The Washington herald., 1907-02-22

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Did you leave your mother there?"
Jerome asked.
/ Yes she said.
/ The two travelled around English towns.
Then they vent to Holland, and from
| there to Munich
/ From Munich they went back to Paris.
This trip. according to her story. was
! after she had told Thaw about the Twen-
lty-fourth street studio. Her mother was
in London when they got back to Paris.
There were some letters from her mother.
First she said gentleman told her that
| her mother was in London.
/ you had no communications in regard
to your mother at all until you got back
| to Paris?''
NO, except that MT. Thaw heard
through the papers.
Jerome wanted TO know If she did not
| do some cabling to White after she and
Thaw got back TO Paris
] IT can't say positively; l don't remem-
| Der" She said she thought a cable had
been sent TO White.
We'll" said Jerome, your recollection
of that cable Is, is II not, because the
American Embassy had been asked 10
intervene and there was a row going on
| In London about IT. and did you not cable
Stanford White in substance, or was not
there a cable sent which you knew of.
/ IN substance, asking him to keep your
mother quiety
| Delmas said the cables were the best
evidence. Jerome replied that they had
( been DESTROYED. Delmas said that the
question asked too many things.
! Apparently the witness wasn't anxious
to tell too much about this cabling TO
White.
Thaw sent Cable.
Finally witness said Thaw had sent the
cable He showed it 70 her, but she
couldn't remember exactly what was in
/ it"
| ITO the best OF my knowledge the cable
was about this man" she said. meaning
/ a representative Of the American En-
/ bassy at London She was sure the
cables went to White. but she could no,
/ remember any more.
We'll. this man was connected with
the Embassy Of the United States at that
! time In London?
Yes"
"A perfectly reputable gentleman, so
far as you knew, wasn't he?'
No"
'IIe was 9 disreputable MANI"
Hadn't you been to supper with him?7
Il had"
DO you remember that YOU were at
suDper alone with this MANI
''No. / don't think | ever was. I re-
member / went driving with him one
afternoon before I knew he was not a
reputable person.
She was positive she never had meal
with that man alone, but then she added:
We'll / can't remember OF any time
eating a meal with that man alone-ihat's
all"
Mother Not Chambermsid.
Did You not know that your mother
was left in such means in London that
she had to go and live as a chambermald
in a hotel?"
she certainly was not
That IS entirely untrue, is it,
THAT is entirely untrue
Has she ever told you about that?'
Il heard that she said that. She never
told me"
Did you see TIE American Minister. or
did anybody from the embassy call on
you them
No"
"Or at any time during this trip"
Which trip?
During the trip you have just mar
rated from London around through the
Tyrol, and the Alps and Zurich, and
back 20 PariS2
DO you mean did any one call on me
in London from the embassy
NO, after you left London; after you
left your MOTHER
You had no communications in re-
gard 10 your mother at all until you got
back to PARISH
mo. except that Mr. Thaw heard
through the papers"
Bedford had been left in London
Yes, to take care OF mother
Did Not Tell white.
Did you tell White before you went
abroad that Mr.. Thaw was advancing
the money to take you and your mother
abroad?"
No"
Did you tell Mr.. White. or did your
mother tell Mr.. White. that 1t was being
done by some friend"
My mother did; yes
And it was Thdw that was doing it?"
Yes"
How much was your letter Of cTedit?'
You mean the Cooks letter."
Yes"
Five hundred dollars. as I remember
Jerome said he thought it was 500, and
she said she was not sure.
Revertng 10 the episode of the Dead
Rat" and other Tenderloin resorts. she
said there were several men and women
present. some Of whom drank immoder-
ateiy. Beyond that nothing happened ex-
Cept that one of the women, whose name
she whispered 10 jerome. told some sto-
ries.
And at that time. when she was still
writing 20 you-this woman who told
such stories-ycu had received Thaws
proposition of MARRIAGE"
L had"
Wrote About Dead Rat"
And you We're writing to her about