Evening journal., 1907-01-28
Lord Curzon

his ears, and light and excitement that
anger and his heart hot with revenge,
when there was the cash Of music in
made action easy, all about him.
In the still, cold, dead silence Of the
courtroom Evelyn Nesbit must do that
which requires Infinitely more bravery
and nerve. She must draw the veil
from her past life, and tell that Of her
self which must blister a womans
tongue to utter. The follies that seem
ed so little and so excusable in the
happening, the Weddings that appeared
so justified at the time, the tempta-
tons TINT looked so irresistlble-all the
mad, fast pace OF the merry go-round
that gives one no time to think, or
stop, or escape-how different the
doing from the telling of it all
Yet this terrible ordeal is Evelyn
Thaw to go through to try to save her
husbands life.
Optimists talk Of the regeneration Of
a woman's soul through grief such as
hers. They say that the feet that have
been turned from paths Of pleasure
into those OF pain can mount to the
heights of unselhsh living. And they
point to the sacrifice that the girl is
willing to make-the turning OF the
page Of the present back upon the hid
eously blotted leaves of the past-to
save her husbands life. Upon such
sacrifice they say a character Of light
est material can be reconstructed into
something Of purity and majesty.
Says Thaw intercepted Letter.
Startling evidence that stanford
White was seeking 70 renew relation
ship with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and
that Harry Thaw intercepted a note
from the architect to the former artist
model the very evening Of the trag-
edy viii be testified to. it is said by
several witnesses for the defense. who
are now being kept in seclusion in an
uptown hotel. Clifford w Hartridge
chief counsel for Thaw. win not dis
cuss this new development I'm the case
but it IS understood that the defense
viii try TO show that Thaw, outraged
by the knowledge that White had
broken a pledge not TO seek to COM
his wife, became crazed
with anger and jealousy and shot down
the former admirer.
Information is had that these wit
nesses are prepared to testify that
Thaw on several occasions sought to
obtain q promise from stanford White
that he would cease trying to renew
any relationship with Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. Tho architect never gave Thaw
what the young man considered a sat-
isfactory answer, and, accordingly he
had % dread suspicion constantly in
his mind that White would sooner or
later seek his wife again. His friends
will testify that this narrowing thought
was always with him, and that occa-
sionally it drove him into the fits OF
deepest depression.
Thaw met White the night before
the shooting. It Is said and made one
last appeal to White, who finally gave
his pledge, TO ease the young mans
mind, that he would not try 20 COM
municate with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
There wi be testimony offered at
Dlo trial. II is said. that, while dlnsng
with his wife and two friends at the
cafe Martin the evening of the shoot
ing, Thaw intercepted note TO his
wife from white. who was seated not
Tar aw1y from the Thaw table.
THE dsIen7e win en5oaror 70 show
tlat Thaw bccome crl7cd with ieal-
ousy and raso at While berause OF the
alleged broken pledge. and that on that
evening up TO the time he fired the
'hrce shots at White on the garden
roof he had no idea OF the quality or
nature of his act Thaw's counsel viii
lssert that Thaw was mentally irre-
ponsiblo for his act