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Winter Washington Said That Mex-
ican Greasers and Texas Cowbays
Shot Up Town te Make Troa-
bie For Negro Troops.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Many wit
hesse< were examined in the Browns
ville shouting affray Inquiry before the
senate commiltés on wilitary affairs
All were members of Company D of
the discharged battalion of negro sok
diers except the last ou the stand, for
mer Sergeant Luther T. Thornton of
Company B.
He testified that when aroused by
the firing on the night of Aug. 13 be
was under the impression that the bar
racks were being fired upon by people
of the town and that a similar opislon
Was expressed by woni¢ other mewbers
of his company. He said the reports
of firearms sounded to him like revoly-
ers and shotguns,
He told of the call to arms and of the
Inspections, of hearing that Company
Cs gum racks had been broken and
of his understanding that these had
been broken open upon orders of Lieu-
tenant Greer of Company C, because
the noucommissioned officer baving the
keys could pot be found
He was cross examined sbarply
about the possibility of a soldier get-
ting out of the reservation in the night
without being detected and sald this
could be doue, but he did not think the
map could get his arms and get out.
It was pointed out that the men al-
ready had ammunition, and the witness
replied that this ammunition bad to be
accounted for at Inspections, and if
Any were used the loss would be dis-
covered. He sald be had not heard
that bullets from army ammunition
had been found In the town until after
the arrival of Major Blocksom to make
an fnspection for the war department
Sergeant Fraser was recalled and
corrected his previous testimony by
saying that be had surrendered his am-
munition at Fort Reno instead of at
Fort Brown. He sald he had noticed
bis error lu a newspaper report of the
proceedings. Senator Warner pressed
the witnéss closely as to the paper
which carried the report, and Senator
Scott, acting chairman, declared that
Senator Warner was unfair. Senator
Warner replied that he was not pre
pared to take a lecture, especisily an
unjust lecture, and there followed a
general discussion as to the manver of
examining witnesses. It was general
Iy agreed that the senators should pro-
ceed as they pleased,
The next witness called for by Sen-
ator Foraker was Winter Washington,
and Senator Overman asked If he had
said Booker Washington. “No,” said
Mr. Foraker. “Booker Washington is
too busy attending to his senatorial
duties to come here” He referred to
the Interest of Booker T. Washington
In the question of having a negro ap-
pointed to a federal position In Ohio,
patronage which had been regarded as
belonging to the senators from Ohlo.
Winter Washington was a member of
Company D, and his story was not un-
like those told by Lis former com-
rmdes. His idea of the Brownsville
affray, however, was that “Mexican
greasers” and “Texasx cowhoys” had
done the shooting In order to make
trouble for the negro soldlers.
Shaw Calis Bureau a Sweat Shep.
WASHINGTON, Feb. “.—In a letter
to Speaker Caunon, Secretary Shaw
says of the bulidiug tn Washington oc-
cupled by the bureau of engraving and
printing: “I doubt If a worse sweat
shop exists on the earth than the fac
tory in which the government manu-
factures its money, Its bonds, its io-
ternal revenue and postoffice stamps.
The condition of the employees, espe-
clally in summer, is well night unbear-
able. and every consideration pleads
for Improvement” The house commit:
tee on bulldings and grounds will con-
duct a hearing today oun a bill provid-
Ing for a new bullding to accommodate
this bureau.
Hughes Doing Good Work.
ALBANY, N, Y,, Feb. L—The state
commission of gas and electricity has
notified all the companies In the state
outside the city of New York supply-
ing either coal gus, water gas or miz-
ed coal and water gas that the com-
mission f= about fo fix and establish a
standard of Hiuminating power and
purity and that a hearing upon the
proposed order will be given at the
capitol om Feb. 21, 1907, at 10 a. m.
Each company will have an opportuni
ty to be heard at that time. This af-
fects some eighty-five companies.
Te Bridge Hudson at New York.
ALBANY, N.Y, Feb. That the
construction of one or more bridges
eros the Hudson river between New
York aud New Jersey is feasible from
an engineering stundpaint aml that the
cost of vie of these structures would
I# not less than $25,000000 and might
easily reach $33 000.000 nre the print
al conclus<ine of the New York inter.
state brilee commisdon in its report
to the lezicliture
Locked Jailer In
RALEIGH. N.C. Feb, Calston
and Rhodes, Inmates of the Tyrell
connty jail at Columbly, escaped from
the jail when thelr dinver was hronght
to them. The two prisoners seized the
ja as he entered thelr coll, shoved
him lato 8 corner, stepped ontside the
door and walked Away |
in] They are
MOTOR BOAT REGATTA.
Dizste Makes Fast Mile at Miami
Hessler Wiss Lasneh Race.
MIAML Fila, Feb, Four eveuls
marked Miami's first annual regatia
The feature was the time (rials of E
4. Schroeder's racer Digle for the mile
The Dixie's fastest mile was 2 minutes
21 15 seconds wilh the tide and 2
minutes 22 2.5 seconds against the tide,
making the rate per hour on the aver
age mile of 20.23 statute miles. This i»
slightly slower than her record at the
Lake Worth regatta’
The four knot event for working
isutiches of all classes was won by
The Hoosler, the winner covering the
distance in 2 minufes 27 seconds. Five
boats started. The four knot event for
speed boats was won by The Swallow
owned by C. A. Godschalk of Camden
Time, 12 minutes 27 seconds. Five
racers started in this event
A nine knot salling event with five
starters was won by The Klondike, the
only boat finishing within the three
hour mit placed on the race. The
Kiondiké's time was 2 hours 53 min
ates 50 seconds. +
The eight knot race for speeders
called out three starter. It was won
by Hot Stuff, which finished only nine
seconds ahead of Godschalk's Swallow.
Engine trouble kept The Swallow from
winning the event.
The Englishman Won Feature.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 2—-The Eng
lishman won the feature event at one
mile at City park by a narrow margin
from Pasadena. The latter, after be
Ing crowded on the first turn. came
np in a game finish. In the Afth race
Foreigner, at 20 to 1, shot ahead of his
field at the half and maintained his
lead easily.
Black Prince Beaten In Stretebh.
BEAN FRANCISCO, Feb - — Fine
weather drew a large crowd to QOak-
In the fourth rgce RBiack
Prince, backed at long odds, lost In the
last jump to Hooligan. Mitre, In the
second race, after opening a big gap
and leading to the stretch, lost to the
Duke of Orleans, La Rose coming
third.
Favorites Fared Badly.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. . - Fa.
vorites fared ladly at Oaklawn. Jake
Sanders, at a prohibitive price, was
the only first choice to win Sidney
F. was backed In the sixth race from
15to 1 to 3 to 1, but fallad to finish
in the money. The bookmakers were
not molested by the police.
Harvard Won at Hockey.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Feb. "Har:
vard defeated Dartmouth at ice hockey
In the Stadium here by a score of 12
fo 8. The local team played a good
fame, while the visitors were handl-
capped by the absence of two of thelr
best men.
Taylor George Took the Money.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. JL—At Ascot
Moneymuss in the first race set the
pace and would have won, but was
badly managed In the stretch. Taylor
George, at 6 to 1, came through and
took the money,
Child Labor Law Passes.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb, "— The pas
sage of a large number of bills, most
Iy local in character; several well at.
tended hearings and the Customary
routine made up one of the busiest leg:
islative days of the preseut session.
The senate by a unanimous vote pass-
ed Senator Page's bill which would
amend the labor law by prohibiting
the employment of minors under six.
teen In factories before 8 a. m. or after
8 p. m. or more than eight hours In
any one day. This is regarded as one
of the important labor measures of
the present session. The present law
provides a nine hour day for children.
Held For Robbery at Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Feb, | — Ed
ward Goese, a young man who claims
to have been employed in the diplo-
matic service of an old world country,
Is beid on a charge of assault and rob
bery and also on a charge of attempted
robbery, Gosse pleaded guilty to the
charge of attempted robbery. Goase
entered the store of George G. Freder-
Ick at Metheun and held Frederick at
bay at the point of a revolver while
he rifled the cash drawer. Later Gosse
met Carroll Frisbee In a street In
Methuen and attempted to rob him,
but did not succeed
Her Remains Taken to England.
OTTAWA, Feb, “~The remalns of
Lady Victoria Grenfell, daughter of
Lord and Lady Grey, who dléd at Gov-
ernment House here, were taken to
St. John, N. B, by special traln. At
St, John the body was conveyed by
the steamer Empress of Britain,
which salls today, for Interment in
Eugland., Service will be held In Can-
ada simultaneously with the service
in England.
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Life Sentence For Mother + nd Son.
GAINESVILLE, Ga, Feb ~ After
long deliberation the jury returned a
verdict Anding Mrs, Sue Brooks gullty
of belug an accessory to the munler of
duck Collins, former courthouse Jani
tor, here. The sentence of Jife hmpris
sument was hoposed. Her sou, Foster
Brooks, who was convicted of the same
crime about two weeks ago, was also
given a sentence of life imprisomuent.
Hibbard Has Little Hope For Higgins
OLEAN, N.Y. Feb Dr, Hibbagd
made an early call on Mr. Hughes and
wid that while the furiner governor Is
ot so well his condition Is po more
critical than on Weduoslay. “While
Mr. Higgins’ condition may” vary from
day to day.” said Dr. Hibbard, “1 con-
sider him to be hopetesdy 111."
HER LIFE STORY
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Moves
Court to Tears.
——
PATHETIC TESTIMONY BY WIFE
Stanford White Caused Her Ruln
at Sixteen.
——————
LOVING THAW, REFUSEDTO WED HIM
Climax of Madison Square Roof Gar-
den Tragedy—Aciress and Former
Avtist Model, Wife of Accused, on
Stand Calmily, Through Tears, Tells
of Early Poverty and Story of Being
Drugged and Wronged by Stanford
White, Rich and Noted Architect
and a Married Man, After Deep Laid
and Elaborate Flans and Schemes
Depriving the Girl of Her Natural
Protector, Her Mether, Whe Was
Sent to Pittsburg by Mam Slain
By Thaw on a Pretense of Sending
Her on Visit Friends, Saying.
“I Will Look After Mer"—Then Came
the Story of Greatest Wrong Thai
Oan Be Done a Woman.
to
NEW YORK, Feb, “—Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, the beautiful young wife of
Harry K. Thaw, laid bare ip the crim:
inal branch of the supreme court here
the story of Ler life, the recital of
which is expected Ly the defense to
convince the jury that her husband
was justified when be shot down Stan
ford White, the famous architect and
the man who, she declared, first drug-
ged and then ruined ber and for whose
murder young Thaw Is on trial,
As the former chorus girl answered
readily the guestions put to her by
Delphin M. Delmas, chief counsel for
the prisoner, every one in the court
room leaned eagerly forward, so as not
to miss 8 wond that dmpped from her
lips. The pitiful story she told moved
every one In the mom. Men wiped
the tears from their eyes, while the
morbid women who had come to hear
the revolting testimony sobbed aloud
It was ove of the wost dramatic re
citslx ever heard in any court.
The girlish wife of the prisoner was
in the witness chair practically all
day.
To save the life of her husband she
bared to the world the innermost se-
crets of her soul, for the portraval of
which a sanctuary was a more fitting
place than the crowded, gaping court-
room. It was the same story she told
Harry Thaw in Paris in 1903 when he
had asked her to become his wife—the
confession of one who felt there was
an lusurmountable barrier to ber ever
becoming the bride of the man she
loved
In the big witness chalr she appear-
ed but a slip of a girl, und she told
the pitiful story of her eventful young
life jo a frank, girlish way When
tears came unbidden to ber big brown
eyes and slowly (trickled thelr way
down scarlet cheeks she strove In vain
to keep thew back, Though emotion
at times seemed about to smother ber,
she forced the words from trembling
lips, and by a marvelous display of
courage which took ber willingly to
her staggering ordeal she shook off a
depression which ouce threatened to
become an absolute collapse
As the young wife unfolded the nar-
rative of her girlhood and told the
early struggles of herself and ber
mother to Keep body and soul together,
of how gaunt poverty stood ever at
the door and how she finally was able
to earn a livelihood by posiug for pho-
tograpbers and artists, she won the
murmured sympathy of the throug
which filled every avallable space in
the big courtroom
Then came the relation of the wreck
of that girlhood at sixteen years of
1ge. It was the story of her meeting
with Stanford White, the story of the
sumptuous studio apartment whose
dingy exterior gave no hint of the
luxurious furnishings within, of a vel-
vet covered swing In which one could
swing until slippered toes crashed
through the paper of a Japanese para-
sol swung from the celling, the story
of a glass of champagne, of black,
whirling sensation and of mirrored
bedroom walls, In short, she told all
the story.
“Don’t scream so
is nll right.”
“And this was Stanford White?"
The question came from Delphin M
Delinas, now conducting the defense
of Harry Thaw,
“Yeu, sir”
It 1s all over. In
was big, bustilng, shoving and snari-
lug over some especially coveted seat
when court couvensl, was its own trib
ite to the effect of the girl's story.
Into the narrative there entered noth
Ing of the woman of the world, A gir!
lu face and fizure, Mrs. Thaw was still
a girl as she withstood an onleal
which might well have startled into
terror a woman of mature years and
barsher experiences than hers. Iuto
the narrative she Injected many tle
touches of a young girl's hopes and dis
appointments. Of her carly life she re
lated how her mother had gone from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia to secure as-
sistance and how she and her brother
She recalled that the two litle travel!
ers bad trouble with the conductor!
who wanted (o put their cat out of the
car. But, she naively added they held
fast possession of it, Just the same.
Then came thelr advent in New
York, of Ler life here and eventually
the acceptance by her mother of the
thrice refused invitation of a girl of
the theater 10 meet some of her frieuds
at Juncheon. The girl's wother told
Evelyn's mother they were people in
New York society and perfectly proper
else she would not let her girl zo with
them.
“When she came for me in the ban |
Som,” sald the witness, “| remember
hoping we were going to the Waldorf
I had beard so much about it and
wanted so to go there. But the han |
=om stopped In front of a dingy look
Ing bullding In West Twenty fourth
street, and | was told to get out
Mother bad dressed me My skirts
were just to my shoe tops then ™
This was In August, 1901
“He wns big and fat and ugly. I re
member him meeting us at the head of |
three flichts of stairs,” she continues
“He gave me presents, amd uy mother:
let me go to other parties. Then he!
sald my mother should visit some!
friends In Pittshurg She sald she!
could not leave me. He sald it would |
be all rizht; that he would look after |
me. Finally she went. Then came an!
Invitation to a party at his studio In|
Madison Square Garden, but no one
else was there, just two “They all}
seem to have turned ns down” he sald |
Then when we had dined and 1 want. |
ed fa go home he =ald T hadn't soe |
yn
NY
“A
MES. EVELYN NESBIT THAW
all of the apartinent, and we went to
the bedroom with the mirrmrs ail over
the walls”
Thus the story ran, with Just here
and there an Interruption by Mr. Del
mas to advise the girl to fix the dates
ff the varlous happenings and always
ta tell Just what she had told Hairs
Fhaw when he asked her
is wife. It was through the fact that
she bad “told everything to Harry
that she was permitted under the rules
if law to give her story to the jury
Thaw sat pale but brave faced beside
his counsel when his wife took the
stand. The two exchanged glances, and
the faintest of smiles played about the
firmly set lips of the girl. She wore
the same blue, long couted dress she
has had ou each day of the trial. About
her neck was a flat turn down collar
uch as Ilttle boys wear, caught to
sether by a little black tie In frout
Her hair, braided nnd looped well
lown on her neck, was caught with a
black riblon bow, the ends of
vhich peeped ont in dark rellef from
whind the cheeks that were pale at
irst. but mounted crimson when she
was tokl to give all the detalls of her
experience with the man who fell a
victiu to her husband's pistol. Mrs
[haw wore the flat, black velvet Liat
rimmed only with one little bunch of
violets which had become familiar as
A part of her costume. She was un
velled, however, for the first time, and
lier youth nod beauty were remarked
Uy every one. Masses of Llack halr
waved beneath the velvet brim of bor
hat aud helped form the frame for the
girlish face of alinost perfectly molded
features. The looked
through long black lashes: brows
were symmetrically arched
In the 2ympathy fmpelling story of
the girl, the girlish fascipation of a
iolce of softest quality, yet ringing
clear In enunciation, the courtroom
fost view of the prisoner. But when
cae a halt In the girl's fight
wealust the tears the people who had
gazed unceasingly at her lowered their
eyes, as if the relief from their stare
mizht bring ber the Colposure
finally won. Then they Harry
Thaw again,
His whole frame shaking, he sat
ath hic head burled in bis hand? a
handkerchief covering the eyes. When
the defendant sits he Is all hut shield
e] from the Jury. Bent over the table
as he soblwdd he could uct be seen at
all. Thus Thaw sat for many minutes
amd when he finally Med his head
bis eves were red and swollen
Even if they could have seen, the ju.
rors wonld have had no eyes for the
prisoner. They, "too, had torsed ther
Raze from the witness as the teal<
cane to her volor asx well as her eves
and each man of the twelve seemed
Intent upon some obiject on the floor
before them. Justice Fitzgerald look-
ed out through the long Krtited win
dows. The scene and the story mark.
od 8 new precedent In the Listory of
crighmal proceedings lu New York
city” "Old court attendants gave thelr
ready assent to this
Mrs. Thaw was still on the =t nd.
2er direct examinntion nucompleted,
when the day wus done, Once she
was excused for an honr while Law.
to become
big
hrown eyes
the
there
she
saw
to Ax the
date of certain letters writ
by Harry Thaw wuls
als Rr
to the revelations Miss Nesbit had
made to him In Paris. The girl had
identified the writing, but the court
beld that the date must also become
a matter of competent evidence. Mrs
Thaw seemed to appreciate the relist?
this incident offered, although during
the hour and a half recess for jupeh
eon she had recovered from the fatigue
of the two hours spent (n the witness
chair duripg the morning session As
she left the stand for the recess she
walked unsteadily and, passing hack
of the jury box. ran the fingers of her
left band along the wall as a bind
person might.
The letters. which eventually wers
offered In evidence after wuch object
Ing by Mr. Jerome and a flood of ar
Eument by opposing counsel, are re
garded as corroborative of Mrs
Thaw's testimony, which she often
declared, in response to objection of-
fered from time to time by the district
attorney, was a repetition of the rea
sons she had given Thaw for refusing
to become his wife. They also were
offered as tending to show the state
had heard from Ler own lips the story
of the girl he loved and her relations
with the man It is clalmed he killed as
8 result of Insanity inherited in part
aud Induced by a stress of circom-
stancea
The letters were written by Thaw
to Mr. Longfellow as his attorney
They told of his coming marriage with
Miss Nesbit and the “row they want
to malse” Disconpected and Jerky,
jumping from subject to subject, they
nevertheless breathe the love he bore
The letters
Only two of a half dozen of-
fered in evidence were read. The oth.
ers probably will be presented when
court convenes today and Mrs. Thaw
Is again called to the stand.
In testifying Mrs. Thaw was not al
lowed to state the names of certain
persons, but by consent of counsel for
defense she gave them In w hispers to
Mr. Jerojue “in order,” as Mr. Delmas
fute muy of ber statements if he can.”
Most of the second session was giv
®h over to argument as to the admissi
bility of the letters written by Thaw to
Mr. Longfellow, but afterward Mrs
Thaw continued her story. She told of
how she came back from Europe a
month ahead of Thaw. During that
month friends of Stanford White had
told her many stories about (he young
Pittsburg millionaire, and when be re
turned to America she refused to see
bim except in the presence of a thind
person. When he asked her why she
acted so she told him the stories
One was that Thaw had put a gir!
fut a bathtub and turned scalding wa
ter upon ber. Another was that he was
addicted to the use of morphine, and a
third declared that he bad tied iris to
bedposts and beaten them.
“He looked very sad,” she sald. “and
told we they had been making a fool
of me. He sald he understood why it
was done. | afterward got so many
conflicting accounts from the persons
who had told me the stories and 1
heard thelr reputations were so bad
that I dually told Mr. Thaw I did mot
believe the stories He sdid, ‘You
know I have never lied to you' Aud
Lie pever bas”
The girl paid other tributes to her
husband, to save whose life she braved
all
“When I told him the story In Parts.’
she sald, “he came to me and pleked
up the bem of my skirt aud kissed it
and ssid be would always love me. He
uecarly always called we Lis angel. We
sat together that night until daylight
talking the watter over. The effect on
Harry was terrible
“Stanford White sent me to schoo! in
New Jersey in October, 1972. and early
Io 1803 1 became (Il. The doctors came
and sald an operation was necessary.
They told me I was very sick, but did
not say what was the matter. Mr
Thaw came to sev we and “wax the lust
person except the doctors whom I saw
before being placed under the influ
ence of anaesthetics. He had been told
it wus dangerous for me to talk. So he
came Io quietly and knelt down by the
bed and Kissed my baud and looked at
we for a wowent and went out
“When | recovered 1 found he had
made armngements for wy mother to
take me abroad to recuperate. It was
while we were in Paris on this trip
that he proposed to me"
The completion of the direct exami
nation of the prisoner's wife will pos
sibly require all of today's sessions.
There Is an lmpression that Mr. Del
mag may strive to have it occupy the
entire day in order that the young wo
man may take advantage of the ad
Journment over Saturday and Sunday
to recover from her fatigue aud he
prepared for the trying onleal of the
cross examination of District Attorney
Jerome,
A ast of “Black Jacks" Escapes.
TRINIDAD. Colo, Fel * Robert
McManus, sald to be the last survivor
of the notorious “Black Jack” band of
trulu robbers. escaped from Sheriff
Bride of Guymon, Okla, jumping from
a train ln New Mexico while it was
running at the rte of forty miles an
hour. McManus had been arrested at
Pueblo on a charge of horse stealing
Seven Drowned In Sacramento River,
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feh © A
steam launch containing seven persons
struck a pler of the Sacramento river
bridge late last evenlug. All were
thrown Into the water and drowned
Isabelle Urguhare, Actress, Uead,
ROCHESTER, N. Y. Feb \-Isa-
the actress, died bere
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invite your attention to this
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Moriries, Sateens, Itallas Cloth,
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Sets to match In shadow, solid, eyelet,
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