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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches. LAST EDITION, ALL THE MARKETS. THE BALE I G VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. TIMES. EVELYN THAW CALLED TO THE Wife of Prisoner is Telling Her Horrible Story All Over Again Today ' OLD MOTHER TELLS HERJITIFUL TILE The Proceedings of the Early Hours of the Court This Morning Taken I'p By An Old Family '-Friend Who Testified to Lay the Foundation for the Wife's Story, and a Former Domestic in the Thaw Family ": Evelyn's Entrance Into the Wit ness Box and the Broad Smile of Welcome With Which Thaw Greet ed Her Details and Incidents of Today's Proceedings in the Court Koom. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Tork, Jan. 17. When the ttltl of Harry ThaW was resumed today it was the plan of the 'defense to call the aged mother of the prisoner and to; follow her testimony with that of! Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. It Is the most critical day of the case. Thaw, racked and unnerved by.ths Continuous disclosures of witnesses j testifying to show him a mental weak- I ling, went into court In a better mood j than he haa shown this week. H was at least cheered by the presenca of some of his immediate family. Mrs. William Thaw came from a sick bed In Pittsburg to aid her son in his fight for his life. Her condition has been, and is critical. Those near hr say she is utterly broken In spirit and body. As she alighted from the train, ac companied by a nurse, her steps fal tered, her face was almost ashen and her hands shook. Mrs.,George L. Car-, negle, .Toslah Thaw and Daniel O'Reil ly met her. As Joslah Thaw rushed forward and embraced her, tears roll ed down her face. She was led to her carriage, which had been waiting for an hour, and the party drove to the Lorraine. Evelyn Ncsblt Thaw was not at the train, nor did she call at , the hotel to see her husband's mother. Mrs., xnaw at ine noifi, uvihuijcu .miu was put to bed and every precaution was token to avoid further strain, her meeting with her relatives having tested her powers to the utmost. She sent word to a newspaper reporter through Josiah Thaw that she was too ill to see him. Mrs. Thaw has been suffering from rheumatism and nervous disorders, and these, combined with the mental suffering she has undergone In the past j eighteen months, have caused her to fall In health rapidly. j Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will follow her mother-in-law on the stand. She is expected to tell again the horrifying story which she related at the first trial of her ruin by Stanford White and of that night In Paris, when she revealed to Harry Thaw how the arch itect had pursued her. As before, her testimony is expected to be the most sensational of the trial. Today's Court Proceedings. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York Jan. 17. Mrs. Alice C. Fletcher, of Washington, was called as the first witness in the Thaw trial today. She answered questions In a tone hardly audible to the Jurors and her examination was continually In terrupted on that account. She said that she knew Harry K. Thaw for twenty-six years, having visited his mother's home In Pittsburg frequent ly during that time. "I knew him when he was about ten or twelve years old," said the aged and pleasant faced woman. By Littleton: Paving the Way for Evelyn's Story. Q Did you observe his eyes? A Yes; he was subject to violent fits of fifteen or twenty minutes' du ration. Q What woyld be the expression of his face? A A wild, staring expression. 'q Did you notice anything about his hands? A Yes; a peculiar twitching. Q Did you talk to him? A I did. He never maintained a sustained line of talk. Hen was rather Incoherent.. Q What, In reference to the sub ject of his talk? A He would change the subject of Ms talJt from one topic to another, as though his attention was Incapable of being riveted on one thing. Q That continued all the time you (Continued on Second Page.) WITNESSSTAND nniMTiiv niv iiiiifiiint mi UUI1UI1I I LMil MASTS THAWS W'Mk'ktV Scores Pride and Arrogance of the New Rich WOULD BE ABOVE LAW First Verdict of January, Which Stood Seven for Deatli Sentence, "Shook the Fatuous Complacency Out of the Thaw Family," She De clares, "While It Made Outsiders Gasp at the Weak Defense When ' All This Material" .Now': Produced U'nu At. JIiwl i Tl.if it,, I (By DOROTHY DIX.) New York, Jan. 17. The story of real Interest and significance in tho Thaw case is not the story of tlio kill ing of a bad man by a crazy youth. It is much more subtle than that. It is the story of the pride -and ar rogance of a new-rich family so be sotted with the vanity of wealth that ; one of its members believed he . could -do as lie pleased, outrage decency, 'de-! fy. the conventions, and even commit I murder, and that no one would dare ; to punish him. . j The attitude of the Thaws was pre-; clsely that of the French aristocrats' before the revolution. They thought themselves above the law, and so, when Harry Thak killed Stanford White it did not occur to them that ho would be tried like a poor man and was in Just as much danger of having to pay the penalty of his crime with his life as any pauper bar of justice. '' They expected to have to pay out a lot of money, of course, to get him out oi! this scrape, as they had paid out lots of money before to extricate him from unpleasant escapades But they conceived of the scented affair where the rigors of law would be tempered to the millions, and from which Harry Thaw would emerge with a romantic halo, a sort of St. George rescuing a maiden from a dia gon. Ho: they, hired "lawyers and Indi cated to them a pleasing line of de fense that would bring out anything that would reflect on the Thaw or ('' ley families. Learned alienists were employed to devise a form of mental Irres ponsibility that was neither hered itary nor catching in order to excuse the prisoner's act. and then the family-' Rat calmly back and awaited the verdict. It came. Seven men out of twelve voted to send Harry Thaw to the el?e- trie chair. That verdict shook th fatuous complacency out of the Thaw famnVi It pierced their hearts' .like a pistol shot through all the layers of their vanity and arrogance, for they Knew inai 10 save ineir priuw . ineyj had almost doomed tne son ana nrotner that they really loved, and whom they knew to be crazy, to death. As Mr. Littleton unfolds more and more of his evidence that Harry Thaw ' has nlwavs been weak-minded and ab- nnrmnl from th verv hour of his - 'lm that ever Ifaced the! IP " 1 V W 4 i t 1 trial as a violet- II .n fvSii I J birth, anyone reflects that he has notL(;,V artist of Mrs. Evelyn' Nesbit Thaw, as she let I Hut loinhs niter the told one thing that Thaw's family Ltlioliriiinciit of court, which is Irving her husband lor the murder of have not always known, it makes even an outsider gasp with sheer horror to! pitifully weak defense that irm "f fcred when. It held in its hands this impregnable barrier that the law It self has raised between the mentally Incompetent and the consequences of his crime: Mrs. Thaw adores Harry with a very passion of material love and tender ness. His brothers and sisters have evinced unusual affection and loyalty to him in his trouble, yet they risked his life that the stain upon their namo and the taint In their blood might not be made known to the world. "Van ity of vanities" salth the preacher "all Is vanity." Today Mrs. Thaw, who has arisen from a sick bed to come to New York will make her final sacrifice upon the altar of mother love and tell all the things she has hidden in her heart so I. hla Dlnivncxifl n eh lllhood. tie freaks of 'which he was guilty , as a youth, of the brooding melancholy that grew on mm as ne Became ume , ana ui iiir irar nuu uhaivij ...wink elm n'D tt him ullnnlntr over m 11 m .1 nnv ari -1tll ond anxietv - wit l the borders of Insanity. She will tell that It was the fear of the consequence of watching that made her afraid to thwart him and Induced her to grotl - ... v. , . v. t l lha hnna that If ly ma ttvi-iy niiiui in ni ...... she kept him happy and contented she might ward off the evil day tor mm. RICHARD McCURDY RETURNING TO U. S. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Jan. 17 Richard Mc Curdy, former president of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, is said to be on the ocean re turning to New York, after an exllo of many months. He Is very old; he haa gout and rheumatism- and still suffers greatly from worry over the dlaastrous end of his long career, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit ;I t k f ill" far il 4?.1S . - r-i ,? n.j..,Y...c , ' TliU iilinii"i-:m!i is from n. si:ans!io Stanford Wliili-. It shows' Mrs. Thaw (,t M thjs ,..,.,, io mm imuhmiii mm i iiui in iiiri A FAMILY ROW AT CHARLOTTE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 17.- Because ' """III vjii-ruij, nil uciuH.-iiiu . returned the blow which his wife " 11 , , - . . " '., ""'" -"" tit ' HIV WU IIir iin'iin I fii mi ins iainer uown wiin an axe. 4 ne nm Bentleman Is not expected to live. The on has fled, and no effort has b.vn made to arrest him. , . THE SLOGAN? (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 17. The demo cratic general committee of Kile county unanimously adopted resolu- tl.i, u lti,lni.liiD Wlllliini .Tinililnir4 I.,.vn ' r,.l.l..nt n,1 ilhwtin I hat the delegates to the natlonul conve;i- jtlon be instructed to vote for him GORY RESULT DNNAYE HEAR TJmw of To-day. I alien by nil fH-alM . "(line as she aiim-aml today. She was (l.s(il v itl ,.,. husband's behalf. irrnrTTTm ALTIORE'S MASONIC TEMPLE BURNED TODAY '(By Leased Wire to The Times.) lialliinoiv, Aid., Jan. 17. The Masonic. Tcniplo ."' North Charles ; street, near ' SarnWii street, was al- I most entlielv dc troyed by fire this ,. t,, , nt """"- has nut. been made public. There I Mr, A. m. smitn; w. m. iinggs, b was - $325,000 insurance on the ' Blstant superintendent, also goes to biillOiiifr and to;itonls. The hurnedithe Winston-Salem branch, while Kii iu turi' was four stories high and i Roadmaster Anderson, Train DIs- occiipied almost entirely by Masons. A GOOD Bill, AND 000!) LUCK TO IT! : (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) : Wtishinjtton, .Ian. 17 A bill to require telegraph companies to put itho (Imo of filing and the time of 1 '''"K' T.U US the time of re- ct'lpts, on all lnessagcs Is being pre- this division would be discontinued other criticisms contained in his Ser parcd for Introduction la the house, 'after the first ot February. mons recently. SHIP GOES DOWN WITH 30 SOULS Little Hope Thai Any of Crew Escaped Alive REVENUE CUTTERS HUNT But They Fail to Trace the British Ship Hartilchl, (apt. Stindson, I'l'oiu Liverpool to alparaiso Lifeboats and A i-eeUaye Washed Ashore Pounded to Pieces On the Heels ol Vancouver Island Crew of Thirty All Missing. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 17. The Brit ish ship Hartfit-hl. Captain Sindson. i trom Liverpool for Valparaiso and i Seattle Is doubtless a wreck on Van-. . couver Island, with. In all probabil ity, the loss of .thirty odd lives. I reckage from the vessel and life : boats marked "IlartlieUl. Liverpool." have washed ashore on the west coast of the island.-according to a wireless ! message received m Seattle. Only a i mcaifrt.'. account Is given but the news , is tit such a character as to warrant i the belief that the Hart Held has been i dashed and pounded to pieces on the ' treacherous reefs of the Island. If anv of her .crew of thirlv escaped I alive news of such survivors should ihave been received ere this. I According to the advices, the cabin fittinps and life boats, with the name I thereon were found, on the shore. No i bodies- has yet been discovered. The HarUluld left Liverpool last fall, j After discharging cargo at Valparaiso ! f ile cleared from there October 23 in i ballast for Seattle to load wheat for l Balfour. Guthrie & Company, for Eng land. Three United States revenuo cutters left during the night to search for the Hurtfield. The Hartlleld is an iron vessel of 181a net tons. She was built In 1884 at White Haven for J. B. Walmsley & Company of Liverpool, and was 2C1.7 feet In length. 39.3 feet beam and 24.1 In depth. SOUTHERN R'Y TO DISCONTINUE DURHAM DIV'N (Special to The Times.) Durham. N. C Jan. 17. In pur suance ot the policy of the Southern Hallway to reduce expenses, ono of tho most Important divisions on the line will be discontinued after the ltrst ot February. Tho Duriuim division was estab lished about thirteen months ago, and has supervision of the Southern from Greensboro to Goldsboro. with Clarksville and Chapel Hill included. With the discontinuance of the Durham division will go the officials and dispatchers as follows: Super intendent J. M. Bennett, W. M. Briggs, trainmaster; C. W. Ander son, roadmaster; B. P. Ketchem, chief dispatcher; A. H. Caldwell, office clerk, and-Wingate Holloway, assistant. . This change In railroad circles was unexpected to the people' of Durham at the present time. However, the Southern Is making various changes and over the entire system are re ducing expenses at a rapid rate by taking off employes. The Durham division Is discon tinued by change of yesterday, and after February first will be attached to the Danville division with head quarters at Danville. . ' Mr. J. M. , Bennett, the superin- tendent of this division, will go to i Winston-Salem division to Bucceed . pnteher Ketchem and Chief Clerk Caldwell have not . decided where they will go. The clerical force will leave Durham with the expiration of the division. General Superintendent A. H. Westfall, who succeeded Superin tendent E. H. Copemnn, came to Durham vesterdav In his nrlvate car and held a conference with officials of the local division. Ho left lute in the afternoon, and during tho mni-nlnir nnlhlnr ,M hQ ar J ascer , talned regarding his business In the city. He gave the necessary orders ) caUHB of , d.p,rtun,f but his con nnd Instructed the employes that r,,,.,i0 ha. i,..,, offended bv manv SHE PLUNGED TO INSTANT DEATH DOWN 13 STORIES Wild Leap from Window of High Class Hole! Today HORRIBLE SUICIDE OF WOMAN OF WEALTH Representative of Prominent Boston iT'Himly of Wealth and Influence Jumps From Window of Her Apartments on 13th Floor of the Fashionable St. Regis Hotel This Morning When Picked Vp Her Head and Face .Were Battered Be yond Recognition Had Been 8uf fcrnim From Nervous Trouble and I rider Cure of Specialists Mind Probably I'nbalaneed She Had a Happy Home and 111 Health the Only Motive That ( an lie Ascribed for the Rash Act. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New loik. Jan. 17. Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, of the prominent and wealthy family of that name, of Boston, today committed suicide by plunging from a window of her apartment on tho thirteenth floor of the fashionable Hotel St, Regis to the Fifth Avenue pavement. She was killed Instantly. Her head and face were so terribly crushed as to make her features un recognizable. Mrs. Sears had been at the hotel two weeks, coming from her home In Bos ton. She has been suffering from a nervous trouble and has been under the care of specialists for some time. During. the temporary absence of the maid she raised a window and jump ed to her death. Mr. and Mrs. Seais occupied a hand some residence at No. 287 Common wealth Avenue. Boston. She was Miss Caroline Bartlett, and, like Mr. Sears, was connected with one of the richest and oldest families In Massachusetts. , Mr, Sears belongs to all the promi nent clubs of Boston and his family is well known in: social circles here. The domestic life of Mr. and Mrs. Sears is said to have been very happy. ISSUE DEFINED BY MR.DRYAN (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17 "The most far reaching, the paramount Issue is not the tariff, railroad, labor, or mon ey, but shall thisgovernment be run for the people,, by the people, not by the few?" declared Mr. Bryan in his speech, delivered at 2 o'clock this (Fri day) morning at the democratic dol lar dinner .banquet. Continuing he said: "I do not know yet whether I -shall be the candidate for president or not, but I have got to a point where. If the party goes fast enough to overtake me, I shall not strain myself to get away." 23 FOR PASTOR FEMALEFLOCK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Keonsha, Mich., Jan. 17. Rev. Wll- Ham McBheters, formerly pastor of a j Washington, 1. C. church, has been I dismissed by the Presbyterian Church of iM" village because he called the WOlllCIl Of the CllUlCll "a flock Of CBCk- ling parrots." I'll, it ..Ai.i.i'-b 'na ttin nnl" IA,t THE PARAMOUNT WHO INSULTED
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