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Alleged Wrongs That Led Up to Murder of White in Roof Garden
Points From the Testimony
of Harry Thaw's Wife
J J ERE are the principal points from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's:
She met Stanford While at. a luncheon in 1901 and thought him
very big and ugly.
She told of being taken to a "dingy looking door," in Twenty- fourth
street. At the top of the stairs was Stanford White.
She said Stanford While came to see her mother and said she (Eve
lyn) would be all right in New York and he would take care
of her.
She testified that when she told the story of While* s attentions to her, x
Thaw picked up the edge of her dress and kissed it-
She described the shooting and how Thaw "leaned over and 'kissed
me" and said: "I have probably saved your life."
She declared she saw White at the Cafe Martin early in the evening
of June 25, and that she wrote a note to' her husband in relation
to IVhite. This evidence was stricken out in part.
Evelyn Nesbit Testifies as to
Her Early Career
ConUnned from Page 5, Column S
1 60 h* took me op pome stairs to the floor
• above, where there were very beautiful decora
tions and a piano. I played for him and be
;took me Into another room. That room was a
bedroom. On a small table stood a bottle
of champagne and one glass. Mr. White poured
rut Jott one glass for me. and 1 paid no attention
to It. MrT" White wont away, came back and
Mid. "I decoratrnl this room myself." Then
fee asked me wby 1 was not drinking my cham
pagne and 1 paid 1 did not ljke it. ns it tast«-d
bitter. Cut fee persuaded me to drink it, and
I did.
A few moments after 1 had drunk It there
began a ponnding end thumping in my ears and
the room all got black.
Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at
the statement.
When I woke 1 starred to scream; I began to
eerenin again and Mr. White asked me to keep
4utet. ll* took me home and I sat up all night
crying.
What did he say afterward?
He made »n« swear that I would never tell
my mother about It. He said there was no use
talking, and the greatest thing in the world
was not to get found out. He said the irirls in
the theater were foolish to talk. Ue^ laughed
Afterward.
THAW EXCITED BY STORY
Was Mr. Thaw excitrd when yon told him
these thing*?
Y*-s: he was excited and walked op and down I
the room. We sat up all night. ITe Mid It was
sot my fanlt; that no one could blame me, and
that I xths only an enfortcnate girl and that he
flld not think any the less of me.
I>id he offer to tnarry you egain? '
Yes: and I to!d him tfcnt If I did marry hfm |
t\e friends of Stanford White would laugh at |
fcim and at me. .- 1 they suspected our relation. I
Cbip, it ttey did not know.
The witness told Thaw that It would
•not be well to marry owing to his
family.
Mrs. Thaw recovered her composure
she got over the most sensational
'pan of the story. Many of the women
\u25a0Jn the courtroom were crying and- the
'.most intense silence prevailed.
Mrs. Thaw said that she had told
\u2666Thaw about her early life with her
ixnother and of her financial difficulties.
/The money she earned as an artist's
'model the pave to her mother.- That
, was their only means of. support.
EAHXJSv SIOXEY AS A MODEL
\ Finally I met Mr. OirroJl Beckwlth, the artist,
1 In December in 1900; nr.-\ he engaged me to pose
f Jot him, sometimes twice a week. He gave me
• letters of fntxodnction to other well known
( cxtists and 1 posed for them.
? Did yon tell Mr. Thaw all this?
j I did.
; Did you tell hla how ranch moner yon made?
Yes; It was 516 or $18 a week. Then (the wit-
Bess rontinuetl) 8:;e applied for a position upon
the «tn?e. The first manajier 4o wliom she up- i
piled \u25a0sj'id "that it was not a baby f^rm." and j
they did not wcr.t to take her. "I danced for
the manager, anrt he offered me a place, dlrcct-
Ingme not to tell how old I was." ..••\u25a0(•;
When did jon first meet Thaw? v -.
! In 1901.
How many times had yon seen him between
then and 1903? •
I htd only seen him once. In the. meantime.
Were yon ill <lcring any of tU!s time?
Yes; I had to go to a hospital, j
Whrn ron fjw Mr. Thaw in»lSo3, did yon tell
him about coin; to whool?
I told him thnt Mr. White had sent me to
school.
The witnoss told of her sickness and
the operation to which she was obliged
to submit and of Thaw's kindness to <
her at that time, which was early In
3 SOS. After her recovery Thaw ar
ranged the European trip for the wit
ness and her mother. Thaw followed
them to Europe.
Here reference was made to a latter
that Thaw wrote to the witness while
ehe was abroad and Delmas sought to
Introduce it as evidence.
Jerome objected.
"What is the relevancy of the let- j
ter?" asked Justice Fitzgerald.
"Its contents have direct reference to
the statement. made by the witness to
Mr. Thaw and are an evidence of the
effect upon the mind of Mr. Thaw of
\u25a0' the statements so made," replied Del
rnas.
"If it were proper to admit the state
ment of Mr. Thaw after the shooting.
"He has ruined my wife,' " argued Del
mas, "is it not proper to -admit a state
ment made after the defendant had
. learned facts to show what the effect
;Of them was upon his mind?"
Delmas said that he did not have his
authorities at the moment.
-It was then 12:25 and Delmas asked
tor an adjournment until 2 o'clock.
LETTER IV EVrDEVCE*
The courtroom was crowded to its
otmost capacity in the afternoon.
Roger O'Mara, head of the detective
force employed by the defense, had a
fifteen minutes' conference with Mrs.
"Harry Thaw during the recess. ,
Former Judge William K." Olcott,
; vho was the first counsel engaged for
\u25a0 Thaw In his defense, appeared during
I Xecess and conferred with Garvan.
!\u25a0 . He was told that it was understood
that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw had made a
i statement In regard to her relations
'.Trlth Whit* and with Thaw to Judge
<yleott wbfa the trouble, first* came up.
,Judge Olcott' was- asked' to present the
pfgned statement if it were In existence
or to be ready to testify, if he were
wanted.
Delmw was about to renew his argu
ment for \u25a0 the ' production "of the letter
;of Harry . Thaw to an . attorney named
i'Xidngfellow Just after the Paris mci- j
'«ient, when Jerome said he would with-:
draw his objection. He first asked per
mission: to read the letter. It was as
follows:
, Mr*. K. Insisted on sailing for New York when
her daughter left.' I kept Mrs. N. In London
three months, cost over • $1000. '" Mrs. Xesbit
sail* tomorrow' for New York.- She thinks I
kidnaped her ' 17-year-oW, daughter. . • Before • sh«
lands rhe win know, that I » have always done
the best I conJd.- -Tbe chfld; cannot he. with her
mother, because she was 15 years old when; she.
\u25a0 was" rained by a. blackguard. .Don't worry, but
Sod eat her adftreses. Telephone Mrs., N., but"
; not ' In roar name." 'Ask her if £he. saw-Mr.
Tbew aboard. As coon as she answers' hang
\u25a0 * op th» *phone. .;\u25a0*;••
On- a .slip ,of * paper inclosed,, was
written: *Tfi you cannot | read' thisdbn't
worry. Please telephone V her Incog.
end wire' the" at my; expense." '
The letter was; si gned • K." H. T. " ;•-.
Delmas H offered * another „ letter writ
1 ten by Thaw. .'Jeromefobjected'on^ the
I ground that there was nothing toMh
! dicate Its dale. 5909BB9toftHflHf
iV ftalma» : decl«ea t that^ttßrlfittct > vas
admissible as tending to show a state
of mind, regardless of when it was
written.
"Suppose it should have been writ
ten yesterday," suggested Justice
Fitzgerald.
"I think it would be admissible,"
replied Delraas.
. "That the defendant Is now insane,"
quickly interposed Jerome.
"That he was insane on the night of
June 26, 1906," said Delraas.
Justice Fitzgerald sustained the. ob
jection. , \u25a0
"If the claim is that the defendant
is now insane the letters are admissi
ble." remarked Jerome.
Mrs. Thaw was shown one of the
letters, and asked: "Was this letter
written before or after June 25,1906?"
Jerome objected on the ground that
Mrs. Thaw was not qualified to ex
press an opinion.
The court sustained the objection.
The. subject of letters was then
dropped.
RETURN TRIP FROM EUROPE
In response to questions by Delmas
Mrs. Thaw described her return trip
from Europe In 1903, which precded
the return of Thaw. She said 'that
she brought a letter from Thaw to
Longfellow, which she delivered. She
i first srw Thaw a month after his re
j turn at the hotel where she was stay
ing. She refused to see him alone, so
another man was present at the inter
view.
"The second man," asked Delmas,
"was a member of the bar, a man of
standing in the community, was he
not?" "" v^-
Y^s. :v-:t.-^
What happened at this Interview?
I feat ou a trunk. 1 Ttiaw came, toward me and
I asked the other man not tf» leave the room.:
Mr. Thaw said to me, "What -is the matter?
Why don't you want to ccc me any more?"
I told him I had heard certain things about
him and did not ' care to see him. . He asked
me what I had heard, and I 6ald: "I have
been told ' that yon took . a girl • and pnt . her in
a bathtub and ' poured scalding water on her."
I » Isn told - him I heard he - took \u25a0 morphine. : .',..
Did yon tell Thaw who told'you those 'stories?
' Not at first. Later I told him a friend of Mr.
White told me. .
What did Mr. Thaw do?
lie Kbook his bead sadly aod said: "Poor
little Evelyn. I see they have been making | a
fool of you." I told him that Mr. White had
token me to Abe Hummel's Jaw office and had
shown me papers in a suit In which a girl had
made charges against ' Mr. Thaw. :••.',• v
How lonj; did the interview last? N*: ;,
About ten minutes.
HIS "LITTLE AAGEI-."
What did Mr. *Thaw do on leaving?
lie kissed my band and said he did not care
what 1 did. that I would always be his little
Did* he often call yon angel?
Nearly always. /•^'•-*-
Mrs. Thaw said she met Harry sev
eral weeks later on the street.
. . \u25a0 . .•--..
He came up to me and said I was looking
badly. I told him I had not been well. He
told me I should not put rouge on my cheeks,
as it was not becoming to a jrtrl of my type. - 1
said I bad put some on because : I was so pale.
I then met him on the street one. day, but he
only bowed. The next, time I saw him was at
I the Cafe Beaux Arts. I ' was invited to dine
I tlwre with another itirl and found Mr. Thaw
one of the party. I told Mr. Thcw I was going
back nn the stage. He . said I was' looking
badly find be would pay anything to keep me oil
the stage. I met him again a few days later
with the same girl at the same restaurant. \u25a0 He
asked me to tell Mm all about the stories. - I
told them all, the story of the girl In the bath
tub, of tying a girl to the bedpost 'and whipping
lipr. and I told him all the stories that frlendi
of Mr. White had told me; that Mr. Thaw took
morphine and that it was while he was nnder
the influence of the morphine that he did those
awful thintrs. ..-..-' „ .^
He said he understood why - these stories had
been . told me, as White and the men who told
them hated him. lie asked me if. I ever -Saw
him take morphine and I said I had not, aod
that -I had' told* Mr. White that I nfever'had seen
him with a hypodermic syringe. -.
. After that I saw Mr. Thaw often. 'One day
I found the man who bad told me of having been
at a hotel one night and hearing screams in a
room, he broke in and, said he. found Mr. .Thaw
whipping a girlwho was tied to a bedpost.' I
asked him to tell me the story again and he did
so. But his story this time was that it was. a
waiter who saw the Incident. It was different
than the original story. I asked him why, and
he said, "I told yon that to please somebody."
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told-Mr.
Thaw that she could find nothing in
the stories that had been told her about
him. v • 7.
"What did Thaw then say to you?" *.
"He said it was all right. 'Youknow
I never lie to you,', he said." . ;c; c ' ~
Mrs: Thaw said she saw, Harry Thaw
the night of Christmas eve, 1903, at the
Madison Square Theater. \
Longfellow ajvd tiie letters ;
Mrs. Thaw was here 'directed : to
aside temporarily ,to allow /the'testi
mony of Frederick ,W. Longfellow, t to.
whom Thaw's letters , offered /in - evi-'
dence had been addressed. " "\u25a0!'..
-Gleason examined" the witness. , He
showed Longfellow \\ the . \u25a0 letters '\u25a0'.. and
asked if they had been received by him.
Jerome objected to". the testimony^ until
the defense waived the;Vight:of profes
sional privilege as between' Longfellow
as counsel and theK defendant as a
former client of the, witness.
_ "I desire to » cross-examine this wiN
ness," said ; Jerome, < "and -. as he was
formerly counsel to v Thaw I may—-" \u25a0 -
"I : withdraw the 'question ; put to my
brother," said Delmas.
"Were you attorney," for Thaw .when
you received this letter?" demanded
. Jerome.
'ties-"-" =\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0*.
1 \u25a0 "Did you i receive; it in .your profes
! sional capacity?'.'
; "The ,. witness \u25a0 examined the letter
i closely. ISPtHP^ 1 IfllWllA^r .'-.'. . \u25a0' .' '-
\, " "I, presume the came , to me -in
\ a. professional capacity," answered
\u25a0 Longfellow.-/. --'. '\u25a0';'-.' •-.'.-." .! J ,\u25a0
:* "Have you. the enveloped of this let
; ter?" :.. \-j , ; * \u25a0 ':; / ;\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0:*\u25a0••'*.'. * .:\u25a0;;
"I : thinkjnot; the. envelope j probably
; was destroyed." . : ' - : " • .
'.'You 1 have made- no' search?" -;"
"While ' there^ is doubt as . to 1 theYexist
ence of "the. 'enVeloperofJav letter/which'
may.*come,iby mail;«";noi"otherjevidence
1 uponf the point can^be 1 . received," : ruled
Justice' Fitzgerald:' "".*';-.;%' .\u25a0- :-'": -'"' .f -: " ;
' "But,"/argued ; pelmaißi';."l} have .asked
tho witness i'- $ci ptato \ irord v aemorx;
THE i SAN^: • FRANCISCO^ CALIi, FRIDAY; 8, 1907.
whether he received the letter previous
to June 25, 1906." ..-'•." . .
"You may answer that," said the
Judge. ; | . "
\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0•; " Yes, \u25a0 two years before,'.' • said Long- i
fellow. j
On cross-examination ; : Jerome . drew
from the witness that he had refreshed
his memory from a; letter book in the
office. „ ""-.;
"Was that a usual thlhg to do*, with
professional relations with clients?"
"Not altogether.", said -the witness. .
Jerome .withdrew objection =to. a let
ter which s had been- shown " the w/uness
i for j identification. ;' • . ' ; '^ v
" Another. .letter '.was shown for.identi
fication,; and '[another argument ensued:
| Arguments ; between the counsel \ took
vp -.most: of the; time" of . the afternoon
session. Throughout rth'e' afternoon
there .was , nothing " startling and those
who were anxious for sensations were
In gloom. -
Longfellow was • finally ; allowed to
say that the second letter shown ' him
was received in November, 1903. \u0084 . *
"Was it received in a professional
capacity?'^ insisted Jerome.
"While.it may have been," said the
witness, "ifdoes not follow that I car
ried out the Instructions it contained."
Longfellow.; identified four or five let
ters and fixed their, dates as prior to
June 25, 1906. ;Jeromo persisted in ask
ing whether or not the letters came
to the witness in his professional ca
pacity. The witness said, again that
he presumed they did, though he did
not carry- out the Instructions..- .v
"I communicated their, contents to
Mrs. Thaw," he said, "and that's air I
ever did." .
c IXTRODUCES THE LETTERS'-"
To introduce the letters Delmas .re
called. Mrs. Thaw and then proceeded
to read the first one. It was quite
lengthy, requiring more than' fifteen
minutes in the' reading. The letter
began:
"Dear Longfellow," and said among
other things; / "Evelyn has left me six
or seven letters - and telegrams from
tne blackguard. If they wish .to begin
a row I am ready for it. I prefer to
reach New York so as to go to Phila
delphia and Pittsburg and then to Port
Huron in time for the wedding on
November 18. I would return to .New
York in time, to meet the Lady Yar
mouth/ who lands on the 24th. vThe
more .row the better. Maybe we will
be married after the Lady Yarmouth
arrives; maybe after the row. Her
mother don't- count."
The letter then referred to some un
married woman, whose name was omit
ted, as a "trickster," "schemer," etc.
This referred evidently to Miss , Nesbit
and her mother when he spoke of them
as "unfortunate", and the "blackguards
who are blackmailing her." .
"The matter of being married Is most
secret," the letter continued. "If the
suit for kidnaping Is begun It must
not be mentioned, but we will need two
staffs of reporters. You^ get one staff
and I know the kind , I want and will
secure them when I land." \u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0,.
The letter constantly referred .to
"that blackguard," and said: "Miss N.
would give all she possessed if she
could have been sent to school by me
instead of by him.. She should never
have remained on the stage so long,
and if they had listened to me they
would not. It resulted in her name'be
ing'falsely connected with two others
beside that blackguard.' -Poor girl, she
was poisoned when she was 15 B ,i years
old. '. \u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0j ':\u25a0.\u25a0-:..'
. "Remember, that if I^flle my property
Is to go to my iwife, But In the event
of" her; death must not go to her rela
tives. > Her wretched -mother -must not
receive anything. "I would provide ;for
her brother, however. , Poor .girl, If ' I
dio- she may not live to be 21." '; r :
.The next. letter read .to .the Jury,
jdated ; November 13, : 1903, was; also ad
dressed to Longfellow.\ "lt said In part:
' "Please send some. one to Inquire at
202 or 204, or perhaps 206 West' Forty r
fifth street, if Miss —r- — — — - is. there or
where a:letter or phone can reach her.
I slept seven and three-quarters hours
on the train, which Is a record sirite
she came home. My responsibility, is
gone, and " I know Bhe can' thank ;me
for any faith, human or, divine, she has.'
Everything that she hadilost is like a
glass of water in a 1a 1 river. I am over
strained, you see."
' At this point the adjournment was
taken until tomorrow. , " .'"
ETBLTX'S MOTHER FAIJVTS
Prostrated by Story Told About - the
Conduct of Tbelr "Benefactor"
PITTSBURG, Feb. .7.— Mrs. Charles J.
Holman," mother of Mrs." Evelyn, Nesbit
Thaw, Is prostrated 'i at ; her home in
Brookline, and tonight- the "attending
physicians: say that she is \u25a0In a most
serious condition. Her. collapse came
after, she' had listened to^ the startling
testimony given by her ;' as
it was repeated to «her over - the tele
phone vfrom a newspaper -office . con
nected by direct wire with the Criminal
Courts building in New York.
For weeks Mrs7 '~ Holman; has been
under a terrible; nervous strain as the
result of , the trouble, and \u25a0'\u25a0 her daughter
and she ; had ' f ondly.-> hoped , that the
reputation of Stanford .White, , the man
whom she has ' always j claimed was her
and her children's benefactor, would be
unsullied. To hear Evelyn's testimony,
even . at ? second hand,^, was ' more than
she could; stand. The \u25a0 newspaper, .as
soon as Evelyn went on the ; stand this
morning, called .up Mrs." # Holman and
apprised her, of, the .fact.* The mother
eagerly asked to know what her daugh
ter was -telling!: as a witness. As the
news came: over" the .wlreXit' was re
peated "to: Mrs.:" to : Mrs .: Holman. -\u25baThe testimony
regarding the \u25a0 dinner at ; Martin's jUst
before the tragedy, brought only the
response,: '."Yes, yes; I • know all' about
that." ' ': \u25a0\u25a0.., V/V': .-•
Then the story of Evelyn's confes
sion to Thaw In Paris 'came over the
wires. : As ; Mrs. . Holman heard- 7 it she
became very nervous/ and- the i reporter
who .was talking. to ' her^.was frequently
Interrupted" by ' exclamations 3of VThls
Is terrible, -horrible l'^'and e finally/ Mrs.
Holman;began ;to cry. '..'.When' the re
porter . read from the confession : "I sat
up and saw^ Mr. , White ;• :i*/X*"_' there
was a shriek-of c anguish,' "and *t,hi.' tele
phone -receiver } at u th"e end fell clatter
ing against the wall. - .
A moment later ' a maid "at ' the ' Hol
man' home': called'over. . the- wire', that
Mrs. Holman had fainted,' and that they
did hot desire to hear any. further news.'
DELMAS TO GET BIG FEE
He and McPlke ; Will \ Remain Perma-
nently / In", New -York
«;NEWf^YORK, FebV 7.— iV became
known today/ that.- DelphinJM.-; Delmas
and' Henry IT. McPlke r of San : Francisco,
of Counsel -i f or ;; Harrys K:^Thaw, ; had
signed * for f^ a^; long i; term lease "\u25a0":\u25a0 f or ; * a
magnificent isuite;ofi offices? in; the, -new
United States? Realty.j building,? now; in
course of 1-, construction \u25a0; at 115 ,' Broad
\u25a0 way. • *. '\u25a0•*\u25a0.; : -: ;.*\u25a0'• -.''-" : -: : -'".'I \-'\ : :--"/--%'\u25a0'\u25a0.'
Delmas . and- McPike were - astonished
to learn r that , the • news • that , they \ were
to j make New York •; their N permanent
residence.. • and. L 'future ;; practice '".\u25a0had
leaked >out. \u25a0' . . .; : " ; \u25a0:''\u25a0'*'\u25a0.\u25a0'.- •\u25a0•'.-. .'-.••... ".y
-"Yes," said !> McPike, . "we have ; de
cided t toirema.in' i in;New ii *York'.and,will
add.; to our already^ large : library/a' com
plete^ Bet 'of Blackburn : reports." U- : cM - J
It is -pretty -generallyj^known;: that
Delmas' 5 fee ; ; iri'jthe !,Thawl'case v is !t one
of the " largest / everi paid *In \u25a0 a ; criminal
case \u25a0in -this * State. >;; : :-" '
;; H BRIDGEPORT;^ Mass.;*; Feb.V 7.—-For
mer^ Congressman $ Ben jamin i T?.', Harris
died r at this \ home^j here % today,^ aged % 83
years.: ; He v "was'» known^ih^Coriifresa fas
Prisoner and Jury Are Affected by Recital
of Young Qirl's Betrayal by Architect
Continued from Page *> C6lumn 6 -
branded Stanford White as the ;de
epoiler'of;her girlhood,. and toldfinjthe
utmost! detail, of blandishments
by . she said : he 'had won ? her? confidence
only- to v rob her ; of consciousness ;by
means; of .'drugged Jwioe and then to
make her his plaything. 1 . ; .'
Bothin "the matter and the' manner
of 'telling^ Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story
sounded; rhore s like some chapter from
a • sensational novel, or an act \ from a
melodrama; than -the coldly transcribed
testimony I taken under oath ]in a court
ot ; law. v; It 'seemed to lack nothing of
fantastic' embellishments which one
associates w#h hectic fiction rather
than with twentieth century real life in
New^York. \u25a0:\u25a0 •\u25a0•;*..'\u25a0 /;.. /\u25a0-;;-. \.-~. '.:\u25a0 \-•
. She told-of mysterious -doors- in the
late architect's Twenty-fourth; street
| studio which -opened at the : touch of
unseen : hands and of strange private
stairways leading to the inner recesses
| Qf a place to which.: she said .the.archi
tect lured her, when she was a sixteen
year-old v. girl ;"with her hair hanging
down her back and/ her frock not be
low her. shoe tops."
r With face as ; colorless as 1 alabaster,
with never a flush of color In her come
ly oval face, she told of a visit to su6h
an upper room accompanied only by
the architect, who had taken herunder
his guidance,: as'he said, to show her
some of :the .beautiful ' paintings and
rare antiques and curios with which he
loved to surround himself. :.With.down
cast head, : yet ; seemingly almost un
abashed and intones loud enough fb.be
distinctly J heard .by the 300 men and
.women who " sat /in oppressive silence,,
this si ip of a girl— f or : she ;. looks, even
now, more like a school girl la
wife— described the; single glass 'of
champagne pressed upon her by r her
host and then tiie ensuing -dizziness,
loss of consciousness, oblivion. - >"
' TOLD ALIi TO THAW ' „
She testified under oath that she told
these things* to Harry Thaw in. 1903,
two years before she was married to
him.- \u25a0 '_ - '; -; : - \u25a0< \u25a0 . ... •" •- .. \u25a0- :\u25a0;• -;
She not under oath when she
narrated, these things fto him. As a
sworn witness, she merely, testified to a
conversation with him in 1903, and»told
her story to the Jury as a repetition of
what she had tol d Thaw.
IThis was of Itself one ' of the . clever
est~>ieces\bf work that Delmas has
done. lv:l 'v: ••''.N. N : •. , .;.... - : '/\u25a0 ;,\u25a0 -; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0_-••
District Attorney Jeromo is hobbled.
It is difficult to see how he can attack
the testimony of Evelyn Nesbit." He
cannot .enter into any investigation
or. cross-examination of ; the truth of
her statements -to Thaw. J
. It was a 'day of surprising progress
for the case of the defense. Practically
the - only serious rebuff ;| suffered by
Delmas was his failure to get' into evi
dence the contents of g a mysterious
note written by Evelyn to her husband
when she saw Stanford White enter the
Cafe Martin a few hours before Thaw
kllled'hlm. - /
Mrs.. Thaw ; said v she had no'knowl
edge;of; the present whereabouts of the
paper which is said to have fallen into
the hands of .":; the /District Attorney.
There was some surprise also, when
Delmas ; : failed to get| from 'the Tgi'rlish
witness ;the kind of answer he sought
when : he > asked her,; as *, to/ Harry's * de
meanor.:on the ': roof : just before
he. slew.j his ; victim. f4f 4 v v ;« >;-';;• ..- ;;.:\u25a0, 'c^-r.
.'.''He was * just \ the same ias \ ever," she*
said.' r."HeVdid; not' seem 1 , to? be'agltated
about ' anything."/ Buf'onf the ' whole a
wonderfully .'favorable I ' impression was
made upon ;;the : jurylby Evelyn Thaw's
testimony so artfully presented to the
Jury by Delmas.: ' -
" ; Crowds more ; numerous ; and niore
persistent than ever; before assailed the
policed doors of .^Judge* Fitzgerald's
court today,- but ;only J the -elect were
admitted. None- of Thaw's "relatives
except his brother : Edward were pres
ent today. V- Mrs. TVllllam Thaw, the
Countess of Yarmouth -and Mrs. Car
negie remained v away «f rom choice. -
Thaw sat pale.but' brave-faced beside
his counsel when his Jwife; took the
stand. The two exchanged glances, and
the faintest of smiles played about the
firmly set lips Qf the girl. - /
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the girl, the girlish fascination" of a
voice of softest quality, ,yet ringing
clear, in enunciation^ iae courtroom lost
view of the prisoner!. -': But I when ; there
came arhalt in the girl's flght against
the^tears.the people, who had gazed un
ceasingly at her, lowered their eyes, as
if 'the -relief .from their stare might
bring : her "- composure she . finally
won. • \u25a0 ;.';: : * ;^ : ;.- v- \u25a0 . v '
Harry 4 Thaw, with his whole frame
shaking, sat with his head buried in his
hands, ",a;hanolkerchief;. covering his
eyes.: Where" the'defendaht sits*' he is all
but shielded" from the 3 jury. Bent over
the table as he sobbed, he could not.be
seen at r all. : ; Thus Thaw sat ;f or many
minutes, and when he } finally j lifted his
head his eyea were red and swollen. \u25a0 .
v : Even\if^ they could .have seen, the
jurors would have had no > eyes for t&e
prisoner. « -:. They, too, ; had turned - their
gaze from /.the vwltness as _ the . tears
came to t her voice . as well Jas her eyes,
and each man of the twelve seemed In
tent upon\ some object on the floor be
fore him.. Justice Fitzgerald looked
out through the long, grated windows.
The scene and the story marked a new
precedent In the history of criminal
proceedings In New York.
Mrs^Thaw was still on the stand, her
direct examination uncompleted, .when
the day 'was NJone." . Once .during the
afternoon she jveas Excused for an hour
while Lawyer Frederick Longfellow was
sworn to fix' a 'date V of certain letters
written . to ; him ]by Harry Thaw subse
quent to, tKe -.; revelatloni Miss Nesbit
had made to him, ln \u25a0 Paris.- ..-,,-[
.The girl had identified the writing,
but - the court; held, that the date must
also; become -a\ matter of competent i
evidence. Mrsr Thaw seemed to ap
preciate the relief : ,this • Incident ;" af
forded,although during the hour and
a half recess' for luncheon she had
covered from the fatigue" of the two
hours spent in the witness chair during
the morning. As she left the stand for
the recess she walked unsteadily and
passing back of the jury box ran the
fingers of. her^ left hand along the wall
as a .blind person might.
..LETTERS/ARE CORROBORATIVE
s The ;. letters, which eventually were
offered in evidence after; much object
•ng by. Jerome and a flood of argument
'y - opposing, counsel, are regarded as
corroborative of Mrs." Thaw's testimony
today, which she often declared; in re
sponse to objections of the District At
torney,: was a repetition of the reasons
she had given Thaw for refusing to
become : his w if e. ' ' They also were of
fered as tending to show the state of
•nind of the defendant just after he
had heard ; from .the lips of the
girl he : loved; of her relations with
the man he claimed he killed as a re
sult Jof insanity inherited: in part and
induced^by.-a" stress ;of circumstances.'
; .The v letters \u25a0 were .written "\u25a0\u25a0 by Thaw
to I Longfellow, as his attorney: He toM
of his coming marriage to Miss Nesbit
and of the -"row* they .want 'to .'•raise.'*.
Disconnected and jerky,- jumping from
subject to subject, they \u25a0 nevertheless
show' the , love he ;bore the girl and
wanted .among /other things that pro
vision should be made that In the event
of his death all hlsjproperty should go
to her. ';"; The letters constantly referred
to "that c blackguard ; .who .poisoned her
I as a "glrl/Vand said that rier name was
falsely.'connected with two "others be
sides "that <blackguard.'V.v. , _
! *\u25a0';? Only itwo; of ; a^.half 'dOJ|en ; letters ;of-{
; f ered ' In ( evldenc e Lwere '": read during \ the*
afternoon ? session.- .The',- others. : { prob-"
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Mrs." Thaw, is 'again called to the stand.
-iTher completion of the direct exam
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sibly require all of tomorrow's ses
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"WHISPERS THE NAMES
.' Mrs. Thaw was not allowed to state
the'names.'of certain persons, . but by
consent; of; counsel; for the -defense she
gave; them in whispers to Jerome, "in
order,"-as Delmas said, "that. the prose-,
cution ; may r have . the fullest possible
opportunity to" refute any of her state
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.While: most; of -the afternoon session
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to the admissibillty- of letters writ
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.'You ; know. I have never lied to you,"
and he never had."
She paid other tributes to her hus
band, to save whose life she has braved
aIL ;.V . ' *
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she said, "he came to me and picked
up the hem of ray skirt and klsaed it
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sat together that night until daylight
talking the matter over. The effect
on Harry was terrible.
"Stanford White sent me to school
In New Jersey in 1302. and early in
1903 I became 111. The doctors cam©
and said an operation was necessary-
They told me I was very sick, but did
not say what was the matter. Mr.
Thaw came to see me and was the last
person, except the doctors, whom I
saw before being placed under the In
fluence of an anesthetic. He has been
told . it was dangerous for me to talk;
so he came in quietly and knelt down
by the bed and kissed my hand and
looked at me for a moment and went
out.
"When I recovered I found he v had
made arrangements for my mother to
take me abroad to recuperate. It was
while we were In Paris on this. * Ti &l
that he proposed to me." J. V^
While the Jury was on Its way to
court this morning a snow shoveler in
the street shouted. "Vote for Thaw!"
He was promptly arrested and taken
before Justice Fitzgerald and allowed
to go after a severe reprimand.
W.I BESS, Notary Poblic
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