / was determined that
would get ii away from him before
anything happened. There were two
/ men ia the room, who sat up and heard
what we said. One was named King
we'll known clnbman. The other name
1 III keep 70 myself, unless they want
the facts III court
eThose two men are in New York
now know them and can find them
/ if II II necessary.
FINALLY | got The gun and White
abused ME i little, calling me four
| fIusher and afraid to stand BY friend
the gun IN my pocket.
Elm not killer myself / don't want
to lie one il it can be helped, and as
! left White II occurred TO me that a
/ gun WAS bad medicine for me to have
/ in crowd like that, where any kind
OF Il mix-up was liable 20 happen, 50
/ hunted up policeman know, whose
beat was on ThirtyfonFth street and
/ broadway, and gave him the gun and
asked him to send it to my hotel for
me.
Threw Gun in Grip.
eThe next day the gun was there, and
very shortly | was called away, and
threw the gun in my grip, intending to
send it to White some time | forgot
all about it until the news of the kill
ing came ont In the papers.
No, White did not tell me why he
/ lad it In for Thaw. but he did have
surely. | was not interested i'll their
/ mix-ups, and 1t was none of my btsi-
ness aud ! did not try to find out any
/ details that night All had III mind
/ WAS 70 get that gun from him, and when
I succeeded | thought no more about
White Of 1haw or the girl.
mo. ! haven't lei Thaw OF his lawver
/ know about this: X never occurred Ia
/ me. but If they want 70 subpoena me
1 Fni perfectly willing to tell my story
on the stand, and will bring forward
\ tile two men who saw the whole affair
and the policeman to whom | handed
I the gun and who sent ii to me-
know them all and can find them III New
York.
Now that Won speak Of it, IL might
help Tlaw @ have this brought out
i / did not know Thaw, und have no con.
Germ about him. one Way on the other
/ may be going on "a New York after
i bit. anyway, and Ii | hear from those
lawyers Chat they want me to talk
! I'm ready to come to the front.
Manager Reynolds Of the garden
knew all about the affair At the time
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THAw KICKS ON FOOD.