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 *tify for the state. Bowman in 1903 was a doorkeeper at the Madison Square Garden Theater.

"I knew Stanford White and Harry Thaw," Bowman swore. "A few nights after Christmas, 1903, Stanford White came up to me after the show and wanted to know if Miss Nesbit had gone home. I told him she had. He replied: 'You are a liar.' I told him to go back on the stage and see for himself.

"When he returned, and as he passed me he pulled a pistol from his pocket and muttered: "I'll find and kill that    before daylight.'"

"Did you tell Harry Thaw of this threat against his life?" asked Delmas.

"Yes, I met him on Fifth avenue and told him I wanted to speak with him regarding Miss Nesbit. I then told him of the incident at the theater and of White's threat."

"What was Mr. White's condition when he made the threat?"

"He was black in the face with anger."

This ended the direct examination of Bowman, and Justice Fitzgerald said:

"If there are any persons in the courtroom whose sense of propriety would be offended by the testimony of this witness the court will give them an opportunity now to withdraw."

"We must ask the court to bear with us in bringing