Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
TWO HOURS ONLY
!. FOR THE PEOPLE
IN IHAW'S CASE
CONTINUED from Frs, pagea.

did you go to dinner?'' -.
yes; at the Cafe Martini"
with your father and frienG?'
Yes"
Had YOU bought theater tickets?'
Yes, two to the New Amsterdam Roof
Garden. 1 did not know my father was to-
be with u.s." -.
Ibid you talk to your father at dinner?" ]
-"I did,
What time did you leave Martins?
About twenty-five minutes to g."
How did you go there?"4
I'm my fathers hanson"
HE left you at the door,?
Yes"
Young White told Of going to the Har-s
ward Club the Grand Central station and
home, to find reporters waiting at his door.
From there, he went to the garden, where.
they told him that his father was dead.
He did not see his fathers body, however,
until two days later.
This concluded his examination. The de-
Tense did not ask any cross-questions and
the boy was allowed to go. He took
seat near the side door of the court room
and stayed for several minutes
Mr.. White Alone -
Warner Paxton, the Madison Square Gar
den engineer, was the next witness. He
told of the arrangement of the garden and
the elevators.
did you see Stanford White that night?'
Eyes, he came in at $50 and sat at
table about twenty feet from the 26th street
entrance
WAS he alone?"
YES"
when did you first see the defendant"
about an hour and half afterward He
was leaning over Mn. Whites table,
I'm front of Mr.. Winter"
NO"
Tell us what happened"
Il heard a shot and saw Thaw standing
behind him. Mr.. White was leaning with
one elbow on the table and the other
thrown carelessly over the back Of the
chair. Then Thaw fired two more shots.
Then he turned the revolver down. holding
it by the barrel and walked slowly away.
AS soon as had collected myself, 1 fol-
lowed him. Fireman Brudi had caught him
and 1 went anc stood beside Brudi and
Thaw. Near us was a party of five, and
Thaw said to me, I've got to go down the
elevator anyway; can't you take me now, so
I won't bother these people,"
'The party got in with us. Thaw said, I
did it because he ruined my wife, Yes,
Harry said one of the women, but look
at the fix you are in now I know, dearie,'
said Thaw, but 1 probably saved your
life.'
AT the bottom was policeman
This ended Faxton's testimony, except to
identify a diagram of the roof garden.
There was no cross-examination.
Meyer Cohen's Testimony.
Meyer Cohen, an employe of the song
publishers of "Mam'selle Champagne" was
the next witness. He was on the roof gar
den on the night of the shooting. He had
been standing at the back of the rows of
seats with Mr.. Biease. He saw Thaw enter
with another man and also saw him go out.
He walked down this way" said the
witness, and he got up from his chair and
walked down to the district attorneys
table to illustrate. Then, when he got
to a place opposite where Mr.. White sat,
he stopped and turned like this. Again
the witness started his walk toward the
eager audience around the front of the dis
trct attorneys table to the side. There
the witness stopped.
Then he fired once, twice, thrice. Then
he held up his hand like this, with the re-
volver held with it's barrel down.
Again the witness illustrated the defend
ants act.
WAS the defendant in front of Mr..
White?" asked Mr.. Caravan.
Yes 1 think he was
(which way was Mr.. White facing?'
Toward the STAGE
On cross-examination Mr.. Deimas asked
number of questions concerning the rela-
tive position of the tables and aisles. 1t
showed nothing new, except the fact that
n~1, t.,
case for the defense.
Henry Blease, the orchestrator of MANI
selle Champagne who was with Cohen,
standing at the rear of the seats and had
seen Thaw enter.
Feared a Panic.
What did he do?"
HE stopped in front of me for snort
time and looked around over the audience
for awhile
'Then he and you both moved?"
Yes"
when did you see him again?'
After the second act. He came down
the aisle and l watched him from the start,
for my friend had called by attention to
him. Thaw came down the aisle. turned
when he got opposite Whites table and
The witness showed on the diagram
Thaws course.
''How long was it between Shots"
The witness In answer to the question,
slapped his hands together quickly, three
times. "Then he held up the gun with the
barrel down for some seconds" continued
the witness. 'An,. 1 went back toward
the rear of the room fearing .nic"
Cross-examination by Mr.. Delmas brought
out the fact that Thaw had not stood with
his arms spread far apart, as had been
previously testified
Paul Brudi, the fireman who held Thaw,
was next on II !, stand. He was about
twenty feet from White, and saw Thaw
approach him.
He came up to the table where White
was sitting and tLcn the first shot was
fred
did you see it fred?''
Eyes"
How many shots were ired?
II recollect two"
(which way was Mr.. White sitting?"
81 could not see him very WELL"
"And which way was Thaw standing?