The Washington herald., 1907-02-27
MRS. EVELYN THAW
LEAVES THE STAND
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

leather-coyered book. in which she re-
corded many Of her impressions and ex-
periences during the few months she
spent at the girls school she attended at
PomptOn, n. j.. in 1902
They were written In a thoughtful vein,
for the most part, though there We're oc-
casional flashes of the sort Of the humoT
one would expect from a young girl who
had spent as much time as she had spent
IN the society of the theater and the
restaurants. 1t is scarcely surprising that
not all of if was in good taste. that slang
was plentiful. and that certain views Of
life are indicated that are not ordinarily
commended 10 the young person. There
were, however. occasional passages that
show that Miss Nesbit was at that time
far from being totally thoughtless. and
that she did some real thinking for her
self
Writes She Is Susceptible.
"Of course, she wrote, Il couldn't live
! here all the time. but | can enjoy il for
two years at least l often stop to Won
/ der at myself-how quickly / have given
up and forgotten all those people. They
don't know what they are doing, for they
don't have time TO think. But give any
( one Of them a chance TO get away and
think and learn and you will see much
| difference in them. Everybody knows
/ that some people have strong moral char
lctcrs. and others are susceptible TO their
surroundings. ! am one of the suscepti-
/ Bile persons and if / stay here long
enough I expect to be a noble character
/ before I get out"
/ But Evelyn Nesbit did not have q
chance to stay at school and think and
/ learn for those two years she promised
! herself and she was soon back where
/ people don't have time TO think. All
/ the same. her little essay showed that
she had a pretty keen understanding OF
some Of the elements Of her own charac-
ter even though she was only seventeen
| at the time.
Thaw's Mental Condition.
Jerome's questions to-day Indicated
that he is still giving a good deal of at
/ tcntion to the mental condition Of Harry
! X. Thaw. He asked several times about
| how Thaw acted when he saw White and
about Thaw's belief that White kept
some from being elected a member of
the KnickerbUcker Club, and also as to
/ 4
/ him followed by members of the Monk
Eastman gang. He set Mrs. Thaw to
tell how Thaw "had a fit" in a cab one
/ time When he saw White on the sidewalk,
and wanted to know all about how he
4 looked and acted at the time.
There are several persons who declare
their belief that the case will never reach
| the jury AZ al. They base their opinion
/ On the conviction that the district attur-
ney will be able 20 bring out from vari-
Gus medical witnesses, among them DIT.
| Dermar and Or. Bingaman, who have
/ been employed at various times IS physi-
/ clans oy the Thaw family, testimony that
Will justify him in asking the court 10
appoint q commission IN lunasy 20 deter
mine whether the defendant is sane at
/ the present time. Should such a commits
sion be named and report that the de
PENDANT is now insane the trial would, of
/ course. come 10 an end abruptly
Experts on stand Next.
/ Tomorrow Dr. Evans will take the
stand for cross-eXaminati0n. After Jerome
/ is through with him he will tackle DIT.
/ Wagner After that the defense will put
DR.. Hammond and DIT. Jelliffe on the
stand. they to be followed by Mrs ThaW
the defendants mother.
All day long a great crowd fought 10
get into the courtroom It was by far
the biggest crowd Of the trial and the
most troublesome. Despite the strict
orders OF Justice Fitzgerald that no
woman was to be admitted, a number
made mad by curiosity, were foolish
enough 20 get buffetted in the fighting
struggling mob, without even getting a
| glimpse Of the courtroom door, But they
got the atmosphere" as one sensa ton
| hunter expressed Il.
J Thaw was in good humoT all day. Some
Of the time he spent scTibbling in d good
/ sized notebook During wTangles be-
/ tween the lawyers, or while exhibits were
! being marked, he looked long and often
at his wife.