Evening journal., 1907-02-23
Maize FOIIette'S Perfidy in
Playing Into JaFOme'S S Hands
May Be Resented
DEFENSE SAYS JEROME
HAS MANY GOLD BRICK

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-Had Stanford
White lived just enc night longer than
hc I'D his career as nigh life devote
would have been brought to a d So acc
fm close by raid on one OF his studios
by the police. This is the statemen. made
today by one Of Thaw's attorneys. II
necessary the defence is prepared tol
rroye lhis on the witness stand n Thaws
trial.
unaws valet saved White from witt
Messing his own exp sure 10 the worl
Tor the man he was.
White, this attorney declares, had p'an-
ned 10 give another Of his famous din
ners in a studio on the night Of June
2; This fact was known 70 one Of the
antl-vce societies which had been seek
ing 70 bring White TO j ice. TN o gh
this society the lics had been enlis et
and a raid on the cen Of the rich archi-
tect had been arranged. Had ThIw but
waited the bringing Of his enemy to JUS
tlce before the bar OF public opinion. as
we'll as causing his degradation IN the
police courts would hove been accom-
plished without his intecfe-euce Then
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would not have rad
60 pay the awful price She has pa i
through her confessions as her are n
the unveiling Of Whites true cha acter
Whether Thaw knew Of the C n em-
plated raid Is a point on which his az
torneys would throw no d ht Their s..
lence raises the question Of a strong point
they may be able to make in his favcr
II they can show phaw knew White was
to be shown up and hi Fled him anyway
they can base upon this fact a strong
argument Of his insanity.
Girls viii Testify Against White
The defence has in is hand another
strong card 10 play, if any weakening Of
Evelyns testimony under Jerome's cross
examination demands il. according to the
same lawyer. Two girls. who suffered az
his hands almost in the same way as
dld Evelyn Nesbit. are at the command
Of the defence to tell their or e. The
defence looks for an attempt by jerome
10 throw doubt on Evelyn's veracity. just
as he has torn asunder her repu' alton.
II any success attends his efforts these
two girls viii go on the stand to tell
the story Of their wrongs as proof that
Evelyn told only the truth in her own
recital
The great strength OF Evelyn's testl-
mony. the defence asserts, is based on the
fact that during her long ordeal she has
stuck to the truthful story Of her wrongs
as well as in her confessions Of sins.
Evelyn Has Told the Truth
"Our only advice to Mrs. Thaw when
Nr. Jerome began his oross-examinat.on
was tell the truth" said the lawyer re-
ferred to.
"she has done that. It is easy 10 under
stand then why as shrewd a man as Mr..
Jerome has been unable to break down
her story at any point"
Thaw's attorneys are at no loss to un-
derstand where Jerome secured che am-
munition from which he is framing the
damaging questions for Evelyn Maize
Toilette is said to be the source Of this
Information.
Jerome himself explained the secret ci
his control Of this former chum Of Eve
lyn's. He said Probably the most dam
aging thing Mrs. Thaw did as Witness
20 far as she personally is concerned, was
her attack on this former friend"
This attack consisted Of Evelyns nam-
ing Maize Toilette as the woman VINO
studio dinners. Maize Toilette was n
friend of Whites and was constant at
tendant at his dinners Her sympathy
naturally, was on Whites side when tho
Thaw trial began. When desire to Dc
revenged upon Evelyn was added 70 hel
sympathy she lost no time in telling evcry-
thing she could about Evelyn Thaw to
Jerome.
That she know much has been demon
strated by the familiarity Jerome has
shown with Mrs. Thaws wholep asst.
And the limit Of Maize Follette's re-
venge has not been reached. There re-
mains a whole year. previous to the time
OF her marriage, during which Evelyn
and Thaw were on intimate terms. 70 be
explained. That damaging revelations
viii be wrung from the girl no one doubis s.
But the defense is ready for these
shings. During the long months Jerom,