The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

A. Yes, sir.
.. Did he act any more peculiar than /
any person would who was awakened
and did not have desire 10 eat
A. / don't know.
=. That's all.
His Dates at the Club.
Steward Christopher Braggin, Of the |
New York Whist Club. was recalled 10 !
testify as to when he saw Thaw at the /
club during 1904. 1905 and 1906. Yesterday |
he said he could not swear II Thaw was |
al the club in those years, but could !
find out from the club books. Today ne 1
said the books showed Thaw was at the /
club December q, 1904; in February, /
March and AurIl 1855, and in May and !
10 Jerome, he declared the register Of !
the club was not kept by him and the
only one OF the dates he could swear
Odd he stay in the club that night2
Al think so. My impression IS he
stayed all night in his room at the cluD
and took an early morning tram LOT
some place that I don't know.
Il was reported that on the nISht or
December p, 1904. Stanford White hau
arranged a birthday party at when .EN-
elyn Nesbit was 10 have Deen The guest,
but that Thaw went TO the Madison
Square Theater and took nCr on 10 dit
ner before White got there.
Thaw Couldn't Speak.
Raymond A. Browne, OF Flushing. a
music teacher, was on the roof OF Madi-
son Square Garden at the time White
was killed. Prior TO the tragedy he saw
Thaw seated at a table on the north or
Twenty street side of the gar
den. He was with another man whom
the witness did not recognize. Thaw sat
at the table for some time.
GLOW close were you to him.
A.-NOJ very close at first but after
the intermissiOu L met Tnaw in the cen
ter aisle and asked him now he liked
the show.
Odd he reply 20 your
Al could not get any coherent reply
from him, although I asked him the
question again. He seemed TO be try
ing TO answer me, but could not
Odd the acts Of ThaW impress you
as rational or IRRATIONAL
A.-ITraUOual.
On cTOss-eXaminatio witness said he
did not know Thaw very well and ad-
dressed him in the aisle at time il was
crowded.
Odd you ever try to question any
person about anything twenty minutes
before they had taken persons life
and get a coherent answer
Al never saw anybody before they
killed another.
COrOner's Juror Called.
Nicholas Stokes, one Of the coroner's
jury in the case of Stanford White.
swOre Thaw's actions at the inquest
were those of an irrational person.
Annie Baggan, sister of Christopher,
confirms the Iatter's story Of Thaw's If
rational acts at the New York Whist
Club House, prior TO the killing Of
White.
Benjamin Bowman, who was stage
dOOrkeeDer at the Madison Square
Theater in 1903. was next called
Did you see Stanford White on
Christmas Eve. 1852
A I did. at the theater.
q. Did you talk 10 hlmZ
A. / did.
.. was the conversation in reference
"0biect." said the district attorney.
eff the purpose Of repeating this con-
veTsatiOn is TO set up a defense OF
self-defense / have no objection. But
there has been no such ConLenJlon.
witness may answer" ruled Justice
Bowling, If he repeated this CONVEX
satlon TO Thaw."
Il saw Mr.. Thaw some days after
ward" said Bowman, and l told him.
White came in and asked me If Miss
Nesbit was there. When l told him she
was not he called me -- liar. he
said to me: She has gone with thai --
Pittsburgh, and / Will Kill him before
morning j told this TO Mr.. Thaw."
Because Of the failure of material wit
nesseS to arrive y recess was taken
until o'clock.
Evelyn Grows Impatient.
Evelyn Thaw is rapidly becoming d
thorn in the flesh of the Brooklyn law
yer for the defense. She insists that
he call her ahead of other witnesses,
so that she can remain in the court
room and see what IS going on. but
ref n
her. His present plan is to put her on
his last lay witness. and though she
pOuts. and stamps her foot and appeals
10 him. he pays no more attention to
her than suiky child and conducts
the trial to suit himself
LittletOn's case is rapidly progress
ing, and he expects 10 be able to call
his experts by the middle of next week.
Chief of these viii again be Dr.
Evans superintendent of the Norris
town, y. J., hospital for the insane.
who, at the last trial. coined the ia
nous phrase, brain storms DOC
tors Mcdonald. Wagner and Wiley are
also 20 be called.
Justice Bowling, by his prompt rul-
ings, is expeditiug matters very much
and il is generally believed the ease
will be in the hands OF the Jury inside
OF 4 fortnight
Governess to Testify.
Belle Morehouse Lawrence, who as
impressed with Harry ThaW's apDar-
ert mental weakness as a youth of six
wears that she kept a diary Of his pc
culiar acts, VIII arrive from Califor-
MIA TO-DAY and De at once called by
IIttIeton. The latter considers her one
OF his star witnesses, inasmuch as she
will testify that Thaw was irrational
during the entire time he was under
her care. Prof. Beck, of Pittsburg, Pa,
who also had Thaw as Il patient, Is 10
give evidence similar TO that Of Mrs.
Lawrence.
Justice Vernon NJ Davis, who pre-
sided at the trial OF Nan Patterson for
the murder of BoOkmaker Caesar
Young, occupied a seat on the bench
beside Justice Bowling when the trial
was resumed at 1O:16 today.
Thaw seemed more cheerful than US
ual today. and as soon as he took his
seat entered into an animated CONVEX
satiOn with Attorney Peabody.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO "a DAYS.