The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09

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Delmas outlined at length how, when
business or social duty had driven
Thaw and Evelyn from Pittsburg to
New York. White twice pursued her
and how Thaw made his wife promise
to tell him every time she saw White,
and continued:
In May, 1906. Evelyn related to her
husband how White had gone to May
Mckenzie in the, hospital. Miss Nc
Kenzie had said to White: Isn't it nice
Evelyn and Thaw get along" White
answered: We'll, it won't last. l will
get her back
"All ambition fed
Delmas described a, length Thaw's
changed manner when he went 10
Pittsburg and how his mother noticed
it and at last learned his secret.
Then you remember the occasion
in church When the organ pealed out
thai grand anthem to God of olS arm
les and navies, Lest we forget How
he broke down. The music was ring
ing in his ears repeating the strain.
You never can forget the wrong done
this girl. You never can forget what
makes your life so desolate.'
THE courageous man conceived n,
had a mis- sion to perform. Seeing Ev-
elyn in the hancs of White seemed &
him worse than torment of hell. He
came back to New York to make one
more effort to save her.
'She related her story to him one
month before the fatal day in June
when he began to gnaw his nails and
his eyes grew wild. Did he not have
cause to get wild? This man who had
loved this girl four years, who had
carried the story in his heart, who had
made her his wife, heard that her raw
Usher had boosted he would get her
back. In his mind he heard White say.
stole her from her mother, now 7
will steal her again from her husband
But he did not steal her again. Be-
tween that desire and it's consumma-
ton stood this strong young man to
defend his right, inspired by the
pledges he made before heaven to pro-
tect her with his life.
From that time on he was always
haunted by the thought that White. as
long as he lived, was a constant men,
ace to his home and his honor. His
wife has said he would wake her in the
| middle of the night to ask her ques-
tiOns about White. He was constant
| ly brOoding on the subject Of White.
| Then. one by one, he learned of speci-
! fic cases of other girls who We're vic
Tins of White. With this thought he
said Whites place was in the peniten-
| tiary; that he would get worse and
worse as time went on and would de-
strOy not only girls on the stage but
other girls and trey would be dis
traced. but would become bad women.
| To show how deep the impression was
on his mind let me call attention to the
! provisions in the cOdicil of his will Set
| ting aside thousands Of dollars to pro-
| tect girls who might become victims
| of White and. strange to say, it was
| written on the night of his wedding.
But his efforts did not end with the
codicil. In the early part of 1906 he
wrote to COmstOck and then called on
| the district attorney who now asks his
! life Then he went to the most i'm
Dortant detective agencies. always
! with the same result-he was told
| that nothing could be done. Even his
wife told him he could not succeed
against White and his powerful friends:
with these thoughts in his mind.
| that he was baffled in his battle for
right and virtue. it is easy to conceive
the state of Thaw's mind when he
| looked into the face of Stamford
White
Delmas then suggested a recess be-
fore he finished his address. He said
he would conclude this afternoon. Gar
van said Jerome did not wish to begin
until tomorrow morning.
Delmas said if the experts could
| classify Thaw's insanity they would
characterize it as "dementia Ameri-
| cam which makes a man believe that
the sanctity Of home is inviOlate.
| Delmas closed at 3:17 o'clock and
| the court adjourned until tomorrow.