The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-19
On Re-Opening Of the Thaw
Murder Trial To-day
MRS. THAW ON THE STAND
An Instrument Purporting to Be the
win Of the Respondent Was Finally
introduced in Court Yesterday
lis Queer Document.


New York, Feb. 10.- Evelyn Thaw
was called as the first witness when
the Tbaw trial reopened this morning.
Judge Delnas resumed her direct exami-
nation
Evelyn began by identifying AZ pa.
pers and letters which were written by
Stamford White. Without Immediately
revealing the contents of the letters,
attorney Delmas questioned her about
the stories she had reepated to Harry
Thaw as coming from Mae Mckenzie,
her chorus girl friend Miss Mckenzie
told her that White had said to her when
she remarked upon the happy welded
life Of the Thaws, sWeli, It won't last.
] will get her back"
When Evelyn told her husband OF this,
she said that he got excited, as he al.
ways did when she spoke of White,
and savagely gnawed his nails.
''Did YOU undergo an operation in
1907" asked Delmas
Eyes; the year Of our marriage"
"Who paid the billsY''
"Mr Thaw made all the arrangements
and paid all the bills $4,000 in ALL"
After onr marriage" continued the
witness "we lived in the Town house
Mr. Thav talked continually of White
He always talke Of White. Why, it
seems he would wake up in the middle
of the night and ask some question
about White or something that he did"
The witness described how White pur.
sued her before marriage and once met
her at hospital while she was calling
on Mae Mckenzie. She told how White
had trei to take liberties with her.
After her marriage to Thaw she fire.
quently talked with her husband about
plans to bring Whites case TO the Com
stock society and the district attorney.
"He tried" she continued shut had lit
tie success because White was an I'M
fluential man and was able to prevent
any action against hint"
At the close Of the proceedings was
interpolatd the famous story OF the
"pie girl by which the defense hopes
TO prove Whites heartiesspess toward
his victims, as we'll as bis mental de-
generation The witness said that the
girl at the theatre told her the story
and White confirmed it, declaring it
was ''the best stunt he ever did at sup.
per-"
He made big pie, put into it. with
some live BIRDS a i5-ysar-old Girl named
Susie johnson. 1T the right moment
the pie was cut, the airl stood uy, clad
in "a little gauze drcss." The tirds flew
away. White told htr, however, that
the stunt nearly rot him into trouble.
He and his guests r,it cold pieces in
the girls shoes ana down her dress. The
papers got hold Of It and the story was
kent out only by strenuous efforts.
The girls name did not come out in
the testimony, and the names Of the
other girls known BY Evelyn to have
been misused by White were whispered
to Jerome but not admitted in the evil
dence.
Thaw's viii introduced.
In further bulwarking their conten-
tion that Thaw was insane when he kill
ed Stanford White. the defendants coun-
sci succeeded yesterday in placing before
the jury the will executed by Thaw on
the night Of his marriage In April, 1905,
and q codicl to the will executed at the
same time Again Mr. Jerome fought
evidence but he significantly withdrew
his objections after DIR. Evans testified
as his expert opinion that Thaw was
insane at the time he executed the will
The fact that yae district attorney seems
disposed to permit the admission of tes-
timony Of every character provided il
is preceded by an opinion by a witness
that the man was of unsonnd mind al
the time to which the testimony refers
was taken Yesterday as further indirat
ing that at the psychological moment
and if he deems his ease strong enough
Mr.. jerome may demand the appoint
meit OF commission to pass upor
Thaws state Of mind at present.
The Will and codicil, as read ia thu
jurors yesterday, was offered in evidence
as cumulative evidence Of Thaw's men
tai unsoundness prior to the shootinl
Of White. In his will, Thaw provided
that his executors should set apart th'
sum of $4,000 for the investigation
of his death in the case of violent ol
suspicious end, and for the prosecution
Of the persons suspected of having hat
hand IN his taking off In the eodieil
Thaw left to lawyer in Pittshurg th'
sum of $1,000 to be used to obtain lega
redress from Stanford White and on
other person, whose name was not al
lowed to be read, for the benefit Of fou
young women who, Thaw declared, wer
the victims Of degrading assaults" in
house furnished and used for orgie
BY stanford White and other inhumal
scoundrels' The names Of the fou
young women were mentioned by IhaN
but were not made public. Thaw als
bequcathed $500 each to the Rev Dr
Charles II. Parkhurst, to Anthony Com
stocll and to the lawyer named in hi
codcil, to be used to further discove
alleged misdeeds by Stanford White an,
to secure redress for the women.