The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-07
THAW'S MOTHER
ANXIOUS To AID
SON ON STAND
SOBS AS SHE TELLS OF CHANGE
IN HIM AFTER HE HEARD
OF WlFE'S BETRAYAL.
WHOLE LIFE WRECKED
New York"-Aged Womans Ap.
pearance Adds Another ORA
matte Chapter to Trial.

New York Ma ch G.-Another dra-
matte chapter was aided 10 The his
tory of the Thaw trial today when
the mother of the defendant took the
stand Mrs Thaw's stay before the
jury was brief When Delmas had
definitely limited her examination to
the change she had noted In her sons
condition following his return f~om
Paris in 1908 after Evelyn Nestit had
told him Of her life story and when
Jerome had with great consideration
conducted a short and Intellectual
cross examination, he mother love
welIcd strong in Mrs. Thaw and she
felt she had not done her all She
Was loath To leave the witness chair
There is the question Of heredlty"
she protested when boh Delmas and
Jerome told her she might step down
Il have asked Won. madam, all that
is considered necessary" said Thaw g
attorney with the utmost Difference.
Mrs. Thaw half rose hesitated and
was about to sit down again when
Delmas offered her his hand to assis
her from the stand
Mother Nears Break Down.
Twice during her recital Of the !
events which hal caused her to fear
that all was not right with her son,
Mrs Thaw broke down and was un-
able to proceed Her face flushed /
ard she made an effort TO speak but |
the words would net come. After q
few moments Justice Fitzgerald
asked solicitiously if she felt able to
proceed and Mrs Thaw. evidently
much chagrined that her great grief
had overcome her strong will of re.
sistance, nodded in the affirmative.
She declined glass of water
made an effort once more to proceed
bn failed. Fitzgcrald then inter
posed a relief for Witch The elderly
woman facing Inn must have been
deeply grateful lie said that as
many Of the witness remarks hal
been uttered iD very low voice ii
would be necessary TO have the
sten0grapher read all her testimony
no to that time 20 the jury When
The reading was ended Mrs Thaw
had resained her composure and was
able to proceed 10 the end Of her
narrative
Thsw Was Deeply Depressed.
She said that when Harry came :
home in I9a3 be seemed dcprcs sod +
and apparently had lost all interest I
I'm life. He passed slecplcss nights, +
would often leave the table az meals .
and go into the parlor to play upon
the piano, the music growing softer
and softer until 1t finally died away
She told in a motherly way of her
s0licitudc for the hoy.
As Mrs. Thaw bravely told OF her
sons statement to her. tears we'll d
up in her eyes and for several mo-
mems she was unable to proceed with
her story.
He told me that a wicked man
probably he Wickedest man in all 6
New York-had ruined his life"
II was not until some time after he
had offered This explanation Of the
change in him that she learned the
story of the Young woman who was
To become her daughter-iB-aw.
Mas Thaw told of her son breaking =
down at church in Pittsburg and a
af crwarj explaining 10 was because
of sorrow which prevented the young 4
" nan he loved being al his side. q
Mrs. Thaw tJld Of coming 10 New :,
York to meet Evelyn Nesbt and of g,
giving her consent to her SON, mar n
iiege--the one condition beng that
The girls past life in New York II,
should be a closed book. never TO be 1y
referred 1, in any way Then came ~
he ory of the marriage in Pitts ~
burg in April 1908, the honeym on -
rip and tren a happy placid sumner ~
rent al the mothers country home
n the mountains. 6.
Thaw's Income Not Great. -
That was all Delmas e-ded he :,
abruptly The district al =.
oTney was taken by surprise and be :.
,an to cross examine Vi s. Thaw in a 8
-ery low voice He asked the cond.- ~
ions surrounding the increase in her
cons allowance. but Delmas objected
Ie asked what the sons income =,
mounted to Mrs. Thaw said lt was
odcrate and TO hing like the sum '"'
ae newspapers have so often re-
ortcd
jerome next treadcd upon what be 'l'
must have felt was the thinnest Of 'e'
-e le-i D. put himself in an attitud.
f attemp ing to harass the pathetic ~
gurc IN black on the witness stand iii'
le asked the mother what she knew 70
+ her sons relations with Miss Nes s'
10 before she became his wife. a"