The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-10
OElMAS LEAVES THAW'S
FATE IN HANDS OF JURY
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| God. and N the breast of this little
! girl existed this great strength thai
enabled her to put aside her one love
/ when she knew it was for the good OF
! the one she loved
Evelyn's Great Love.
Arguing along this line to further
demonstrate Evelyn's sublime renun-
citation" Mr.. DeImas referred to and
read abstracts from the letter which
Thaw wrote to Attorney Longfellow
in September. 1903. In the letter Thaw
Wrota that he had proposed marriage t.
Evelyn. but she had refused because
she said il would shut me out from
nay relatives"
The occurrences of this letter" Mr..
Da!mls argued. cannot be denied
What, then, did it mean when Thaw
wrote u Mr.. LongfellOw that Evelyn
would not marry him?'
rs il not true that she had refused
him. Thaw wrote that she thought
first and then rejected his offer Yes.
she thought She looked upon the man
she loved. she looked upon her own
past, and she did not want 10 bring re-
proach upon the man who would have
married her.
DtM " iit lfr-t f4Ni'ltt IBdll she Sil0.
Harry. ! love YOU and because ] love
YOU ] do not want to tie my unfortu-
nate existence to yours, So that people
would point the finger of scorn at you.
] Wart to leave you free. and the mo-
ment you think il is best for YOU I
viii go my way. / will go back and
earn my own living and you shall be
free and honOred. Go back to your
noble mother and dear sisters and I
shall go down. where so many others
have gone before me. and disappear
from the world"
Jerome's Sheer Unjustified.
Yes. she thought The sheer of the
district attorney is unjustified The
little girl did sacrifice herself. Did
rise to the heights of sublime renuncia-
ton"
Mr. Demas read from Mrs. William
Thaws testimony. and went on:
Did that venerable. gray-haired
mother come here to periure herself
Did she invent this story which she
says her son told her? Did he tell an
urtruth when ne confided to his loved
mother and told her that he loved this
girl and wanted to devote his life 20
her. and that all this time that little
girl was going along using the talents
God had given her to make a living for
herself. refusing TO marry the wealthy
man who loved her ana whom she
loved, because she thought it was the
best for him oh. sublime self-abnega-
ton
Mr.. Delmas read from Evelyns testi-
m"ny recalling the portions of her
story in which she told of the effect Of
Of her story on Thaw's mind.
Such was the condition of Harry
Thaw's mind when he parted from
Evelyn in Europe and sent her back 10
New York ahead of him There. gen
tlcmen. You have the first dawn of the
mental condition which manifested it
self three years afterward.
Clouds Were Gathering.
The foundations of his reason were
undermined. The storm had not burst,
but the clouds were gathering from the
four points of the compass and from
them the lightning and thunder were
to burst in three years and astound the
world"
Mr. Delmas turned again to
young Mrs. Thaw's testimony and re-
peated that part of il in which she told
Of having refused to see him after he
had followed her home from Europe
because ''Of the dreadful things"
friends of Stanford White had told her
about him. Evelyn told him what had
been related to her regarding the put
ing Of girl in a bath tub and turn
nS hot water on her and tying girls
o bedpOsts and beating them.
"Thaw," Mr.. Delmas said, "shook his
lead sadly and said: Poor Evelyn" " |
Mr.. Delmas read also of the girl tell !
ng Thaw that Stanford White had ia |
len her to SEE Hummel.
Driven to Desperation.
What the condition of his mind was |
II that time is shown to you. gentle |
men, by documents of indubitable gen /
lineness. The letters Thaw wrote TO /
Attorney LOngfelloW picture the sad /
pooh i'm his life-they voice the vail |
rom suffering soul such as has never |
'een voiced by a dramatist from the
lays Of the Greeks down to the present /
ime."
Mr. De1mas read many of the letters 1
o which he had referred. commenting
Ipon them as he read. In one Of these
etters. Thaw. speaking Of himself in |
he third person, said:
He would have done anything for
-ou. but now you must get stronger
Without him. Poor little Evelyn. YOU
ave fallen back into the hands of the
nan who poisoned your life and who |
5 now poisoning your mind. But I
ave no reproaches to heap upon YOU
tut. Oh, the sadness of II all-YOu have
riven me from your side and now YOU
must fight the battle of life alone
Without me-
'Oh, Stanford White" exclaimed Mr..
)elmas, had the man kept out of tire
iay with his smooth tongue, profess
ional tricks and devices. poo. little
-veiyn would not have turned from her