New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
THAW WAS
annoyed BY White
SHE SAYS HE PURSUED HER
AFTER HER MARRIAGE
TO HARRY.
Hot Protest by Jerome-Asks Court to
Put Stop to Defamation of the
Dead-Piot in HummePs Office
Told.

New York, Feb. 9.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw again Friday was the central
figure at her husbands trial She was
still on the stand-her direct eXamina-
tion unfnished-when the usual week
end adjournment until Monday morn
ing was taken.
Picking up the threads of her life's
story where she had dropped them the
evening before, the girl wife of the de-
fendant-alWays, she declared. telling
her story just as she had related it to
Harry Thaw from time to time
brought the narrative down to her
wedding in Pittsburg, on April 4,
1905, and their return to New York
following a honeymoon trip in the
west. She declared she had heard
White call to her on the street once
after this and that on another occas-
lon when she passed him in a cab she
noticed his cab turn around and fol-
low her in the direction Of a doctors
Office, where she was going to have
her throat treated.
jerome in Hot Protest.
District Attorney Jerome, who had
throughout silently listened to the
young wife's statements, sent a thrill
of excitement through the courtroom
late in the day by jumping to his feet
and vigorously protesting against this
defamation of the dead
Is there no limit" he exclaimed,
ito the aspersions that are to be cast
upon this man? Your honor we'll
knows I cannot, under the law, contro-
vert any statement this witness might
make against the memory of Stanford
White"
In tones bitterly sarcastic, Mr.. Jer-
ONE spoke of "this tattle of the ten
derloin,' and declared that the court
had the right to limit such testimony
until competent evidence has been
adduced here to show that this man
is or was, of unsound mind. We don't
know whether this defendant ever
was insane" he concluded
Court Curbs "Defamation."
The question which called out the
vehement protest from the district at
torney was addressed to Mrs Thaw
by Mr.. Delmas, and it's purport was
whether or not Harry Thaw had at
any time told her about "other girls
who had met a fate similar to yours
at the hands of this man"
What MANI snapped Mr.. Jerome.
Stanford White replied Mr.. Del
mas, with the GOODNESS of voice and
manner characteristic of him; and
then he added, still in the same low
tone, ''who else?"
Justice Fitzgerald held that the dis
trict attorneys suggestion was good
one, and he thought the defense
should lay broader foundation to
show insanity before proceeding along
the lines suggested by Mr.. Delmas'
question.
1--WE will proceed to do this as soon
as possible announced the attorney
Mrs. ThaW declared that Stanford
White, during the year which followed
her experience in the room of the mir
rored walls, repeatedly sought to have
her visit him alone.
Wouldn't See White Alone.
Il told Harry she said, that Mr..
White had begged me, had pleaded
and cried and scolded, and done every
thing he could to make me come to
see him alone. refused and he told
me was cruel and that was as cold
as fish and not a human being. told
Mr.. White I didn't care to trust him. 2
After her return from Europe, and
during the months she would not see
Harry ThaW because of the dreadful
things Mr.. White and his friends told
me about him, she declared Thaw ac-
cused her of improper relations with
the architect. rs
Il told him it was a lie and that
! had not" she testified, with an en-
phatic show of feeling.
The defense had Mrs. ThaW tell OF