Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-06
hal or THAW
ACTUALLY BEGUN
rpistant District Attorney
Makes Opening Speech.
mar ROOM WAS CROWDED

.vsnes white Called - the First
Isnsss-creas interest csnters In
- fight To De wsssd by the
Frosscytion.
1<u York, Feb. 5.-The Thaw
~ n on. Assistant District Attor-
81 fsaryan opened for the prosecu-
S>re was some delay In resuming
irial owing TO the formalities at
1sng the pOstponing OF the Feb
ory ferm Of court, which was SEIZED"
10 begin Monday morning. The
o1ar panel OF 100 February Jurors
VA 10 the last OF the special Iu-
Il IN the Thaw- case, some 25O In
nbsr, crowded the court room 70
.raIowing. Thaw's trial having
- begun in the January term.
term will hold until the case Is
o0sed Of.
IN. Caryan spoke less than ten
&uxss. All witnesses except ex-
Wa have been excluded from the
6n. May Mckenzie, Mrs. Harry
snx and Mrs. william Thaw were
<<ladsd in this order.
when the February jurors had been
|tnlssed and Justice Fitzgerald had
IRA the bench there at once be-
La q conference OF attorneys at the
1xe's desk.
RAW appeared 4 triie flushed as
took his place at the end Of the
<1e assigned TO his counsel.
< hack OF him sat his mother, Mrs.
1IIlam Thaw. his sister. Mrs. Car
LIE, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and May
Kenzle. Edward and Josiah Thaw
IS we're present, the only family
sentee being the Countess OF Var
soth.
An the witnesses for the prosecu-
Ia were In court. They were only
&& syewitnesses Of the tragedy on
eizon Square Roof Garden. Some
It1nesses said 10 have been summon
Pa by the defense were also In court
s<hough the most OF those who arr
81 appear for Thaw have not ap'
e4red.
Whatever pressure the District At
orney may bring to bear on Thaw'i
Ektorneys for the release OF addition
>urors II was In vain. At the emf
II The last conference on the subjec
I'd at Justice Fitzgerald's desk. as
stsnt District Attorney GarvaI
rcse quietly and In a very low tom
pxan the opening address for thu
rosecution and the actual hearing o
- famous case was on.
NJ. Garyan congratulated the Juror
- their body having been complete
Id then outlined the purpose OF tn
Nv which was not seeking for ven
<eAnce, but TO uphold the security @
<6e state. He urged the importanc
he ease and q strict observance G
1e law In order that q verdict, IA
81 All. might be reached.
II vas the claim OF the people, b
aid. that on the night OF June 25
Ieo<. the defendant shot and kille
18TH generalization and intent 20 kill
ene. Stanford White. He then briei
E1S outlined the movements OF MI
white. beginning with the Saturda
[0reeeding the tragedy.
Lawrence White. q son OF the la
<4anford White, was called rs N
1rsl witness for The prosecution
Vac nav case.
White was on the stand buF a fe
minutes. He told OF accompanyir
NJ father to the Cafe Martin for dir
Mer and said that when he left hi
5o 80 with his chum. a boy name
Eing. to the New York Roof Gardei
= vas the last time he saw his faith
live.
Ihaw's attorneys did not desire
e<css-exsmine the witness, and
H1s allowed TO leave the stand.
TIE second witness was Warn
rex<on. the engineer OF Maids
Square Garden. He was an eye-wi
ness ~ the shooting and the arrest
NAV.
DAVID ~. Carvalho, the han
rltns expert was a new figure in Z
Nonas{ He sat Just best
o4# and EVIDENTLY has be
No for the deiens