The Red Cloud chief., 1907-02-22
EVELYN THAN Oh STA'D
CONCLUDES STORY AND CROSS
EXAMINATION is BEGUN.
PROSECUTION SCORES A POINT
District Attorney Permitted to Bring
In All Manner Of Evidence Which
May Tend to Discredit Wife Of Pris.
oner-Tells story Of "Pie Girl"

oner-Tells story Of "Pie Girl"
New YORK, Feb. 2O.-Mrs. EveIyL
Nesbit Thaw entered IN the ordeal CT
her cross-eXamination and before Dis
trict Attorney Jerome had had the
witness in charge for half an hour IL
had secured from the court a ruling
which apparently opens the way for
bringing into the trial OF Harry K.
Thaw all manner of evidence which
may tend to discredit the defendants
wife. Heretofore it has been held
that the rules Of evidence protected
young Mrs. Thaw and that regardless
of whether her story was true or false,
the fact that she had told it to her
husband was the n essential poin:.
Mrs. Thaw had been allowed to repeat
the story SO that the jury might judge
as TO ITS effect in "unDalancing the
mind of the man on trial for murder
OF Stanford White. Mr.. Jerome, by a
simple question, opened h way for
the introduction of testimony tending
to show the truth or falsity of Mrs.
Thaw's story. He asked b witness:
WAS the story you told Thaw
true?"
1T was" she replied, firmly.
MIR. Delmas. Thaw's leading counsel,
objected strongly to the question, but
Justice Fitzgerald held it to be CON-
petent as tending to show the cred.
Utility of the witness.
Mrs. Caine Takes the Stand.
J,,,,i,n I~;tannra1J n1Inv-oI Inrnt,n
to secure from Mrs. j. j. Caine of Bos
ton, a friend of Mrs. Thaw, who took
the witness stand during the morning
session. many material points as to
the movements of Harry Thaw and
Evelyn Nesbit following their return
from Europe in 1904, including the
published incident of their being eject
ed from the Hotel Cumberland in this
city, the proprietor insisting that they
should register as man and wife Or
leave their suites, which a%djoined. In
bringing out these facts Mr.. jerome
denied that he was attacking Mrs.
Thaw, and said he was merely testing
the credibility of Mrs. Game.
The district attorney seemed reluc.
tant to begin the cross-eXamination Of
Mrs. Thaw, desiring to have the mat
ter postponed until tomorrow.
A wordy conflict ensued, during
which Mr.. Jerome limited at broken
condolences and evasion of stipula.
tions. He declared he did not wish TO
humiliate the witness with a cross.
examination which he might deem un.
necessary.
However, if I am forced to do it |
will" said Jerome, with something Of
a menace in his tone.
you may proceed" replied Delma5.
Mrs. Thaw Ready With Answers.
Mrs. Thaw moved a bit nervously
and awaited Jerome's opening ques'
tons. They had to do with her sigma
lures to certain papers, some of which
the prosecutor declared were receipts
/, for money Mrs. Thaw had drawn from
the Mercantile Trust company In 1902
$25 a week. Mrs. Thaw said she was
not sure that all of the signatures
were her own-they looked very much
like her writing, she added. Whc
: provided the money was not devel
oped. Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew az
the cross-eXamination went on and
she was always ready with answers
!, Jerome. under the plea Of testing he
credibiIity, was allowed to ask may
pertinent questions. He wanted &c
=, know when she first heard that she
had been named as a correspondent In
the George w. Lederer divorce case
Delmas quickly protested. Mrs
Thaw whispered something in his ear
and the attorney withdrew his objec
ton.
81 read of it in the newspapers,
said the witness, cheerily. when Jc
rome repeated the question.
The prosecutor sought to show tina
Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham
!, Hummel for advice with regard to thu
divorce proceedings, but was halted
by an objection from Delmas, whicl
the court sustained. jerome Drough
- ont that Mrs. Thaw had written Il
Stanford White from Boulogne aftc
Thaw had proposed to her in Paris.
. The Cross.eXamination had barrel,
gotten into full swing when adjourn
ment for the day was ordered.
hi The "Pie Girl" Story.
In completing her direct testimony
81 Mrs. Thaw had told of the converse
tons she and her husband had had re
~ garding the fate Of other young won
n. en- at the hands Of Stanford White
g.. One Of these girls was known as 9TH
a. Pie Girl" She was fifteen years oil
# and wore only a gauze dress when sh
ht sprang from a big pie at a stag din