The Washington herald., 1907-02-22
JEROME IS PITILESS
IN HIS QUESTIONING

statutory way of doing that. Justice Fitz-
gerald said. Jerome replied that he had
a right 10 them.
This lady has waived the privilege" he
said. Are you willing that these letters
which Stanford White wrote 10 you
should be produced here2'' he asked.
''As far as I am concerned. yes she
said, but as an afterthought she added
As far as Mr. Thaw's lawyers are con-
cerned I know nothing"
Hartridge is her lawyer. she said, but
she had not given them to him as her
lawyer. She was willing he should pro-
duce them. She remembered the contents
Of one Of the letters, but not the others.
She had never given any letters TO Law
yer LOngfeIlOw, who was ThaWs counsel,
and she did not think that she had tele-
phoned TO Lawyer Longfellow from Abe
Hummers Office, but she thought Hum
mel did. The telephone message was
about some letters but she did not know
whether they were ThaW's or Whites
letters.
Lawyers Hold Letters.
Where were the letters that Hummel
was telephoning about?'' asked Jerome
Mr. Longfellow had Mr. Whites let
ters," she said, and Hummel had Mr..
Thaw's letters"
She gave some OF Thaw's letters to
Humnel but she did not give them TO
him to keep" she said. She got them
back later. OF course this referred 10 the
time she says she went TO Hummels
office with White.
Jerome went on with her description OF
the suppers, luncheons, and dinners AT
the Madison Square Garden tower and
the Twenty-fourth street studio from the
time she said she was dTugged by White
TO her going 10 school az PomptOn, \. j.,
1902. There were few suppers at the
Twenty-fourth street studio. generally
lunches, she said. Some times she would
go alone, other times should would be
accompanied by another girl. White al
ways sent ii carriage
Now, the night Of the drugging you
went there in carriage alone?'
NO. Oh, you mean the night Of the
thing in Twenty-fourth street,
Yes"
Mr.. White sent a carriage 10 the thea
ter for me"
And you went alOne?'
Yes; that night l did"
And you understood in going there.
Yes; he said so i'm the note"
and when YOU got there you found
they were not there?'
Yes"
Now. on these other occasions that
you Just testified TO that you went in a
carriage alone TO this place. how did you
know that there was other people to be
there or not?'
Because 1 made him promise that he
would not play trick like that on me-"
Relied on whites Promise.
Ard you were relying on the promise
of this man in going alone in the carriage
TO this place."
Yes
He had broken his previous promise.
had he not, OF his previous statement that
there were others TO be there the night
you were drugged?'
y do not remember whether I went to
supper or not. The suppers remember
distinctly were in the tower"
We'll, the tower room was a rather Sc
questered place, wasn't it,
Yes"
Especially at night?"
Yes"
And did you go in carriages 10 the
tower room alone:"
Il think so"
And You went. relying on Stanford |
Whites promise that there would be
other people there?'
Yes"
And the night that you were dTugged
YOU went, relying on his statement that
there would be others there?"
Yes: but that was not 90 the tower"
She did not go TO the Twenty fourth
street studio many times, because they
were afraid of the place"
Who was afraid of the place. asked
Jerome.
Mr. White" she said. He told me
two actresses had been there. and had
gone out all over the town talking about
1t, and told all about the mirrors and the
different things they had seen there"
She never knew who the actresses were.
Again, she said: They usually used the
place for lunches and she went there
between six and ten times in that period. /
whispers Names to Jerome.
Jerome wanted to know who they"
were. and she whispered a number Of
names to him. All these names we're
put on the record, but not made public
It was explained that they would be writ
ten in the copies OF the record for coun-
sci and the court, but no one else would
get them.
She was introduced to some of these
men and became acquainted with some
Of them. She dined with some Of them
at other places. generally at Berger's
restaurant. off Fifth avenue. in the
Thirties,' as she described il. At the
Twenty-fourth street lunches there
were usually four persons. two young
women, Mr. White. and another man.
The conduct of the women was
proper"
so far as / remember il. l do not re-
member everything about Twenty-fourth
street"
I know, but this was the scene Of the
terrible tragedy in your life?'
Yes"
And you went there eight or ten times
4 did not say went eight or ten times;
I tried to think as many times as I could.
certainly not more than that"
Would your impression be that it was
some where between six and ten?"
Possibly
Wei, now revisiting the scene Of this
terrible occurrence six times, did not
these visits make any impression on your
mind?''
Yes. ] remembered it
And you remembered it with unhap-
pinessT''
Il tried hard not to
And can you not recall at all. whether
the conduct Of these men and women was
seemly or UnSeemly?'
No / don't think il was unseemlv; /
there were mostly lunches at that place /
4 know. but was the conduct at these
lunches seemly. or did the men get too
much liquOT?"
No"
or the women"