The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13
EVELYN NESB!TT THAW
ON WITNESS STAND
PALE. TREMBLING, WEEPING,
TELLS BIER STORY.

PALE, TREMBLING, WEEPING,
TELLS her STORY.
Her Face Bathed in Tears, the Show
Girl Tells the Jury How White
Duped Her and of His Nefarious
s, scheme in Robbing Her of Her
yiftue.
New York, Feb. Attorney Del
phin M. Delmas, Of California, placed
in charge Of the defense of Harry
X. Thaw on yesterday proves a form
idable match to Attorney General Je--
rome. Under his direction the defense
began to assume definite shape and
when adjournment was taken last
night testimony had been placed be-
fore the jury to the effect that Stan
ford White had been heard to make
q threat to kill the defendant-coup-
ling the threat with the display OF
revolyer-that Thaw's actions follow
ing The killing of White on the roof
-of Madison Square Garden was con-
sidered by several eyewitness to
have been .eirrational;;" that an uncle
OF the defendant was insane; that
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw passed note to
her husband during dinner at the
Cafe Martin the evening Of the TRACE
dy; that District Attorney Jerome has
this note and refused, on the, demand
Of the defense, to introduce it in evi-
dence. So far, indeed, had Thaw's de-
fense progressed that at the close Of
today's proceedings the announce
ment was made by Mr.. Delmas that
either the wife or the mother Of the
defendant would be the first witness
on the stand tomorrow morning.
The threat against Thaw's life was
made two years and a half before the
rasedy occurred. District Attorney
Jerome objected to the Introduction
of the evidence, declaring the defense
was not understood by him to be one
of self-defense.
To Use Every Legal Defense.
Mr.. Delmas replied that the de-
fense intended to take advantage Of
every legal defense allowed in the
state of New York, be it insanity,
self-defense or any other legitimate
Specifications for the taking Of hu-
man life. This was but the first OF
series of interesting tits between
the district attorney and MT. Deimas
during the day, and it was agreed
that Mr.. Jerome had found Thaw,s
leading counsel a feeman worthy OF
his best efforts. The two men are Of
widely different types-Mr. Jerome,
quick, passionate, forceful, sarcastic
and brilliant at ridicule; Mr.. Del
mas, calm, courteous, resourceful,
witty, crafty and ethical, to whom
the district attorney was always 'the
learned district attorney" There was
never a deviation from this method
OF address.
Benjamin Boman, formerly a stage
,doorkeeper at the Madison Square
theatre was the witness who told of
whites threat. Beman was offered
as witness yesterday, but the dis
arict attoreny was successful at that
time in blocking the evidence by OBJ
sections. Mr.. Delmas today withdrew
the Objectionable questions and Mr.
Jerome in turn withdrew his protest
against the witness. Boman declared
that on Christmas eve, 1903, Stanford
White came to the stage door about
,ll.15 p. m, and asked for Miss Nes-
bit. The doorkeeper told him the
actress, who was then playing in ''The
Girl from Dixie had gore home.
White at first accuesd him Of false
hood and then asked who had been
her escort.
-sMr Thaw,'' the witness said he
replied.
McCaleb an Eye Witness.
Thomas McCaleb, the young Cali
fornian who was with Thaw's party
the night Of the tragedy, was a. wit
ness during the afternoon session.
1T was he who testiued that at dinner
that evening Mrs. Thaw had suddenly
asked her husband for pencil,
scribbled a few words and passed
a folded piece of paper to him. What
was in this note the witness did not
know and he was not allowed, be-
cause of an objection by the district
attorney, to testify as to what change
OF manner, if any, it produced in
Thaw. It has been reported from
time to time that it was in this note
fhat young Mrs Thaw, referring to
White, wrote to her husband: That
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