The Washington times., 1908-01-13


witness Friday morning"
tonight" with that he turned away
from me, and. standing more or less
in front OF me, he stood looking over
the audience. Then he turned about,
pulled up a chair, and said: If you
don't mind, III sit down here" He
said, Have a cigar" and when l
said that / was a very light smoker
and occasionally smoked a cigar, he Of
fered me one. l took it. He had
cigar in his mouth at the time
After taking a few puffs of his cigar
he said, How do you like the play?'
l replied Wei. / don I care very much
for it," He said that 1t was nothing
but vaudeville. and anyway ii was
hard 10 get a good show for a summer
run. He said, What arc you doing in
Wall Street nowadays? Are you specu-
( latlng at allE' said, NO, m not
doing anything now. Why. have you
anything2" He replied well, Copper
is pretty good now. In fact, II l had
any money &c invest now. I'd put Il
all into Copper and Steel" l said
We'll 1 have little Steel, but / 10
not know very much about Copper. lie
then said. What are you going 10 DO
this summer / said that was going
70 Europe on the Deutschland. and h5
said that he did not care for that
steamer. He said ne hoped TO go 10
Europe himself very soon. lie asked,
DO you know anything about the
Amerika%'
Could Get Large Suites.
Yes, I know ali about It," I replied
He said that he liked the America
that he would get one Of the large
suites and that he would have his meals
served IN his r. ON at small tables the
same as they do a. III. Waldorf or Del
mOnico's. Then Ne asked me, Are you
in New York all a!one?" Yes / said.
MY wife did rot come out with me.
we are going on an automobile trip
when I so back 10 Europe" He said
to me. Are you very much married.
and I said. What DO you mean By
that"
He said that he could introduce me
to very nice girl. I asked him, rs
she on the roof garden tonightE' and
he said that she was not. When
asked as to what kind Of a looking girl
she was he said that she was a 'buXom
brunette" He said that he would give
me her address. I said, d" that is very
! kind of you, but I hardly think I Will
bother with tt
He then sid. do you know the
members OF my party?' 1 replied thar
/ had known McCaleb for years, but
had been only introduced to TruNtun
Beale on that afternoon. He said that
IL was funny that I never met Beale
before that He said "Beale Is very
fine fellow-a very prominent man.
told him that / had known Mr. Beale
by reputation. He then said. DO you
remember an affair Of several years
ago in which two men and woman
but no matter as il IS too long ago.
You are too young man 70 know
anything about that
cot 81 4 do fFnI = M
He said that he thought / was about
thirty-One or thiTty-tWo. l said, Oh
no, l am much older than that told
him that / was nfJy-One or nfty-JWo.
He seemed much surprised when I told
him that and remarked: Well. I never
would have thought So.
Walked Down the Aisle.
Then he stood up on his feet and
again looked about the audience, direct
ing his attention to the right and then
to the left Then he turned to me and
said: Excuse me, 1 want 10 walk down
here few minutes He walked down
the aisle looking over his left shoulder
and continued to look IN that direction
until he reached the end of the aisle.
He stood there smoking for a few min
utes and then started back to the seats
where his wife and party sat. McCaleb
then came over ard took the seat be-
side me that Thaw had vacated
He talked a while until Thaw returned.
Whereupon McCaleb arose and offered
IndW his seat Thaw put his hands
on McCaleb's shoulders, saying: No,
don't get up I'm not going to sit down
] N going 10 walk down here a while
He walked UP the stairs 10 the gallery
and two or three minutes after I saw
him coming down again.
As he passed me he smiled and
walked down to the seat occupied by
his party, nodded, and then they all got
Up and. left Mrs. Thaw and Mr. Nc
Caleb led the way, with ThaW and Beale
following. Beale talked to a friend q
few moments before he reached the
aisle. Then the two resumed and the
next instant I heard three shots
Il jumped TO my feet at once and saw
q black cloud Of smoke. y crowd gath
cred around, and when I passed through
1 saw TnGw with a pistol in his hand
pointed toward The, ground"
Q.-How did i.,l ne hold the pistol?
Did you see White that night:
Al did not.
Odd you see a figure on the door
after the shots were fired2
4 saw the form of man lying on
his side in a pool CT blood. 1 asked the
people who Il was lying there, and no
one could tell me- I moved to the other
side of the figure to see If could recOg-
q
view Of it the people were asked to
leave the place, and so I went out"
LittletOn then took the witness in
hand for crOsS-eXamtnatIOn.
Q.-Efow long did you know Mr.. White?
A-SinCe his marriage.
Q-Were your relations with him
pleasant
A-Oh. of course they were. He called
IT my home and 1 visited him.
.Q-Where did you live when in this
city?
Al had my city home.
Q--HOw often cid you see Mr.. White |
while In the city?
Al don't know how often, but quite |
frequently.
Odd you go out to dine with him
at hOtels2
Al did.
Odd you know that he had an |
apartment in the tower?
Al did.
Glad you seen him there very
often?
A-NOt very ofsen.
Q-Had you been = the roof garden /
with him al auv- rfTY7ao