The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-11

her. says Mr.. DeImas. Are men who are
habit Of wrapping $50 bills around the
roses they send them9 He sends her
TO a hospital and then furnishes money
to take her abroad. And In Paris he asks
her TO marry him. When she said no. he
asked Is IL because OF Stanford White?'
Did this come To him as n shock? Had
led him 10 suspect her relations with
White?
More Doubt on Her Story.
Il said II in no sneerIng way, that IL
the story OF her supreme remuneration
was true there was nothing IKE IL in
the history OF literature she had nothing
before her bur a life OF hard work. Here
was man she loved here was a haven
we'll she cast J.; all aside. Here WINS a
poor. innocent child whom this Sir Gala
had would take TO his arms. cherish and
And what did this. Sir Gaiahad do but
take this angel clSld' and haunt her
through nearly every capital OF Europe as
painted black for what he did TO EVELYN
Nesbit. then there is no color black
enough 10 paint this Sir Galahad that
took this angel child and despolled her
4" 'Dementia Americana'-that is what
they coll II. Fine specimen OF the high
or unwritten law"
Mr.. Jerome then directed his attention
TO the Hummel affidavit.
Il don't think Humme is an upright
man he said; II was after MIN fer
years and finally got him. He will go
10 jail II ] can put him there. and he
VIII stay there II l can keep him there.
Anything that comes from his hands can
Justly be viewed with suspicion, but in
this affidavit there also figure two repu-
table clerks. Snydecker and Jacobson
Snydecker testified that he witnessed the
afhXinE OF the signature by Evelyn Mes
bit He asked her II she had read the
affidavit and II what was contained there
IN was true. She answered yes and then
signed IT. The defense had every oppor-
tunity TO call Jacobson TO refute this. but
they did not do So
Holds Afldavit Genuine.
Mr.. Jerome picked up the PHOTOGRAPHIC
copy Of the signature and last page OF
the affidavit and pointed out to the Jury
how II would be impossible 10 piece to-
gether Evelyn's signature with that Of the
affidavit. The date of the affidavit was
there. as was the name OF Snydecker.
The affidavit In brief, the District At
torney continued, contained a complete
itinerary OF Eyelyn's journey through Du-
rope, which she herself hnd told Hum
mel.
The District Attorney secuted the sug-
gestion that Hummel concocted the
charges set forth In the affidavit. con
tending that the connections between the
affidavit and part OF the girls testimony
were so clear as 10 remove all doubt as
to the documents authenticity,
You heard the story OF that Christmas
eve when this Sir Galahad again rescued
the maiden from the brute. You have
I'll o'clock in the morning and went to
Thaw's apartments, Again he had made
up with her. again he had told her that
he would put his stalwart arm about her
and they would go through life side by
side. SO Sir Galahad lived with her as
his mistress In Paris, going to the Dead
Rot and the Cafe de Paris and doing
cakewalks at 2 o'clock in tho morning.
This is the Sir Galahad who almost with
In the sound OF his wife's voice asked
James Clinch Smith II he was very much
married and II he did not want 10 meet
'buxom brunette;' he was going TO Eu-
rope and would be glad To put him next
This gentlemC0 was the st. George who
was going out into the world and rescu-
Ing American maidenhood."
Just Tenderloin Homicide.
Men Of this jury. there Is in this case
everyday tcnderloin homicide. II the
defendant were any person but the rich
Harry *. Thaw of Pittsburg, II he were
the son Of padrone in Elizabeth street;
II Stanford White We're not Leading
architect. but Chinaman in Moot street.
II this girl were chorus girl In a Bow
cry theatre, how long would the brain
storm or the paranoia theory be lis
tened to?
There were two ordinary men in this
case. and between them was q tigress
urging them on. With Thaw she was Sc
duced by White; with White she was the
victim OF Thaw's perversion. why men,
there are the same old elements here that
have made criminal history ever since the
world began
rs there anything IN all this evidence
TO show that when Thaw shot and killed
White he did not know the nature and
quality OF his act. or that the act was
wrong|'
Mr.. Jerome reviewed the letters Thaw
wrote from Paris and Pittsburg to Attor-
duced to show the effect of Evelyn's story
upon the young mans mind.
He declared that the letters showed all
through them the writer's appreciation
OF legal rights and wrongs.
They are nothing more he contin-
ued. that the erratic and vulgar produc
tIons OF n rich illiterate, who always had
his own way IN. life until he was locked
up in the city prison"
Says Will Showed Cowardice.
Referring again to Thaw's sanity, Dis
trct Attorney Jerome said he knew
enough to automobile all through Europe
with Evelyn Nesbit and knew enough TO
write to his attorney to see the girl
through the custom house when she
landed
The will and codcIl next were taken up
and discussed. The will showed n Cow
ardly fear OF DEATH declared the prose-
cutor. "but nothing more.
so you see. gentlemen, 1t was easy for
such n cowardly man as this 20 withhold
his 'dementia Americana for three years
and then kill the victim who could not
see him approach"
Mr. jerome again picked UP the VIII
and held It aloft.
Where is the delusion in that will?
Did not he leave his money TO the right
people? Where is the delusion in his
references TO the Twenty fourth street
house? Has not the girl described IL?
Where is the delusion there? Don't let us
presume she was telling the truth once
and in the next breath say the same
thing shows that Thaw had delusions
Now turn to the mothers testimony.
When he went home the girl, had thrown
sons mentioned In the affidavit. There Is
nothing 10 show there was any other
reason, He loved her all. right. loved her
in his own brute way. There is the scene
In the church when the music moved him
and he shed tears. Where was the de-
luslon there? He was nervous and wor-
rled on the day OF his marriage. Why.
Evelyn was not 21 and he was afraid
her mother would not give her consent.
Did Thaw show a delusion? Didn't IL
rather show a sense of the requirements
of the laws? What one OF the many peo-
pie who must have known him during his
life had been called here to show that
he was ever irrational?
L Il gl4.A.-