The daily sentinel., 1907-02-08


New York, Feb. s.-(Special.) )
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw is far from be-
ing near the end of her trying ordeal
on the witness stand and not until to-
day or tomorrow will her direct evil
dence be finished and then on Mon
day the merciless cross examination
will be inaugurated by District At
torney Jerome.
Much of today's testimony was
made up of details of her married
life. The evidence of the young wife
today lacked the intensely dramatic
and sensational features that charac-
terized the testimony of yesterday.
The story of the murder and the
events immediatly preceding and i'm
mediately following the killing We're
related this morning by Mrs. Thaw.
She declared that her husband acted
as one insane on many occasions.
The defense gave Indication to-
day that 1t would prove that Thaw,
while sitting in Madison Square Gard
en- with his wife saw White and
while looking at him recalled how he
had treated his fair young wife and
became inflamed that in fit of tenn
porary insanity he killed him.
Attorney Delmas has awakened
the admiration of all who have wat
ched him conduct the defense. Thaw
could not have chosen a more power
full or abler attorney.
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw will be on
the witness stand all day.. Although
giving the innermost secrets of her
soul to the world, she is bearing up
fairly well and she has won sympa-
thy on every hand,
In the big witness chair she appear
ed but slip of a girl and she told
the pitiful story of her young life
in a frank and girlish way. When
tears came unbidden to her big
brown eyes and slowly trickled down
her face she strove in vain to keep
them back She forced the words
from trembling lips by which she
hopes to save her husband.
She shook off a depression which
once threatened TO become an alb
solute collapse.
The young wife unfolded her girl
hood and told the early struggles
of herself and her mother to keep
body and soul together; of how gaunt
poverty stood ever at the door, and
/ how she finally was able to earn a
llivlihood by posing for Philadelphia
artists, she won the murmured SYM
pathy of the throng which filled every
available space in the court room.
Then came the relation of the
wreck of that glrlhood at 16 years, 1t
was the story OF her meeting with
Stanford White. 1t Is the story OF
the studio of Stanford White; of n
velvet covered swing in which she
could swing until her slippered toes
crashed through the paper of a Jana
nese parasol swung from the ceiling
the story of glass of champagne,
of black. whirling sensations, and OF
mirrored bedroom walls. In short
she told all the story. Don't scream
so. it is all right.
"And this was Stanford White?
The question came from Mr.. Del
mas now conducting the defense
Eyes SIR
The stiffness of the courtroom was
its own tribute to the effect OF the
girls story In all the room there
was not a sound.
A girl in face. Mrs. Thaw was still
a girl as she withstood an ordea
which might well have startled inte
terror a woman of maturity and haru
er and harsher experience than her
Into the narrative she injected
many little touches of a young girfi
hopes and disappointments. or hel
early life she said she had ViVic
recollection of going with her pro
ther to New York. She recalled ina
the two little travellers had trouDl'
with the conductor. who wanted te
put their cat out of the car But
she naively added. they held East tC
the cat. She told of her arrival II
New York, of her life and even th'
arcentanca by her mother OF the
thriee-refused invitation of a girl o
] the theatre to meet some or ne
friends at luncheon. The girl tol'
Evesyn's mother they were New
York society people and perfectly
proper else she would not let her Ill
tie girl go with them.
"When she came for me in nan
som cab" she said, 81 remember mop
ing we were going to the Waldorf
had heard so much of it and wante'
. to go there. The hanson stopped il
front of a distinguished building am
was told to get out. Mother ha'
dressed me. My skirts were Just u
my shoetops then.
This was in August 1901.
He was a big and fat and ugl
r mani remember him meeting US a
| the head of three flights OF stars
: she continued.
y ''He gave me presents and my mo
Y ther let me go to other parties. Ihel
e he said my mother should go 10 fltts f
t burg. She said she could not leaV
n me. He said it would be all rlgn' sil
s that he would look out for me fin M
r ally she went. Then came an invita-
tion to a party, but no one else wa
there-just two. They all seem