The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-11
THAW'S WIFE ON STAND
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urday he went 70 the prisoners cen
In the Tombs and told him 70 prepare
to tell his own story on the stand.
Thaw's other lawyers thought the de
Tense would be benefited IL he wound
remain silent.
Delmas, however, mad his way.
It was stated that Thaw will testl.
~ that the day after Miss Nesbit re
fused his first proposar OF marriage
he began to be tormented by horrl.
BILE specter which haunted him by day
and night.
Gradually he became weak and
nervous. TIE specter appeared before
him at all times.
Thaw's Vision.
He will tell OF an instance when he
sat in a New York cafe slipping alb.
sinthe through a straw, This for
many years was Thaw's favorite tip.
pie. The vision appeared at the table
and told him that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
would be killed by drugs administered
by White.
Thaw threw aside his glass and
rushed hatless to the street. Persons
who saw him called him "dope,p
"rummy." and other names peculiar
to the Tenderloin vernacular.
Mr.. Delmas will renew his effort 10
have Thaw's will, made on the night
of his marriage in Pittsburg. acceptea
as evidence. He hopes to prove by
the instrument and its extraordinary
provisions that Thaw was of unsound
mind and that he anticipated sudden
death when he Signed the paper.
Mr.. Delmas is very anxious to have
this will go in evidence, believing {.
will go further than any other docli.
ment he can produce to prove that
Evelyn Nesbit's treatment at the
hands of Stanford White preyed upon
the mind of the defendant. One Of
the provisions in Harry Thaw's viii
is the setting aside or $4,000 for the
prosecution of all persons who may
be concerned in case of the death Of
testator by violence. The probable
instigator of the anticipated act Of
violence is said to be revealed in the
provision.
Another paragraph in the will, 1t is
reported, made provision for fund
Of $4,000 for the benefit of young
women who, the will declared, sut-
fered treatment at the hands of the
dead man similar to that OF his wifes.
The reports concerning the will even
go so far as to say that the names of
Whites alleged victims are included
in the clause of the will relating to
this subject.
May Call Pittsburs Attorney.
Mr.. Delmas, it is said, may call to
the stand Attorney Perkins from
Pittsburg, who will be asked as to
the interlineatiohs made in the will
and is expected to prove they were
put there at the time the testament
was signed. Failing to show tina,
each one OF the interlineations can
be remembered by the witness, Mr..
Delmas will offer the codicil to the
will, which is in the defendants own
handwriting.
Without interlineations 1t is not de
finitely known whether all the refer,
ences to Stanford White are in the
docicil, but it is known that some OF
them are.
Thaw's will also made provision
for Howard Nesbit, Evelyn's brother,
who 1t has been reported would take
the stand In opposition to his sister.
Young Nesbit has been in constant
attendance at the trial In company
with the late Stanford Whites secre'
tary, but never has gone near the
group of Thaw's relatives. The res,
of Thaw's property was to go to his
wife.
| Mrs. Evelyn Nesb!t Thaw also Ign
ed will on the night of the Wedding
and 1t is believed that In case she car
ried out her husbands stipulation thu,
none of her relatives save her broth
er should have any of his money
II the will is finally admitted In evi
dence Mr.. Delmas may then ask to re
call Mrs. Thaw to finish her narrative
Thaw's counsel do not like the .deG
of the interruption of her story con
tinulng over any considerable lime.