Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-09

he was about To say Then they be-
gan to dictate and put in a lot of stuff
that l had been carried away by
Thaw against my will 1 started to
interrupt, but the lawyer put up his
hands and stopped me.
''Thev put in that had been taken
away from my mother. and lot of
stuff that was not true. and that had
been badly treated by Mr.. Harry
Thaw."
Mrs. Thaw said she took Thaw's let
ters to Mr.. Hummers office. He said
he just wanted to hold them over Har-
ry X. Thaw's head Mrs. Thaw con-
timed:
Mr. Thaw accused me Of having
improper relations with Mr.. White
since [ came back from Europe, and |
said that 1t was a lie. He said 1t
would look to people as if l was a
blackmailer by going to Hummers Of
flee
Did you tell him of another Incl
dent?"
Yes, l told him of one day when
White came to the Hotel Navarro. and
he was terribly mad. and walked up
and down the room with camp chair
in his hands NV child he said
what did you tell Mr.. Hummel about
me?' | said | had not said anything
and then Mr.. White said | must have
told Hummel, because Hummel had
just squeezed one thousand dollars out
of him, and he was not going to send
another thousand"
The witness said that she did not
know what she had signed when she
signed the paper at the request of Mr.
White in his office in Madison Square
Garden, and continued;
81 called Mr. White on the tele-
phone after had talked to Mr. Thaw.
and l demanded of Mr.. White that he
put the paper in the fire. He said he
did not have it, but that 1t was in Mr..
Hummel's office / said: Very WE'LL
and told him was going to Mr.. Hum
mel's office Immediately. Then White
said he would meet me upon the cor
ner, and | met him.
I'VE went down to Hummels office.
He showed me the paper and showed
me my signature and asked If 1t was
mine, and | said it was. Then they put
the paper in a big .iardiniere and
burned IT, Afterward told Mr.. Thaw
all about ii, and also saw Mr.. Long
fellow and told him"
How did Mr. Thaw treat you from
that time until he proposed mar
riage2"
He treated me very nicely, carried
me up and down stairs when ! was
sick and brought me flowers and took
me carriage riding
What reason did you give him for
not marrying him?"
1T was because of my reputation
! did not want to separate him from
his family. | knew it would be a good
thing for me to marry him, but it
would not be for him. If | did not
love him so much | might have been
anxious to marry him"
There was something which hap
pened which led you to change your
mind in regard to marrying Thaw2"
asked Mr.. Delmas.
Yes. answered the young woman.
You were given to believe that his
family would receive you as his
wife ?"
Yes"
After marriage did you tell your
husband Of the efforts of Stanford
White to renew your fsleadship?@
Il did"
What was the first occurrence you
told your husband about?"
"Once when ! was driving on Fifth
avenue, when | passed Mr.. White and
he called out to me, Evelyn My
husband said 1t was not right for me
to see him, and made me promise that
If ever met White again | would tell
him about It,"
When did you see Mr. White
again?"
1T was on Fifth avenue. one day
when ! was riding to DR.. Delavan to
have my throat treated. When ] got
home / told Mr.. Thaw that about
street / passed Mr.
White in his hanson He did not at
tempt to speak to me- but stared hard
at me. | looked away. When | got
down to the doctors office | found
Stanford White. in his hanson, COM
ing there. | ran up the steps, but |
was excited and nervous and | told
the door porter that / would come AT
another time. so ! ran back down the
stairs, jumped into my hanson, looked
neither to the right nor left and told
the driver to go back to the hotel as
quickly as ever he could"
How did Mr. Thaw act when YOU
told him of this?"
"Oh, he was always very excited
whenever | told him of my meetings
with White. He bit his finger nails
and looked excited"
Mrs. Thaw on resuming the stand
his afternoon, said that when she told
White of Jack Barrymore having
Invited her to party he became very
angry and said he would send her
away to school in New Jersey
II all came about through a quar-
rel between Mr.. White. my mother
and myself over Mr.. Barrymore" she
said lone afternoon on Madison
SQUARE Garden. Mr.. Barrymore said to
me- Evelyn, will you marry me-? |
answered him and said. I don't know.
white asked me II | would marry
and said: If kids like you
get married, what would you two have
to live on?'
Every day after that when would
meet my mother. she would ask me If
intended to marry that little pup
BARRYMORE. saying Mr.. White was
afraid ! would.
Mr.. White then came to see me
and said | would be very foolish to
marry Mr.. Barrymore He also said
Mr.. Barrymore was little bit crazy;
that his father was in an asylum. and
he thought the whole family was
.ouched.
Mr. Barrymore asked me second
time If I would marry him. and again
said 1 don't know and he laughed. |
The upshot of the whole matter was
that Mr., White came and said ought
10 be sent to school and | was"
Al this stage Of the trial District At
.orney Jerome made an earnest pro-
est against any further defamation
IF the dead"
Mr.. Delmas had asked the witness
After you told Mr.. Thaw what
happened between Stanford White and
YOU in 1901, did you ever have any
with him in which he
told you what happened to other
ioung girls who had met a similar fate