Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

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Il met him again a few days later.
He asked me il I ever saw him take
morphine and / said had not and that
l had told Mr.. White that never had
seen him with a hypodermic syringe.
Mr.. White said there were many ways
of taking morphine. Thaw said Mr..
White knew more about morphine than
he did.
AFTER that saw Mr.. Thaw often.
One day found the man who had told
me Of having been in a hotel one night
and hearing screaming in a room. He
broke in and there said he found Mr..
Thaw whipping a girl who was tied to
a bed post ! asked him to tell me the
story again and he did so. But this
time, he said that it was waiter who
saw it and told him about 1t. The
story was very different from the one
he told originally. I asked him why
and he said: oh, told you that to
please somebody"
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told Mr..
Thaw that she could find nothing in
the stories that had been told her about
him. The persons who told her had
contradicted themselves and she found
they were not men of good character.
What did Thaw say?" HE said it
was all right. You know 1 never lie to
YOU l replied I know you don't, you
have never lied to me-"
Mrs. Thaw said she saw Harry Thaw
the night of Christmas eve, 1903, at
| the Madison Square theater. She was
| here directed to- step aside temporarily
| to allow the testimony of Frederick w.
| Longfellow, to whom Thaw's letters,
which were offered in evidence, had
been addressed.
| Mr.. Longfellow said he was MEM
Der of the law firm Of Delafleld &
Longfellow. John B. Gleason examin-
ed the witness for the defence. He
showed Mr.. Longfellow the letters and
asked if they had been received by
him.
| Mr.. Jerome said he must object to
| this testimony unless the defence waiv-
| ed the right Of professional privilege
as between Mr.. Longfellow as counsel,
and the defendant as former client
Of the witness.
II desire to cross examine this wit
ness" said Mr.. jerome, land as he
was formerly counsel to Thaw. may
Il withdraw the question put by my
brother" said Mr.. Delmas.
"Were you attorney for Thaw when
you received this letter." demanded
Mr. Jerome Of the witness. Eyes"
Did you receive it in your profess
sional capacity?" 81 presume the let
ter came to me in a professional ca
pacity," finally answered Mr.. Longfel.
low.
Have you the envelope Of this let.
ter?" Il think not"
Have you looked?" 1.-THE envelope
probably was destroyed" You have
made no search?" NO"
while there is no doubt as to thu
existence of the envelope of a letter
which came by mail, no other evidence
on the point can be received" ruled
Justice Fitzgerald.
But" argued Mr.. Gleason, II hav,
asked this witness only to state from
memory whether or not he received thu
letter prior to June %, 1906"
You may answer that" said thu
judge. Eyes, two years before" sale
Mr.. Longfellow.
On cross examination Mr.. Jerom,
drew from the witness that he had re
freshed his memory from a letter bool
in the Office.
WAS that book having to do will
professional relations with clients :?
Not altogether" said the witness.
Mr.. Jerome withdrew objection to t.;
letter which had been shown the wit
ness for Identification. Another lette
was shown for identification and all
other argument ensued.
AS the arguments between the coun
sci on purely legal matters followed
each other and slowly ate up the tim,
of the afternoon session the disap
pointed spectators, who a short tim
ago fought for entrance to the cour
room, continued to wonder out
Throughout the afternoon there hat
been nothing startling and those VIII,
were anxious for sensations We're il
gloom.
Mr.. Longfellow was finally allowed t
say that the second letter shown hin
was received in November, 1903.
"Was it received in a professiona
capacity" insisted Mr.. Jerome. "Whil
it may have oeen." said the witness
sit does not follow that carried on
their instructions 1t contained
Mr.. Longfellow continued to identif
four or five letters and fix their dates a
prior to June 25. 1906. MIR. Jerome per
sisted in asking whether or lot tn
letters came to the witness in his pro
fessional capacity. He said again tina
he presumed they did though he di
not carry out the instructions.
II communicated their contents t
Mrs. Thaw." he said. "and that's a
I ever did"
To introduce the letters. Mr.. Delma
recalled Mrs. Thaw and then proceede
to read the first one. 1t was quit
long, requiring more than fifteen mir
utes in the reading. The letter bega
= Dear Longfellow," and said anon
!, other things:
Evelyn has left me six or seven lei
:. tiers ana kilograms from the black
r guard. If they wish to begin a row
II I'M ready for it. prefer to reach Ne
{ York so as to go to Philadelphia an
& Pittsburg and then to Port Huron
4 time for the wedding New. 10. l woul