The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-02-26
EVELYN VISITS THAN
Was Greatly Weakened BY Her Ex-
perience On Witness Stand.
WILL HAVE SEVERAL DAYS MORE

Mr.. Jerome Is Only Half Through With
cross.Examination Of Mrs. Thaw'
and Then Comes Redirect ESami'
nation.
Now York, Feb 23.-The principals
in the Thaw trial apparently relished
the respite from the scenes which
marked this weeks proceedings. BY
the time the hearing is resumed next
Monday morning il is expected that
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will have
entirely recovered her compOsure and
be prepared again to take her place
in the witness chair. On Thursday
it was said the young woman was on
the verge OF illness. and that a cup
of broth had been her only her only
sustenance for two days She was so
weakened as the result Of her eXper.
fence that she retired Immediately
upon reaching her apartments. and did
not arise until late Friday. The only
reason which took her from bed even
then was the call she had promised to
make upon her husband in the Tombs
prison.
Mrs. Thaw was accompanied by
Daniel OReilly. one OF her husbands
counsel. and was shown at once into
the consultation room. There had
been reports that Thaw was himself in
bad physical condition. but when he
appeared to greet his wife he declared
that he was feeling exceptionally well.
and was enjoying his usual vigorous
health. As Thaw rushed into the con.
terence room he clasped mis- wife in
bis arms. saying my dear, brave lit
lie Wife" The two talked together for
a long while. and then Mr.. O'Reilly
was called into conference.
Mrs. Thaw was pale and worn but
whcn approached by newspaper men
she smiled and tried to appear cheer
ful. In reply to questions. she said
she was feeling pretty we'll"
District Attorney Jerome has gone
TO I.akeyille. Conn. to spend the holi.
dav recess with his family. Nearly
all Thaw's counsel remained at their
homes.
The district attorney will keep Mrs.
Thaw on the stand at least a day
and a half more, and may even
stretch his searching cross-examina
ton through twice that length OF time
II will depend upon how Mrs. Thaw
feels at tho end OF this period as &c
whether Thaws counsel will go ahead
with their redirect examination Of
her. Mr. Delmas has been making co
pious notes during Mr. Jerome's ques
tioning of the witness. and he will
likely endeavor 10 place a different
light upon some of the incidents which
have been disclosed With the cross
examination only half completed. and
with the redirect and re-cross-evani
nation still i'm view. there seems Nc
way In which 10 approximate the mum
bcr Of DAYS in the witness chair Mrs.
Thaw has before her II she Is much
fatigued at the end Of Mr.. Jeromc's
first cross-examination. she may be
released for a time, subject to recall
In view of the fact. however, that the
defendants counsel forced the district
attorney to proceed with the cross-cX-
animation against his will. he will very
likely insist in return that they shall
also conclude with the witness before
she Is excused from the stand
Mrs. Thaw, on direct examination
identified ~ letters as being in the
handwriting ol Stanford White. The
letters were not written to her. but &c
another girl Mr. Delmas evidently
is holding these letters for introduction
during the redirect examination. and
evidently hopes TO have them admitted
&c onsetting something Mr. Jerome
was expected 10 bring ont on cross
examination. No intimaiion has been
given as to what the letters contain
or TO whom they were written. They
nav constitute a new element OF sur
prise which is yet TO be injected into
a case which has already been so pro
life of astounding Incidents.