Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
Her Sublime Remuneration"

rs it not true that she had refused him !?
Thaw wrote that she thought first and then
rejec ed his offer. Yes she thought. She
looked upon the man she loved, she looked
upon her own past, and she did not want to
bring reproach upon the man who would
have married her.
Why She Refused Him.
Down in her noble heart she said:
Harry. | love you, and because 1 love you
l do not want to tie my unfortunate exist
ence to yours, that people would point
the finger of scorn at you. / want to leave
you free. and the moment you think 1t is
best for You 1 will go my sad way. l will
go back and earn my own living and you
shall be free and honored. Go back to
your noble mother and dear sisters and 1
shall go down. where so many others have
gone before me, and disappear from the
world
Yes, she thought. The of the dis
tr!ct attorney is unjustied. The little girl
did sacrifice herself. did rise to the heights
of sublime renunciaton.'
Mr.. Delmas here read from Mrs. William
Thaw's testimony. and went on:
Did the Mother Perjure Herselff
Did that venerable, gray-haired mother
come here to perjure herself? Did she in
vent this story which she says her son told
her? Or did he tell an untruth when he
contided to his loved mother and told her
that he loved this girl and wanted to de-
vote his life to her? And all this time that
little girl was going along using the talents
God had given her to make living for
herself, refusing to marry the wealthy
man who loved her and whom she loved
because she thought it was the best for
him. Oh, sublime self-adnegation,'
Mr.. Delmas then read at length from
Evelyns testimony, recalling the portions
of her story in which she told of the effect
of her story on Thaw's mind. ana how dur
ing the months in which she was with him
in Europe his mental suffering seemed to
increase.
Such was the condition of Harry Thaws
mind when, in the fall of 1903, he parted
from Evelyn Nesbit in Europe and sent her
back to New York ahead of him. There,
gentlemen, you have the first dawn of the
mental condition which manifested itself
three years afterward.
THE foundations of his reason were I'M
dermned. The storm had not burst. but
the clouds were gathering from the four
points of the compass, and from them the
lightning and thunder were toburst in
three years and astound the world
Stanford Whites Stories.
Mr. Delmas turned again to young Mrs
Thaw's testimony and repeated that part
of 1t in which she told Of having refused
to see him after he had followed her home
from Europe, because Of the dreadful
things" friends Of Stanford White had told
her about him.
Evelyn told him what had been related
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bath tub and turning hot water on her. of
using morphine and tying girls to bed
posts and beating them.
''Thaw, Mr.. Delmas added, SHOOK his
head sadly and said Poor EVELYN"
Genuine Documents.
Mr. Delmas read also of the girl telling
Thaw Stanford White had taken her to see
Hummel.
What the condition of his mind was at
that time Is shown to you, gentlemen, by
documents Of indubtable genuineness
The letters Mr.. Thaw wrote to Attorney
Longfellow picture the sad epoch in his
life; they voice the wall from suffering
soul such as has never been voiced by a
dramatist from the days of the Greeks
down to the present time"
Mr. Delmas read many of the letters to
them as he read. In one of these letters
person, said:
He would have done anything for you,
but now you must get stronger without
him. Poor little Evelyn, You have fallen
back into the hands of the man who poi
soned your life and who now is poisoning
your mind. But l have no reproa ches to
heap upon you-but, oh, the sadness of it
all, You have driven me from your side,
and now you must fight the battle Of life
alone-wthout me-
"Oh, Stanford White" exclaimed Mr.
Delmas. Had that man kept out of the
way with his smooth tongue, professional
tricks and devices, poor little Evelyn would
not have turned from her the man who
loved her at the behest of those profess
sional deceivers.
IF you don't believe in as a gentle
man." wrote Harry Thaw, "there is moth
ing to do. Being honest and faithful has
finished me- The pages neither of poetry
nor oratory contain a simpler. sadder or
more melancholy story of desolation than
that which came as desert waste on the
mind of this young man when he saw the
girl he loved go back to the man from
whose clutches he had rescued her. In this
condition Of mind Harry Thaw left New
York and went to his mothers home in
Pittsburg. Up to this time Harry Thaw
had been man of cheerful temperament,
but the mothers eyes saw how the change
had come"
A Soul in Agony.
Mr.. Delmas then read from Mrs. William
Thaws testimony regarding the actions of
her at that time; how he was moody
and quiet; how he did not sleep; how he
often went to the piano.
He struck the chords of the instru-
ment" went on Mr.. Delmas, until they
resounded like avail, until they shuddered
like the groan of a soul In agony; until
the storm passed from him, and the music
grew softer. and finally died away. The
loving mother heard his sobs; she saw him
awake until the gray of dawn. He told
that mother that the story was one he
could not repeat to her, but soon by a
mothers art she won her way into her
sons soul, and little by little he told the
story.
Lest We Forget.
Then. gentlemen. you remember that
awful scene in the church. You remember