The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-09
AND TREATED HER IN A MOST
lNHUMAN MANNER BEFORE
THEIR WEDDING.
LONG STANDING HATRED
FOR White Again Shown by His at
tempt to Cause His Arrest at
Cost Of His Wife's Name
Important Evidence.

4 New York, July S-Tt has been
nositiyoly ascerained that EVELYN
No,,.;t ~, no+ oraon tha instjt,,iion of
' Wv ,'0 "
sun ior hreach q promise 'sai''al
Harry X. Thaw her present husband
but that she did swear to an aIidaVit
! in which she charged Mr lhaW WIN
having pointed a pistol Al her mead
and threatened to shoot her II she
did not Immediately swear TO
charge accusing Stanford White OF ae-
complishing her ruin.
This affidavit has been destroyed
/ but q photograph OF The document IS
| IN eNistance, and the contents are OF
such a nature as to preclude pubilca-
/ tien Among other assertions contain
1 ed in the paper Is one to the ehect
! that 1haW conceived a hitser hatred
/ IUf stanford White several years ago,
which he nWsod ~ To the tine 81
making the atfidaEii This hatred
was not be ol upon the faci thai Eve
| lyn Nesbit had made a statement con
cerning him. for i had It's laeep' on
! long before that document was drawn
iuD, and was founded uaon insane Jeal-
ousy Of his victim, Wh7, ThaW said
would have been one of the best men
in New York If he had not been
lhlackguard. -
Cruelty Talk Of Friends.
The treatment by Fhaw Of Evelyn
! Nesbit before she was married TO him
iEae bpeA he X Of thei9 acqnaini,
Iances for several year.. i has been
established beyond the shadow OF
doubt mat he travelled with hls pres.
ent wife in Europe tor long tlme be
| lfcre they We're married. and thai ms
treatment Of her was such as to
prompt her to run away from him on
several occasions only to return and
make mp HE quarrel So cruel was
his treatment Of Evelyn Nesbt tfat
m one notable occasion Tha% was
threatened with bodily harm by a wei
known man who witnessed an eXem-
placation of this cruelty The dis
trict attorney is in possession Of he
facts in connection withthis maiater
land will br ne out the details whe1 the
trial Of Thaw takes place
On the night cf Dee. -, 1903. ThaW
gave party in one OF the best known
rcstauran in upper Broadway The
guest of honor was Evelyn Nesbit
There We're several other guests men
and women and Ihaw distinguished
himself early iu the evening by eat.
i-g thc yiolets which composed the
corsage bouquet worn by Miss Nesbiti
land which had been given her by an
admirer whose name she would not
toll Thaw when he demanded it, Liter.
tell Thaw when he Il 'm1nded H. Later.
woman. iefi the private room In the
upper part OF the restaurant. whore
Tbaw and hi- guests had eonc, anil
went d Nn stairs to the telephone
booth. which was o1 the main floor.
Dragged Throrgh Restaurant
While she was teiephoning Miss
Nesbii Wa greeted by sev 4
eral friends who were dining and after
She left the booth she sat for m0-
ment with them aud exchanged ordi-
nary comments which are usual be-
tween friend at Christmas. Thaw be- 1
came restiyo because Of what he con
sdcged. Miss Nesh.ts ltng absence
and came downstairs 20 see what she (
was doing. When be perceived she /
was talking TO other men he became
slid with anger.
Approaching Miss Neshii from the i
rear Thaw eraspcd her by her dress
and lack Of her neck and dragged her
through the restaurant and mp the 4
stairs 10 The private room. where they /