Bn;Lm,"ip".
'if -! ---'"-"- "" fii" " i " 'j r ii ii i
4
-rnarltjSjs you. ray son. but your
Tib, I'm a powerful tinner, and 1 thank the Jord for the same,
Jiat, Joe, I'm dying; 1 tell ju! Joe, Joe, and I can't die gamel'
"A ye, old TtinTi,"" said the eon,' "die came or die like a rat;
II yaa plcsrae 19 sneak into lieavtn 1 see no harm in that."
Bt the pai: .n, Joe, lor pity!" The son leaned forth from his cnalr.
J.ai the cld maa siirank and whimpered and shuddered away from his Btaro,
It vr.s iilsM unfl the wind blew loud, and the rain swept over the moor,
AnJ oncf and again a branch tap-tapped like a hand at the door;
"ihe tire leaped, dickered, and fell, and a candle puttered and winked.
.A d lite: old man peered at the light till his eyelids reddened and blinked.
"Mae. be iuaverrtl again, " "twas cunning, eh, my son?
"TV. stopped the moutiis of the, rogues, and we fought the law and we won.
30rt I tt'li you here as 1 lie, 1 can see those corpses stand,
WilJU st tongue in every wound, all bloody at Gou's right hand.
'I nn't di vel' I enn't! Oh. mercv!
Quick fetch me a parson, Joe, and save
e a parson, joe, anu sav- my kiui ui i mi.,
stopped, for his breath came short, and light grew dim;
i, "M m going to God, and I must get right with Him!
i he oiil man st
JUtt tut shitked,
-S.&." said the son. "lie still; die easy; let bygones be.
T'c w your own nock's free or the noose you shall tell no tales on me.
Wve kept our counsel together; get right with God if you will;
oA tel!s no tales, but parsons may, and 1 say, lie still!"
'Then the whole pent rnge and remorse of the old man burst in a cry,
Aad lie bounded up in the bed and he (lung up his arms on high;
Jtai flenched lists beating the air; then he doubled and fell on the bed,
Aal hla eyes wre a fear to see; they lived, but the man was dead.
Arthur Symons, in The Ban Francisco Argonaut.
T WOLF-MATES. - t
I. liY JOHN BI1U JUKNIIAM. y
The wolves in the arctic prey u;on
the barren ground caribcu, and are
iom autl frrow up on theUanks of
the wandering herds. The gaunt mot'a
r wolves single out and pull down
saefclins calves that their own baby
wolves may grow big and strong, and
capture for themselves and their off
Rrrias: other calves in the yeats to
come, from ages of this kind of living-
the weflves have grown to regard
the caiibou as belonging to them. In
ssuraroer they .follow the herds north
tJunougJi the "barren grounds to the
shores of the .polar ocean, and in win
ter they retreat with the caribou to
the shelter of the pine and spruce for
ests jast below the arctic circle.
Once in a while a few wolves be
m separated, through sickness or
Injury, from the particular herd that
'lias been their inheritance, and some
of these recover health and strength;
btst r&eir lot is a hard one, especially
ia seasons when rabbits are scarce.
Saeli wolves, desperate from hunger,
xash into Indian camps, and carry off
dogs froia under their masters' very
5res. Sometimes they fall upon the
Indrans themselves, so that it is by
Tit means safe for children or unarmed
;S3ersoas to wander alone in the forest.
DooaM JMcKercher and I had an ex
perience -with a pair of these stray
wolves last winter, while camped on
the Yafcon. just below the mouth of
the Pelly. "We had selected a cab'n
-site ia a thick spruce growth at one
extreisity of a little arena-like fiat,
ssd were engaged in sledding supplies
rffcrax oar "boats, wlricSi lay wrecked on
river foetweea two islands a little more
than quarter of -a mile away. At the
; "time twe -were living' in a tent on the
: Islanfi nearest the boats. The day we
"began onr work Mac, on his return
from a short reconnoiterlng trip, said
to me:
"XXwa at yon point there's an old
shetp camp," and the place Is all trod
den, ay with wolves and wild crea-rtares-
They've been digging in the
bow and rooting -out bones. We'd bet
ter pat out some poison for the
Treats.'
As we were -greatly in need of furs
tor bsMinjr .and storm clothing, and
2iatl some srry chain with us, I assent
ed to IMac's proposition. He groped
ieej 33 yfis clothing sack, and present
ly firew forth a roll . of red flannel,
from the center of which he produced
ja tiny batUf, containing the strychnin.
-'SR-cni. "but's dangerous stuff to han
dle!" he said. -"It's death in a mustard
seed, as jr&u might say. I'm going over
to the next island to mix it. It would
not be safe fc iave it so near where
'-we cook and eat"
Half an hoar later he returned, hold
ing at arm's length a tin lard can cov-
cr. ob -wlBch were a dozen or more
-cabes elf poisoned grease about the
size of caramels. The gloom of the
satatess day was already deepening in
to night bnt we could not afford to
lose time in the matter, and so we
started down the river to put the
jpeiso out for the wolves.
At Ihs old sheep camp the place was
ma trarfeed up by wolf trails that it
-woaM be next to impossible to single
ost aal folJow the trail of any rarti
calsr animal taking cur poison.
W caa't tlo anything here tonight,"
Mac, Tnefully. "We will take the
Tjjois4:0 out on the river, away from
this tangle, and hide it, and tomorrow
m can come back and select good
places and put out the baits."
We dug a hole in the snow in the
ceotw of the channel between the
Bnainland and an island, and buried
tlfc poison where the ravens could not
fl&d and devour it.
The following morning we were con
JdertoJy surprised to find the evenly
a actuated footprints cf a walk'ng
-rtIf paralleling ours cf the previous
afternoon, and leading directly to the
poison. There the wolf had pawed
s&wxy the snow, and the tin lid and
its ccitrais were lying on the surface,
pow;dl plainly to view. We ccu'.d
-o be sure that the wolf had eaten
any of the bait, as v.e had neglected
ti count the number of pieces. But
t& trail made by the wolf on leaving
ttm r-pot was significant. It wes evi-.ttr-nt
that he had been galloping tow
ard x Tittle column of vapor.
"TbaFs the steam from open wa'.er,"
Ksiit Mac. "Poisoned animals mke for
-armtrr the first thing, and I'm th nkng
we'll le Eleepin3 on a wolf robe be
fore a great while.
We Tallowed the train, which tecame
tventually aa uncertain zigzag; and
dad's no better than dead.
I'll tell! I'll tell!
my soul out of hell!'
presently we saw some ravens fly up
from the sloping river bank into the
trees above. They were croaking
hoarsely. Below them lay a great
gaunt white wolf. Here and there the
snow was flecked with blood. A fresh
scar in his side showed that the lav
ens had already begun their work.
There was a certain appearance of
benignity about the dead beast hat
did not at all accord with our pre
conceived opinion of wolves. The head
was set on a powerful neck and
crowned with ah almost leonine ruff of
thick, coarse hair. The wolf was well
on in years. -His teeth were blunted,
he was blind in one eye, and two great
tushes projected from h's mouth at
the side.
Half a dozen porcupine quills were
sticking in his nose, mute evidence of
the straits to which hunger had re
duced the old monarch.
Mac raised the wolf on my should
ders, and taking turns, we managed-to
carry him to camp.
Soon Mac went up the river three
miles to a cache of supplies, and I re
sumed my task of sledding our outfit
to the cabin site. At the spot where
the dead wolf had fallen, we had hid
den the poison under the river bank,
forgetting in the excitement of the
capture to put out any mere. After
Mac had gone, I determined to go
down and distribute it in suitable
places before the end of the afternoon.
But something happened which
changed my plans.
On my third trip, as I was plodding
along, dragging the heavily loaded
sled by a rope over one shoulder, I
saw the imprint of a wolfs claws in
the trail directly over my own foot
marks of a few minutes before. It
was evident that a wolf had been dog
ging my steps. I was totally unpre
pared for defence. I left the sled
where it was, and hurrying to the tent,
secured a rifle. With that in my
hands, I hoped to see the beast.
Why had the wolf been following
me on the open river? If it was seek
ing a chance to attack me, the most
natural course would have been to lie
in wait in the. spruce grove through
which I passed to the cabin site I
continued my trip' through this piece of
woodland without molestation, and no
sound broke the stillness.
It was not until I had gone back
to the boats, taken on another load,
and was returning on the sinuous path
that I saw new "sign"-a fresh wolf
trail branching at right angles from
the sled track and heading down riv
er in the direction of the sheep camp.
It was evident that the wolf had been
traveling on the path toward me, and
had only turned aside at the last mo
ment, when a meeting was otherwise
inevitable.
I ran to a place where I could sea
beyond the island, scd, sure enough,
there was the wolf in plain sight, at
that moment climbing the river bank
at the identical spot where the first
wolf had died.
I threw the rifle to my face, but a
great leap carried the beast out of
sight in the snow-laden forest; and
as it did not come into view again, I
lowered the gun and stood waiting and
watching. Some ravens flew up from
the ground into a tree nearer my posi
tion than the place where the wolf
had disappeared. Then a red squirrel,
at a point still closer, began chatter
ing. I heard a crackling in the brush
that grew at the river's edge directly
opposite; but strain my eyes as I
would, I could see nothing at which
to aim.
The sounds ceased, and I became
; aware that my feet were very cold an-:?
my body fast growing numb. I cculr
wait no longer; but before returning
to the sled, I ran across to the main
land, and made sure from the evi
dence of the snow that it was the wolf
I h3d heard returning under cover o
the timber.
I saw nothing further of the wolf
that day. After unloading my sie
at the cache among the spruce, I
made my way to the tent, for it was
fast growing dark and time to knocV
off work. It struck me as odd that
the wolf had touched rone of our pro
visions. It had passed clcsa to th
csche several times, and must ha'-'
scented the pork and baccn, whi.t
should have been tempting to such r
hungry beast. Near the tent I saw no
wolf tracks, and I mentioned this tc
Mac when recounting the incJientF
of the afternoon.
Before we turned in that night 1t
began snowing. The fall was hs
pvraTniulatricks, and leave th
land and frozen river a fresh white
page. Mac was the first to leave the
tent , In the morning. He was back
again almost Immediately, and fram
ing his head in the flaps of the tent,
said:
"Your wolf's been after her mate,
mon. She came last night to within 30
feet of us, where he hangs on the fall
en tree. I surmised when you were
telling her actions that it was not
you, after all, she was seeking."
: A light broke in upon me, and I
began to realize the meaning of what
had appeared, on the part of the ani
mal, such a contradictory mixture of
daring and timidity.
"She smelled the scent of him on
your clothes," continued Mac, "and
she feared the worst; but she would
not leave the place till she was con
vinced. It's usual," he added, "for
wolves, when they find there's poison
out, to disappear as if by magic. This
one's no common beast."
"I believe you are right, Mac," I re
plied. "Now that she knows the truth,
do you think she will leave for good
and all?"
"No doubt about it. She'll go clean
out of the country."
But Mac's judgment was at fault for
once. The trail from the tent led di
rectly down the river, and anxious to
know more of the wolf's movements,
we followed. . She had gone as the
crow flies, straight across one of the
islands to the spot where the first
wolf died. Mac, who was leading,
paused when he reached this place,
and as I came to his side, he pointed
to a hole in the snow and the over
turned tin which contained our for
gotten poison.
"She's eaten nearly all of it," ho
announced, in a solemn, awestruck
tone. "Who would have thought it in
a beast."
A little farther on we found th
wolf's dead body, still warm. One paw
rested on a dead raven which she had
apparently killed in her last agony;
and warned by their companion's fate,
the other ravens had not ventured to
approach.
This wolf was smaller and darker
than the first, and was in better con
dition. Her fur was deep and rich,
and even in death the implied grace
and mobility of action made her a
beautiful creature. Her eyes were
bright and intelligent, and the ex
pression was that of some great, affec
tionate dog, rather than the cunning
of a wild creature.
We stood a moment in silence, looking
ing at the dead creature, and then
Mac expressed what was in my mind.
"She could not stand it to lose her
mate," he said, simply. "When she
found he was dead, she could not bear
to live herself. She knew well what
had killed him and where it was to be
had. She felt the grief of a person.
It's well, mon, the poor beast had no
soul to lose." From Youth's Compan
ion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
There Is food enough wasted in New
York city each day to feed a half mil
lion persons.
There stands at the foot of Mt. Etna
a chestnut tree which is said to be
two thousand years old. It is 213 feet
ia circumference.
From estimates made Sunday morn
ing there were then m the 587
churches of Manhattan and the Bronx,
210,000 persons, 50,000 of whom were
men and 152,000 women.
Th EmDire of Japan runs its gov
ernment aside from interest on its war
debt, for a little more than two-thirds
the cost of running the municipal gov
ernment of the city of New York.
A remarkable skeleton skyscraper
which has not a nail or a screw in it,
has been built around and over ths
new southwestern gate of Peking. It
is made entirely of bamboo poles and
ropesi.
There is a wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image of a
humming bird. The breast is green,
the wings are a deep rose color, the
throat yellow, the head and beak al
most black.
Electricity on the third rail, near
Clayton, N. J., has killed so many fox
hounds that foxes there are multiply
ing rapidly and destroying rabbits in
large numbers. The county pays $3
bounty for every fox killed.
The first state automobile line in
Austria has been opened between Neu
narkt and Predazza over a route
"orming the highest automobile line in
I-urope, the road in places crossing the
mountains at an elevation of four thou
jand feet.
Among the treeswhich border the
Merrimack "Valley State highway, one
if the oldest is the willow on the
ld Sargent estate, Nashua, N. H. This
ree was an ancient affair as far back
is the memory of the oldest inhabitant
.-i South Nashua.
John F. Donnell, who has charge of
he Wharf farm, Baldwinsville, Mass.,
Iaim3 the record yield of potatoes for
he state, if not for the country. From
1-2 acres of land Mr. Donnell dug
58 h- shels cf potatoes, or over four
mndred bushels to the acre.
In Canada the largest number of
vage-earners are engaged in log pro
lucts. They total nearly 55,000, and
heir wages in 1905 amounted to over
21,000,000. The total number of wage
-ar'ners that year was 391,487, whoss
ages averaged $1,832, an increase of
1 percent since 1200.
tr heel .-r6.mcjr
Items Gathered From
The Marion Tragedy.
Ashevillo, Special. Fuller parti
culars of the tragedy at Marion which
resulted in the deatli of James Pat
terson and the wounding of Alfred
Patterson, by Giulger Finley, because
Finley objected to Ed.' Williams ac
companying Miss Patterson home
from church, have been received here,.
Mrs. Charles Boone, Mrs. James Pat
terson, Miss Patterson, Alfred Pat
terson and Ed. "Williams attended re
ligious services at Elhananr Avhich is
located in East Marion. After the
service tljey went to Hoone's restau
rant on Main street for supper.
Shortly after they arrived at the res
taurant Gudger Finley came in and
joined them. When the party were
leaving the restaurant Finley made
a proposition to escort Miss Patter
son, who refused, saying she was go
ing with Ed Williams. This anger
ed Finley. The party started up
Main street, leaving Finley behind.
As they turned the corner of Main
and Cross streets, on th'eir way to
the Patterson home, theyiet Finley
on the sidewalk. They claim that h
was "standing on the sidewalk with a
pistol in hand and said to the young
woman that her escort, Williams, did
not have courage enough to defend
her and struck Williams several
I TTTMl TX ii J. 1!
limes. v liiiams ran. j:ie men sirucix
the young woman, when Mrs. Patter
son rushed between them and Finley
turned on her with his pistol raised
to her face. James Patterson rush
ed to the rescue of his wife, when
Finley shot him, death following a
few minutes later. Finley then rais
ed his pistol and leveled it at the
head of Alfred Patterson, but the '
wounded man struck at the pistol and j
the ball passed through his brother's
shoulder and neck. No weapons wera
found on either of the Pattersons.
Finley says he shot in self-defense,
and shows some cuts about his cloth
ing which he claims were made by
knives of the Pattersons. No testi
mony has been taken in the case as;
yet, as at the preliminary examina
tion no defense was made, and the
defendant was committed to prison
without bail. I
Strange Negro Lynched at Hands of
Mob. j
Charlotte, Special. A long dis
tance phone from Selma, N. C., re-!
ports the lynching at Pine Level, !
Johnston county, of a strange negro
at he hands of a negro mob. The
strange negro, purporting to be ad-1
vanee agent of a ''big show' faked,
the negro residents into attendance
cn what turned out to be a one-man
performance by the strange darkey
Hmsrii. Covered with sruano sacks.
the mob entered the negro's boarding
house early Tuesday morning and ,
took him forcibly to the woods. Hi
H-dy was found at daylight on the
Southern railroad tracks. His ide-.
tity hss not been established.
Corset Stavo Saves Life.
Asheville, Special. To the pres
ence of a steel corset stave Miss Eva
Chambers, of this city, owes her life.
While in her room wjth a little eight-year-old
cousin, the child picked up
a 32-calibre revolver lying there and
accidentally pulling tLe trigger, sent
n bullet into Miss Chambers' left
side. The bullet struck the corset
stave near the heart and was stopped
in its progress. The stave was driven
slightly into Miss Chambers' side but
made no serious hurt. But for the
stave the bullet, which was flattened
would almost certainly have caused
death.
Current Events.
Coal mine operators held a con
ference in Washington in regard to
prevention of disasters in mines.
The cruiser Chicago has been or
dered to Annapolis as an addition to
the fleet for the Naval Academy
-ruiso.
Peace congresses are to be held in
various States this vear.
Statemetn as to Banks.
Raleigh, Special. The corporation
commission Friday issued its state
metn as to the State, private and sav
ings banks, showing their condition
at the close of business December 3d,
last. Tho following are the figures:
Total assets, $ol,S33,G87; increase
over previous year, $3,576,199; cap
ital stock, $7,057,740. The mount o
capital stoek the year before was $(J,
475,785. The number of banks De
cember 3d was 295, against 254 the
previous vear. showing tha verv
i ; ' "
handsome increase of 41 in the
twelve months.
Advance in Naval Stores Market.
Wilmington, Special. What prom
ises to bG a steady and continued ad
vance in the naval stores market has
given a decided impetus to the trada
in this city. The advance the past
several days has almost been ensa
tional spirits alone having jumped
two cents a gallon in one day in
svrnpatbv with the Savannah market.
Various reasons are assigned for thi3
advance.
All Sections of the State W
Make Penalties Severe.
Wilmington, Special. The fall
term, peing a postponed one, of the
United States District Court, conven
ed for the Wilmington District and
with docket loaded down with viola
tions of the internal revenue laws,
such as retailing liquor without li
cense, illicit distilling, etc. The op
ening session was marked by Judgo
Purnell 's charge, dealing largely -and
pointedly with the prohibition ques
tion, as he expressed the opinion that
prohibition does not prohibit, but
added that for violations of prohibi
tion laws, the severest penalty should
be given; that while ho might not be
lieve in prohibition, though h,is per
sonal opinion on the subject had no
right to be expressed in court, yet
both State and government officers!
should strive to uphold the law.
While he had gathered from tho
newspapers that in many prohibition
comunities in' North Carolina, State
officers . did not do their duty, yet
the government officei-s were doing
theirs, and his court did not intend
to impose any more thirty and sixty
days jail sentences in such cases but
unless there appeared mitigating cir
cumstances, he would impose a heavy
penitentiary sentence; that although
he would make no rule, his court
would be inclined to impose the max
imum sentence. Then in substantia
tion of his idea, a young, well-dressed
rregro man, Handy Holmes, who sub
mitted to selling liquor in a poolroom
in Fayetteville, where he was work
ing, felt the heavy hand of the law.
Judge Purnell 's only comment was
"running a 'blind tiger' in a pool
room in a prohibition county. .... One
year -in the penitentiary." And
the negro went in the dock, soon to
be sent to the government prison in
Atlanta.
Physician Asked to Leave.
Durham, Special. An interesting
story reaches here from Chatham
county that a petition has been cir
culated asking a prominent physician
to move from the county, it being
stated in the language of President
Roosevelt that he is an "undesir
able citizen." This is an aftermath
of the clash between the two squads
of revenue officers in that county, or
the edge of Durham, when several
of the officers were more or less ser
iously hurt in a clash at an illicit
distillery. One squad was led, so it
is stated, by a physician and the oth
er band had been directed thero by
the same man. The affair came near
being so fatal that the citizens have
been up in arms against this doctor
since that time. Dr. Wilson, the man
asked to leave, has replied to one of
the petitions, so it is reported here,
that-he does not intend' leaving the
county. Thus the matter rests, but
it has caused and is causing a great
deal of bad feeling over in that sec
tion. Bank to Become National.
Salisbury, Special. The People's
Bank will shortly be changed from a
State to a national institution. At
the same time the capital will be in
' creased from $75,000 to $100,000.
j About February 1st the bank expects
to occupy its new .quarters at the
j southeast corner of Main and Fisher
i streets. The . new building is owned
by the People's Bank and when com
: pleted will be one of the handsomest
in the State. The interior furnish
j ings and decorations of the banking
. rooms will be most elaborate and no
expense is being spared to have ev
ert hing finished in first-class styl.
Minor Events.
Mr. Fowler, chirman of- the House
Finance Committee, introduced a
radical currnecy bill providing for a
new national banking system.
Mr. Williams and Mr. De Armond
exchanged amenities in the House,
indicating a vfriendlisr feeling be
tween them.
The senate was not in session
Thursday but will meet again Friday.
Child Falls Into Fire.
Ashevillo, Special. Arline Thorpe,
( the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Thorpe, of this city, was
. so fearfully burned by falling into
' an open fireplace that all hope for
her recovery has been abandoned. It
. seems that the little girl was sitting
on the edge of a tilted chair in fron'-
of the grate when she lost her bal
ance and plunged into the flames.
Members of the family quickly re
moved the little victim and extin
guished t lie blazing clothing, but not
until she had been burned so badly
j that she cannot recover.
, Spinners Associations.
Charlotte, Special. Believing that
the present unsatisfactory condition
in the cotton goods situation de
mands a remedy, a call was issued
last week for a joint session of the
Southern Soft Yarn Spinners' Asso
ciation, the Southern Hard Yarn
Spinners' Association, and the North
j Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation. The meeting will be held
iu this city, January 18'. h.
CONGRESS7 WORK
Dull Day in House.
Little business was transacted by
the House Wednesday. After a forty
minute debate, a rule was adopted
giving the bill to revise, modify and
amend the laws the right of way
along with other preferred measures.
The bill was immediately taken ud
andupon tho conclusion of its read-
jijcl n uo iaiu nsiuti iu utJiuiJL ivi
Craige, of Tennessee, to addressthe
House in favor of an appropriation
for "The Hermitage," the homC'
Andrew Jackson near Nashville
Tenn. Mr. Gaines paid a glowing tri-
bute to the'life and deeds of Andrew.
Jackson.
, Adjournment was taken at 3:47 un
til Thursday.
jsona issue in tho senate.
The recent issue-of bonds by the
Secretary of the Treasury, for the
purpose of relieving the , financial
stringency was the suttfoct of an ani
mated debate in the Senate. The dis- ;.
cussion was precipitated by an .in
quiry by Senator Culberson and was
participated in by Senators Aldrich,
Tillman and Bailey... ,It resulted in
an agreement to postpone further
controversy until a statement can be
received from Secretary Cortelyou.
While the subject was under discus
sion Mr. Tillman's resolution direct
ing the finance committee to inquire
into the operations of the Treasury
Department wis referred with his
consent to that eommiitee.
The Senate passed Senator Till
man's resolution calling on. the inter- -
State commerce commission for in
formation concerning purchases by
railroad companies of the stock of
competing roads.
The unfinished business in the form
of the bill to codify the criminal lawd ,
of the United States was placed be
fore the Senate and the reading- of
tho bill begun. '
Stato Rights in the House.
Vigorous defense of States', rights
in dealing with violations of civil
rights or with special State elections
where troops are called into service,
served to enliven the debate in tho
House of Representatives in connec
tion with the consideration of the bill '
to codify the penal laws of the Unit
ed States. A number of Democrats,
mrtcllv frnwi ihn i ' Rnnthprn Rtntps-
strenuously sought- by- amend
ment to reserve to the States them
selves discretion as to the qualifica
tions of voters or of persons to serve
on juries, and to limit the powers of
Federal judges in certain ' cases, but
every attempt failed. Tho Republi- .
cans presented a' solid front and the
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The bill was still under considera
tion when at 5.02 p. m. the House ad
journed. SECOND TRIAL OF THAW.
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in the Noted Case. M"
New York, Special. The Thaw
trial moved with a rush Monday Af
ter the State had presented its direct
case and Assistant District Attorney
Garvan hadcharacierized the killing
of Stanford White as "a premedi
tated, deliberate and cowardly mur
der." Martin W. Littleton, for the
defense, made the opening, plea for
the prisoner. His promise of new
evidence was sensational. Mr. Lit
tleton promised to 'forge a chain of
circumstances and to produce a line
of testimony which will prove Harry
K. Thaw undeniably insane at 'the '
time of the homicide. Evidence of
hereditary insanity and of strange,
unusual acts of Thaw was told of by
Mr. Littleton, who said that physi
cians and nurses who had attended
Thaw were hurrying from Europe;
that teachers of the defendant in
childhood would be on hand to givo
their impressions of "the wild eyed,
distant boy." i
In conclusion, Mr. Littleton" chal-
lenged the district attorney to pro-
duce a single reputable physician
who would say that Thaw was not
insane at the time he killed tho not
ed architect . .-
. Thaw was called to the bar prompt
ly at 10 a. m.
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Kiiiiiii me hcaii icw inmuies as
sistant District Attorney Garvan be
gan the outline of the -prosecuion 's
caso to tho jury.
"The defense in this case," said
Mr. Garvan "is insanity. The ma
terial facts are admitted. Insanity,
let me adjure you, is not to bo de
fined by what you or I might think,
it is not what physcians or metaphy
sicians may tell us, or what scient
ists or pseudo-scientists may . de
scribe. Insanity, as we have to deal
with it, has been defined by the Leg-
islature of the State of New York.
The law is wiser than wo are. Wo
are sworn to obey it and to live un
der it. The law says that the only
person excused from criminal re
sponsibility is he who is so deficient
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the nature or quality of his act or
that the act is wrong. With tho defi-
nition and this definition of the law
alone, I ask you to judge of all the
acts of this defendant the night of
June 25h, 1906, when ho shot and
killed Stanford ..White on tho roof
of Madison Square Garden."