The Detroit times., 1908-01-15

o-How far we're YOU from the place
OF the shootingR
A--About IL feet.
Q-what attracted your attention 20
A~The shooting.
Qz-What did you seev
Al saw Thaw standing over White
Q-What was Thaw doingT
Ale stood with one hand on
Whites table. the revolver flashing 10
front OF him.
Al Jumped TO my feet and went
20 Old YOU lose sight Of Thaw at
o-Did you hear him say anything
A--Not a word.
O-And you were very close 20 him
A--Yes, very close.
his wife: II have probably saved your
Al did not
o-You did not hear him say a word
to his wife?
A-Not a word.
Face Looked wild.
Q-Do you remember the appear
ance OF his face?
A-Yes, his face so strongly impress
ed me that I can remember II now. HE
eyes were hulging and CLASSY, his
veins stood out and his face was uls-
torted, he did not seem 10 be looking
at any particular object he was SIM
ply staring.
Miss Lowry was then excused.
Following the testimony OF MISS
Lowry. VIM. A. johnson, OF ks.st
Eleventh-st., newspaper editor; VAS as
the next witness called He said he
was on the roof garden the night or
the shooting, occupying standing
position on the Madison avenue size
just back OF the orchestra seats
o-Did YOU see the defendant. Har-
A-Yes. / saw him coming in. He
went to the seats with his party and
then came back and stood about mr.
Did You notice anything unusual
A@He had a peculiar appearance,
his eyes had blank stare In them,
his face was pallid.
Odd he-kaX am erCoat ong
A.-Yes. II looked like raincoat
Odd he have IL on?
A-Yes. part of the time. Later he
had II over his Arm.
Looked Irrational.
Odd he impress you as rational
or irrationals
A--Irrational.
o-Was his stare different than at
any other time you had seen him?
Alt was exaggerated. 1t was even
O-You always believed him 10 be
an erratic individualy
Al did not know him well enough
to reach that conclusion.
BY Littleton:
O-Did you see the defendant at any
time after he came in the aisle along
the aisle OF the Twenty-Sixth-s sides
A--No, sir.
This answer disputed the testimony
given by j. Clinch Smith, brother-in-
law OF Stanford White, who swore
that Thaw after seating his party
walked to the rear OF the hall and
then passed UP and down the aisle on
the Twenty-Sixth-st. side as IL look
ing for some one.
but formerly an eniarger Of portraits
for artists, was the next witness. lie
said he sat at table to the right OF
the stage short distance from az.
aisle. He said he knew STANFORD
o"How far were you from the table
where Mr. White sat7
About six feet; ! heard the $40.
Thaw standing there l kept my eye
o-Did you see him hold the pistol
up in the air?
Al did. He was very pale. Ht
had giary eyes. colorless lips. HIS
mouth was open and his eyes hulged-
Odd the acts and occurrences
which you have testified to impress
YOU that Thaw was rational or ira
A-As irrational.
Q-What was there about the acts
that impressed you as irrationalY
A-The act coupled with Thaws APP
impressed me as being ira
o-After Thaw fred the pistol what
Ale held It in the air and broke"
Jerome read from the testimony
AL Ears r.V41t no
ceeded in emphasizing the story told
by Strauss
The convulsed face and open mouth
left an IMPRESSION which ! have even
today" testified the witness.
Francis McGenniss. OF Amsterdam
ave. was the next witness. He said
he saw the defendant n day or two
after the killing OF Stanford White,
and that Thaw's eyes were staring, al
most falling out OF his head. his mouth
was open, his hands were twitching
and he was acting In generally nerv
GUS condition. He took cigar from
his pocket and kept II on the table.
He appeared irrationaL
The next witness was Henry Schae-
fer. who was also juror at the cor
oner's inquest. He testified that Thaw
appeared wild-eyed and irrational at
the Inquest.
Here Foreman Gremmel, of the jury,
aShtu tht WtLHtSn II bAt " tc "a tAatiJ
X. Thaw looked at the time he was be-
fore the coroner as they look now.
They do not" answered the wit
ness.
Henry w. Schmall, another member
of the coroneris jury. gave similar tes-
timony. Recess was then taken.
Harry Kendall Thaw went
to the court room today, TO
face the most terrible ordeai
of his life, cheered by the news that
his mother, Mrs. VIM. Thaw. would ar
rive from Pittsburg during the session
to aid and sustain him. This he hopes
will turn the battle to save him from
the electric chair for the murder of
Stanford White
Mrs. Thaw has been very i'll, but
has been anxious 20 come to the trial.
Despite her critical condition she is
expected to take the stand
Thaw was practically deserted on
the first day of testimony by the de-