Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
i Heinze himself.

large sums of money. In fact we were
associated largely in capacity of lender
and borrower. But how much | lent
him and how much he repaid are
matters of detail cannot go into. Be
sides they are of no moment because
| have ample security for every dollar
let Lindermann have"
New York, Jan. 14.-John T. Deem
er. the Thnw family physician. was the
| first witness called at the Thaw trial
today, and the defense began its effort
to show that Thaw was not mentally
responsible for his act when he shot
the architect on the roof of Madison
Square garden. That insanity pure and
simple is the defense on which Thaw's
attorneys will rest their case. was
made in the opening address of Martin
w. Littleton, Thaw's chief counsel to-
| day.
Mr.. Littleton. conducted the exam.
testified to having been the family
physician to the Thaw's for years and
had known Harry Thaw since his birth
as child. The doctor said Thaw was
very nervous and suffered from brain
fever and st. Vitus dance. He testi-
fed that he knew Mrs. Thaw's brother,
Henry W. Copley. and that he was of
unsound mind, Jerome objected to Lit
tleton's effort to bring before the Jury
the condition of the mind of John Ross.
a nehpew OF Mrs. Thaw. Justice Dowl-
ing ruled the question must be pre-
faced with inquiry as to whether there
was insanity in the Ross family.
Here direct examination ended and
Mr.. Jerome took the witness. The
cross-examination was immaterial. DR..
Littlebury Foster of New York. COZ.
nected with the Virginian Eastern
State hospital for the insane, called
to identify the official record of the
hospital in 1889 which included the
admission of William S. Thaw, a
cousin of Harry X, but the district at
lolHtN ) oDJtCliOH WIS SuSldlncus
tletoa finally succeeded in getting be-
fore the jury the fact that the book
contained a record OF admission OF
William Thaw to the asylum. The
witpess was then cross-examined. DR..
Denar, recalled, was further Ques-
toned regarding John Ross. He said
his insonity was of a rnaniacoI noture
Boyerstown, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE lives
of probably $50 persons were sacri-
feed when the Boyerstown opera house
burned with swiftness that cut them
of from every chance of escape. More
than 200 of the 400 who packed this
small playhouse to attend benefit in
behalf of st. Johns Lutheran church,
were injured. Doctors and corps of
nurses who arrived on the special train
from Pottstown, eight miles away. are
doing what they can to relieve the suf-
taken to the Pottstown hospital as rap
idly as possible this morning. Whole
families have been wiped out by the
catastrophe which came too suddenly
to avert awful results. Firemep who
came from Reading and Pottstown on
special trains in response to a call
for aid did their best to prevent the
village from being wiped out. The en-
tire block in which the opera house
stood caught fire. The scene this
morning was one of fearful desolation.
List of known dead at 10 O'Clock to-
day is much over one hundred.
Pottstown, Pa, jan. IA telephone
message from Boyerstown at 10 a. m.
places the number of missing In last
nights awful fire at 1873. 1t is believed
the death list will go beyond these
figures.
Peoria, H., Jan. 14.-Mrs. Lydia
Bradley, founder of the Bradley Poly
technic institute and wealthiest wom-
an in central Illinois. who has been
seriously i'll for the past two weeks is
not expected to survive today. For
more than week Mrs. Bradley has
been sinking and her life has been
sustained by the use of stimulants.
She is SO years of age. Her foru ne
is estimated at over three millions.
Eau Claire. Wis, Jan. 14.-Wiscon-
sin members of the American Society
of Equity. known as the farmers
trust" met here today in annual con
vention. Definite action for the elm
nation of the middieman in business
will be taken and a fight for increased
prices for farm products Will be com
menced. Secretary s. d. Kump re-
ports that the society now has about
70, 1000 members in Wisconsin. gain OF
1000 in the last year. The launching
of an official paper to be owned and
controlled by the state union is one
of the matters before the convention
The tobacco department of the SO
ciety. which Is the most important in
New York, Jan. 1.-THE Cunard
| liner Carmalia arrived here today aft
er an uneventful trip. Among her pas
sengers were the earl of Kintore, who
with f. H. Power and f. Walden Vim
cent is going on a hunting trip to