The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-29

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"They we're very considerate and treated
me very nicely " she said to Mr.Olcott when
abe came out. 1t was said afterward that
tho purpose Of the District Attorney In call
ing her was simply TO get her on record as
refusing TO nsw
Thaw VS. lawyers seemed TO be disappointed
that a attempt haG not been made to COM
pei the girl to answer qussti ns.
pac,Pr INDICTMENT goG MuRpER.
The other witnesses before the Grand jury
were Martin j. Moore, n special officer at
the Garden, DIR. Leblanc, the Coroner,s
physician, who performed the autopsy; Il
II. Convey. foreman Of the stage hands
Paul Brudi, the fireman, and Anthony Debs,
the policeman. With the exception OF
Moore, they had all testified before the Cor
oner's jury just before, with other eye
witnesses who were not called before the
Grand Jury. The proceedings in the Grand
Jury room took less than thirty minutes
II was 1870 when the Indictment was found
The indictment accuses Thaw OF murder
in the first degree In that he assaulted White
and discharged a pistol and with the bullet
inflicted zone mortal wound, of the breadth
of one inch and the depth Of six inches, OF
which said mortal wound he, the said STAN
ford White, did then and there die"
THAw PLACID AT THE INQUEST.
There was no more distinterested specta
tor at the proceedings in the Coroner's
court than young Thaw. While the lew
witnesses examined were telling OF the
tragedy and the remarks he had made he
was either looking out of the window or
talking to one Of his lawyers apparently
about something entirely apart from the
proceedings.
Thaw's wife was not at the inquest. She
was in the building and begged to be allowed
to be present at tn" inquest and sit beside her
husband, but Mr.. Olcott refused TO allow 1t
and she had to stay upstairs. The audience
was a very mixed one and necessarily small
because the room is small. 1t did not con-
tain apparently a single friend of Thaw's,
nor any friend or representative of the fam
lily of S AFFORD White.
1t was 10 20 when Thaw was pushed
through by two detectives. each holding
an arm. Those in the crowded little
court room saw a stoop shouldered chap,
with a rather fabby looking face, and eyes
in which the pupil seemed to be peculiarly
large and round. Attention is instantly at
tracted to Thaw's eyes, According to one
of the doctors who has examined him their
condition is congenital and isfound in many
persons who are not insane.
Thaw had made no effort to dress up for
his appearance. His hair was rumpled and
he wore a white handkerchief tied round
his neck in place of a collar. He showed
dome curiosity when the jury arose up and
held up their hands to be sworn in as a body.
After that his eyes strayed to the window
and the roofs outside. None Of the wit
nesscs seemed to interest him. Acting
District Attorney Mott and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Caravan appeared for the
prosecution. Mr.. Olcott and Terence j.
McManus sat beside Thaw.
STANFORD WITH WOULD HAVE DIEn WITHIN
TWO YEARS
DR.. Leblanc, the Coroner's physician, read
q statement about the wounds found or Mr..
Whites body. He said that there were
three bullet wounds. which have already
been described. When asked what the
direct cause of death was he said that it was
cerebral hemorrhage from the bullet that
had gone in behind the left eye and lodged
in the brain.
WAS there any cause of death other than
the wounds?" he was asked and he promptly
said NO"
that's all" said Mr.. Garvan before he
had completed the full report of the autopsy.
This showed, he said afterward, that Mr..
White was in a bad physical condition
and would not nave lived more than two
years. There were signs of incipient tubercu-
culosis in a spot in the right lung and he
was also sufferi-T from Bright's disease and
fatty degeneIa ibn of the liver.
Mr.. Olcott hau no questions to ask Of DR..
A1a and Thn yE = n IN rod OF hA IAnffnpN ~
the Coroner's desk.
NEW DESCRIPTION OF THE SHOOTING.
q Edward H. Convey foreman of laborers
at the Madison Square Roof Garden, who said
he had known White for six years, gave n
version of the shooting somewhat different
from those already known. In the first place
be said that he had seen Mr.. White enter
The Garden at 9 O'Clock, fully two hours before
the shooting.
"Mr. White was alone" said the witness.
sHe came right up in the elevator and went
at once to the seat where he was killed,
Convey said tn table where Mr.. White
sat was on theT twenty sixth side about thirty
five feet from the main elevator.
Was arv one else at the table?' he was
asked.
NO, said Convey, who added that White
had not sat actually at the table, but had
taken n chair in front of it and had sat with
bis back toward It.
Then Convey told how he had seen Thaw
conn in. Convey was standing directly
back Of White
How long after Mr.. White entered did
you see Thaw?" he was asked.
AN hour and Q half to an hour and forty
minutes"
How many times did Thaw pass your
Twice. He came down once, walked
past me, went about fifteen to twenty feet,
stood looking direct at Mr.. White, turned
right around and came back the same way.
He came back in ten minutes, went right
down the aisle. went to the table and turned
around the table, and before he did that he
lad all umbrella In his hand'and he changed
the umbrella from his hand and put it
under his arm. Then he turned around
the table and walked toward White. Mr..
White was sitting down, and as far as
could see there was a lash-two flashes"
Convey did not see the gun, but saw
Thaw's hand extended and heard three
shots.
"The last l saw of Mr.. White" he said
was when he toppInd from. the chair"
did you hear anything said bet ween
Thaw and White?" asked Mr.. Garvan.
mo sir; they didn't speak, said Convey,
who then told of how a fireman had grabbed
Thaw and got the pistol and how he Convey,
had taken the pistol from the fireman and
put it Ia his pocket. At the request of the
fireman he searched Thaw's pockets, some
of them. and took out a wallet and some
thing that appeared to be square" 1t
did NOT cone ont what this WAS.