The evening world. Newspaper, May 25, 1908, Page 2

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAX “3 syue. ~ WHITMORE JURY BOX QUICKLY FILLED AND STATE BEGINS CASE Relatives of Dead Woman and Other| Witnesses Follow One Another in Rapid Succession at Jersey City —Two Judges on the Bench. [Wi “Jersey Justice” again made a new speed record to-day. The case of Theodore S. Whitmore, charged with murdering his wife, and hurling her body into Lampblack Swamp, near Harrison, was called in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Jersey City, this morning. In less than an hour the jury box was filled, and the trial was well under way. After a brief opening address by Assistant Prosector Vickers, wit- nesses were called in rapid succession. Before the noon recess much of the Prosecutor’s evidence had been presented. brutality. Because of the many subtle points of The State will also show that law involved in the difficultly woven|on the day before his wife disappeared feb of testimony against the defend-|he had an encounter with her upon the lant two judges were called to preside |Street, Furthermore, we will establish at the trial. County Judge John a.|™Anifold motives for this crime there was another woman he Blair took his usual seat on had become infatuated with. This wom- bench and Supreme Court Justice; an paamcen installed in the home of Swayze came from Newark to assist / jhe joa woman. No. {8 Adams strect. him. was quite cold in the Lampbiack Not in six years has the Suprene|Swamp. We will show you what sort Court Justice assisted in a murder trial }Of a li e murdered woman led, and fag eudvonl, County. why this man desired to rid himself of her. He had one of two rensons Although the belief has been that] getting rid of her: first, Instaili Bier Prosecutor Pierre Garven's case against} rival woman in her place, or another. 'Here we have m but there ix not! e complex motives, ng complex about his Whitmore fs purely circumstantial, and far from a certain chain at that, when efforts to get. poseession of the uiniee the challenging and swearing in of the dered woman's mone: jurors began to-day the report was} The prosecutor told of the jewels Me osany! | Whitmore had said would be fou spread that Garven had some startling|the deal woman's “bode, bug ace @vidence to spring that was not of cir- eumstantial proof. Rapid Progress With Jurors. Were found in the possession of a min Tried to Shift the Blame, As soon as the two Judges set going| “This, showed.” sald Vickers, “that tr inery. the defendant had sought to put thi the famous s machinery of) Jersey | one on ianother's: shouldenh Ne justice the accused man set a pad on| his knee and began to take down notes. | He centered his attention upon the} talesmen that were hailed to the jury When the Prosecutor got to the find- ing of the forged letters which were sent to Mra. nmitters, Mrs, W. more's si: r, to account for the dis: pearance of the slain woman, and told box in rapid suocession, jotted down|of the husband's efforts to draw his their names, and if he did not like them} vanlshedd yl Berane y from the fav: fi bank, more commenced to challenged in a loud, unwavering voice. | chew hls thumb and. his nervousnes® | His counsel, Alexander Simpson, | became more and more manifest, as Whispered to him now and then, butte State Attorney ran on and sald: | “The € show tha this man Whitmore seemed to be in com d of | kne very inch of ground in the situation so far as the selection of! vicinity of where this crime was pe his jurors were concerned a. ‘This, State can show that he Pignalabesn: ° every side street. in Harrison, As the splendid commentary on the) Writ ne knew Jersey City like a book awiftness of New Jersey al pro-|that he knew thie country roundabou cedure, two jurors had been nccepied » nook or corner of it was not . ourt ha 2 ar ground. Athd when we prove and sworn before the court had been | familiar pana wanes eaprors fn session Afteen minutes. They are} manifold r for a most sordid and Francis E. Jewkes, who was the sec- | brutal crit expect a verdict degree.” First Witness Called. t Prosecutor's ond talesman called, and Edward A. Barnes, the fourth man t step into the box. ended the Assist : wi AMAT nilcora| ption of the crime and Prosecutor ne thre and “ffth Jarers|Garven called the first witness, Webster were sv same exped he youth who found the body The procedure of selecting the e murdered woman in the Lamp- vamp after the struck panel « i i ‘the bod ting in the wa- was eimple. ‘This speech fro of the youth- court clerk: “Juror look upon the prisoner; “The body oner look upon the juror. Do mene Ds challenge?” Then it was up to the p defendant’ Bay “yes” or “no.” That was out n hig! k t made a had taken lowing is the jury Francis E. Jewk a foreman: Edwin 7 A. Barnes, James Barnes, I i : Hanson, Roland H. Bell T. Barr auned arr Edwin Willis, Henry Moeller, Daniel hed , (Beatty, Richard Ellis, Lewis H. Be.loft and Wi m 8. An on. undeche Not One Minute of Delay. cure neue The twelve men w osen from by which The World . Bt thirty-two. They were sworn as they |!dentity of the murdered woman. He meres chosen, W no) waste) of; breath, ing the clothing and then -the body Then, immediately, Ass »secu- | Cross-examined, th: tor Vickers began his of pelled to describe in 8 and brutn purder of had pulled the f have you night. ‘ the peop'e’s attvrney sy body a ae hes ngegt the ha a ‘ a the ¢ the peas fat back tn} his rep! bunched shoulders that Whitn Was y nOny, early remarks of AvaRnat whieh he stated clearly old-fashioned deep ed facts of the finding Was jammed with men, women what the autopsy showed. but and boys, who held breath in fear Assistant Pr Vickers of the ails whenever they. felt well on the amused ment of the v Frederick man, a boatman, was geath his thin lips 1 the third witness for the State. “Hat smile. The smile lived on the sloop Idle H lrawn on the rdy of the s Mr. Wiekers went ¢ Another Woman “I will show the dav he n crime treated in the Case. is man fro! you th tried af Sister of Dead Woman Testifies. Mrs. Bessie § rs, si ae nclusion. that of death, The also 1 the aske arks cinders 4s +he mouth and army x, which itmore had been with. | am e of that, be-| had flowed from the witness said he had found Swamp Mystery Victim; Alleged Slayer on Trial To-Day; 2 |S} | WETMORE me ITS THEODORA WHITMORE | GRAKAM MUST | | WLLLIA Public Service Commission WITH AUTO AGENT | QLORGIE DICKINSON. Indicated th. he woman had been | dragged, w still e, over the edge jof the dump, before she was thrown into the slough and drowned. Whitmore Overruled. ally asked | lusty Public § 1 to-day t an-/| | coun Fro. | | the first section who p { Rogers & Haggerty ed, and oe lowe bidders, ask 00 | and. | ‘wre’ Amelie Louise von Fursten-; and $118.00) for pipe galleries. | Mr. Gra {been found in the murdered A mavernbere Hlung, ond added his opinion nat : ! berg, Member of Powerful |. an Were taken into the body while th é , j woman Was still all He said that he . RE eryice Commiss! GouldniG omyenwhether thesahadibeen Austrian Family. pid, but Jtaken int Phe lungs before or after her immersion’ The woman mig half carried, dragged, and | merged Prin- The Court tien ordered @ recess for re jhalf an hour on “STIRTED BY AY More Identifications. identifies nkler ald Brooklyr called. He | pany ngme¢ 1 © | ‘The police a at work try- | Identific ad eeol tallies ene t the domestic carer the Whit- | 2s to locate t The Princess r years : | a) ‘family gs in Bo- | i emia and a re in nn bs —_— —e——. Sun eate GAMBLING LOSSES Celebrating Victory They Be- was taker a Metrettitonton an \ siege Building and Pupils though his wife i 3 pheno re told Wa Jump From Windows. wontan was i. eae ty _ LOCKPORT, N. ¥., May &—A pante this . = ro.42.4|in which a number of girls and boys x So Miss Meyerson Gets Verdict) were injured occurred to-day in the oie Adie oy fata High t Public School here, when we Care dP Against Addis for Br " inoan nt body of the Lockport High na strange Bais ‘ School, numbering 160 boy's, rushed into | the aaceniantwapnesc nervou of Promise. the former building, giving school yells quemenyeuthe Margie. and pounding snare dru ike. who expect _ Seer ° t number of clildren in the ‘ Ren Peereter ag Wan tee in the Richmond County Su- Rininking that there was a fire tind scmething, plied Walsh Court to-day gave Miss Lena 1e building, were thrown Into a ls Paon objected to the an erson a cerdict of $1.20 against nd with exent difficult aie Ka sis ‘onecutor re- ne teac rom ing « n, asking, “Did the, parry Addis, who failed to marry her a ae Pan any grief or the: | vers toward a boys and at all 4 When fo he windows, thelr as take ) the Morena u nadiy and recelyin: rine | by Whitmore was! Miss Meyers ; an I NECA RTE aa Siatiava it a year ago the school was de-| on sald the witness | ‘ fire, Gus ¢ a World reporter, fot. | tract 1 student lowed the moreue-keeper to the witness, the Jurymen id he public 1 » ce chair and wns questioned about White in the General Post Office, Manhatt Gonble. victory ithe mor first the Harrtson ailed show up on two oc t land a i ere f|/Morgue, Mr. Roeder said the light In gions | e Mo was perfect for ses of 3 - | Tentifcath We knew each oth ool in| Brooklyn,” said M leyersc We| | SHIPPING NEWS. company after we graduated, Harry] _ — promised to marry mo last August, but ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY. when th ume rrived said he) | Nn risen 227 couldn't do it, because he was finan- | THE TIDES. ¢! embarrassed. | | M 1 had n arrested then and he was] e | . in Raymond street Jail Then we | 1.4 a reconciiation. H 1 a con-! i Q In the nce _of wyer to} | <r marry me on March | | PORT OF YEW york, 6 he came to me wedding - would have to be s he nad A i ), lost i Q | Miss Meo tat "The Odorless © WIDOW DRINKS POISON Disinfectant. ON HUSBAND'S GRAVE.) Drevents Sickness Sold Everywhere. Write Henry B. Platt, Seated upon the grave In which iQmbure | imonthe) aeOK her numand 42 Cliff St., New York, for free book. | ; nt rest, Louisa Goldsmit | ro years old, of No. dL - = | STEAMSHIPS. dighth street, Manhatt HELP WANTED—FEMALE. “BD TO-DAY. ? sternay § enenranewnnrenneenerrn nnn nane Prine vat Mic lage. Queens. | WANTED—A woman to do plain cooking. Pionnos Cateacte she ee bia Pont. und by cemetery employees Wallace. Bakery and’ Lu: m * Spartan Prince, 5. Brasil. EP ina ’ Witnesses 1B: BUILD SUBYIAY BRINDLE COM ~ TAKES NAME € PHUEBE SNOW eieerees) teaks Away from Custody in Hoboken and Goes to Lack- awanna Lunch Counter. STRAYS FROM SECAUCUS Stableman Forgot to Mik Her} and Fail to Understand Her Moos for Relief. | Gast TAILLIONSIRE ON TRIAL FOR LIFE Ii to His Aid in Washington —Sensation Promised. WASHID May ©. Philip. New Y. the milli and Washington, and t family, who a year ank B. Macaboy was begun to-day before » Job Barnard in Criminal Court y Mrs. um Cohen, ‘aucus, chan name of her te cow fro! 1 to Phoebe Snow ation of Rebe always been a is Hoboken for walkir ly g his an ¢ along ow guage It is against the Hoboken for WS to be a naperoned and P. 2 placed the four Strangers under arrest. They were as- signed to rs in Totten’s stable at No 123 Washington street. The yalets in Totten’s stable bel: ust lusive care o! overl-« fea. ses mportant are in carir got » four cows was Re- th milk. groaned the Stable She moved and rubbed overalls of the attendants in a and bera does not newspapers er actions cable. 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