Evening journal., 1907-02-08
y on own NC. PublIshera. Prss.

BY Our own Wire, Publishers Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. s.-For the first timo
an intmation was given to-day Of the
point, which. if established. will probably
result in the acquittal Of Harry Thaw un-
der the unwritten law that Stanford
White was unwilling to give up Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw even after she had become
the wife Of his rival. and that he sought,
even after it had become evident that she
was trying 70 live down her blackened
past. 10 drag her down again to the depths
from which she had been lifted by her
genuine love for Thaw-
1t was only a hint but it caused every
Juror TO bend forward with intensified
eagerness.
'rhe little wife Of the prisoner had been
on the grill all morning listening TO much
tirezome wrangling over the admiss.blty
Of evidence and it was not until near the
noon adjournment that sho was able &c
give any testimony OF real weight. She
testified that subsequent 20 her marriage
she had met White on the street and that
he hold his hands out TO her and asked
her 10 come to him. Also that at another
time she was riding in a handsome and
that White had followed her in another
but that she avoided him.
Aside from this little straw which indi-
Gated the direction which a gale may
sweep down on the case of the State the
most interesting testimony Of the morning
session was that in which Evelyn sworo
that White enlisted the services Of ABE
Ifummcll the attorney recently disbarred
IN an effort to get her TO bring suit against
Thaw on ac barge OF abduction, and that
Hunmmeli also sought TO get her to bring
ruii against Thaw for breach Of promise.
according to Evelyn she had no interest
in either Of the suits. being merely a tool
IN the hands Of White and Hlmmell when
she declared sought to raise a club over
Thaw's head anG shake him down for
biackmaii."
A bit Of humor was injected into tho
situation by Evolyns allegation that
White had complained to her that Hum
nell had double crossed" him and
squeezed him for 5000 with the prospect
OF getting more.
She Loved Thaw.
While the intense dramatics OF yester-
rage OF the pathos in the life Of the little
witness was brought ont by her explana-
tlon Of her failure to wed Thaw sooner
her love for him being so great that she
refused to have him laughed at as she be-
lieved he would be If her own tarnished
name was linked with his.
Another side lignt on whites jealousy
Of his fair captive and also on the deep
shadows through which her life path led,
was Evelyn's statement that Whites ac.
ton I'm taking her out of the chorus and
whizzing her away TO school was not SO
much for the purpose of completing her
education as with a view TO getting her
out of the society Of JackBarrymore the
actor who, she declared was making ad-
vances to her.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw took her place
on tho witness stand again to-day when
court opened. She was dressed in the same
dark purple suit and though her manner
was composed she showed signs of suf-
fering.
Some Strange Letters.
Judge Delmas read the postscript of let
ter placed in evidence yesterday. The
postscript read:
NO one could have made me believe
since / first saw her that she would show
any one except he I first thought she
cared for any letter. should have betted