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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
4
New York Feb 6 Thaw trial focus shifts to defense maneuvers as Delmas asserts control and demands wider latitude. Benjamin Boman testifies Stanford White threatened a man with a pistol in 1903 and that the Thaw family dispute surfaces in collateral insanity claims.
Witness Benjamin Boman testified that Stanford White threatened to kill Thaw before daylight after asking for Miss Nesbit at the Madison Square Theatre on Christmas Eve 1903. District Attorney Jerome and defense attorney Delmas clashed over admissibility and notes from Mrs Thaw, while Thaw smiled through the proceedings.
The article warns that tuberculosis bacilli spread when people spit in public. It notes coughing releases germs, which dry on sidewalks and can be inhaled by healthy individuals. An advanced case may eject billions of germs daily, prompting urging treatment and a simple pine oil remedy offered by authorities.
Testimony details the theatre incident and White's threats as Boman, a doorkeeper, testifies. Jerome questions him about movements, locations, and the exact chronology including Christmas Eve 1903 and Nesbit's presence.
Witnesses described the night Boston theatre incident with Stanford White, Harry Thaw, and Miss Nesbit. Testimony covered threats, letters, and the mental state of Thaw as seen by witnesses at the Madison Square roof garden trial.
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