The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-04-12

that he is a brute.

that he Is a brute.
II will endeavor to give you deep.
cd insight to the life and thoughts
| Of this angel child
what | am about so say did not
come from the mother. as has been
charged. but" and here Mr.. Jerome
picked up the girls diary and shook
II at the table at which Thaw's law
yers sat, IL would suggest that in fu.
ture when Mr.. Hartridge gives away
documents or papers belonging to a
client he sSould be more careful in
seeing what goes out of his hands.
There Is one question | wish TO
read to you because in IL | believe
lies the whole key to this tragedy.
A girl who Is good and never has
had a word of scandal against her
is fortunate she writes. The girls
here (at school are all Just of that
kind. There is not one OF them
who will ever be anything. When
say anything mean just tnat. They
will perhaps be good wives and moth
ers. but | want to be a good actress
first II was the desire Of this girl
to be a great actress that caused her
TO play between these two men until
she brought one OF them to his
grave.
"This child. who did not believe in
the chastity OF women went to Paris
on Thaw's money with Whites let
ter OF credit In her pocket.
"This is the child who travelled
all through Europe with st. George
ST. George who told her there was
chastity among women-St. George
who gave her first moral horizon.
What does she do when she leaves
him She comes back TO America,
landing on Saturday. comes lack on
Thaw's money. She does not see
Stanford White on Sunday. but on
Tuesday we find her at Abe Hummel's
Office with him.
There she was making an afiidav-
II and that affidayit | shall refer to
later. Sufficient II is now that you
see her signature-her own signature
Immediately opposite the date, Oct.
27. 1908.
III you don't believe anything else
In that affidavit the date is signifi-
cant. II shows that within "a hours
after she had seen Stanford White.
the ogre who had piled her with
wine and seduced her he had com
pletely undermined her great lave for
Thaw-the love which led TO her re-
nunciation OF the man.
POOR little Evelyn
Poor indeed, the woman whose
great love was undermined In "a
hours by stories OF pefversion-under-
mined by the man who had rayished
her, of all men on earth"
81 said. and said II in no sneering
way. that II the story of her SUI
preme renunciation was true there
was nothing like II In history or 1T
erature She had nothing before her
but life of hard work: here was
man she loved. here was haven
of rest, and because she loved him
so we'll she cast 1t all aside. There
she was. a poor innocent child. whom
this Sir Galahad would take TO his
arms. cherish her. and protect her
against the infamy of White. And
what did this Sir Gallahad do but
take this angel child and fiaunt her
through nearly every capital OF Eu-
"a LOT
White Is to be painted black for what
he did to Evelyn Nesbit. then there
Is no color black enough to paint
this Sir Galahad that took this angel
child and despoiled her."
In his plea to the jury Mr., Jerome
discIaimed all intention of entering
into an oratorical contest with Mr..
Delmas, but II Is seldom that an adj
dress more powerful. more subtle.
more logical. has been heard In a
court room. From cold logic he pass
ed TO sarcasm and then invectiye.
with here and there touch OF pa
thos. He had the closest attention
of the jurors and spectators, includ-
ing the Thaw family. His defense OF
stanford White. whose spirit, no
said. seemed 10 be lowering over the
court room begging to be heard be-
fore Il was blackened forever. was
uttered with imprsssiveness and with
tears In his eyss. He centercd his
attack on Thaw's wife. calling her
testimony Hes and tsaring 70 pieces
her slaaraeter