Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-19

Nh. DelmGs.
Mrs. Calne is petite. young woman
with an abundance of brown hair worn
| pompudour She was smartly attired
In dark brown suit and wole a toquo
! OF brown fur Mrs. Caine had known
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and her mother for
six years, and Thnw for three years.
We're you IN New York In 1903 and
present when there occurred a CONVEX
sation between Mr.. Thaw and Mrs.
Holman in which Mr.. Thaw made a
proposal of marriageg'
u was.
State what that conversation was"
Il was in the room when Mr.. Thaw
called. He told Mrs. Holman that he
wanted to marry Florence"
What happened after Mr.. Thaw
made this propcsal?"
| u left the room"
| Did you accompany Mr. and Mrs
! Thaw TO theater late in 1908 or early
/ in 1902" asked Mr.. Delmas.
Yes"
! Did Stanford White come in?"
| Yes: he came in and occupied a box
! opposite ours"
What effect did this have upon Mr..
! Thaw3'
He looked at the box, his face turned
| white and his eyes popped in a vida
| sture."
How long did he look that way2"
| Until Miss Nesbt told him that If he
! Gid not stop she would take him from
! the thcatcr"
What happened next"
Mr.. White got up and went out and
| we remained"
You may have the witness, Mr.
Jerome said MIR. Delmas.
ON cross examination Mr., Jerome
| asked Mrs. Cuine several questions re-
| Earding tho visit to the theater with
! Mr. ThaW and asked:
When next did You see Mr.. Thaw?"
In Mrs. Nesbit's apartments"
Were you in the room2"
mo, l was in the bathroom adioiu-
ing, but the door was ajar, and
could see and hear plainly"
How did you happen TO be in the
bathroom"
when Nh, Thow telephoned up to
the room Mrs. Nesbit asked me to 20
into the bathroom so 1 could hear what
was said"
Did she tell you anything about
Not then,
Did Mrs Nesbit give any reason for
asking you to so in the bathroom?"
ACTED AS EAVEsDRoPPER.
she said she wanted be to hear what
MIR. Thaw said"
What / am trying to get at il why
she made this request that you act as
an eaYesdropper--"
Mir. Delmas was on his feet exclaim-
ing; Il object and desire to note an
exception on the ground OF misconduct
OF the district attorney"
Well said Mr., Jerome. sit is usu-
al
II protest and note another exception
on the same ground, broke In Mr.. Del
| mas.
Well all right, III go at it another
way. Mrs. Game, did you not consider
| il an unusual performance %
II did not consider 1t at all"
"All that happened sometime before
| Mrs. Thaw told you that Thaw was in
| terested In Florence. and when he tel
| ephOned up, all she said was to ask you
to so into the bathroom and listen?'
Yes"
"lyhat did Thaw say first?'
II don't remember
''Wel. what DO you remember OF the
conversation?
"EIe told Mrs Nesbit about Ills desire
! TO send Florence to Europe, and said
| II she would marry him he would settle
enough on Mrs, Nesbit and Mr.. Howard
| to keep them forever Mrs. Nesblt said
| she would try and fix il so Florence
! would accept him"
How long We're you in the bath
room"
"only 3 few minutes. Mr.. Thaw did
! not stay long
when you came out what did Mrs.
! Ncsbii say to you?'
she said. I know. you see, his in
| tentons are honorable
Had there been any discussion az to
whether his intentions We're or We're not
| honorable
mo.
What next did Mrs Nesbit say"
"She said she wanted me 10 help her
to induce Florence to axe Mr., Thaw as
a husband.
JEROME INSGsTENT
Mr.. Jerome pursued his questioning
al great length. no underworld To
| bring out the fact from the witness that
upon the second trip Harry Thaw and
Evelyn made To- Europe IIvclyus
! mother aid not accompany them.
l1r. Delmas objected 20 his llno Of
cross-eSaminatiop. but Justice Fitz-
gerald upheld the district attorney, VINO
declared he was mol Indirectly attack
ing the crcdibility of Mrs. Vhaw
MT. Delmas noted many exceptions.
declaring the movements Of young Mrs.
ThaW'3 mother could not constitute
evidence against tho defendant.
did Mrs Evelyn Thaw tell you that
her mother was not upon this second
trip 10 Europe" finally asked Mr. Ie-
No"
Did YOU see Mrs. Thaws mother in
this country while her daughter was
m Europe In 1902
"Yef once here in New York"
Did you discuss hiss Ncsbits
| Whereabouts"
I'VE did not"
when ala you next see Miss Nes-
biz on Mr. 1how''
After they returned from Europe
Where did Mrs. Ncsbt then i've,