Evening journal., 1907-02-08


care to see him any more He asked /
me what l had heard and I said, Il /
have been told that you took a girl and |
poured scalding water on her" I also |
told him that / heard he took morphine |
and that he had tied girls to posts and |
beaten them.
Q. Did you tell Thaw who told yon
those stories? A. Not at nrsts Later |
told him friend of Stanford White |
told me.
O. What did Mir. Thaw do? A. lie
shook his head sadly and said: Poor |
little E-ve-line 1 see they have been
making a fool Of you" I told him
that Stanford White had taken me to
Abe Hummcl's law office and hac
shown me papers In a suit IN which
a girl had made these charges against
Mr. Thaw. They told me the suit had
been Withdrawn.
@. How long did the interview last?
A. He kissed my hand and said he
didn't care what / did-that / would
always be his little angel"
Q. Did he often call you angel?
A. Nearly always.
Mrs. Thaw said she met Harry sew
oral weeks later on the street ''He
came to me-" she said, "and said was
looking badly told him that I had
not been well. He told me 1 should
not put rouge on my cheeks, as Il was
not becoming to a girl Of my type. II
said ] had put some on because / was
so pale"
Il then met him on the street ono
day. but he only bowed and we did not
talk. The next time I saw him was
at the Cafe Beaux Arts. was in
vited TO dine there with another girl
and when / got there ] was surprised
to find Mr.. Thaw one of the party. n
told Mr., Thaw that / was going back
on the stage and had place in 'The
Girl from Dixie. He said 1 was look
ing badly and wanted me to keep away
from the stage. He said he would pay
anything to keep me off the stage.
"I met him again a few days later
with the same girl at the same restaur
ant. I asked theothergirls to step aside
while / talked to Mr.. Thaw. He asked
me to tell him all about these stories
/ told there an. He said he understood
why these stories had been told to me.
as White and the men who told them
hated him.
Mrs Thaw said she finally told Mr..
Thaw that she could find nothing In
found they were not men Of good
character"
Q. What did Thaw then say to you:
A. He said it was all right. "You know
I never lie to you" he said. I replied
II know you don't; you have never
lied TO me-"
Mrs. Thaw said she saw Harry Thaw
the night OF Christmas ENe, 1908. at
the Madison Square Theatre.
Attorney Longfelow Tesitfies.
Mrs. rhaw was here directed to step
aside temporarily to allow the testi-
mony OF Frederick w. Lontfellow TO
whom Thaw's letters offered in evi-
dence had been addressed
Mr. Longfellow said he was a meIn-
ber Of the law firm of Deladeld &
/ Longfellow. John b. Gleason examined
tho witness for the defense. He shower
/ Mr.. Longfellow the letters and asked
/ the stories that had been told her
about him. The persons who told her
had contradicted themselves, and she
Il they had been received by him.
MT Jerome said he must object To-
this testimony unless the defense
waived the right OF professional privi-
lege as between Mr. Longfenow as
counsel and the defendant as n former
client Of the witness.
After a long argument Mr.. Longfei-
low was allowed 60 say he received the
letter at least two years prior to June
%, 1906
Another letter was shown for identi-
| hcation and another argument ensued.
Mr.. Longfellow was finally allowed 60
say that the second letter shown him
/ was received in November. 1904.
"Was It received in professional
| lcapaclty2" insisted Mr. Jerome.
"While it may have BEEN" said the
witness, "it does not follow that 1 car
ried out the instructions Il contained"
/ Mr. Longfellow identified four or FIVE
letters and fixed their dates as prior
to June 25, 1906. II communicates
their contents to Mrs Thaw," he said,
"and that's all ever did"
Mrs. Thaw Recalled.
To introduce the letters Mr Delmas
recalled Mrs. Thaw, and then proceed
ed to read the first one. It was quite
lengthy. requiring more than fifteen
minutes in reading. The letter began.
Dear Longfellow," and said. among
other things:
Evelyn has left me six or seven let
ters and telegrams from the black
guard If they wish to begin a row
I am ready for it. / prefer TO reach
New York so as to go to Philadelphia
and Pittsburg and then to Port Huron
In time for the wedding on November
l1S. / would return to New York I'm
time TO meet the Lady Yarmouth. who
lands on the Path. The more row the
better.
Maybe we win be married after the
Lady Yormouth arrives, maybe after
the row. Her mother don't count"
The letter then referred to some un-
manfred woman, whose name was
omitted as a "trickster. schemer." etc.
Thaw referred evidently TO Miss Nes-
bit and her mother when he spoke OF
them" as unfortunate"
'The matter Of being married Is most
secret" the letter continued. III the
: suit for kidnapping is begun Il must not
be mentioned"
The letter constantly referred 20
that blackguard" and said Miss y.
would give ell she possessed II she
could have been sent TO school by me