The San Francisco call., 1906-07-05
THAW'S Wife MAY
TESTIFY FOR
STATE.
District Attorney to Call Her
as a Witness if Certain
Reports Prove to Be True
QUEST OF FAFFIDAV VT
instrument Drawn Up When
She Contemplated a Suit
for Breach of Promise
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SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK. July At is expected
by the District Attorneys Office that it
will come into possession OF the affida-
Wit made by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in
the action which she contemplated TAX
ing against Harry K. Thaw before their
marriage If the District Attorney
should be successful in his quest for
this instrument it is the belief of law
yers that Thaw's defense will suffer
terrible blow.
A reporter was told today that Stan
ford White, whom Thaw slew, had a
big hand in directing the preparation
of this affidavit When the paper was
signed and sealed it is said, White in
sisted that it be placed In a depository
where even the partners of the lawyer
before whom il was drawn could not
get at it. Whites reason for this Sc
crecy was that it would be no small
temptation for the majority to have
knowledge of it's contents.
On the basis of copy of this affi-
dayit. it is reported Thaw settled on
his then wife be a handsome COM
/ petence, besides paying the lawyer en-
ployed in the case an astounding fee.
Not long after the making of the
affidavit it is said, Evelyn Nesbit went
to Europe, and only a short time
elapsed before Harry Thaw took up
her trail.
THAw,s MOTHER MAY RETURN.
Mrs. William Thaw. the mother of
| Harry K, Thaw, may return to Amer
lea in time to appear as witness for
/ the defense of her son when he is
placed on trial for the murder of Stan
ford White. 1t is known that Mrs.
Thaw will not permit her falling
health to prevent her appearing in the
witness stand If such a proceeding be
I NJ arv In fa Cha
to America Immediately if the lawyers
l for the defense notified her that her
presence was needed in New York.
! This, however, is not necessary.
The mother of Thaw. it is expected,
will make a deposition In London be-
4 fore a commissioner of the law firm of
Black, Gruber & Bonynge and this i'm
portant statement will be forwarded
to New York.
! Among the numerous letters and
/ cablegrams received today by Mrs.
Harry Thaw at the Loarfne was a
cabIegram from Mrs. William Thaw.
/ The exact wording of the message is
not known, but it is believed that the
mother Of Thaw assured the wife that
no stone would be left unturned to free
4 the prisoner and that she would be in
New York whenever her presence was
needed.
SONS MIND NOT NORMAL.
| According to a friend of the Earl of
i Yarmouth, Mrs. William Thaw is quot
1 ed as having said that her son was not
pected for years that her son was not
mentally strong and II was because of
/ this weakness that she always stood
/ by him in his troubles, even when the
/ late Mr.. Thaw lost all patience with
the young man and in his will left
him only small income from the es-
tate.
The latest information from London
/ is that the mother of Thaw has recov-
cred from the shock she experienced on
learning that her son was a murderer,
and is looking upon the situation in
which the family finds itself in phil
osophical manner. She is woman of
great mental resource and heretofore
has been the chief adviser In many
! family trouble. In this crisis the
friends of Thaw believe she will render
| invaluable assistance.
"TREATs, FELLoW-PRIsoNER
! Harry K. Thaw gave his fellow male
prisoners at the Tombs pleasant sur
prise today by treating them all to
cream and cake.
Thaw had a talk with Rev. John A.
Wade. the Episcopal clergyman who
attends to the spiritual needs of the
Protestant prisoners. Thaw asked the
/ Clergyman il the Fourth of July was
being observed In any especial way in
/ the prison.
Well" answered the clergyman.
"Pye just finished a task that falls
on me every independence day-that
of supplying the women and boys with
/ icecream and cake"
| When the pastor said that the men
were uncared for in that respect Thaw
asked him to get enough to go around
and send the bill to him. Mr.. Wade
did as requested. buying forty-six
quarts of icecream and thirty dozen
cakes.
Thaw's wife was not permitted to
visit him today, the rule excluding
visitors being in effect the same as on
| Sunday.