Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
A SAD, PATHETIC, FEARFUL TALE.
Her Disgrace Told to Jury Before
Sympathetic Hearers That She
Might Save Her Husband.

refused Invitation of a girl of the thea
ter to meet some of her friends at
luncheon. The girls mother told Eve
lyn's mother they were people in New
York society and perfectly proper, else
she would not let her girl go with
| them.
| when she came for me in the ham
son. said the witness, II remember
hoping VIC were going to Waldorf.
had heard 50 much about it and want
| ed so 70 go there. But the hanson
| stopped in front of dingy- looking
| building in West oath street and 1 was
| told to get out Mother had dressed
me My skirts were just to my shoe
tops them
This was in August, 1901.
He was big and fat and ugly. I re-
member him meeting US at the head
of three flights Ct stairs" she contir-
ued. He gave Inc presents and my
mother let me go &c other parties. Then
he said my mother should visit some
friends IN Pittsburg. She said she
could not leave me. He said it would
be all right; that he would look after
me. Finally she went. Then came an
invitation to the PARTY, but no one els,
was there-just two. They all seem to
have turned us down. he said Then
when we had dincG and l wanted to &C
home, he said l hadn't seen all Of the
apartment and we went to the room
with the mirrors all over the walls"
Thus the story ran, with Just here
and then and interruption by her at
torneyS as to the dates of the various
happenings and always to tell just
what she had told Harry Thaw when
he asked her to become his wife, 1t
was through the fact she had told ev-
erything to Harry that she was per-
mitted under the rules of law to give
her story to the Jury.
Thaw sat pale but brave faced be-
side his counsel when his wife took
the stand. The two exchanged glances
and the faintest of smiles played about
the firmly set lips of the girl. She
wore the same blue, long-coated dress
she has on each day of the trial. About
her neck was fiat rundown collar,
such as little boys wear, caught to-
gether by a little black tie in front.
Her hair, braided and looped we'll down
on her neck, was caught with a big
black ribbon bow. the ends of which
peepcd out in dark relief from behind
the cheeks that were pale at first, but
mounted crimson when she was told to
give all the details Of her experience
with the man who fell a victim to her
husbands pistol. Mrs. Thaw wore the
fiat. black velvet hat, trimmed only
with one little bunch of violets which
has become familiar as a part Of her
costume. She was unveiled, however.
for the first time and her youth and
beauty were remarked by everyone.
Masses of black hair waved beneath
the velvet brim Of her hat and helped
form the frame for the girlish face Of
almost perfectly moulded features The
brown eyes looked through long black
lashes; the brows were symetrically
arched.
In the sympathy mpelling story Of
the girl, the girlish fascination OF a
voice of softest quality, yet ringing
clear in enunciation> the court room
lost view of the prisoner. But when
there came a halt in the girls fight
against the tears, the people wfs had
gazed INCREASINGLY at her, lowered their
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