The Washington times., 1908-01-15
THAW A WRECK DAY He
KILLED STANFORD WHITE
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His eyes were glaring and his face
did you see him again that day."
Yes. sir"
stWhen2'
THAT afternoon"
How was he then2'
More nervous than in the morning
his mouth twitching and his eyes very
strange"
A Telephone Call.
was there a telephone cali for him
that day."
There was and when I touched him
10 call him he was so nervous that he
trembled all over and his mouth was
twitchlng."
Witness remembered the Jay OF the
tragedy and was sure he stayed there
until nearly o'clock. He was sure
Captain Walker played with Thaw and
believed John A. Drake was also pres
ent.
WAS John W. Gates present." asked
District attorney jerome.
mot that 1 know Of"
Were the players playing for mon
They were not permitted to under
the rules"
II know, but / want you to tell this
jury whether these men we're playing
for money or not
Il really don't know. You see 1 am
not supposed TO know"
Jerome asked the witness If il was an
unusual thing 10 see man nervous
after an afternoon at cards and he
said 1t was.
well. when you see a man nervous
At the CLUB, do you consider him ira
IiOnal2'
But you did this defendant"
Il did"
Drinks Flow Freely.
Now, as a matter Of fact is it not
true that nearly every member Of that
club keeps drinks in his locker and
serves them at viii during games?
Drinks We're served that day and this
defendant. Thaw, partoOk freely OF
them, did he nOt?"
4 don't know. sir
In the fourteen years You have
known Thaw has he ever had any more
color in his face than there was that
day, or have you ever seen him whea
he was not nervous and his face
tWitCh2"
MOT often
What did he say when he came
Out?"
Isn't that awful?' He then went out,
and aftervGrd came back and gave the
package wrapped in Til foil TO my as
sistanJ, 1 took il from him, and put it
IN q desk draw
Matilda c. Stein. a. telephone girl, was
employed during 1902 ana 1904 at the
Grand Hotel. ThaW lived there for two
months, and she knew him only as Mr.
Parr." Thaw she swOre, always looked
peculiar to her. His eyes were staring
and bulging, and his walk was nervous
and Jerly.'
No Proof OF Insanity.
What about his orders over the
phone?"
"Oh, he was very peculiar For in
stance, he would order breakfast at
least three times during a period Of
twenty minutes"
Here Jerome interrupted.
Il object 10 this line Of testimony. a
man does not have to live in New York
very long to realize that he has TO order
his breakfast sometimes more than
three times TO get it
This caused a laugh and the subject
was dropped.
Il don't know. For instance. / re-
member one day when he had seventy
five calls registered against his room
in four hours
Did his general actions at that time
impress you as rational or lrTationalI'
Irrational"
Jerome cross-examininF asked: You
knew Thaw Us Parr?'
Evelyn Nesbit was living with him
at tho hotel then. was she not?"
Not that I know Of"
But the fact is she was stopping at
Quenty went out with him, did she
''she might have. 7 don't know. I 90
know she had room separate from
his"
Tracing Those Calls.
Was Evelyn Nesblt not known as
Miss Parr about the hOtel?"
4 don't know"
Miss Nesbit left the Grand Hotel
hurriedly one night, did she note
so I heard at the time
And was It not the next day that
Thaw made the seveuty-fve telephone
calls in a few hoursZ"
1T was before that"
Are you able to say where Evelyn
Nesbit was OF your knowledge the day
Thaw made these seventy-hve calIs?'
"She was in her room"
Clara H LOWrie. a writer on the
Morning Telegraph, called next, was at
the Garden Theater the night OF the
killing. She saw Thaw and he acted in
q nervous manner
Thaw's eyes seemed to be oulging out
OF his head, witness said, land his gen
eral appearance was that OF an IRA
tional man.
William A. Johnson, an editor Of the
New York World, also saw the shoot
ing of White. He was standing in the
rear Of the heater and saw Thaw. The
latter general demeaEOr was that Of
F an irrational person.
Lionel StraUs, a theatrical man, who
was an eyewitness Of the tragedy, also
testified he saw Thaw. and his general
demeanCr was that of an irrational man.
Francis Guienes, who was q men,