The San Francisco call. [volume], February 08, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Tells the Story of
Her Relations With Stanford White
Wife of Architect's Slayer Repeats
Recital That Enraged Husband
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. — The announce
,ent that either the mother or wife of
Harry K. Thaw would be the principal
witness at today's proceedings brought
out an unusually large crowd at the
Criminal Court building. The corridors
were filled and scores of persons, many
J^'f them women, tried every possible
way to force themselves by the officers
at the court room doors, but after yes
terday's laxity the bars were put up
again and very few were admitted.
Justice Fitzgerald had just taken his
seat upon the bench when Delmas of
Thaw's counsel requested the clerk to
call Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
The familiar figure in blue, now for
the first time without her veil, ap
peared from the Judge's chambers. She
stood near the Jury box as Clerk Penny
administered the oath.
"I swear," repeated Mrs. Thaw In an
audible voice at the end of the formal
declaration.
PRISONER'S WIFE OX STAND
Mrs. Thaw took her place In the wit
ness chair calmly. She looked steadily
ahead at Delmas, and gave her answers
to his first questions In a clear and
firm voice, which was soft In quality.
Harry Thaw smiled at his wife as she
walked to the witness stand, but she
apparently did not see him at the mo
ment. After she was seated, however,
she smiled faintly at the prisoner.
Mrs. Thaw's beauty seemed' height
ened by the simplicity of her dress. In
the excitement of testifying her pale
ness of the past two weeks fled before
a rush of crimson tints in her cheeks.
In answer to Delmas' first question
Mrs. Thaw said she was born December
25, 1884. She told of going to the Cafe
t Martin to dinner the evening of June
25 with her husband and Thomas
McCaleb and Truxtun Beale.
While at the Cafe Martin did you see Stanford
White?
At what time did yon see him?
I don't know; it was some* time after we,
arrived.
Where <Jld jrou first see him?
Coming in at the Fifth-avenue entrance.
How long did you see him?
I don't know. He passed through and went on
to the balcony.
Did you see him leave the balcony?
Y«=. \u25a0>
While yon were In the Cafe Martin did you
call for a pencil?
Yes.
From whom?
I thsr.lt Mr. McCaleb. He taid he did not
have one.
Did you ask again for a pencil?
Yes. I got one from some one.
DM yoa write a note?
I did. . .
Oiu what?
A slip of paper. •
What did you do with it?
I passed it .to Mr. Tiisw.
What did Mr. Tfcaw do?
He said to me, "Are you all right?" I said
"Yes."
OBJECTION' SUSTAINED
Jerome'B objection to the question
was sustained. /
Wa» there anything unusual in your manner
that waa visible to others?
Acaln an objection was sustained.
After this how long did you remain?
Only a ebort time.
Mrs. Thaw, have you that slip of paper now?
I have not. - '
Have yon seen it since?
Did wnat yon wrote refer to White?
Jerome objected.
After yon left the restaurant yoa went to the
Mmdison Boof Garden? asked Delmas.
JUout what time was It?
/Stout the middle of the first act.
Mrs. Thaw said she had - seats with
Beale and McCaleb. Her husband went
to the back of- the theater, she said.
' He was away about .-fifteen- minutes
and when he' returned he took a seat
beside her.
How long did he remain at your side?
About half an hour.
What was his manner then?
It seemed to be about the same as erer.
Who suggested going away from the garden T
I did. /
The play was not Interesting to yon?
Not a bit.
How did you start when yon went out?
I think that llr. McCaleb and I were in the
lead and Mr. Thaw and Mr. Beale followed.
How far had yon gone when something hap
pened?
Almost to the elevator.
How far were yon from Mr. White then?
About as far as the end -of the jury box.
Yon saw Mr. White sitting there?
I did.
Did yon see Mr. Thaw then?
Not nntil a minute or so afterward. •
. HEARD SHOTS FIRED
Did you hear shots fired?
Yes; Immediately that I saw Mr. White I
heard shots fired.
Whst did you say?
I said to Mr. McCaleb, "I think he has shot
him.".
Did Mr. Thaw come over to where you were?
Yes. I asked him what he had done. He
leaned over and kissed me and said, "I hare
probably saved your life."
What happened then?
I left.
You were taken from there?
Yes.
You left and did not return?
Yes.
You said that you are the wife of the defend*
When were yon married?
On April 4, 1905.
In Plttsburg. at the residence' of Dr. Me-
Ewen, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church.
Who were present? *
I think Joslah Thaw, Mr. Thaw's brother. \u25a0
Whem did Mr. Thaw propose for the first
time? , \u25a0
In June, 1903, In Paris. __.\u25a0 •
At that time did yon refuse, him?.
Yea. • • •\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0 . . ..\u25a0;, ',
Were the reasons of your refusal based on an
erent In your life with which . Mr.' White was
connected? , - .> .
Objection was sustained.
Did yon state In explaining your refusal that
It had something to do with Stanford White?
Yes. - • .-..-"•\u25a0,...• -\u25a0.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
State what happened.
"Be kind enough to remember you. are : to
omit," said Delmas. 'In relating the narrative
of what you told Mr. Thaw, the name of any
other person saTe that of Mr. White. Now con
tinue." . \u25a0 \u25a0' .'.'.'.,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
Mr. Thaw told me ., that he lored me and
wanted to marry - me. I stared at him for - a
moment and then he said: "Don't you care for
me?" and I said that I did. He asked me what
was the matter. I said, "Nothing.'.' "Why
won't you marry me?"- he said. He put his
hands on my shoulder and asked: "Is"it-be
cause of Stanford White?" and I said, -.'."Ztu.".
Then he told me he would nerer lore any one
else. I started to cry. \u25a0 He said he . wanted Ime
:to tell him the whole thing. Then I begaa to
tell him how I first met Stanford .White. - - : ' \u25a0
A young lady asked my mother several times
:to let me go ont with her to lunch. She came
again and again to -me - before I - sent - her to
my mother, and she said, "AH right."
E VELYX SIEETS WHITE
On this day I was to ko my mother dressed
me and . I went with \u25a0 Miss , . the I other
young lady, in a hansom, hoping , we - would ' go
to the ballroom, ' because I wanted', to see 'It'
But we went straight down Broadway,* ; through
Twenty-fourth street, up tot- dingy- looking
door. The young t lady Jumped out , and asked
me to follow tirr '^rmaniry*»iME*''tlipi|i^ u *. [ '.-
By the way, what waa the , date of that
event? - - • .. \u0084
AS \u25a0 nearly as . I can remember, It' was : , In
Ausnst, 1901. .
Yon .were then 'l6 years old? .-.\u25a0>- • \u25a0
YeS.: \u25a0 ' \u25a0 \u25a0• • \u25a0 - -\u25a0" — \u25a0 . \u25a0 : " ' \u25a0 ' ;'• '
Your mother dressed you to go out? •\u25a0;•'-\u25a0'
Yes. .;,.--
I must caution you to tell only what you told
Mr. Thaw.
i win.
I The -dingy 'door, opened, nobody seeming, to
open '-it. We went - up : some < steps ;to - another
door which > opened to some other apartment. 7 I
stopped . and asked l the v. young lady; where •:. we
were ; going and she . said, "It's all ? right.". .A
man's voice called down,' "Hello." : ' . .\u25a0•-'".\u25a0
\u25a0Did' yon see the man then? ' . -
\u25a0 No.'.- \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-• \u25a0--. \u25a0 '. •
When did yoo? -
When r, we : got , to the • top of the ; stair*. •
Who was It? ' ' '. •' '\u25a0..'" » '\u25a0.';'?.'
"It was "Stanford White.' ----.. —
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What did you find In the room or studio to
which you went?
A table set for four.
This is all that you told Sir. Thaw?
It was. "I told him everything. . '
There was a halt in the testimony
here while Jerome and Delmas whis
pered. . ,
"How were you dressed?" asked Del
mas.
"I wore a short dress, with my hair
down my back."
The witness said they went up into
another room where a big Japanese
umbrella was swinging 1 .
Jerome objected. \u25a0
MOTHER' CALLS ON ARCHITECT
The witness said that afterward they
went for a drive to the. park and're
turned 11 to the house with White. She
said when she. got home she told her
mother everything' that happened.
Did your mother subsequently receive a letter
from Stanford White? ' ,-\u25a0-....
Yes. \u25a0 \u25a0 - \u25a0\u25a0 .;.-•\u25a0- \u25a0. .- \u25a0 ; .
What was in the letter?
It asked my mother to call on Mr. White at
No. 160 Fifth, avenue.
When your mdther returned did she tell you
anything? : . •
She did.' —
What did your mother tell you? . :
•- He : asked her to take : me to a dentist and
have my teeth fixed and for her to have her
own fixed, • too. --'\u25a0-. She ! said."' "No' ' ; " that it was a
very strange thing. - Mr. White told her that he
did that for the other girls. , .
PARTIES, INJ "STUDIOS"
When did you see White again?
I saw him In • the studio. I got a note from
him Inviting me to a party, .and saying a car
riage would .be awaiting me upon the 'corner.
Before he had : sent me a hat, a feather boa and
a cape. There was another man and girl \u25a0 with
us.- \u25a0 ; \u25a0 ••'• :-\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0 -..\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0'...'.• \u25a0\u25a0:.'
Where did you go?"" - . v . .
I To a studio in Madison Square Tower.' We had
a very nice time ; there. \u25a0•. Mr. -White said I . was
only to have one glass of champagne and that I
was to be brought home early.- I was brought'
home early to 'the - door of my house. - 1 - told
Mr. - Thaw that : we had • several parties ; of this
kind ' in > the tower. \u25a0 -. .
Did you ; see • Mr. : White : again ? '
Yes ; : be came * to see . my mother, told I her
that I would be all' right in New York, and that
he would take care of me. ; \u25a0 ;../\u25a0 .
-.Mrs. Thaw said she met White in
September, •;; 19 01, in-a;. studio in "East
Twenty-second street The door opened
"of 'and: the house -looked, at first
as though V no? one 'lived 7 there. She
said that , she 'went? upstairs and , met
Mr. .White, a photographer, and another,
- What did , you see there?
t There were a lot of expensive gowns
there.;- \u25a0:..\u25a0 ' r'7- '\u25a0 \u25a0. .7"\'- .' ; \u25a0.-•.'\u25a0/ '..•\u25a0 1
.What happened? , •
i .1 went i into ; the dressing-room ' to.* put
on the r dress.' ; White knocked v at' the
door and asked if I needed any help. \u25a0 I
said nor ; '\u25a0'* '."''.' '.'*"'%:\u25a0. ;:: : ;'v--"';;:
She related her experience in the'stu
dio'. and said Jshe': had ; posed i until J she
was , > very 'tired /and A that -'\u25a0 White, -'. who
had ' "come- in,\ ordered ' food: ' The ' pho
tographer : had \u25a0\u25a0 left '\u25a0 and after they \u25a0 had
lunehed : ?v.she;4/went::into,>a. dressing
room ;to -remove; her kimono and . put
on ; her,'dr'ess. *'.;u;\.;' ;.\u25a0-... ',\u25a0/•[ >.:\u25a0[,-_. ''.':\u25a0'-\u25a0.• '\u25a0'
i'§4'l:'Bhut 'the ; door 'while; I was inside.'
Mr. ;White' came \u25a0 to I the] door -and \ asked
If V wanted ianyi help. '!vl<said no.V \; . ';\u25a0
y; She testi fled :< that* she "drank \u25a0 but ione
glass of ''champagne Tand' when", she-.was
dressed "she .;' got ? Into Va '^carriage \u25a0\u25a0. and
was -taken back-. to- the ; hotel.'- • z *\u25a0/\u25a0£
\u0084 The * next i night \I ;• got \u25a0a • note \u25a0 from Mr, White
k \u25a0 ' '-\u25a0'\u25a0/;• \u25a0;-••,>•". \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0" - - - \u25a0 » •' \u25a0 ' \u25a0'.-.\u25a0 ' , ' i \u25a0,'.--- -. . ".
D. M. . Delmas,' the brilliant ( Snn.Frnnclnco attorney, " .'who I» " conducting
, the defeuse of Hnrry K. T£iW, In : one of his characteristic attitudes
In court, and two pliotovrrnphft? of Mrs. Evelyn fNesblt - Thaw, one in
v : character costume' and one In evening attire. - ", = '
asking jme to come down to the studio for a
luncheon \ after, the ; theater with some of his
friends. .1 went \u25a0\u25a0 down ' ; to' , the Twenty-fourth
street stndlo again , and found -"Mr. 1 White nnd
no one' else, there. \u25a0'»!.' What do you think,'.' " he
Raid to me, "the others have turned us down."
Then I _ told him:l had better go home, and he
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Ghirardelli's
told me that I had better sit down and have
some fruit. . 1 took off- my hat and coat. Mr.
White told :me he had other floors- In' the Gar
den,, and. that I had not seen all 'of hia places.
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