Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-28
Witnesses Give Details
of the MiIIionaire's
Crime.
HIS WIFE UNDERSTOOD
Conversation Showed There
Was a Motive Both
Knew About.

New York, June 2S.-Thaw passed a
rather restless night in his cell in the
Tombs. He seemed in fairly good spir-
its when he arose, however. Every
seat in the coroner's court was filled
at 1O:3O when the coroner arrived.
Thaw was brought in a moment later
and took a seat beside his counsel The
coroner's jury then assembled and the
examination began. Nicholas l.. Stokes,
a wealthy coal dealer, was foreman of
the jury.
Caused by Shot I'm Eye.
The coroner's physician. Dr. Lehan.
who performed the autopsy on Whites
body, declared death was caused by the
gunshot wound in the right eye The
most important testimony was given
by Lionel Lawrence, stage director of
the Madison Square roof garden the
ater.
Details of Shooting.
Lawrence said Immediately after the
shooting Mrs. Thaw rushed up to her
husband, and throwing her arms
Harry. will stick TO you through thick
and thin Thaw turned to the crowd
which surrounded them and said:
THAT - ruined my wife. | got him.
/ fixed him for it, The jury brought
in a verdict that White came to his
death by gunshot wounds inflicted by
Thaw.
interest Divided.
New York. June 2S.-The coroner's
inquest and meeting of the grand jury
today. both to formally name the mur-
derer of Stanford White. divided public
interest with the Developments of yes
terday when the insanity commission
declared Harry X. Thaw sane. and
Mrs Thaw visited her husband in his
cell in the Tombs prison.
Speculate on Action.
There was much speculation today
as to just what position Mrs. Thaw
would take, when she appeared before
the grand jury. 1t was asserted the
wife had told her friends she would go
to prison rather than testify in the
grand jury room where proceedings
are secret and where only the counsel
is a representative of the district at
torney's Office.
Laws Are Changed.
The legal question of what testimony
the wife may or may not give against
her husband is important in Thaw's
case. Under the old common law the
wife could not be compelled to give
any evidence against her husband, but
the revised penal code of the state of
New York modified this absolute bar
rier Section 715 provides as follows:
"a husband or wife of person indict-
ed or accused of crime is in all cases
a competent witness on the examina
tion or trial of such person; but neith
er husband nor wife can be compelled
10 disclose a confidential communica-
ton made by one to the other during
marriage
Take But Part of Evidence.
As proceedings in the grand jury
room are secret, no announcement of
the testimony in today's examination is
expected Only witnesses sufficient to
establish the fact of the crime and who
committed 1t will be called, the district
attorneys Office not wishing to disclose
its whole hand either at the inquest or
the grand jury inquiry.
Noted Thaw's Movements.
Edward H. Conway, foreman of the
laborers at Madison Square garden,
said he saw both White and Thaw the
night of the murder. He described
Thaw's movements saying Thaw had
passed him twice going back and forth
behind the table at which White sat.
The second time Thaw approached
Whites table, he saw Thaw extend an
arm and then three shots followed in
quick succession.
Eyes Were Dilated.
White fell and a fireman seized Thaw
and took away his revolver. Conway
said he noticed Thaw particularly that