Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-20
UNABLE D|SCRED|T
EVELYN's STORY
Mrs. Thaw More
Than Match For
: Jerome
COULDN'T TANGLE HER UP
Maintained Wonderful Com
posure During Entire
Cross Examination.

New York, Feb. 20.--Notwithstand
ing continued protests on the part o
Attorney Delmas and others Of Thaw's
counsel, Justice Fitzgerald late yes
terday afternoon ruled that Distric
Attorney Jerome could examine Mrs
Evelyn Thaw as to the truth of hel
statements. 1t had been held al
along that under the law it was imma
terial whether the story that Mrs
| Thaw told her husband was true o.
not, the point being that Thaw be
lieved it to be true. Justice Fitzger
aid, in is ruling, held, however, tina
District Attorney Jerome could In
vestigate the truth of Mrs. Thaw's
story in order that he might attach
he credibility Of the witness.
Examined Witness Rough Shod.
The cross examination of Mrs
Thaw was continued when the trial
was resumed this morning and Je
rome went after the witness rough
shod indicating that he did not intend
to spare the feelings of the YOUNG
woman in any way.
Asked Embarrassing Questions.
He interrogated Mrs. Thaw sharply
as to the nature and other details oi
her dress when she posed for artists
in Philadelphia and New York. He
persisted in these embarrassing and
personal questions even after Attor'
ney Delmas for the defense objected
and he insisted on definite answers,
although Mrs. Thaw usually replied
| that she "could not exactly remem
ber."
More Than Held Her Own.
Mrs. Thaw fenced with the district
attorney quite skillfully at times, al
ways keeping her wits we'll about her
and she more than held her own with
the prosecuting attorney, much to the
satisfaction of the counsel for the de-
tense and to the chagrin of jerome.
DweIt at Length on White Letters.
District Attorney Jerome spent an
hour or more upon the subject OF
Stanford Whites letters Mrs. Thaw
declared that the fourteen letters
which Thaw turned over to Hartridge
were the only ones she positively
knew were in existence.
Wouldn't Be Tripped.
When Jerome would occasionally
ask pointed question with the EVIL
lent purpose of tripping her, Mrs.
Thaw would reply with an emphatic
shake of her head, 81 didn't say that
Denied Quarreling With Mother.
The district attorney asked her II
she had not quarreled with her mother
over her going with a married man,
James A. Garland. and that her moth
er considered that she was becoming
unruly? She denied this.
Never Posed In Nude.
Mrs. Thaw also denied that she had
ever posed in the nude or had a cast
of herself made in nude. She said
that she did not know Garland very
long and that this acquaintance
ceased when she met Stanford White.
She also said her mother always met
her at the theater except when White
came.
That Mirrored Bedroom Episode.
Finally Jerome dropped the subject
Of the White letters and turned his
attention to Mrs. Thaw's story to her
husband.
"How long were you unconscious in
the Twenty-fourth Street house at the
time Of your experience with Stanford
White in the mirrored BEDROOM
asked the district attorney.
Il don't remember" answered the
witness ~ thought 1t was after mid
night when became unconscious. 1t
was before daylight anyway"
Jerome then read from Mrs Thaws
direct testimony the statement that
she sat up all night. To this she re-
piled that she had meant the rest Of
the night after she had been taken
home.
Didn't Want to Sell Her Hand.
Jerome then asked If there was any
thing to show that Mrs. Nesbit was
willing to sacrifice her daughter for a
pecuniary consideration.
Mo- said Mrs. Thaw, shaking her
head Indignantly.
Another Man In the Case.
The district attorney asked the wit
ness about man named Hoppe or
Hopley. He pressed her closely
about this man and wanted to know
If he had not lived in the same house
with her, which the witness vigorously
denied.
Have you seen him since 1901 ?"
asked Jerome.
Il may have passed him on the
street." answered Mrs. Thaw.
cross-Exar,ination Still In Progress.
The cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw
continued late this afternoon.
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