New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
TAXI MURDER TRIAL ON
I,rv Obtained for Garvey in Two
and a Half Hours.
lewELLER ON THE STAND
u.osecutor Promises Three Wit.
nesses to Say the Prisoner
Shot Clerk.

,,.r,in ". Carvey. the Young man with
-, 5srk popping eyes" whose arrest was
..r,eht about by q pretty young Normal
'atooI girl who told the police what she
.a,heard AT q dance In Flushing, went on
'r,sl Yesterday before Justice Marcus ard
,urv in the Criminal Branch Of the Su-
-.,n,e Court for murder in tho first de-
- The trial moved with marked rapid
,,v. the jury being obtained in two hours
.r5 half. the prosecution presenting its
cass and three witnesses being examined
,,fore adjournment for the day.
carvov is the alleged slayer Of Adolph
s,.rn. = clerk in the jewelry store Of Jacob
Iscohy. sixth avenue and 18th street he is
,iso the alleged thief who smashed the
rin5ow of the iewelry store when II was
ered with customers at $3.50 o'clock on the
,verinc Of July % and extracted a tray full
n rings valued at S4elo. shot Stern 10 of-
fsct his escape. leaped into a mysterious
rcd taxicah" and disappeared in a cloud Of
drst through West 18th street and into
seventh avenue.
Charles &. Mott jr, Assistant District
ltornev outlined the case He described
tho brilliantly lighted show window Of the
SfnIT ll Ntr Oli iINF lllE lll VI lllf hlllii@ :
ana robbery and lkened n 10 brilliantly
rghted stage which eliminates the faces
m The actors 50 that the audience sitting
heyond in darkness can at its ease distin-
sJisJ, the facial expressions Of the play ers.
Mr. Mott told the jury that he would pro-
d.ce three witnesses who stood i'm Sixth
avenue outside the glare from the window,
whore they could easily see the face Of the
man who shot Adolph Stern Two Of these,
vatchman named McKeehan and a man
named Peterson. would, he said. positively
identify Martin Gsrvey as the man who
reached i'm through tho broken window. eX-
tra-ted the iewelry tray and shot the clerk
in cold blood
Another witness. a private detective. who
had loitered near the Jacoby store on the
night Of the crime, waiting for a com
ranion, would, he said, identify the face OF
Garvey BIS the same face that peered out oi
ihs window Of a red taXicab as it dashed
through 18th street. This witness would
also testify that the man in the taXcat
held shining revolver in his hand.
Another witness, a window dresser in a
ncishboring store. would testify that Gar
vev was one of three men who drove up in
the red taxi and loitered in front Of the
jewelry store for a few minutes. Before
Garyey's arrest, this witness. without hav-
ing seen Garvey's photograph, entered a
saloon on the lower West Side frequented
by Garvey and his companions and picked
Garvev out for the detectives from dozen
others
James J. Koatng. who was indicted for
..,.-3s- Lost u-aak was Identified by the
private deteetive. Mr.. Mott said. as the man
who kept running the taxi back and forth
I'm 18th street. near Sixth avenue, before the
killing. The third man implicated is miss
inc.
Mr.. Jacoby was the first important wit
ness lie said he was in the optical room
In the rear Of the store when he heard the
crash Of breaking glass He ran quickly TO
The door. preceded by his nephew Mr..
stern. When he reached the sidewalk he
saw man in dark clothing and black
hat -aise his hand toward Stern. Then
tLere was a flash and a report, and Stern
q, cling around. fell on the sidewalk a few
Zoe, from the door. Then the man, who
vse standing about nine feet away In the
direction Of the 18th street corner, Jumped
into taxicab Stern. the witness sald'
dle5 before he was brought into the store.
&C. is beins defended by Francis l..
vyauran. assisted by his son. Roderlc Well
man. and Forbes j. IennesSy' VINO were
ASSIGNED nv the court. Walter ;. heh-
nod. is also associated with the dciehce'
James T.. NHlard. Of No. is west iolst
,,r,et is foreman Of the jury. The tr'aI
will be resumed to-day.