Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-04
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE
vletlm's Son First Witness-Was
Followed by Engineer Of
Garden.
nrrrNsE WILL BE INSANITY.
,,.,.., Cohen Tells How Defendant De-
lberately Approached White and
shot Him Three Times

New York Feb. 4.-There was de-
,av N resuming the rhaw trial OWING
- ,ho fornailties attending the post
,onIng Of the February term OF court
which was scheduled to begin tnlS
,orninc The regular panel OF loo
Fsbraary Jurors, added to the INST Oh
,ha speclal jurors in the Thaw case
some ie5 III number crowded the court
,.o,, 10 ,yersowing. Thaw's trial nav
inc been begun in the January term
hat term vim hold until the case Is
disposed u.
nnrlng the wait lumors continued 10
c,rcIlate az 10 the possibility OF Two
more Jurors being removed peIoIe
Dlst.-Atty. Jerome would be WILING 10
have the case proceed. 49,,
Whom the February jurors han pse',
dismissed and justice Fitzgerald hdu
taken the bench, there at once peeah
conference OF attorneys.
THAw WAS FLUSHED
Thaw appeared trifle flushed as ne
took his pace at the end OF the taoie
assigned mis- counsel
Back of him sat his mother Mrs.
VIM. Thaw, his sister Mrs Carnegie.
Evelyn Thaw, May Mackenzie, Ed
ward and Josiah ThaN, the only family
absentee nclng the Countess OF Var
mouth.
An the witnesses for the prosecution
were in court. They comprised only
the eyr-witnesses Of The tragedy upon
The Madison Square Roof Garden. Some
witnesses said 10 have been summoned
by the defense also were In court, al
though the most OF those who are to
testify Tor Thaw bile not appeared.
Whatever pressure the district at
torney brought 10 bear on Thaws at
iorneys for the release Of additional
jurors, II was In vain Al the end OF
the last conference upon the subject,
Asst. Dist-Atty GarNan arose quietly
and IN a very low tone began the open
ing address for the prosecution and the
famous case was on.
CARAVAN STATES THE CASE.
Mr. Caravan spoke only 10 minutes.
He congratulated jurors on their body
having been completed and then OUT
inc1 the purpose of the law which was
iot seeking for Vengeance but to up
1old the security Of The state. He
Urged the Importance of the case and
itrict observance Of the law in order
hat a verdict fair to all might be
reached.
u was the claim of the people, he
nld, that upon the night of June 20,
wv the defendant shot and ldi,cd
WIN premedltation and intent to kill"
'ne stanford White. He briefly out
med the movements of Mr.. White. be-
nnnlns wi'A the Saturday precedins
ne tragedy and ending with the scene
d lhe shooting on the Madison Square
;oof garden.
or earvan told how Stanford White
'ad OH June % last taken his son Law
'sa.e and a school mate of the latter
- 9liher at the Cafe Martin. The BOYS
~ bought tickets 10 the New York
Isa,er roof garden and declined an in
m.auVn OF stanford White 10 accom-
iarden. ''4ua'' ioot
alanlord White Went 10 the Madison
,quare roof garden and sat alone al
be lhe small tables there. watching
T., ~ Mst production Of a play called
~, Champagne The defendant
H. ~, mere with his wife and two
rccels. lrn1ion Beale and Thomas
,,sn, mso me defendant walked con-
y ~ aoont the place. In the middle
10 W. second act the Defendants partv
m, y, 70 ieaVe the roof The defend
sos.s MS party 20 ahead ana he
,,sss a gen,hd. Passing the table where
snssn, Nhite was sitting, the de-
,,. alan, faced Mr., White and delibar.
NH, MI. snot him through the brain. The
lssd 'H'efils the eye. Mr.. White was
ls,reS sse W. did not know this. He
nj I ~ ne had not completed his worT
lhs W,, nfed again. the bullet penetrat>
h nv, " "i'es cheek. Stlll, TO make sure
Mr. Wt Mhlte, or rather the BODY no
TN N',e, tumbled to the floor
N. M defendant turned and fsc,n.
Mn ' ,h held his revolver alons
,sls ,s ~ Darrel upside down IN indi.
nt.Dsnss ne had completed what he
l,y,ooSa 70 90. The big audience mn
M NJ w. There was no panic . '"
,,tail.' van concluded by giving Tho
nm, o. Thaw's arrest and indi ,ne
!, JEROME SPRINGS SURPRISE
ATTY J"rono,a ryan took his seat Dist
ne The tourt Strung surprise by ask.
he case az 70 exclude all Witnesses In
ais. Mr. Jero,n t 'ne experts. BY doing
YIN WlIis,, NJ alsciosed the fact thai
lnsv are bn,,, ihaw and Mrs. Harry
.'iense. On w. TAKE the stand for the
hey len he 'oelce OF rhaw's counsel
'Aer witness eouItroom with all the
leluded IN 's ~ May MCKENZIE was
ilIa Hany rr sne lst and accompanied
''ce. Mrs i u, INTO the court clerk,s
~ expect n nllsm Thaw. who does
ays re,urnsdl a -. the stand for several
" at the eyl seemed greatly down
Ne. His ,nrluslon OF his mother ana
pn were my relatives left I'm tbe
rs cameFie oro'hers and his sister
ne O o,S WHITE A WITNESS.
,other '1 s,utlon gave the courtroo,,
ahte surprise when uoom
"a called aon OF the dead archi, ~
lgsin ~, 49,. az The Arst witness n,scl,
kiore hIru his eyes upon ,ba INV
'ness 'p and did not once look s ~ ,a ,h
lnd sIuden,' sald he was 10 YEARS ola
!, said, no,. al Harvard His mo,h ula
asM. ~" resides al cambridgseS
slauiss. H. On The stand bur H..
,.Iaer 10 M tha '9id Of accomplishing Ky Ky
"a aid tha, Safe Martin for az tSnnls
illh M e n'ul when he left M, uihher
~ New yum 2 boy named ~ Ito 70 go
~ ~ ork Roof Garden ls' 70
1865 his father aliye'' vas 'es