Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-11
EVELYN TELLS STORY
OF HER DOWNFALL

appearance On ~tHe stand oil Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, the prisoners wife. She
made an impressive and fine witness
telling her sympathetic story with
clearness and apparent modesty. She
was carefully handled by Mr.. Delmas
and the impression the young woman
made was largely to the advantage of
herself and her husband, the court
room was intensely quiet when she
Ave the crux of her testimony. That
was when she and Thaw were in Paris
in 1903.
Mr. 1haw asked me to marry him..
said Evelyn, "and | declined"
"'Do you not love me?' he asked
Yes, love you" | replied.
"'Well, then, why win you not be
my wife?'
Il answered him honestly, Because
of an incident in my life with Mr..
Sanford White"
The girl told this with quietly avert
ed face and downcast eyes and its
truthfulness and sincerity seemed to
affect the whole court room.
Afterward Mrs. Thaw, continuing
her testimony, said she told Thaw ev-
erything connected with Mr. White.
She said when she was 16 years of
age she was lured into Whites
apartments by girl friend on the
pretense of going to see grand ball
room, that White gave her champagne
and she lost consciousness. Her be
trayal was then accomplished The
whole story she told Thaw in Paris.
The effect on him was terrible, he sob
bed and walked the floor and acted
like a mad man. But later on she
cried and walked the floor and acted
like mad, later on she married Harry
in Pittsburg, his brother being presen'
at the ceremony.
Prior to relating this dramatic cpl
side Mrs. Thaw described the event
occurring on the night of the killing
of White. She said she was born on
Christmas day. 1884, that on the even
ing of June 25 last, she went to the
Cafe Martin to dinner with her hus-
band, Thomas Caleb - and Bruxton
Beale, she saw Sanford White there.
She also saw him leave. she asked one
OF the gentlemen with her for pencil
and wrote a little note and passed it
to her husband, Mr.. Thaw. She did
not now have the note as Mr.. Jerome
objected she was not allowed to say
what the note contained. The party
then went to Madison Square roof
garden, her husband left and went to
the back of the theater, returning in
a few minutes. The conversation was
general. The play proved uninterest-
ing and she suggested they leave.
They did so. she and Mr.. Caleb in the
lead, Beale and Thaw following.
Mr.. Delmas then asked How far
had you gone when something happen
ed?"
Almost to the elevator; turned
around to speak to Mr.. Thaw."
How far were you from Mr.. White
them"
About as far as the end of the
jury box"
You saw Mr.. White sitting there?"
"I did"
'Did you see Nj. Thaw them"
mot until a minute or so after
wards. He was directly in front of
Mr.. White standing with his arm in
the air."
did you hear the shots fired?"
Yes; Immediately l saw Mr..
White"
How many shots?"
Three shots"
What did you say?'
81 said to Mr.. McCaleb, 4 think he
has shot him."
Did Mr. Thaw come over to where
you were?"
Yes, | asked him what he had done.
He leaned over and kissed me and
said, I have probably saved your
life.'"
What happened tnen?'
Il left"
You were taken from there?"
Yes. think with Mr.. McCaleb and
Mr. Beale."
you left and did not return?"
yes"
The court was In tears as Mrs. Thaw
quietly and intensely told the story
OF her wrong done her when only
child, these were her word:
''Mr. White took me up some stairs
to a beautiful room where there was
plano. | played for him, then he
took me into another room; 1t wassa
bed room. He gave me some cham
payne, l tasted 1t and it was bitter
but drank 1t, then the room became
all black"
The moment was thrilling; even Je-
rome stood abashed as the girl told
her dreadful story. 1t was her atone
ment Never has scene like 1t oc-
Cured in q court room.
New York. Feb. S.-The morning
session of the Thaw case was not
given up to a continuation of Mrs.
Thaw's testimony as expected, and
the huge crowd present was disap-
pointed. The session was largely oc.
cupied In reading the letters Thaw
wrote to his legal friend which went
to show that he was desperately in
love with Evelyn and that he hated
"the blackguard White" with a mad in.