The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-21
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NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-In merci-
less determination to test her story
to the utmost, Jerome today on
cross examination took Evelyn
Thaw back, step by step, over the
scenes she had depicted in her d.
rect testimony as to Stanford
White. The girl persisted in en-
phatic declarations that Whites at
tentions were always forced upon
her, and that he frequently got her
intoxicated and irresponsible with
wine.
The witness was slightly paler
than yesterday, but her voice was
stronger and her statements more
certain. Jerome read the record Of
her examination yesterday wherein
she testified that she had been led
to believe all women bad until af-
ter she was 10 years old. She said
she knew no better until after she
talked with Thaw and refused him
on account Of her own unworthi-
ness. Jerome then began retracing
her back life, asking her If she had
ever been in cafe in Paris called
the Dead Rat" She said she was
there once with Thaw and thought
the place respectable. In the
course of the examination she said
that while with Thaw in Paris she
had come to full realization of the
wrong done her by White and that
every womanly instinct had been
shocked by the revelation.
Delmas and Jerome got into a
lively tilt over what Delmas de-
scribed as the sheer in Jerome's
tone in questions as to what
prompted Evelyn's remuneration of
Thaw's love- Jerome exclaimed:
There's no sneer. 1t all depends
on whether her story is true. IL
true there can be no sheer, for
never heard its equal"
Jerome, resuming the examina-
ton, asked: "Was your reason for
renouncing Thaw's proposal mere
ly because of feeling that you were
unworthy"
ut was because | was found out, "
said Evelyn, changing her tack
from the day before when she said
it was because she was unworthy
who told you you had been
found out?"
White"
Evelyn said she quarreled with
White because after Thaw opened
her eyes she first realized what
the architects treatment meant to
her Jerome questioned her closely
about why she wrote White from
Boulogne. She said her mother
coerced her to write, and that
Whites extraordinary personality
had a fascinating effect upon her.
In response to question as to
whether she had told her mother
what White had done, the witness
with breaking voice, exclaimed:
"Oh, could not. White wouldn't
let me. He made me swear never
to tell mama
Jerome drew from the girl de.
tailed statements that time and
again brought tears to her eyes.
The questions compelled admis-
| tinued the visits until the first OF
1902, but always against her own
inclinations, she maintained.
Thaw entered court carrying a
bunch of newspaper clippings of the
previous days proceedings. For the
| first time since his arrest he called
the newspaper man to discuss the
case. He merely protested against
an article this morning commenting
on Evelyn's forgetfulness.
Its not exactly just to her, you
know he said. She had little to
do with drawing their funds from
the trust company" This was o
reference to the money paid Evelyn
by White as an arrangement be-
tween White and Evelyn's mother.
While the witness was telling
about her confessions to Thaw Je-