Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-08

forth tremendous effort and resources
in rebutting such defense as may be
| offered.
The pistol with which Stanford
| White was killed was brought into
the case during the testimony OF Paul
Brudi, the fireman who disarmed Thaw
after the fatal shots were fired. Bru:
di. who appeared on the stand in uni
form. identified the pistol when 1t was
shown to him and said that after TAX
ing II from the prisoner he turned II
over to the police.
II remember hearing only two
Shots" said Brudi, relating the events
Of the evening OF the tragedy, when
l rushed up and grabbed Thaw, who
had his arms uplifted."
Did you hear the defendant say
anything after the shooting?" asked
Assistant District Attorney Garvan.
YES" the witness replied, "he said:
He ruined my wife,"
Did he say anything else?"
mo-"
did you hear any one say anything
to him."
His wife"
What did she say?"
Look at the fix you are in"
Did Thaw reply?"
81 did not hear him say anything
else"
Mr.. Delmas took up the cross exam
ination.
How far were you from Mr.. Thaw
when you heard the first Of the two
shots you say you heard?" he asked.
Twenty feet"
How fast did you move toward
Mr.. Thaw?"
Not very fast. got behind him as
he was holding the gun aloft in his
right hand. The second shot followed
the first almost Immediately. Thaw
had turned away from White when
took hold of him. I wanted to gel
behind him to protect myself"
What did Thaw do as he left
Whites side?"
He looked back over his left shoul-
der. 1t was staring look"
"A staring look, you say?"
Yes, SIR"
WAS he pale?"
He was pale"
And his eyes appeared to be star
ing?"
yes"
THAT Is ALL"
la
Of insanity, Mr.. Gleason of counsel
for defense reviewed the life story OF
Thaw and his wife for some time pre-
vious to the marriage. He intimated
| that Stanford White was In the young
mans light at the time Thaw first met
her. Thaw was filled with love fol
the young woman, who after q time In
a hospital, was persuaded to go abroad
with her mother to recuperate. ThaW
went along as an acknowledged and
accepted suitor for her hand In hon.
orable marriage. I'm 1903" said Mr.
Gleason, '"Thaw asked Evelyn Nesbi'
| to marry him and she refused"
THE reason for this refusal you will
hear from her own lips. Suffice 1t to
say the reason had to do with an in
cident in her life with reference to
Stamford White. We will not base
our plea, however, upon a single act
| 1t will be shown that there was In
sanity on both sides Of this defendants
| family Heredity has made us what
we are heredity has made the living
I'world. Our case ls far removed IRON
| the much discussed defense OF emo
tional insanity. You must disabuse
your minds Of all you have read In
the newspapers and especially of the
idea that has gone forth that we are
relying upon some higher or unwritter
law. We rely upon the constitution
and the laws of the imperial state o1
New York and upon them alone. You
will understand this mans insanity
| 1t will not require experts to tell you
Of it, 1t is within you to judge him
and you will say from the evidence
that when he killed Stamford White
| he was an insane man."
The defense opened Tuesday with
an effort to get in testimony bearing
on the mental character Of distant
cousins Of Thaw;' but all this testimo-
| ny was ruled out as irrevelant Gnd
DR.. Wiley, who has charge Of well
known sanitarium at Pittsburg, Pa.
was nut on the stand to give testimo-
ny as to the condition Of Thaw's mind
DR.. Wiley was allowed to say that In
| his opinion Thaw was insane at the
| time he killed White. The cross ex-
|
District Attorney Jerome made an at
tack on DR.. Wiley and kept after him
| for three hours. The examination had
showed that Jerome had mastered all
| the authorities on insanity in all It's
phases, and when he got through with
| the witness, DR.. Wiley was glad to
say: Il did not come here as an ex-
pert: but merely to testify as to a sim
| gle fact"
Wednesday the defense branched of
on a new line, and witness was IN
trOduced to show that there had Deen
bad blood between the two men two
and a half years before the Killing
On one occasion, White came to the
theatre looking for Miss Nesbit and on
being told that she had gone OFT with
| Thaw. showed towering rage and
swore he would kill the - Pittsburger
The witness said that White had q
pistol at the time.
The principal witness yesterday was
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw the pretty young
wife Of the defendant. She told sto-
ry which II believed, Is calculated 10
have a tremendous effect on the jury
She was asked when Thaw first ask
ed her to marry him and after giving
the date and Paris as the place In res
ponSe to further questions she went
on to say that she hesitated to reply.
When pressed, she admitted that sne
| loved Thaw, and confessed to him that
she had been ruined by White. She
repeated all the details and made 1t
arrear that White had made her drunk
with champagne. The story was told
in Il graphic manner. and was accom-
panied by streams Of tears. She stat
ed that 1t was about two months at
tel. she had told Thaw everything that
he repeated his offer Of marriage and
she accepted him.
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