The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-22
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MRS. EVELYN NEssiTa TAAw en-.
TIERS UPON ORDEAL OF HER
REORGANIZATION.
District Attorney Secures From the
Court 4 Ruling Which Apparently
Opens the Way for Bringing In All
Manner Of Testimony to Discredlt
the Defendants .Wife-FinaI Testi-
mony on Direct Examination.

New York, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw has entered upon the or
deal of her cross-examination and be-
fore District Attorney Jerome had had
the witness in charge for half al hour
ne had secured from the court ruling
which apparently opens the way for
bringing into the trial of Harry Thaw
all manner of evidence which may
tend to discredit the defendants wife.
Heretofore it has been held that the
rules of evidence protected young
Mrs. Thaw and that regardless OF
whether her story was true or false
the fact that she had told it to her
husband was the one essential point.
The district attorney seemed reluc-
tant to begin the cross-examinatiCn Of
! Mrs. Thaw. He declared he did not
wish to humiliate the witness with a
cross-examlnation which he might
deem unnecessary.
"However, If I am forced to do 1T I
WILL" said Mr.. Jerome with something
Of menace In his words.
The witness was bit nervous at
the beginning OF her cross-examina-
ton, but her confidence grew as it
proceeded and she was always ready
with answers. Mr.. Jerome Jumped
from point to point in her history and
under the plea of testing her CREDIBLE
lty was allowed to ask many pertinent
questions. He wanted to know when
she first heard that she had been
named as a correspondent in the
George w. 1,ederer divorce case. The
witness replied that she had read it in
the newspapers.
+, The prosecutor sought to show that
Mrs. 1'haw had gone to Abraham Hum
mel for advice with regard to the d.
vorce proceedings, but was halted by
! an objection from Mr.. Delmas which
the court sustained.
Mr.. Jerome brought out that Mrs.
Thaw had written to Stanford White
from Boulugne after Tilaw had pro-
posed to her in Paris. Did you also
cable Mr.. White?" he asked The
witness could not remember.
End Of Direct Testimony.
In CONFLICTING her direct testimony,
Mrs. Thaw had told of the CONVERSE
|.tions she and her husband had had re-
garding the fate of other young wo-
men at the hands of Stanford Write.
One of these girls was known as 1.-The
pie girl" She was fifteen years of
age and wore only a gauze dress when
she sprang from a big pie at stag
dinner.
The witness declared that May Mac
kenzie had told her that Stanford
White, when told she and Harry were
very happy together, had remarked:
"Pooh, it won't last. will get her
hack"
Harry Thaw's' letter to Anthony
,Comstock describing three houses or
studios where he declared Stanford
White and "other scoundrels" lured
young girls was read. Among the
places described was the house In
West Twenty-fourth street where the
velvet swing and the 1nirrored bed
room were located.
Mrs. Thaw identified forty-two let
tiers which she said were In the hand
writing of Stanford White. The let
tiers were not offered in evidence. bat
Mr.. Delmas will attempt later to get
them into the case.
r Mrs. Game, who was the only other
witness of the day, testfh ed to over
hearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesbit
for her daughters hand in 1903. She
also testified as to how Harry Thaw
acted when he saw Stanford White.
She declared he appeared angry.
). On cross-examinatfon District Attor-
ney Jerome questioned Mrs. Game
closely and brought out many
statements from her with regard to
Harry Thaw and r., Evelyn Nesbtt>
Among these was the fact that Mrs.
Nesbft had nots accompanied her =,
daughter and Harry Thaw to Europe
ii l1O4-the second trip abroad:
also got from Mrs. Game the fact that =
Evelyn Nesbit told hsr, that the opera Z
ton: whici1a has hgtred so frequently +
In the case was for appendicitis.
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