The evening world., 1908-12-28

said Nuu lNd To wear a bathlhk sun ne
.uusr the spray splashci al, over, you,
had taken Cap, liniua ont several times
to give him relief from his troubles
"What did capt. Hams say when
tnd invited YOU again - nothing. lie
dldn'i speak"
What did YOU say ~ said. No.
Thornton. / don't want 81 go, and !
iuut think YOU ought t. 80. ether |
said this as We were nrussinE over To
'ae city Nul Park he Insisted that
uu VAS going, anyway
Helps the Defense.
who sngggstcd going to Long
Weaver, who spoke with a broad
southern accent, was making good
witness for the defense re kept his
head at all times. and didn't let White
trap him. although lie spoke up frankly
and freely
I had told Thornton. along back
about the first ~ August that he ought
to build a concrete house II he built at
~ said Weaver, although I recall
that he first bruaChpd the subject some
time before that. have always been
talking about concrete houses 10 some
onn or another OF the family, because
We all had y personal interest in the
subject and I rad invented concrete
process o. my own and WAS pretty full
y! the topic.
Had you ever built private house
Of conere;e?" put in the Justice. NO.
sir
what did you say when YOU met on
Aug i regarding the building OF con-
crete residence" Il spoke u ihe sm-
plicity and cheapness and durability
and suggested that he ought to put up
su IN a house
did you see him again" About Aug. s
when ! brought Peter Hatns back from
Boston. We didn't discuss houses then.
After asking Weaver for the names OF
Park ROW Building on the morning Of
Aug. u. White brought the witness
back again to the meeting in front OF
Thff, World Building. and the p}e to the
II first spoke Of tie Long Island
propartv." said Weaver. II said TO
Thornton. Instead OF taking this ride:
why don't YOU go over on Long island
telling mo about. Take Peter with you
and II ii do him good. He had first
mentioned this property about Aug !.
but hadn't given the exact location. or
Aux Is Ne told me /, was at Bayside
and he'd been told /; was ideal"
Ma Mas pr epete??E sd Of ,hn R9us o
only Bayside So he agreed to abandon
the ride. as II was then too late 20
catch the Sandy Hook boat. anyhow,
and go and look at the Bays!de prop
erty."
Blamed Himself for Their Plight.
There was a small thrill Of surprise
when he said he had not talked about
his evidence with either Mcintyre OF
Shay until three months after the trag
edY. Tie believed that only Gen Hams
and one other man was present at his
first interview with Mcintyre The next
time he saw Mcintyre was at the Long
Island City Jail, some days later, when
he called to see the two prisoners and
found their lawyers there.
He and Mcintyre and Thornton Hams
had talked about the general case at
the, jail. hut his own TESTIMONY, he
Hams had asked him to 20 TO the Jail,
hut Mcintyre never had.
Major Hams said to me-" went on
the witness dramatically. that ! ought
and see the boys You might cIeer
Pete up and do him some good They
don't blame you for what happened i
Why had YOU stayed away" Be
the shooting, felt that what ! said
probably started them off to do What
was done. and brought on this whole
awful thing, 1t was very serious to me.
continued Weaver. with his voice break
ing. hut couldn't bear to so in and
sea r0em."
-, anS w 2 Wbrs did yoq go there de-
afternoon ] used to go. Ia walk around
the Jail, but l couldn't get up my cour-
age to go in. ! thought OF the results
of it all and ii was fully three months
before | ever saw them. NY wife used
TO go with me sometimes on these
trips. We'd just walk around the 1qil
while and go away. Finally. it was
Major Hams that got me to go to $40