Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-18

ments contained in the paper, he would
not offer the slightest objection to the
affidavit going sin the evidence, pul
would insist on the entire contents OF
the paper being read to the jury.
For the purpose of argument, Je-
rome Joined the offer of a carbon copy
of the affidavit in the evidence with a
Photographic copy. and Delmas said
! that his offer to withdraw objection to
the affidavit after ii had been shown
| to Mrs. Thaw on the stand, referred to
the carbon copy as well as the photo
| graphic copy.
Jerome had started to reply to Del
mas, when the latter jumped to his
! feet and said: ooh, well, let the whole
thing go in. 1 withdraw all ohjec-
| tion."
| Contents Of Affidavit.
Jerome then proceeded to read to
| the jury carbon copy of the affidavit.
In it Miss Nesbit says she was born on
| Christmas day. 1884 During June,
| 1903, she said, she went to Europe with
her mother. at the request of Thaw.
They remained In Paris for a time, then
went to Boulogne Miss Nesbit and
her mother remained there. while
| Thaw went to London. He returned
for them and they went to London.
Then Thaw and Miss Nesbit made a
trip to Holland, Germany and the Aus
trian Tyrol. They travelled as man and
wife under the names Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dellis.
The affidavit tells of Thaw having
leased a castle in the Austrian noun
Itains, where Miss Nesbit and Thaw
continued to live together as man and
wife. While at the castle, 1t Is alleged
that Thaw tore a bath robe from the
| girl, leaving her absolutely naked, and
attacked her with cowhide.
I saw that he was terrorized," said
Miss Nesbit in the affidavit, "al1d his
eyes were glaring. He threw me on the
| bed, and when started to scream he
put his fingers down my throat and
tried to choke me- Then upon my bare
skin he struck me several severe and
violent blows with cowhide whip. So
| brutally was beaten that my skin was
left bruised and cut.
Beat Her Second Time.
"After the first beating he attacked
me again, and for a period of several
minutes he beat me. He acted like a
demented man. 1 screamed, but, we
! were far at one end of the castle, and
my cries could not be heard by the
servants. When Thaw finally left me
was unable to move. The next day
he repeated the attack upon me, and
numerically beat me. For three
months l was nervous During this
time was In fear that he would take
my life.
From Austria we went to Switzer-
land, where one day when / was sin
my nightgown, Thaw attacked me and
beat me on my bare legs below the
knee. He continued on the slightest
pretext to beat me. Afterward we went
to Paris. where Thaw for an entire day,
Fat intervals of half an hour, beat me
continually with rattan whip. Each
time l was left swooning and fainting
and could not realize all that happened.
Thaw a Cocaine Fiend?
"While we We're in Paris one day, I
found small solder box containing
needles. asked him about them and
he said that he had been Ill and COM
PEELED to use cocaine. It was then for
the first time that I knew he was adj
dicted to the use of cocaine. I after
ward saw him take the drug internal
ly, by small pills. He attempted to
make me take one of the pills"
While in Paris, the affidavit goes
on. Miss Nesbit was nervous and con-
fined to her bed for two weeks. Thaw
made her write a letter to Miss Simon
ton, asking her to go to London.
.'When she arrived, Thaw told her
lies about me-" continues the affidavit,
"and threatened to kill me if I did
not subscribe to them"
In the affidavit, Miss Nesbit also
accused Thaw Of taking from her sew
eral rings and other pieces of jewelry,
$400 in money in the shape of checks
and a trunk full of clothes, and hats.
when came to America" the affi-
davit continues, Il had letter to
Longfellow from Thaw, in which he
asked Longfellow to have me followed
by detectives, but to see that I had
everything wanted"
The concluding paragraph reads:
'I have often been told by Thaw
that he is inimical to certain married
man whom he has often said he would
make trouble for and put into the pen
itentiary. He several times tried to get
me to sign papers accusing this mar
ried man of drugging and running me
when I was 15 years old, but refused
to do so because it was not true, and
for that reason he inflicted on me the
punishment herein described
Prosecution Rests Its Case.
AS soon as Jerome had finished
reading the affidavit he turned to the
court and said:
"The people rest"
Delmas at once produced large
book containing a score or more of
documents.
81 offer in evidence the record of
conviction Abraham Hummel'
conviction of Abraham Hummel," he
said.
mo objection" said Jerome.
Delmas first read the indictment
against Hummel, charging him with
the Dodge Morse divorce tangle. Pass
ing from this indictment Mr. Delmas
read the record of the trial in full. The
luncheon recess was ordered while
Delmas was still engaged in reading
the record.
Policeman John Anthony was called
to the stand after recess. Anthony was
serving as doorman at the Tenderloin
police station the night Thaw was
brought in, after the tragedy. Anthony
said he had charge of Thaw for only
ten minutes.
WAS he rational or irrational?''