The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-05

Mr. Garyan 10 indicate Thaw's manner Of approaching the architect thai evening, the witness left the stand and walking up and down before the jury. he illustrated the slow pace which he declared characterized Thaw.s deIiberation in approaching his victim.
 He walked up to Mir, Whites table like this.' said the witness, indicat- ing He made slight detour, ana
 coming up to Mir. White from behind. suddenly faced him and fired three times."
 The witness did not take part in the
 events which Immediately foiioweo the shooting.
 Ffrsf Cross Examination. Dolphin NJ. Delmas. of counsel for the defense, made his first entrance in- to the activities of the trial by cross examining Cohen briefly as to the po- sition he occupied with reference to the principals in the tragedy. These were the only questions put to the witness by Thaw's attorneys. During the examination of the wit nesses who followed Stanfard Whites
 son, on the stand, the defendant took a lively interest in all that was said |.
 He looked at the witnesses intently
 and from time to time made notes or
 their testimony. MT. Delmas's participation in the
 case was productive of new Interest
 in the proceedings. His questions on
 cross exaination. were clear cut ana comprehensive. When he secured the
 answer he wanted to a question he
 would cut his examination short right
 there. without bunting the effect on
 the jury by cumulative testimony.
 Henry s. Please, Superintendent of the publishing company that owns the pub r{ Af oaila Cham- pagne" was the next witness. He saw the defendant the night of the killing in the rear of the roof garden, oppos- ite the centre aisle. MT. Please was standing with Mir. Cohn, the previous witness. Thaw stood before them for six or eight minutes. looking to the right and left. Pistol is Introduced. After first act he next saw Thaw just previous to the shooting. White was seated, facing the stage. his head leaning on his right hand. There was no conversation when Fhaw approach ed White and the former immediately began firing. Thaw then retreated to- ward the rear of the garden, "the barrel of his pistol pointed upward" The witness then described the rest of what he saw.
 Questioned by MT. Delmas as to the acts following the tragedy, especially to the movements of Thaw's arms. a particular effort being made to bring out the point that the barrel of the pistol was pointed up, the witness af- firmed the statements made in the d. rec examination that the barrel of the gun was pointed upward. and when asked by Mir. Delmas if Thaw did not
 wave both arms wildly, replie ied that he did not.
 The pistol with which White was killed was brought into the case dur ing the testimony of Paul Brhdi. the
 fireman who disarmed Thaw After the
 fstal shots were fred Bradi, who
 appeared on the stand in uniform. identified the pistol when 1t was shown to him, and said that after taking 1t from the prisoner he turned 1t over to
 the police. ~ T remember hearing only two shots" said Brudi in relating the events of the evening of the tragedy, when
 rushed up and grabbed the prisoner. l who had his arms uplifted" Did you hear the defendant say Assistant District Attorney Garcan. "Yes," the witness replied He said: He ruined my wife
 Did you hear anyone say anything
 to him?
 His wifS yes." What dld she say! l Look al the fix you are in."
 Did heIreply?" 'T did not hear him say anything
 else"
 nelmas Ecxamlnes Brsrid. 1 MT. Dflmas took up the cross exam
 'THoy far were you from Mfr. rhaw
 when fou heard the first of the two shots tou say you heard?" he asked. "Twnty feet"
 'eHEw fast did you move toward MT
 ThaY?"
 "lbt very fast. I got behind him
 as Je was holding the gun aloft in his l rig4t hand. The second shot followed ] th( first almost immediately. Thaw | h$ turned away from White when
 tfbk hold of him. I wanted to get be-
 bnd him to protect myself" | What did Thaw do as he left Whites hde?"
 Y He looked back over his left shoul. / der. It was a staring look" "A staring look, you sayY' ''Yes sir"
 ''Was he palef" He looked like a man who was | frightened"
 T did not ask you that" quickly | interrupted MT. Delmas. q asked you if he was pale. Was he pale or wa, | he flushedT
 He was pale.' And his eyes appeared to be star. | ingr'
 Yes"
 That is all." Edward H. Convey. foreman of la. borers at Madison Square Garden, fur
 ther identified the pistol. | The Arresting Officer. l Policeman Debes, who arrested Thaw | identified the pistol, the bullets anC
 empty shells, introduced as an exhibit | Did you have any conversation witt | ThawT asked MT. GarVan l T did" he replied. T asked tn, | prisoner if he had shot Stanford Whit,
 and he said I did I then asked hln why he shot him and he said "becaus, 1 he ruined my wife--or life l You could not distinguish whethe, l he said wife or life?' No. Thaw then asked where W,
 were going. I replied to the statiol
 house. He said, All right Aftei
 this I turned him over to another of
 ficer and went upstairs to get wit
 nesses.'
 The defense did not cross examine
 At the conclusion of Policeman Debes