: Life Had Been Ruined. :
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TBARS CAVE AS SHE TOLD SAD STORY
Frisoner Designated Stanford White
‘a8 “the Wickedest Man In New
York" —Jerome Very Gentle
Whk Aged Woman.
NEW YORK, March 7.—Another dra
matic chapler wis addel to the history
of the trial of Harry Kk Thaw for th
murder of Stauford White when the
gray balred wether of the defendant
took the witness stand (0 coutribole
what she knew towanl saving hor way
ward hoy from the death danger which
menses hits Mes Thaw's slay Li-fore
the jury was brief. When Delphin Del
was had deftly limited ber examina:
tlon to the change she had noted In her
son's condition following Lis return
from Paris in 1153, after Evelyn Nes
bit had told him het life story, amd
when District Attorney Jemme had,
with the greatest respect and consider
ation. conducted a short aad Ineffectual
cross examination the mother love
MRS, WILLIAM THAW.
welled strong Iu Mrs, Thaw, and she
felt she had not done her ali. She was
loath 10 leave the wituess chair,
“There is the question of heredity”
she protested when both Mr. Delmas
and Mr. Jercine told her she might
step down.
“1 have asked you, madam, all that
is considered pecessary,” sald Thaw's
attorney, with the utmost deference,
Mrs. Thaw half rose hesitated and
was about to sit down again when the
leading counsel for the defense offered
ber his hand to assist her frou the
stand.
Harry Thaw was all Interest. He
sat facing his mother sud seemed ex
tremely nervous. He rested his cheek
on his hand and then bit his palls
Mrs. Thaw repeated her nawe In re
sponse to a question by Mr. Delmas,
speaking in a tone so low as scarcely
te be heard.
“Harriet Copley Thaw.”
Mr. Delmas stood immediately at her
jsft In answer to another question
by Mr. Delmas, Mrs. Thaw said she
noticed a chauge in her son wheu he
came to Pittsburg in 19003. He was
absentminded and apparently had lost
interest In life. She broke down and
cried as she continued to speak of the
change in Ber son following bis trip
to Burope with Evelyn fo 1903,
Mrs. Thaw, after recovering frow
her first breakdown, seemed about to
ery again and could not proceed. Jus
tice Fitzgerald relieved the situation
by ordering all of her testimony up to
that time read to the jury. It had been
given in a voice too low for the jury
to hear.
Mrs. Thaw then testified that Harry
told ber bis life had been ruined by
“the wickedest man In New York” He
repeated to her Evelyn's story of her
experience with Stanford White. Mrs
Thaw told of Harry breaking down In
church with her In Pittsburg, saying
“that awful thing” had come over him
and If It had not happened Evelyn
might have been with them.
Twice during her recital of the
events which had caused her to fear
that sll was not right with her son
Mrs. Thaw broke down and was un-
able to proceed. Her face flushed,
and she made au effort to speak, but
the words woul! not come. Affer a
few moments Justice Fitzgerald ask
ed solicitously If she felt able to pro
coed, and Mra. Thaw, evidently much
chagrised that her great grief had
avercome her strong will of resist
ance, nodded in the alirmnative. She
declined a glass of water, made an of
fort once wore to proceed, Lut failed
Justice Fitzgeruld then interposed a
relief for which the elderly woman
facing him must have been deeply
gratefol. He sald that as many of the
witness’ remarks had been uttered (n
a very low volee It would be necessary
to have the stenographer read all her
testimony np (o that time to the jury
When the reading was ciuled Mia
Thaw had regained hor comiousnee al
was able to proceed to the end of her
uarrntive.
Mrs. Thaw told of coming to New
York to meet Evelyn Nesbit and of
her cobsent fo lier son's mar
lage, the one condition being that the
. ir) life in Now York, should he
; 0 Doon, to he referred 1
asked what the son's In:
amountad to. Mrs. Thaw sald it
was moderate and nothing like the sum
the newspapers have so often report.
Mr. Jerome next treaded upon
what he must have felt was the thin-
ext of ice jest he put himself ia the at-
titude of attempting to harass the pa-
Neshit before she became his wife.
“Nothing.” she replied without heal.
taney,
“When yonr son returned to Pitis.
burg in the fall of 1003." asked Mr. Jo
frome, “he expressed a desire to you to
marry Miss Nesbit?
“He did."
“Did be ever express a fear that oth:
ers wonld prevent her from accepting
him®™
“He sald that she had told him It
woltkl be a very unsuitable match. 1
sald If abe came to me her past would
be a closed book, Mr. White's name
was never mentioned in my presence”
“I did not understand, madam. what
you sald about this defendant's re
marks to you about Miss Neshit's
mother being of no help to him >
“He sald she would not help him to
alse the girl out of her condition”
The district attorney seemed com-
pletely haflied and speedily broaght his
cross examination to a close.
Mrs. Thaw's story was deeply Ime
pressive in its simplicity and brevity.
Her anxiety to go on and tell more
added immeasurably to the meaning
of her presence as 8 witness. The
half filled courtreom listened almost
breathlessly to each word she uttered,
and there was a geners! sigh of relief
when Mr. Jerome announced that his
brief examination was ended,
If Harry Thaw's fate had been
thrown into the hands of the twelve
men in the jnry box as they heard the
mother's story there seems little doubt
that what she sald would have car
ried wonderful weight with it. But
Mr. Jerome gave the impression that
he might use the mother's testimony
ns a weapon in another direction—In
hi= fight to have a commission ap-
pointed to fest the present =iate of
mind of the defendant. While the
elder Mrs. Thaw was on the stand the
district attorney engaged in a wordy
war with Mr. Delmas during which
be uttered publicly for the first time
the threat of a lunacy commission.
Mr. Delmas was Invoking The pre
sumption of law that Thaw, declared
insane In 1903, remalnad insane In
to state conversations with her son
during the Intter vear. These conver-
sations were admissible only on the
ground that they were the utterances
of a person mentally Irresponsible.
Mr. Jerome sald there was po reason
why the assumption should not con-
tinue down to the present day, and If
Mr, Delmas’ point was well taken the
trial shonld he suspended and a com-
mission appoinfed.
Mr, Jerome added that he was mere-
ly suggesting the alternative of a com-
mission for the sake of argument
Justice Fitzgerald upheld Mr. Deimas’
position and sald the question of a
commission was not. before the court.
Upbolding the principle that the pre-
sumption of Insanity continues, Jus-
tice Fitzgerald seems to have placed
the burden of proof as to the present
sanity of the defendant entirely upon
the defense.
With the completion of Mrs. William
Thaw's testimony Thaw's attorneys
announced that they would have but
two more witnesses — experts — who
will be called upon to answer a newly
Trained hypothetical question covering
the entire case from beginning fo end.
These experts are anld to be Drs
Graeme M. Hammeond and Suith E
Jelliffe.
Harry Thaw, during his mother's
stay upon the stand, seemed unusually
pale and extremely nervous. For a
time he would fix her with a stare,
then look away and bite at his fluger
upalls. His two brothers, Edward and
Jo=iah Thaw, sat near him, but peither
the Countess of Yarmouth nor Mrs.
George Lauder Caruegle, his sisters,
were In court.
At the end of Mrs. Thaw's examina-
tion court adjourned over uutll to-
morrow morning, a death In Justice
Fitzgerald's family causing an abanp-
donment of today's sitting.”
Battling Nelson, the pugiiist, was the
center of atiraction In the courtroom,
occupying the entire attention of the
spectators up to the time the defend-
ant was called to the bar and Justice
Fitzgerald had taken his place ou the
bench. Nelson sat just behind the
prisoner.
Mr, Jerome recalled Dr. Wigner and,
que~tioning him, sald, “Do you know a
disease known as circular Insanity 7°
“Yes,” replied the witness
“Is reasoning lp a circle a sign of
circular insanity 7°
“1 don't know what you wean by
reasoning in a cirele.”
“The kiud of reasoning you have
been doing.”
Mr. Delmas at once objected and ank-
ol that the remarks be stricken out,
accusing the district attorney of mak-
ing an loference ttmt the witness was
8 vietim of cirenlar lusanity.
Mr. Jerome seltlal the matter by
withdrawlhg the remark,
Mr. Jerome asked Dr. Wagner,
“Would your opinion as to the defend.
ant's condition be Influenced if you
them Immune to the ¢ ect of tiquer, Is
there
“Nothing that I know of”
“Ix there suvibing in the hypothetical
question that eusbles you to tell wheth-
er the defendant was iusane or druuk
“There is nothing whatever lu the
guestion to indicate Intoxication, mech
to indicate Insanity”
Mr. Jerome closed the cross exam-
imation of De Wagner with several
questions regarding the trial of Rich
ard Preusser for the murder of John
MeDonald, Dr. Wagner appeared in
this case as an expert.
“You testified Preusser was sane,
you say ¥" asked Jerume.
“Ses
“And be was declared Insane?™
“Yeu, aml =¢nt to Matteawan, but he
was afterward released as sane He
went to New Jersey, opened a broker
age office and was lntrusied with large
suns of money”
“Are you stalling fucls pow or what
you read lo the newspapers?”
Dr. Wagner admitial he read of
Preansscer's release (0 the newspapers,
“That is all™ said Mr. Jerome,
SALTON LAKE AGAIN,
Inland Sea Causes Second Fleod
Damage to Harriman fleads.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 7.-Ad-
vices recelved at the Sgfithern Pacific
company’s geueral oe from Salton
sea say that a storm there produced
high waves on the Inland sea fonned
by the overflow of the Colorado river
that flooded 8 portion of the raliroad
tracks aud entailing some damage
The Southern Pacific anbounces that
the San Joaquin valley line will be
closed for two days because of a land.
slide at the San Fernandino tunnel
The San Palro, Los Angeles and Balt
Lake route I= encountering difficulty
with washoutz. and all trains are stop
ped
The Santa Fe system Is Interrupted
by a washout betweou Los Angeles
and San Bernardino, but trains are
runuifg, sud passengers are transfer
red across the Mojave river at Bar
stow, where floods have endangered a
large bridge across this usually dry
river,
Hundreds of travelers are walling
for betler traveling conditions
A Washington dispatch says that
when shown the bulletin suuouncing
that another storm had broken over
thie Saltou sea and that the Southern
Pacific tracks are under water E H
Harriman, head of the Harriman sys
tem of rallrofids, sald:
“That reminds me that I was asked
by one of the Interstate commerce com
missioners what 1 regarded as the
greatest achievement In my raliroad
experience. Mr reply was that I con
sidered the closing of the break In the
Colorado river ou Fel, 11 as the most
remarkable achlevement of recent his
tory
“In the handling of rock and stone
our engineers made a record which is
likely to stand for many years to come.
The time actually consumed in making
the closure was fifteen Zays and two
hours, during whica Interval 77.000
cubic yards of rock, gravel and clay
were handled
“Temporarily at least the Oolorado
has been conquersd: bat, Hike the Mis
slssippi river In its delta region, It will
bear watching always"
FOOTBALL IS “FIERCE”
Prealdent Eliot of Harvard Declares
Game Unfit For Colleges,
BOSTON, March 7 Charles W. El}
of, president of Harvard university, in
his apnual report, which will be ‘pre
sented to the board of overseers this
week, malutalos that football, despite
pew rules, reucilos wu updesired guaine
for gentlemen tu play or multitudes of
people to wituess, Dr. Eliot declares
that football is properly described by
the adjective "flerce” and that po
gume if which recklessness lu causing
or receiving bodily Lijury figures is fit
for college use, Basket ball and
hockey are placed lu the same class
with football, snd Le advises that In.
tercolleginte contests lu any cue sport
be limited to two games, all other
games to be Letween teams wade up
at Harvard. He also describes the
Yexcesses of cheering which character
Ize present intercolleginte contests as
absolntely unnatural” and denounces
the financial extravagunce of Intercol
legiate athletics
“Fhe gross exaggeration of all cow
petitive sports,” sayz President Eliot,
“is now worklug Incaleulable harm to
schools, colleges and universities, It
I¥ high time that the whole profession
of teaching in school, college and un!
versity unite to progist ngainst the
present exaggeration of athletic sports
during the whole period of education
and especially to bring competitive
sports between schools and between
colleges within reasonable limits and
establish the supremacy of {utellectunl
aml moral interests over physical in.
terests In all institutions of education.”
President Ellot's report is of espe
elnl publie Interest In view of Presi
dent Roosevelt's recent speech before
the Harvard unlon, in which he en
thusiastically praised foothall and de
clared that he wanted Harvard to torn
out “men, not mollyealdies”
A Wreath Vor Man He Shot,
BALTIMORE. March 7 — Willlam
Howard, a convict now serving a twen-
ty year term In the Maryland penitent).
ary, borrowed £5 from Warden Weyler
with which he bought a wreath to be
placa] apon the coffin of ex Policeman
Doyle of Catonsville. It was for put:
ting seven bullets into Doyles seventeen
years ago that Howard Is now Ia the
penitentiary.
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HIS REGULATION BILL
Copies of Governor Hughes'
Measure Stolen at Aibany.
PACE ACCUSES STOCK GAMBLERS.
Senate Committees Notifies Otto Kel
sey That it Is Prepared to Mave
Him Show Cause Why He
Sheuld Not Be Ousted,
ALBANY, NY, March 7--The sen
ate judiciary committee has adopted a
resolution directing the chainuan, Sen
ator Davis of Buffalo, to golify Kiate
Superintendent of lnsursoce Ulte Kel
sey that at its regular weeting vest]
Wednesday It will be prepared to hea:
bln and his counsel and receive aoy |
with the pending recommendation of |
Governor Hughes that be Le removed |
Ly the senate from the ofifcs of super
inteadent of insurance
Investigation of the national guard
of the state, even more searching and |
momentous than that contemplated by
the original bill of Assem lynn Wain
wright who Is also Heutenant colonel
of the Tweifth regiment, is lodicated
by the action of the assembly ways
and means committee, which, after a
hearing, has voted to report the bill
with amendments for enactment. The!
amendments increase the powers of the |
mixed commission provided for in the |
matter of examining witnesses and in
crease the appropriation for the com
mission from £10.00 to $15.000,
At last the Albany legisinture has
before It the blll supposed to embody
the Ideas of Governor Hoghex a= to the
regulation of so called public utilities
by state commissions to take the place
of the present state boanl of rafiroad
commissioners, the state commission
of gas and electricity, the New York
city board of mpid transit railroad
cotinilssloners aud the state Inspector
of gas wweters Tha bil tn form as de
scribed In the statement given out by
Senntor Page of New York and Assem
bismian Merrit! of St. Lawrence was
latroduced Ly them in the two houses
In the senate it was referred after
Soilie to the committee un
finance, and the cotnwmities voted to re
port It for reference to the commitive
on Judiclary for consideration of the
Important legal involved,
with the understanding that
quently It wil return to the
counitulttes,
Senator Cassidy oriticised the action
of the Introducers of the Li in mak
ing a public statement of tx provi
sions before presenting the measure to
the senate
“Does the senator think it i= fair to
this or to any other lesly concerned
with this blll" sald Senator Cassidy
“to precede the introduction of the bill
with a statement such as was given
out by the Introducers of this Lill pre
parmtory to its lutroduction =”
Senator Page replied, “1 have po ob
Jection to saying that early coples of
this bill had been stolen and that erro
neous statements were belug wade In
the press for certain purposes, nnd we
found that an Incorrect alstract of the
bill was liable to be publisbied today,
so under those clrcumistauces we on
sidered ourselves Justified iu giving to
thie press a correct stutewent In onder
that the public might not be misled”
Senator Cassidy continoed
“I asked the guestion for this reason
That If the threat nt the end of the re
port has any force whatever then there
Is no pead for any reference of the bill
to any cowiulttes, but If it is pot In
tended to supersede thought and action
on the part of this bowly and on the
piart of others interested In the welfare
of this great state It seotu« to me the
bill should Le referred to the commit
fee on miscellaneous corporationa™
“If 1 were a member of that com
mittee.” retorted Senator Page. “aod
had dealt with matters before the com:
mittee ax It has dealt with thew 1
wold net be anxfons to project my
#elf into the limelight by trying to
get control of this LiL”
In the assembly the bill was referred
without debate to the committee on
railroads, of which Mr Merritt Is
chalrman.
When questioned about his
meut on the senate floor that
copies of this bil had
Senator Page sald:
“1 am reliably inforwed that
of the bill was lu the possession of
banking house-1 do not know which
one--sald to be clase to the New York
city rAliroad Interests and that gar
hled versions of paris of the hill wer
in elrculation. The pature of this
version, especially with reference to
stock mergers and holding companies
made it evikleut that the stolen copy
wax one of the first drafts of the hill,
materially different from the final
form."
“Whom do you suspect of the sup
posed theft? was asked
“1 don't suspect anybody, Evident
Iy A copy or part of 4 copy got away
that ix all. We guarded the matter
carefully to prevent just such a leak’
“What motive would any one have
iu misrepresenting the provisions of
the WINY'
“Didn't yon see what happensd in
the stock market? Didn't Brooklyn
Rapid Tmaosit drop? Wonldn't that
Ie expinnation enough?’
Early coples of the bilix ax introduc.
«ll were in great demand, and a first
extra edition of 1.000 eoplex was or-
dered. The Lill, which was the fruit
of many conferences of the Introducers
with Governor Hughes and his official
counsel, Ernest W. 1InTeut, marks the
fesinolng of the “Intense” stage of the
is wy ur fp. A ahr
t of Tnsoranes Ofte Kelsey pr
i HK HEKS th La
debate
questions
sulise
finance
state
“early
been stolen
1 copy
BOMB HITS NEPLUEFR""
Oommandant at Sevastopol Has Naps
row Escape From Death %
SEVASTOFOL, March 7—As Gen-]
#ral Nepluefl, commandant of the
fortress here. who has just lesen trans
ferred for duty st a less hdrandons
post. was driviog through the city last
night to attend 8 farewell banquet at
the palace given In his honor by Ad-
miral Skrydioff a bomb was thrown
ander his carriage, where it exploded
The carriage was shattered. and the
general sustained Injuries about the
feet. His coachman was wonuded, a
woman who happened to be passing at
the time sustained serious lujuries,
aud the horses that were drawing Lhe
vehicle were crippled. The man who
threw the bomb got away This i=
ittempt made Goon,
Year
The general has had several sirens
ous experiences while acting a= com-
mandant of the Sevastopol! fortress
He wan captured by the mutineers in
November, 1005, but was released aft.
er one day's detention. T oops under
his command then moved agalust the
mutineers and sutsined them after a
desperate battle, and on this occasion
Be directed the sinking of the mutin.
oul crulser Ofchakoff
In April of 190g the general had =
serious conflict doinic, with former
Premier Witte on a matter of policy,
| and one month later he was wounded
by the explosion of a bomb during a
review of troops at Sevastopol A
sixteen year-old boy was implicated Tn
the throwing of this bomb, which was
the work of social revolutionists,
.
TIGERS IN THE WATER.
Fenunsylvania Defeated In Intercol-
legiate Swimming Teurnament.
PRINCETON, N. J, March 7-—
Princeton strengthened her hold on
first place in the Intercollegiate swim
ming league by defeating the Univer:
sity of Pennsylvania in a dual meet
hare last night by the scare of 31 0 22
Pennsylvania won the water pole
game by the score of three goals to
two and won the plunge for distance
and the 220 yard swim Princeton woo
all the other events. Summary
Eight hundred feel relay race, Prince
ton wen; time, S minutes 0 15 sec
onds,
Fancy diving,
ton, #1 points;
ton, 74 points,
Two hundred and twenty yards first
Selber, Pennsylvania; second, Hopkin
son, Pennsylvania: third, Gordon
Princeton; time, 3 minutes § 43 sec.
onds.
Fifty yards first, Chambers, Prince
tony second, Dawbarn, Princeton; third
Sylvester, Penusylvania; time, 29 15
seconds
Plunge for distance, first, Hopkinson
Pennsylvania; second. Debow, Penn
syivanla; third, Rhelastein Princeton
One hundred yards, first, Chambers
Princeton; second, Sylvester, Peuusyl
vanla; third Hopkinson, Pennsylvania;
time, 1 minute 8 seconds,
Betting Again at Oaklawn,
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 7—An
Injunction was served Constable
Bmith at Oaklawn restraluing bl
from Interfering with operations Iu
the betting ring. and after the second
Prince
Prince
first, Deems,
second. Down,
*
on
They used small baud slates and did
not lssue any tickets. In the handicap,
at a mile and seventy yards, Wing
Ting made all the running aud won
from the favorite, Terns Rod
Mrs. Burgess Leads at Chess
NEW YORK, March 7.--Mrs. 8S R
Burgess of St, lLouls, challeuger for
the woman's chess champlouship of
the United States, wade it three
straight lo ber match with Mrs CP
Frey of Newark, NJ. the champion
Mrs. Frey having wou the first game
of the series, the score now stands at
8 points to 1 lo favor of Mrs. Bur
ges: who needs but one wore guwe to
win the match,
Thomas Had Rest of Bout
PHILADELPHIA, March 7 Joe
I'homas of California had a slight ad
vantage over Willlam Melldy of
Charlestown, Mass in thelr six round
bout before the National Athletic club
Tomas dropped Mellody In the open
ing round with a left to the but
the latter was quickly on his feet aud
rushed to a clinch
chin
inflammable at Frisco,
SAN FRANCISCO, Marci 7 Three
favorites and as many outsiders dlvid
od the card at Oakland. The two mille
race wax easily captured by Inflamna-
ble In the third race Belle Reed
stumbled and threw her jockey, Gra
ham. The boy escaped Injury, how
ever, and the horse finished rideriess
Carnegle's Pariner Dies,
PITTSBURG, March T—-Colonel H
J. Lindsay, forty-seven years old, as-
sistant to the president of the Camegle
Steel compaty, died here after an ill
ness of severul months He was one
of Andrew Carnegle’'s “young part
wers,”” havipg entered the employ of
the Carnegle company ax a telegraphar
when eighteen years of age. He was
active In national guard affairs and
was an ald on the staff of Governor
Stuart,
Bei: Prentice Promoted
ALBANY, N. Y, March 7—Speaker
Wadsworth of the as<embly announced
the appointment of Ezra Prentice of
New York as chairman of the cow.
mittee ou general laws to succeed
Dowling of Brooklyn who has been
made chairman of the clties commits
Xouy of DAL) Wl
de
Ha A a
br |
ghee new Wool Tallgian are here for
yulir inspection. It's a new cloth this
SUL Ab dil) u0bulas in. lhe. ells
Washes and relains . Lboth-colos and
finigh E11 il and)
Greys, Mixtures
Invisible Checks :
We have miny kinds, from (Be best
rpanafaciabers duly. * Prikes fob 36 0 ©
# ch, double fA®: RE’ follows: 15e,
Lie le, Tic, W100 $1.4215,
ar in mind our prices are ay low
as city fle on ho ol fresh from
the maker. He pe
Black Panamas. -
5h in. Chiffon fini worth 5 75, a
leader, $133 t
56 if. Chiffon finish, worth $058.
special BLIZY -
¥ in. excellent value worth 31.50, Je
is excellent value, worth $1.50,
Fo Aid "i
Newest in. ..
Black: Voiles..
Distinally different In weaves “this
Spring, and prettier than ever,
A
Samples of colors obtained by re-
I
quest.{ | NI gliding H
Dur Embrotderies. ,
Are prettier than last vea sony 80d
he assortment. much larger. - 1 yons
ire lookiiig for the dalntiest creat
us over. Another lot last w
th at vou have not seen. True Shadows,
Eyelet, Baby Irish, Raisel Work, hy
in begga lho needa on
dvery purse
8.
5
5 2
&
wok
This week; wa wij give with everre.
dorset soldat $1 or over, one pair of
Yate Seamless Hose, or any other
Jose op our Ive Nearly 50
ou Ne cal r
you EERE ~
Ni
Globe Warelouse
Talmadge lock, Eimer Ayeune
Valley Phone
#3
BUNTING
for a plumber
who will do yout
work just right
You stop
to ¥ hor
will zeapond
promptly apg &
your ‘work “gulek-
can
soffit
by Rec polic? {
all our work Is
ott RE
ordar,, bul , with-
out. sighting In
fact. the , oply
Port we arg care:
$38 about Is the
bill. We baye
got Into the, habit,
of wot charging y
enough, so other
plumbers. say,
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West Lockhart. St. + :
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genera) dablity, Co
& he womaoh are wi
combined with .the . grealsst
and nesaniirucu rape.