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Appeared.- in . the 1 Court BooiU iiOoklug Anxious and ' Worn, ' , . - " v ; (By Leased Wire to the Times.) j New Tork, April 11. rThe case of Harry Kendall Thaw for the killing of Stanford White was given to the jury at 517 o'clock yesterday after noons ' hut nt decision bad been reached by the twelve up to 2 o'clock p. m. today. 5 It Is freely predicted that the trial will end In a disagree rnent , - , ' ' . ' v Story, of tbe Iay In tctafl. " 'The side door of the court room was opened by Ceptala Jyncb of the court Squad at 10:30 o'clock and counsel and reporters were ' admitted. The judge arrived $. tew minutes Jater and went . to his private-room adjoining the court, ' ' From the lury room there Issues noth ln "faireiMe- eboagh t tmseranr co- Ul iocture uoon. So frequent were tlieir !, proceedings that. ope of their , number ODened 'the door -and requested the 'two policemen In charge, who were in the' corridors leading , from trie Jury mnm tn h ante-room, to bfl kind . ' . Th policemen .refused 'to comply ,r .: v sayliig that the court ordered them to - stand guard and they could not leave . f " their posts' without violating their . , ' oaths. The jurors who had, until then been talking In an ordinary. conversa ' -tional tone, -thereupon lowered their t . Voices to a whisper. , - ' V "1 t- Considerable discussion occurred over " the result of a possible verdict of not guilty because of insanity. According to District Attorney Jerome, It would still remain within th discretion of - the court to commit Thaw to Matea Vv. wan under the findings of the Jury .: , On the other hand Dan O'Kellly maln- tained that as a lunacy commission :, had already settled the question of , . Thaw's mental condition there would 'bo nothing for the court to do hut to i !;.'- ' discharge the prisoner. ...;,'.,. s ; , Hit Ite porter AVith Elbows. The. entire Thaw family arrived at J8:J0. They came in automobiles, Mrs. Thaw,:Sr. looked extremely wslf, but , there -.were traces of anxiety In the ' : pale face of young Mrs,. Thaw, . 'fed.: "''ward Tha was approached by k rjen , V . porter and asked If he feared to make : a statement: ' Thaw threw back hii ? elbows, striking the reporter In h6 fchest. He. then walked , on' without .' ''"fword.. j " . .. 4ThaW was brought 'eve the Brlflgi i t of Sighs 4 and ylth his' sheriff '.guard '"t'wks taken, to a room -adjoining the - court. The Thaw family eorrvcrsed In 7-a room next to this one. . -" . ' District Attorney Jerome arrfved at , J0:M and with his assistant, Mr. Gar- " -vln, talked earnestly. - .' )ir) r t V JUIJ WU UlllUljUL AU Bfc AW.lW.fl. ; V, and '. Justice Fitzgerald ascended ,', .he bench shortly after. ,.' " ,, ) , . UuT Given Exhibits. ". ' v -., The, foreman of the Jury requested ' r ,,! that- the jury be given six exhibits In - : the lease. ; These ' trttluded the place, V i : diagram, ete.; of theKMaUtson Square ' ton garden,' a drawing Of : Stanford -..v'-V White's hired apartments in .west ' fTwonty-fourth street; the apartments ' optstanford Whits In the Madison ' Square roof garden towei a diagram of distances, showing figures repre sentlng Stanford White, Harry Thaw w- and others on the roof garden on the i tilht of the tragedy. .There were bix s exhibits in all. '", i . : No objectloli Was made to the Jury's .!;. -J request and Clerk TVrnny went to his -..-. room and brought forth the exhibita r'"J :' They were turned over to the foreman Of the Jury and the body filed back : s Into its deliberating room. Justice ' Fitzgerald gave no instructions and ' hone was asked. ' ' - AS the Jury filed Into court the Thaw 'family came In from a side room, i After being In the jury room for a ' - few minutes the Jurors roturned and ' asked that the testimony of Meyer Cohen, one of the eye-wttneBses to the 'shooting, be read to them. Juntice Fitzgerald ordered Stenographer Moy- nlhan 'to read from 'his notes and Cohen's testimony In full was read. ; v :.4 : ;The Coorr Opens. -' When court opened Clerk Penny poalledj.i, "Harrt K. Thaw to the bar.?! Thaw entered with a large bundle of newspapers under his arm. , , -Judge Fitzgerald said;: i .vi;j . "I have received front .the Jury . a request for thej following exhibits: First,, the diagram of the roof garden: second, exhibits A to I; third, the will; fourth, the Comstock letters; fifth, Mr. Delmas' hypothetical J question; and sixth, Mr. Jerome's hypothetical ques tion." f . ! -.:."W'..';,c.'"' 'l have no o'bjectlon to your 'having them," began Jerome.. . ' ,: The district attorney went to his big valise .and dug, out the. typewritten copies of ;tbe letters: Doming r ' C. Smith, the foreman of the Jury,, rose and made this announcement:- . " MWe would rather. If It is conven ient to the court, have the Wlglnals of these letters.". ' '"We have nothing bdt the typewrit ten -Copies,"" said 'Jerome. . ;.i . The court gave the six sets of ex hibits asked for and justice Fltsger ald announced: . - "The Jury also asks that the direct testimony of Meyer Cohen be read." Cohen's Testimony. This was done. Cohen said that he had seen Thaw on the Toof garden during the first act of the play "Madamsello Champagne." "I was in the rear Of the sixth row almost in the center aisle when I first saw him. There appeared to me that there was another . gentleman with him. -He -came and stood in front of Mr. Blaise and myself, acting , very queer." , '. V: .'The court ordered the diagram to bi shown to the 'jury during the reading of this testimony. ? - . . TVe sat hero," went J on Cohen's story, "Thaw passed along the aisle near the elevator and there seemed to be another man with him. We watch ed him as he got that far (Indicating) and he turned around like this (Indi cating) and walked down the aisle and fired the throe shpts, one, two-,, three, like that."- , ;. i; ,: -; Most of the members of the Jury listened attentively to thesteriogra- nher and closely followed the diagram." 10, the man. from Louisiana, paid llftm or no attention to' the testimony. ' ' .- 'Other Testimony Head. : Tho testimony Of Brlnl, the mariwhi was on duty at the garden,, was also read to the jury. by the stenographer. Cohen went on to .describe how -Thaw after -the shooting walked a few steps toward . the elevator and ' holding bis arms above his head broke the pistol. "He then stretched his arms out Ilk) this," :. added Cohen, .spreading hi arms . as Delmas had described, "as does a priest 'finishing the service of the mass." . . The court then ordered the stenog rapher to read the testimony of Henry Blaise.: '::-::... , Blaise's story -corroborated that of Cohen's as to the, movements of Thaw preceding the shooting. He said that Thaw had walked toward the table at which White sat and had fired the shots as soon as he reached -there. "Was there any Interval between the time he reached the table and ' the shotsT" ' . "There was none." Then followed the testimony of Fire man Paul BruldL '. v;,:: 'I saw twp shots fired. I got up be hind Thaw and took 'the gun from his hands. I did not examine the gun, but turned 'It over to to 'policeman. With Mr.- Paxton I went to Thaw and he said, T Want to get away 'from here without Creating any panic' He said when, I asked why 'he did the Bhoot- mg, He ruined my wife '"Then he went over to her and kiss ed htfr." ' ' ' Warner Paxtbn'e testimony Was then rfead. At this point "Harry Thaw hand ed fhfs to the reporters: 'I wish they .Tiaa "sixty-four other original letters from the deceased? '. V Paxton -said he had been talking with Stanford-White for ten minutes before he Saw Thaw standing on the opposite Side1 of the TiaiL K' I walked away leaving Mr. White 'resting hie head on his-' hand ' which was ifesting on the table. ' I. had gone but a few 'feet maybe fifty -when 1 heard a- shot. ' I looked - and saw Thaw holding- a, revolver - toward Xtr. White. . Before I could reach him. I heard, another shot and then another. Thaw then walked slowly away from the table,' looking straight- ahead." ; . - : .: As It Looked Then. ' v ; The fct-that the-jury had 'request ed nothing btit the testimony bearing On the facts: of the shooting seemed te Indicate that the men had' already made up their' tnlnd as to the1 exist ence of a 'motive but that they had been Unable to determine What dfegree of homicide had been committed. -- According to Mr, Smith, he had taken a seat on the roof garden before the first act was completed. "Before I got to him, he was taken In Charge by Brnldl and another man. The men were taking him "toward the elevator. As I came up I heard his wife say to him, 'Oh, see what you Tihve dono.' That I all right, dearie,' he answered. T have probably saved your life.'" - Paxton then described on- the dia gram Just where he had vseen Thaw stnndlng and White standing. The testimony of J. Cv Smith,- 4 :&m7i?ibitote .th According to Smith he had taken' a seat -:d the- roof garden before the first act -was completed, rfe told Thaw, huswife, jMcCaleb and Truxton Beals had come Jn along the Twenty-sixth street side andwent to the seats jn the Madison Avenue side. He gave no sigh of recognition as he passed me," Smith said. "He did. not sit down in his seat, but after putting bis people In their seats he went to the Madison Avenue side of the garden looking In tently over the heads of the audience." . The ceurf had ruled out the refer jfince a to how Thaw, had looked over the, heads of the audience. Several of the, jurashpwed the .effects of their alK night,. debate. After Smith's tes tlmony had been read, a short recess Was taken. - . The testimony of Evelyn Thaw Was then read. After, hearing this, the Jury, at 1:30. wento lunch. Jerome is quoted as saying that as near as he can figure the Jury Blatjds six for murder in the first de groe, fbu'f, fof acquittal and two ulnnkv ., ,.!N - V ill Expected I)isagreenient. When the throng of anxious, eager and cUrlOUs persons gathered for the opening of court today, to hear what hews' there might be from the jury room where. Harry Thaw's fate was hanging in the balance, it was con fidently expected . by almost every body concerned that there would be a disagreement. tAfter struggling for more " than Six hours to agroe on a verdict tho jury had given up the task, informed Justice Fitzgerald there vaa no hope that 'they would agree during tho night and then had spent the real of the night in getting what, rest they could.' .. Early today and -before they asked for - breakfast, more J ballots wore taken, but it was believed they were, no Bearer hgreement than when they had turned down, the lights near mid night and . that they would .ask; the court to discharge them' According of Thaw's counsel, tha best ex pected by the defence from the jury was disagreement. ; W; .' ' . : : District Attorney -Jerome said: , r Continued on Page Seven.) Masonic Temple, which is to be 'erected v.. . ' alreeU. Supposed Jcsaol! Man Arrest- j. ; , cd ;at Pillsbiirg s::'-w- A D.M.INHSS HAND The Maa flkrd fu ScheiilcT or Car-nelc-i10 Sold Tic C.we from Los Angvlefi. . Afl t Thut H!n Name is Frank iSlagrJ foluc rat Hire in a (By Leased Wire to Th- Times.) Pittfcburg;vPn? April 11. Armed with. r. daggerVan lusano man. or crank aIfmDtcd io Kct Into tho Hotel JSchefiley NluringVlho Kounders US.y roceptlon . at , thfl Carnesio Insiltuto shortly aftp'r lf o'cldck today for tho avowed Dtirposo of meetine, clthc:,: "Mr. Schotily";.or Mr. Carnegie. It was only -.flirougli tho efforts of n pollcemdn, . John A Kouucd, who wan on gvaj-d at Jhc hotel, that the The police aro watching another man did noti gain ontranco to too 'man in tho Institute building, but he bulldfafc,"' .- and perhaps causo some lr. not believed to bo dangerous. The harm, EhOrtW tifte:- 10 o'clock man appeared at tho mayor's rocep Qfficor Keujsdy noticrri tho man Hon In tho Foyer this morning. He W'llklfit; Up., the "gravel toward tho j war. the only person present attired Forbeis .ontraneo' of tho hotel. Tho in .i full dress suit and appeared to stranger, Wfls nontly attired, but his ! be an Italian. nctioES aroused llto policeman 's 'sus- J When Mayor Guthrio was intro plcions. ( -HyO ' ai ' hunir.iln:, ;. tunc duccd and was about ready to speak and was-TTAiUlUg strutelit to tho hotel' thr. stranger thumped himself upon for the catffl.ac.cu ? He bore no badgeu when tha policeman sto;i-,i him. ."Whom do y3 want to soc?" askcJ tho oHiec. J. si "Mr: Soncnlay,"! replied the man, In a nervtmo ciannoi . , "Thero ta no man hera by that nanre. Do you mean Carnegle?'',thc Btrangor was asked. ! ,'.;'' v' .. , ."'Yea, that's, hia:.namei'Tk' fne to hlmr f .:HKStipb kno nuc aliiut this tilactt,A-tUi ftrrjyed Xrom ,108, Age4WS'W)vJunf,' -aid -rJiy-'feoh1 fi following me. Take me K. Mr. Car neglo and I will give you $5.' J The officer refused and the stranger increased his offer to $10.;' The stranger reached la his pocket In llils rMy O flin ltortlicnst c - Entire stmrture will beef rem force d and pulled out a handful of 920 gold pieces. There was 1260 In all.- One of the pieces he handed to the-policeman. In fho hopes of findlrig a wea pon, Officer Kennedy began to run his hands down through the man's pockets. The Glitter of Steel. . The man lifted his 'hands high in the; air. Had not Kennedy caught a glitter of the shining dagger held In the right hand, he might not now be alive. He did not let ,tho man know that to saw It, and made no effort to gain possession of It. ' As ho was getting alontv well by humoring tho map, he suggested that they walk to where Mr. Carnegie was supposed to be. The policeman and his chargo walked down Forbes street toward the Oakland polico station. Oppn thoh- arrival there tho man was disarmed. When put back in tho coll room ho resumed the song ho was singing whilo approaching the hotel. , To tho sorgeunt ho gave his name ar, Frank Slagel and said that ho was 83 yean", old. Ho Is a native of Switzerland. Hoy speaks a broken fKwiss dialect tho breast and said: "I have it here. Whether ho meant a speech or something else Is not known. , 'J? BOY HAS. BAD CASE ' OF FIRE-BUG MANtA Wilkesbarre, Pa., '; April ' Jji. Four-reen-year-old': Willie j&reeae. of Ash ley, near " Aere,' has confessed to et Ung"iT ;tsr"sTi1ey.'firx on Sunday and also to the $16,000 high school a few days ago and that he de stroyed his grandfather's barn a week ago. It is believed he is mentally de ficient and he will be sent to an asy lum. orner of Hargett and Fayettevllle concrete ' . ,;,!.,,- .. MA3ONlCTCMPLC,0aLCCr1(M.CH B CHA3,McHlLLtn, AOCtl'T. H KNIGHTS Of THE DIAMOND ENTER Tiie Baseball Season of Ninety-Seven Opens BIG YEAR PREDICTED Fans of Eight Big Cities Beam With Joy Great Sums Have Been Ex pended to Secure Expert Players and Fit- Them for the Tough Pen nant Struggle. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York April 11, The baseball season of 1907 opetis this afternoon. In eight cities in the east and middle west, twice as many teams of the big leagues will compete for victory In th-3 opening games. The great battles for the pennant honors are on again and thousands of fans will welcome the beginning of a season of the national game, which promises to be more pop ular than the many seasons which have proceeded it. The managers of both the major leagues are confident of a great year in baseball and no team has spared energy or money to place it near the top of the column. The Giants opened the season at home and meet the Philadelphia club at the polo grounds this afternoon. ' Secretary Knowlea of the Giants and Manager McOraw have had a hundred men at work, at the polo ground In o-aertt put the field in condition at Urvth'j now'-, and .yaip - of . Tuesday. TB -maagerrlent Is - eonfldeqt - that the games will be played." : -. The Yankees play 'their first game with Washington art the capital city, and Donovan's superb team -will tOss the ball with the Boston Club on the letter's grounds. THE CLUBS THAT ARE TO OPEN THE SEASON TODAY. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 11. Never before In the history of the game has so much money been expended on securing new players and in getting men Into codi tion through the medium of eXteslve training trips. Clubs have been sent to California, to Texas, even to Now Mexico, in an effort to assure a pennant wining team. Two of these clubs, both represent ing Boston, received severe blows dur ing this early training period, the Bos ton Americans through the suicide of Captain Chick Stahl, and the Boston Nationals through the death of Out fielder Dolan, who succumbed to typhoid fever. These events, besides creating a vacancy in each team which will be hard to fill, have had an effect on the players that cannot be other than de pressing. Some of the clubs, too, still have men on their lists who are holding out for more money. Of these hold outs, the best known are Stahl, of the Washing ton team. Parent of Boston, Mclntyre, of Detroit, George Davis, of the Chi cago Americans and Catcher King of the Chicago Nationals. Although all of these men are valu able, the managers of the clubs In ques tion have fortunately had ample time to fill the vacancies thus created, con sequentty will be able to stand the first few weeks until the new players draft ed from minor leagues become accust- ' omed to their surroundings, with but The Boston-Brooklyn Nationals which was to have been played at Boston has been postponed until tomorrow on ' ad- count of wet grounds. The remaining , clubs have been matched against eacn ' otner for jne nrst game are as ioiiows: j American League: Wasington vs. New Yyrk, at Washington; ' St. Louis ve. Chicago, at St. Louis; Philadelphia vs. Boston, at Philadelphia; Cleveland vs. Detriot, at Detroit. ., ' National League: Chicago vs. ' St. , T Louis, at Chicago; New York vs. Phlla- delphla. at New Tork; Cincinnati vs. ; PtttBburg. at Cincinnati. , . MlNTEBVA LOVE, J)lVOKCEE, , v IS TO MARRY ONCE MORE. (Bv Leased, Wife to The Tlmes-V- ChleiiKO.-Anrlt ILWIt Is rerjorted herfe .' that Minerva Love, divorced wife, oti ilSldne C Love, Is tb marry again i 4 Ai Ketlncement of her engagenleht to ' William H Kemble. son of Clay Kcm- blo,. of Philadelphia, was made In New Trtrk by Mrs. 1 M, COel,- Of FVrlbaUft, Mipn.K mother ofy Mrs. JLoVe. The datt of the wedding is riot giveh. Mr. Love was divorced from Mr. Love In I 19M..." The -engagement Va- not con 1 are to be committee rooms, etc., and un Armed at her Chicago residence. - Sha j der the gallery on the 6th floor will t o is living In New York at present I ? (Continued on Page Eight.) TtiS C!uiiij CCuiuiltiuD It i.l HOso:.:ESTfiiiui:s. 18 MUm'-'MHCLrj' ' :h- ..'': '!':'r-'jjy Entire Struct ore Will' be of Rein forced Concrete, and Will bp Fle-proof-J-lt Is to be Seve Slorles . not Counting the Basement Plans for the Temple Wore Draw by Charles .McMllIeu, if TV'ilmlng- ton Actual ' ork on Building Will Commence in m Very Short Tinie Long Cberbbed Desire of -the- Masons of North Carolina About $o be Realized. ' ', . The building committee of the Gran Lodge of Masons will meet tonight it eight o'clock for the purpose of award ing the contract lor 'erecting the new Masonic Temple which Is to be located ; on the northeast corner of Hargett and -Fayettevllle streets, where the old Bal- . elgh Savings Bank building formerly stood, but Is now rapidly being rased to the ground. Members of the eommlt. tee are, Grand Master Francis D. Win- ' ston, of Windsor; Messrs. S. H. Smith, of Winston; J. D. Elliott, of Hickory; John C. Drewry, of Raleigh, and Dr. . R. J. Noble of Selma. Plans for the building were drawn up bj Mr. Charles , McMillen, a prominent, architect . of Wilmington. ''' ,,v. Wt-vl-;iti'';2 The new Masonic Temple will, with-. . ' out doubt, be one of the handsomest, -if not the handsomest,. office building In ' North Carolina -anaV Wilt be the flrst large building la this etate to be con- structed .of reinforced concrete.; . It will. , be seven stories in height, and count ing the basement, which will be under the entire building, it Will be eightstorlea. 7 The construction will he skeleton re- -inforced concrete with concrete slab floor throughout and tile root for a roof . garden. The . third, fourth and fifth ,i floors will be used exclusively for offices : -and so will a part 6t the second floor. : Mr. John C. Drewry has the plans of the building in his office and any one de- ' -siring to do so can make arrangements with him In regard to renting offices. V ' it is the desire to have work begun in reality on the building In the yery ::0 near future but, of course, it will taku some little time to get the material here -hfter the contract is awarded. y ' This will be a fireproof building.' All stairways, as Well as other parts of the building, will be of reinforced concrete, , ind the partitions will be hollow tile. The exterior is faed with bluff In- -diana lime stone up to the sill of ihird floor and with Columbus. Ohio, light bluff brick above this line... The ornamental capitals andw the entire cornice and coping Is to oe of terra cotta, the same color as stone. Main entrance to building Is to be on - 1 Fayettevllle street towards north side . of Temple and entrance to the Raleigh Savings Bank on the south on Fayette vllle street. - - The basement provides for boiler and machinery room, Safety deposit, room ,? V tor bank, barber shop; With baths, and public toilet rooms. On the first flour will be one store on Fayettevllle street. ? and one 'store , on Hargett strret, - the ' entire south corner being occupied by -the Raleigh Savings Bank. This will -be 17 feet ahd S inches high. Is to have a mezzanine floor in rear end of bank- . -ing room with stairs to safety deposit , , room in basement -and also leading to mezzanine floor. The. vahlt Will : b built. two stories high to accommodate , saiexy deposit rooms in Basement anu aim the main banking room wHl be of quarter sawed oak, with marble walns coatlng and ceramie tile floors. In the vestibule and public lobby. The seebnd floor' provides for suite of offices for the. grand secretary con sisting of supply room, the general of fice, stenographer's room and private office. These offices are to be connected ,With- the Grand Lodge library,, which J will extend the . entire length hf the Hargiitt street front. v.. ... ., -i - r, . . Bemalmfler of space of second floor , 8 to be tised for lodge rooms to sceom- lnbdkte the local lodges, namely, Blue iiapieruua uinnianuurjr. mis room will be furnished In . the Donu order. i)f ' ' The third, fourth and fifth-floors, will lie uited Axnlfftofvalv for -rifRree.- ennslnt- lnB of J. offices. With toilet rooms on each floor, and the sixth and seventh floors will be used entirely fbr Grand Lodge -purposes.;: i.,:i.,v'V; : -1 he Grand. Ixxlge room will be 53 feet wide by H ,feet IBng jadd 21 fed I h, and will be finished in 4he'Corluti.i styla 'At the rear of the room win l .-e two flights ef stairs leading to the (ml- lery and behind this on the 7th fir t
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