Show THA TH IW W W AS SULl N WHEN SCHOOL BOY I NEW YORK YORE Jan 16 Moro Moro evidence evidence evi ivi- dence as to alleged Irrational conduct on tho tile part of the defendant was offered of of- bred at the trial of Harry K Thaw v today today to to- day the most impressive witness being I Abraham R. R Beck Back an uncle of former I Assistant Attorney General James M M. Beck The elder Mr Beck taught a a. se select select se se- I I lect leet school of fifteen boys in Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- v vania in 1881 and 1882 and young Thaw was one of at his bin pupils Mr Beck described Thaw as a a. boy of un ungovernable temper temp and produced a aletter aletter letter Jetter from Mrs imam Villiam Thaw mother I of the defendant who said eaid that she sho j feared Harrys Harry's mind was unbalanced unbalanced- i ho was wait so go d different from the tho other four children I Ono One of Mr Thaws Thaw's eccentricities which it was said will soon be testified to was the sending of four eighty pounds of beef to Evelyn Nesbit one morning when whon she was ill in Tho The attorneys S have o the receipts for tho the meat Mrs William Thaw mother of tho the de- de fondant is now in Now York It is is said she will be bo called as a witness this afternoon or tomorrow Butler on Stand St August Weber the former fonner Thaw butler but bitt- her ler who yesterday t testified to various vanous incidents in 10 tho the life of Harry K Thaw during the early months month of 1903 1003 was as recalled to tho the witness g stand when the trial opened today Ho lIo was asked by bv Mr Mir Littleton o of tho the defense if Thaws Thaw's actions as he observed them whilo while employed em cm- pi oyed in the Washington and Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts bur burg houses houf impressed him aim as rational or irrational Irrational replied the tho witness promptly District Attorney Jerome then began his cross on He lie had tho the witness wit wit- ness floss repeat at several of the incidents ho related yesterday afternoon and was asked i it if ho considered a 5 5 tip from Thaw an irrational act It It scorned queer for what I did said tho the witness Eyewitness on Stand The witness declared that Thaw f was S not dissipating and d seemed healthy when be know him hini but alwa always s 's was fas r nervous a ald id iid excitable t I steward of the New York Whist club was recalled to give eho the dates of Thaws Thaw's visits to tho the club in 1904 1905 and 1906 Mr lr Jeromo brought ht out from tho the witness tho the fact that lie he was able ablo on ell each h of these oc occasions oc- oc to play brid bridge o whist with the best players in the tho club Raymond A. A Brown Drown a music musie publish publish- publisher er and eyewitness of the killing of Stanford White was called and und testified to Thaws Thaw's irrational appearance on the thc roof garden g School Teachers Teacher's Story Brown said ho knew Thaw personally and aud spoke to him durin during an au intermission iu in tho the performance but could not got get a coherent reply 4 Did Di 4 Did you OU ever try to get ct a coherent nt reply from any other man twenty min minutes nun nun- utes before ho he took tho life of oi a fellow human being asked Jerome No No replied tho witness s. s all aU Abraham R. R Beck of or Lancaster county county coun court ty lv Pennsylvania father of Former Assistant As Attorney General James Tames B B. Beck was WaB called calleI as 1 the tho next witness Ho He said that Harry Thaw was or me of fifteen boys in his hiB school in ill 1831 1881 and 1882 Tho The memory of tho the boy boys boy's s 's hl hitt hits ha had always lived li with him bini the witness I said The boy was WaB excessively nervous I p said paid Mr Beck and lna was very un unsocial and sullen and abstracted His BiB eyes were most roost striking One Ono of tho the principal principal pal things I remember a the young Thaw v was the spasmodic an and ad startling outbursts of l ammal-l animal like ko howls These Continued on Page 8 THAW Can Continued from pa pago o 1 ho howls ls would ouid would stop as 38 suddenly as the t turning off of of a fountain Feared Fear W Weak cak Mind Mid Mr Bock identified a n letter ietter leter ho bo bad had hadI I received from Mrs William Thaw I tho the mother of larry Harry about the boys boy's conduct at school and it was wa read to tho the jury Tho The letter lottor was dated October Octo Octo- J I ber 5 1881 1881 It I was wa in reply to a couI communication com cou- I from Mr Beck Beck complain complain- I in lag ing of Harrys Harry's Harrs Harr's conduct and speaks of the tho distress the tho letter leter caused the parent Can you not bear with him a while lon longer the tho letter leter from Mrs Ms Thaw read rea To yield to his bis wishes rishe now and to send fend him home homo I am afraid mi might ht ruin him I began to fear that hi his conduct and his outbursts outbursts are not all al the results of temper and rebellion but perhaps his mind is more moro or lc Jc s unbalanced Do DoI I you vou YOI think there is any danger danser of that f His liis is uncle who became weak minded j wan wag subject as a b boy y to just such outbreaks outbreaks out out- out breaks of temper and I have havo a feeling helm of oC dread Won Wont Won't t you ou deal gently gentl with wit I him for m my sake Motor Mother Was Wa Worried I 4 How How would it do o to avoid noticing him for one ono day I r really do not know what to suggest u eat Harry Hary is so fO different from the other children Ho ought to have hwe been moro more carefully watched and tr trained Mr Thaw will wi be home soon oon and will wi be able ablo to advise with mo me Mr Beck said ho ha had bad had man many years of experience in teaching and training boys but Tha Thaws Thaw's s 's conduct was different from any he had ever known I r couldn't help but think him hint irrational irra irra- declared decare the witness winess Mr r. r Beck is i now 79 years old ol His testimony was WB impressive and District Attorney Jerome Jerome- asked but ono one or two questions on cross Annie Annio Baggan an a sister of Christopher B Baggan an and housekeeper at tho Whist club told of several instances of what she sho termed irrational conduct on the part of Thaw Benjamin Bonan former toner stage dire dire- tor at tho Metropolitan theater test test- fled fied that Evelyn E Ne Nesbit bit Christmas eve cye 1903 was WS appearing in A Girl From Frow D Dixie ie Gir Wit Whites White's 8 Theater He Hc appeared at the thc first frt trial and tea tes tilled that after Thaw had called caned at nt the theater and taken the girl Kirl awa away Stanford Stan Stan- ford White Whit arrived When bo ho found that Miss Mias 18 esbit had gone one away tho the witness t s said said White displayed a H pistol and vowed ho would kill ki that PiUs Pitts- bur burger cr before mornin morning This test testimony mon mony was repeated today toda Bonan said he communicated the threat to Thaw There was t some delay in be beginning the afternoon i session ess ion Mr 1 Littleton announced d that some of his bis mo most t important witnesses cu en tl route here b by steamer and train hud him f failed i l to arr arrive c and asked for an ad ad- until mornin when Mrs Irl William Wilam Thaw in is il expected to take tho stand District Attorney Jerome rom did not op op- pose the time motion for adjournment and it was vas granted |