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 out this testimony," explained Delmas, "but it is essential."

"It is perfectly right and proper," Justice Fitzgerald quickly assured the lawyer. "There are ladies here, however, and I think they should be given the opportunity to withdraw if they so desire."

The Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. George L. Carnegie quickly left the courtroom.

Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and May McKenzie arrived at the courthouse some time after the session had begun.

In cross-examination by Mr. Jerome the witness clung to his story. He added that "The Girl From Dixie" was playing at the Roof Garden Theater at the time, and that White and Thaw even then were rivals for Miss Nesbit's affections.

The next witness was Martin Green, a newspaper man, who saw Thaw just after the shooting. He was asked as to Thaw's manner after he committed the murder.

"He held the pistol high above his head," said Mr. Green, "He was very pale, his eyes seemed about to pop out of his head, and his hair was hanging well down on his forehead."

Dr. John Franklin Bingaman of Pittsburg, one of the Thaw alienists, testified he had known Harry Thaw for thirty years. He attended him when he was two or three years old. Thaw had children's diseases and St. Vitus' dance.