The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-21
OELVES
INTO PAST LIFE
Of THAW'S WIFE
WITNESS STANDS ORDEAL or
CROSS EXAMINATION AND
HoNoRS ARE EVEN.
TOOK WHITES MONEY
Wcek--pcrtinent Questions
Are Met With a Fail.
ing Memory.

I New York. Feb. 20.-Tn continuing
/ he cross examination Of Evelyn
Thaw today at the trial Of her hns-
band for the murder Of Stanford
White, District Attorney jerome
brought out the fact that In 1902
Stanford White deposited 1880 with
the New York Trust company with
instructions that il be paid TO Miss
Nesbit at the rate Of s25 per week
when she was out OF employment
| Mrs. Thaw admitted receiving.
humber of checks from The Trust
company but she would not admit
that there was provision that she
should receive money only when out
of employment, although her letters
We're read TO that effect The prese
cntor spent the af ernoon trying 10
make Mrs Thaw admit this. but her
one answer was: II don't remember"
During the cross examinations hg
Jerome his afternoon, 20 cheeks in
dorsed by Evelyn Nesbit and Ter
mother were introduced as evidence.
Mrs. Thaw admitted that the cheeks
represented money she had Iece vel
from Stanford White.
| Jerome's Attack Merciless.
Jerome took full advantage OF inc
courts ruling that attack on Evelyn
Thaws veracity is permissible, ana
oegan a searching cross examinat on
evidently aimed 10 bring out cvcrg
detail OF the girls past life. He forced
Mrs. Thaw to tell in detail how she
posed In various costumes, aud the
picsecu or did not mince words
when questioning her about her ey.
periences in the artists studios Then
flie iamchsd bis attack on Eycssas
pathetic storg on the witness stand
when she was under direct cxamifia.
lion. by asking her how long she was
conscious In Stanford Whites Tween
Ityfgurth root studio on the day
when, she testified, she was mi 4
treated by the architect whom Se-
husband subsequently killed.
Mrs. Thaw's inabality TO remember
a number OF other things about which
Jerome questioned her was the most
material element In he cross cxami.
nation. The district attorney delycd
into the witnesses past life with
familiarity as to details and store
Of general knowledge which at times
seemed 10 amaze all who heard, not
excepting the defendants counsel.
jerome indicated in the early ques-
tioning that he had no disposition 70
spare Mrs. Thaw's feelings. He in
teIrogatcd pointedly as to her meu
acquaintances. He laid especial stress
on her acquanianceship with James
| 4. Garland, who figured for the first
time in the case. Mrs. Thaw said she
knew Garland before she me White.
Weren't YOU named as core sponl-
| ent in the Garland divorce case?"
asked Jerome
| Mrs. Thaw was shaking her head
when Attorney Delmas objected. He
demanded that the record of the Iii
| vOrce case be brought into court that
II might speak for itself Justice ri 2
versll overrulcd he objectlo1. hut
Ie.omc withdrew the question.
Never Posed Nude sh. Slys.
Jerome quest oued the pitnc
about her manner Of posing for ar
lists suG brought from her dc.
| NAL that she ever pose1 nude.
Jerome was iusistent for details on
he subject. He did not mince wor.ls.
Many photographs Of Mrs. Thaw we-e
in rolueed in evidence. Jerome dur
ing the morning piled the yourg
woman with questions as TO what dis
Doslt on she had made of The lettcrs
Some she said. had been DESTROYED
and some she had given To- bcr hrs-
bsnd. In the midst Of tho dis rict a.
'ornoy's examination with regard 20
the letters Harry Thav wh,erer@l
audibiy ~ his counsel.
Stanford White stole thCn
later Je.ome indicated thsi D"
'sl a number of letters vri ten hv
White 10 Evelyn. saving hc voul
show her the letters to brighten h~r
memory lie changed his mind hor-
ever. and the letters we're cot p-p-
luccI
Jerome was assisted in rs c-oss
examination by fyp~xriti'u stst~-
neu S made by Wiiues. Cs' gnCther.
Mrs Holman. Of PHisburg. and her
BROTHER. Howard Neshit
Witness is SelfPossesseo.
JerIme's cross examinstiOn nav
4 require several DAYS He jumped
~
Thaw's story and ono period ~ her
ufc to another in a way that tahled
any attempt to tell how FAR he asd