Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
neys did not cross examine the witness.
Testimony Of Eye Witnesses

Madison Square garden, testified ne
was a witness to the shooting. He ac-
companied Thaw after the latter's ar
rest. down the elevator.
LAS we entered the elevator" the
witness said "Thaw admitted he had
done the shooting, saying, He ruined
my Wife The woman whom l
thought was Thaws wife replied to
this : But look at the fix you are in
now,' and Thaw replied, We'll. dearie, 1
have probably saved your life
/ Meyer Cohen, a song writer, was an
other eye witness to the tragedy. When
iasked to indicate Thaw's manner of
approaching the architect, witness left
the stand, walking up and down before
the jury box, and illustrated the slow
pace which he declared characterized
Thaws deliberation in approaching his
victim.
He walked straight up to Whites
table like this said the witness, indi-
eating. He made slight detour.
coming up to White from behind. and
suddenly faced him and fired three
times" Witness did not take part in
| the events which Immediately followed
the shooting.
i
publishing company. saw the defend
! ant the night Of the killing in the rear
of the roof garden, opposite the cen-
lter aisle. Plaese was standing with
I Cohen. Thaw stood before them for
six or seven minutes, looking to right
and left. After the first act he saw
Thaw, just previous to the shooting.
| White was seated, facing the stage. his
head leaning on his right hand. There
J was no conversation when Thaw APP
preached White, the former i1nmed-
| lately firing. Thaw then retreated to-
ward the rear of the garden. with his
right hand elevated, the barrel of the
pistol being pointed upward.
Witness was questioned by Mr.. Del
mas as to acts following the tragedy.
especially as to the movement OF
| Thaw's arms, particular effort being
| made to bring out the point that the
! barrel of the pistol was pointed up
ward Witness affirmed the statements
made in direct examination and that
| Thaw didn't wave both arms wildly.
The pistol with which Ws.sse was
killed was brought into the case during
the testimony of Paul Brudi, fireman.
who disarmed Thaw after the fatal
shots were fired.
II remember hearing only two shots"
said Brudi, in relating the events on
thes evening of the tragedy. when i
rushed up and grabbed the prisoner,
who had his arms uplifted."
did you hear defendant say any
thing after the shooting" ?"
YES. he said he ruined my wife,
Did YOU hear anyone say anything
to him?'
His wife said, Look at the fix you
are in"
Did he reply?"
II did not hear him say anything
else"
On cross-exa mination Brudi said that
after the shooting Thaw looked pale,
had a staring expression in his eyes,
and appeared like frightened man.
Edward H. Convey. foreman of the
laborers at Madison Square Garden,
was called to further identify the pis-
tol Bfudi took from Thaw, and which
Convey helped in turning over to the
police.
Thaw Admitted Killing.
Policeman A. L. Debes, who arrested
Thaw, was called. He identified the
were introduced as exhibits.
Did you have any conversation with
Thaw? 2"
II did"
81 asked the prisoner If he had shot
White, and he said I did, then asked
him why he shot him, and he said, Be
cause he ruined my wife-or life"
"You could not distinguish whether
he said wife or 1ife?'
mo"
The coroner's physician, Timothy
Leblanc, who performed the autopsy on
Whites body, described the wounds
made by the three pistol shots. The
first bullet, he said, entered the right
eye, passing downward and entering
the brain, the second entered the right
side of the upper lip. and the third
wound cut six inches from the point
of entrance making what is common
ly called flesh wound. The witness
then identified various bullets which
were marked and entered as evidence.
"In your opinion, Doctor, what
caused the death of White?" asked
Garvan. Death was due to cerebral
hemorrhage, as the result of the pistol
shot wounds have described"
DR.. Sylvester Pechner, who examined
White soon after he fell, and pro-
nounced him dead, testified that the
architects death must have been in
stantaneous.
The State Rests.
Police Officer Debes was recalled
and was asked by Garvan, did you
hear any remark credited to the de-
fendant's wife that night?" Yes, she
said, Harry why did you do it?' and
he replied, 1t will be all right"
1.-The people rest their case" an
nounced Garvan. 1t was 12:45, and
Justice Fitzgerald ordered recess un-
til 2 p M, Gleason announcing that
he would open for the Defense
Defense is Insanity.
Gleason began his address by saying
the defense would be based upon the
constitution of the law of the imperial
state of New York" He said Thaw was
suffering from insanity, hereditary in
nature, when he shot White He stat
ed the defense would be one of insan-
ity. He declared Thaw believed he
was acting upon the word of Providence
when he killed White, that he acted
without malice and did not know the
nature or quality of his act
Gleason asserted that Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, when first asked by Thaw to be
his wife, refused because of an Eek