Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-07
PROSECUTION
PRESENTS
ITS CASE

Is on IN earnest. The opening of the
prSsecution-the examination of the
first. second and third witnesses were
carried forward and the case for the
state closed all inside of the first few
hours of today. 1t was all quite dra-
matte
The sor of Stanford White. the mar
who was murdered was the first wit
ness and he told his story strongly.
Young White said he was 19 years old
and student at Harvard university.
HIS mother, he said, now resides al
Cambridge, Mass. White was upon
the stand but few minutess He
told of accompanying his father to the
Cafe Martin for dinner, and said that
when he left him to go with his chum,
boy named King, to the New YORK
rooi garden, it was the last time he
saw his father alive.
Thdws attorneys did not desire 20
cross-examine the witness and he was
allowed to leave the stand.
1t was just before its witnesses was
put on that Assistant District Attorney
Garvin, made his opening address to
the jury. He was very quiet, he spoke
only ten minutes, congratulating the
jurors on their body having been com
pleted, and then outlined the purpose
OF the law, which was not seeking for
vengeance, but to uphold the security
OF the state. He urged the Importance
of the case and strict observance of
the law in order that a verdict fair 10
all might be reached. 1t was the
claim of the people, he said, that upon
the night of June 20, 1906, the defend
ant shot and killed with generalization
and intent to kill, one Stanford White
He then briefly outlined the move
ments of Mr.. White beginning with
the Saturday preceding the tragedy
and ending with the scene of the
l.shooting upon the Madison Square roof
garden. Mr.. Garvan told how Stan
ford White had on June 25 last taken
his son Lawrence, and a schoolmate
OF the latter, to dinner at the Cafe
MhItiH. Inc DOyS Hdu bought TICKETS
to the New York theater roof garden
and declined an invitation OF Stanford
White to accompany him to the Madi-
son Square roof garden. stanford
White" said Mr.. Garvan, went to the
Madison Square roof garden and sat
alone at one of the small tables there,
watching the first production of a play
called 'Mamselle Champagne. The
defendant was there with his wife and
two friends, Truxon Beale and Thomas
McCalbe. The defendant walked con
stantly about the place. In the middle
OF the second act the defendants party
started to leave the roof The defend
ant let his party go ahead and he
Jagged behind Passing the table
where Stanford White was sitting this
defendant wheeled suddenly faced Mr..
White and deliberately shot him
through the brain, the bullet entering
the eye, Mr.. White was dead. The
defendant did not know this, he feared
he had not completed his work and he
0red again, Ine DulieI penetrating
Whites cheek, still to make sure ne
fred thidr time. White, or rather
the body of White tummled to the
floor. The defendant turned and fac
ing the audience, held his revolver
aloof with the barrel upside down to
indicate that he had completed what
he intended to do. The big audience
understood. there was no panic
Mr.. Garvan concluded by giving the
details of Thaw's arrest and indict-
ment by the prosecution.
The second and third witnesses were
Warner Paxton and Myer Cohen, the
first named is engineer of the gardens,
who was present at the shooting and
described it. The second man also
saw the murder and verified the state
ment Of Paxton. The district attorney
before the witnesses went on sprung
a surprise by asking the court to ex
clude witnesses, by doing this Mr.. Je
rome disclosed the fact as to who the
witnesses for Thaw were TO be. The
prisoners mother and wife both lef
the court room. So did Miss May Nc
Kenzie. This shows that they are t.
testify. The prisoner seemed mucl
cast down when his relatives left
During the testimony OF young Law
renee White he did not once look VI
but glanced at his sister the Counties
OF Yarmouth who remained in tn
court room. The room was still a
death during the entire proceedings.
At this afternoons session Mr.. Giea
son began and finished the openin
speech for the defense after whic
As court adsouxasd until tomorrow