New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-05

gether at the Cafe Martin on the night OF Juns
20 and how he and his friend had gone TO a
theatre, leaving his father to go to the Madi-
son Square Roof Garden. When he got back to
his home. at No. 121 East 21st street. about
midnight, he met by reporters. who told
him his father had been killed
Warner Paxton, the engineer at Madison
Square Garden. then described seeing Stanford
White on the roof garden. He saw Thaw shoot
White three times break" the revolver. hold
II above his head, muzzle downward, and then
walk slowly toward the entrance. On the way
down in the elevator Thaw said: "I DID Il be-
cause he ruined my wife
What did the prisoners wife sayf" asked
MI Carvan.
She said. Yes, but look at the fix YOU are
in now and Thsw replied: All right, dearfe:
but I've probably saved your life Paxton testi
fed.
WITNESSES DESCRIBE SHOOTING
Meyer Cohen gave somewhat similar testl-
mony. He said that after shooting White. Thav
spread out his arms and looked down at his
victim then, with the pistol held over his head.
walked slowly away. Henry F. Blease and Dr.
Marvin Pechner in the main corroboratsd Cohen
and Paxton
The other witnesses were Paul Brudi fire.
man; Edward H Convey. who was foreman ~
Madison Square Garden. and Patrolrnan Debes.
who arrested Thaw.
The cross-exanination OF the witnesses was
conducted by Dolphin NJ. Delmas the Caltsor-
MIA lawyer. who was brought East especially
to defend Thaw. Few questions were asked
the motive OF them appearing TO be To shov-
that none OF the witnesses could see Whites
left hand. leaving the deduction to be made
that the defence may attempt to show that
Thaw thought White was armed and that he
ia1 tn
PROSECUTION INTERRUPTS DEFENCE
The prosecution had finished it's case by
1880. when recess was taken Mr. Gleason
occupied about hour and a half in open
ing for the defence. He was interrupted
twIce-orce by Mr.. Garvan. who objected 70
his quoting from a paper by Dr. Macdonald
one Of the prosecutors aIenist witnesses
and the other time by Mr.. Jerome. who
protested 10 Justice Fitzgerald that counsel for
the defence was not keeping strictly 10 rules
for a legal opening. The court sustained the
District Attorney and Mr.. Gleason cut short his
argument though with apparent unwil1ingness.
In defining the defence Mr.. Gleason said ba
would show that Thaw was born with the taint
Of insanity; that he had commissions when
young and always was unnatura1y wakeful-
Thaw met Evelyn Nesbitt in 1901. and in March,
1902 asked her mother for her hand Then the
girl underwent an operation. and Thaw took her
and ler mother TO Europe In June, 1903 M
again sxed her to marry him. and II was then.
NIr Gleason said that she tod him something
about White that gradually grew I'm his mind
until he became dominated by the delusion that
II was right for him 10 kill White
we will show you that he was insane he
said. And if there is any doubt in your mind
you must give him the benefit of 1t. II is for the
prosecution 10 remove any doubts that he may
have been insane"
TIIAW NERVOUS IN COURT.
All through the day Thaw was exceedingly
nervous Throughout his counsel's address he
leaned on his hand, with his face shaded frOm
those in the courtroom. When adjournment
was taken for the day he jumped TO his fees
quickly. long before IT was time.
To-day the defence viii call witnesses. COun-
gel would not tell Mr.. Jerome who they would
be but it was learned the best OF authority
that Mrs Evelyn Thaw and Thomas McCaleo.
who was one Of the Thaw party at the Cafe
Martin on the night OF the tragedy would GER
tainly testlry,