The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-12
PREFERS PRISON
 TO FREEDOM

GEORGE w. BUNDRIcK, WHO CON-
 MITTED MURDER IN GEORGIA
 AND ESCAPED, sURRENDERs TO
 OFFICERS IN CALIFORNIA.
 Atlanta, April I.-George w. Bundrick, who surrendered in Los Angeles today, together with his brother waylaid John Schroeder and his wife, who were return ing to their home from Cordee. at night. Schroeder was instantly killed and his wife seriously wounded. Bundrick made his escape but was later captured in Mis- sissippi, brought back, tried and con- victed. The case was appealed and an- other trial ordered. The second trial re- drick was sentenced to be hanged He was taken to the Americus jail for safe keeping in November, 1904 and he and a man named Parker sawed their way out of jail and Bundrick has since been at large. His brother is now serving a term in the state penitentiary for the same tiihs. at cause TOT the crime IS Sd1u to have been a land line dispute
 Los Angeles, April 11.--A man about 45 years of age travel stained and weary, claiming to be George w. Bundriclk ap- peared in the town of Downey Cal, near here today and surrendered himself into the custody of John Edmundson asserting that he had killed John Schroeder, in Rains, Dooley county, Georgia, in 1892 He said he had been arrested in Georgia, tried, convicted and sentenced to hang but had escaped from jail at night at Americus by overpowering his guards He said he was weary of hiding and being pursued over the country and wanted to be taken back and hanged for his crime. a dozen morning newspap pers His manner and appearance bore out the statement of his counsel earlier in the day that he apparently was in better shape physical " than any other person connected with the long and tedious trial.
 Thaw bowed to his mother. his wife. his two sisters, the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. George l.. Carnegie, and to his brothers. Edward and John. He then turned to his counsel, all of whom were present and entered into 0 brisk con versation with them. Justice Fitzgerald, in taking the bench, said:
 Requests From Jury.
 'I have received a request from the jury to be allowed to examine and have possession of the following exhibits:
 'Sl l. The plan or diagram of Madison Square Garden.
 ''2. Exhibits A to I, the letters from Thaw to Attorney Longfellow.
 '3. The will and codicil.
 A. The Comstock letter.
 $. MT. Delmas hypothetical question.
 G. MT. Jerome's hypothetical ques- tion."
 ''The people have no objection said MT. Jerome.
 'The defense has none," said MT. O'Reilly of Thaw's counsel
 Foreman Deming B. Smith of the jury stated that the jury desired not only the typewriter copies of Thaws letters, will and codicil, but the original as we'll. The papers were gathered together by Clerk Penny and made into bulletin.
 Reading of Testimony.
 The reading of the testimony of Officer Wright and John Anthony and Peter Bar rett, doormen of the Nineteenth precinct police station, followed.
 Myer cohens testimony had been large- ly personal demonstration of himself and of Thaws attitude after the shoot ing, and the manner of approaching Stan ford White. Henry s. Plaife was with Cohen the night of the tragedy.
 The testimony of Clinch Smith was rel ative of the talk he had with Thaw just prior to the shooting. Finally the jury asked to hear again the testimony of the doormen on duty at the Tenderloin pre- cinct police station the night of Thaw' 3 arrest, and who gave testimony as to the defendant claiming to hear the voices of young girls. The jury also vented the cross-examination by District Attorney Jerome of one of the doormen who said there were half a dozen women of the Tenderloin in the station while Thaw was there, and that some of them were un- ruly. Another doorman had said that when Thaw complained of hearing the voices of girls he (the officer) could hear no sounds whatever.
 When the jurys requests had pro gressed this far, it seemed that there could no longer be any doubt but that the rational or irrational conduct of Thaw the night of the homicide was playing a leading part in the deliberations of the jurors.
 The jury finally asked to have certain portions of Evelyn Thaw'T testimony as to the shooting read to them.
 Juror In Bad Shape.
 Juror Pink who undoubtedly was in a very bad shape, delayed the reading of the testimony to the jury by asking per mission to retire for few minutes. He tottered from the room, accompanied by an officer and seemed near collapse.
 After an absence of five minutes he re- sumed his place in the jury box looking very pale and tired.
 The brief testimony of Dr. Allan Me Lane Hamilton was also read to the jury.
 Soon after the jury retired, Evelyn Thaw, accompanied by MT. O'Reilly of Thaw's counsel, left the court house for lunch The crowd in the street was so anxious to get close look at her that she was almost swcrt off her feet, and Mir. O'Reilly was fc-ced to fisht his way through the crowd for her
 Crush About Family.
 When the other members of the Thaw family left the building it required sev- eral policemen to protect them from the curious ones.
 When Evelyn Thaw returned to the court house the street was damned with people and the police was called upon to 
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