The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-07
DEL MAS PROVES F0EMAN '
 WORTHY OF JEROME'S STEn

min Boman. whose testimony q been excluded yesterday. be recalled q
 Boman said that in 1905 was a door keeper at the Garden IT tire
 Did you know Stanford SiteT r
 And Harry Thawr <
 Yes"
 Heard white Threaten Thsw.
 Did you ever hear Stanford White make threats against the life of any person.
 Yes"
 Mir. Jerome objected to this, saying he was not assured the defense was to be one of self defense.
 MT. Deimas declared that every de- fense the law allows was to be taken advantage of.
 Mir. Jerome withdrew his objection
 "A few nights after Christmas" the witness resumed, stanford White came up to me after the show and wanted to know If Miss Nesbit had gone home. told him she had. He replied: You are Liar. told him to go back on the stage and see for himself.
 When he returned and as he passed me he pulled a pistol from his pocket and muttered: III find and kill that --before daylight"
 The witness stat d the vile name he said White had applied to the man whose life he had threatened in loud voice.
 Did you communicate this threat to any one asked Mr. Delmas
 Yes. told det tive sergeant"
 object to that" said Mfr. Jerome
 Did you communicate the threat to this defendant?s asked MT. Delmas
 Yes, l met him on Fifth Avenue and told him I wanted to sreak with him regarding Miss Nesbit. then told him of the incident at the theatre and of Whites threat"
 what was MT. whites condition when he made the threatr'
 He was black in the face with ang- er."
 District Attorney Jerome asked that the answer be stricken out as Improper and the court 50 ordered.
 White Was Very Angry.
 What was MT. Whites mannerr' asked Mir. Delmas.
 He was very angry
 You may take the witness" remark cd Thaw's counsel to the district attor- ney and the cross examination was be- gun.
 At the conclusion of Boman's direct examination Justice Fitzgerald said: If there is any person in the court whose sense of propriety would be offended by the testimony of this witness the court will give them an opportunity now to withdraw"
 us in bringing out this testimony, ex- pIained Mir. Delmas. but 1t is essen tiaI."
 Tt Ia perfectly right and proper Justice Fitzgerald quickly assured the lawyer. There are l. lies here, how < ever. and 1 think they should be given the opportunity to withdraw If they SO desire'
 The Countess Of Yarmouth and Afss. George L. Carnegie quickly left the court room.
 Mackenzie, arrived at the court house some time after the morning session bad begun.
 District Attorney Jerome took the witness Roman and for the better part of an hour questioned him closely as to his employment and places of resi- dence for the last five years, attemp- ting to secure house numbers ana oth- CT details. The witness said he was A door-keeper at the Madison Square Gar den Theatre from 1909 to ebruary. I- 4 after which he worked in New Haven and Long Island City.
 Before 1902, he had been employed as brass worker. Between these employ ments he took odd Jobs ing in theatres and other occupations, the de- tails of which Mir. Jerome inquired into closely.
 Thaw's sisters evidently became re- assured during the long and rather ted ious cross examination, for after George Carnegie had gone to them and explain ed the character of the testimony they returned to their places in the second row of chairs back of the prisoner. Thaw Yarns During Examination. Harry Thaw, who had shown alert tn terest during the testimony as fo the threats said to have been made against him by Stanford White, gave evidence of becoming fattgued and yawned sev- eral times. The defandant today seem ed paler than usual.
 Have you received any compensa- tion in this case?" asked the District Attorney.
 "No, sir. I have not" replied Boman, emphatcially.
 "Been promised any7"
 "No"
 Referring to his statement that he had told Thaw of Whites threat. he X- animation.
 '@ro whom did you first tell the story?"
 "To Detective Sergeant John Her lihy."
 ITO whom next?''
 ITO Mir. Thaw."
 Boman said he did not tell any one else. He said the incident occurred on Christmas Eve. 1903.
 ''You are sure of that?" asked the District Attorney.
 ''To the best of my recollection"
 'Ts your recollection Eood''
 Pretty fair"
 The witness said 'The Girl from Dixie" was playing at tho theatre at the time, and that Evelyn Nesbit was in the cast She left the theatre that night a little after II o'clock.
 MT. Jerome took the witness care fully over every detail of his conver- sation with White at the theatre
 Where were you door keeperT
 At the stage entrance"
 Called Him Liar
 And when MT. White said to you; You are a - liar after you had told him Miss Nesbit was out, what did you doT
 T told him to go back on the stage and see for himself"
 You had never had any aItercatfon with MT. White, or given him cause to address you in the manner he did, had yon"'
 No"
 "what time of the day was itT'
 About eleven or half past eleven'
 When MT. White returned from the stage, just what did he do?"
 He went by me muttering, bur I