The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-02-23

Evelyn Thaw's motherl
With a New York trust company with
instructions that il should be paid 10
the Neshit girl at the rate of 81 a
week. Mrs Thaw frankly admitted
receiving a number of checks from
Tho trust company hut She would not
admit that there was provision that
she should receive the money only
when ont of employment The prosecu-
tor spent several hours trying 90 make
Mrs Thaw admit that this was true.
but as often and i'm as many ways as
ne PM the question 10 her She gave
the one answer. Il don't remember.
Mrs Thaws inability 10 remember
a number OF other things about which
Mr.. Jerome questioned her was by far
the most material element in The
cross examination The district attOr-
ney dolvod into The witness past life
with @ familiarity as 10 details and a
store of general knowledge which az
times seemed 90 amaze all who heard.
not excepting the defendants counsel
themselves Alr Jerome indicated
early in his questioning that Doc had no
disposition to spare Mrs Thaws feel
incs in any way whatsoever
Evelyn As a Correspondent
He mterrogatod her most pointed y
as 10 her men ac0uaintanccs of the
past He laid especial stress upon her
acquaintance with James g. Garland.
who figured for the first time IN the
case Mrs Thaw said she knew Gar
land before she met White.
weren't Won named as correspond.
cnf in the Garland divorce case?" ask
a. ,ir Jerome.
Mrs Thaw was shaking her head
when Mr. Dclmas sorang To- his feet
with an objection TIE demanded that
the record of the divorce case be
brought into court that 10 might speak
for itself Justice Fitzgerald over
ruled tho objection bur Mt Jerome
withdrew the question
Mr. Jerome questioned the witness
about her manner of posing for artists
and brought from her a denial that
she ever posed in the nude Mr. Je-
rome was insistent for details ON The
subject He did not mince words.
Many photographs of Mrs Thaw were
introduced i'm evidence. Mr.. Jerome
piled the young woman with questions
as TO what disposition she had made
of tho letters written 10 her by stan
ford White. some. she said. had been
DESTROYED. and some she had given 20
her husband. In the midst of ihe dis
trict attorneys examination with re-
gard 10 the letters and when he was
pressing for an answer as 10 what had
become OF some of them. Thaw leaned
far over and whispered to his counsel
in a voice audible TO those nearest TO
him.
stanford White stole them"
Attorney O'Reilly thereupon said
aloud
stanford White got them
at counsel desires to testify we will
he very glad 10 have him do So Mr..
Jerome remarked sarcastically.
Later Mr.. Jerome indicated that he
had in his possession number Of
letters written by Stanford White 90
EVELYN Nesbit. saying he would show
her the letters 20 see 81 they would
brighten her memory Bit He chang
cd his mind however. and the letters
were not produced Mr. Jerome de-
manded that Thaw's counsel deliver to
the court the Stanford White letters
they have i'm custody. but they made
10 response.
Mr.. Jerome then changed his line OF
examination and began 10 ask certain
questions as 10 the witness belief in
the general chastity OF women. as
based on Whites statement to her
that most women we're unchaste. Mrs.
Thaw said she had believed this at
first. but later doubted IT. Mr.. Jerome
then began 10 ask her questions as to
the books she had read and other
things tending to show her moral
training and her estimate of her own
morality. In reply to other questions.
the witness could not fix the day OF
the week or month on which the al
legged outrage upon her by Stanford
White occurred.
Defends Her Mother.
Mr. Jerome then asked the witness
nroid II over occur TO Won that your