The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
MRS. THAW TALKS
Tells OF Her Relations With
Stanford White
WAS A TRYING ORDEAL FOR HER
With Tears Slowly Trickling Down
Her Sczrie. Cheeks, the Girl Wife
Of Stanford Whites Slayer Relates
to the Court the Story Of the Wreck
Of Her Girlhood.

New York. Special-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw told her story. To save the
life Of her husband, charged wiih
murder, she barred to the world the
innermost secrets of her soul. II was
the same story she told Harry Thaw
in Paris In 1903, when he asked her
TO become his wife-the confession OF
one who felt there was insurmount-
able barrier 10 her ever becoming the
bride Of the man she loved.
In the big witness chair she APP
peared but a slip OF girl and she
told the story of her eventful young
life in a frank, girlish way.
As the young wife unfolded the
narrative of her girlhood and told
the early struggles of herself and
her mother 10 keep body and soul to-
gether; Of how gaunt poverty stood
ever at the door. and how she finally
was able to earn livelihood by pos
ing for photographers and artists,
she won the murmure6 sympathy of
the throng which filed every avail
able space in the big court room.
Then came the relation Of the
wreck Of that girlhood at 10 years
Of age. 1t was the story Of her meet
ing with Stanford White, the story
of the sumptuous studio apartment,
whose dingy exterior gave no hint OF
the luxurious furnishings within; Of
velvet covered swing in which one
could swing until slippered toes
crashed through the paper OF Japa-
nese parasol swung froE. the ceahng;
the story of a glass of champagne,
of black, whlrling sensations and OF
mirrored bed room walls. In short,
she told all the story.
"Don't scream so. 1t is all over.
1t is all right"
"And this was Stanford White ~
The question came from Dolphin
NJ. Delmas. now conducting the de-
Tense of Harry Thaw.
Eyes, sir
Her Story.
She told of her arrival In New
York, Of her life here, and eventually
the acceptance by her mother of the
thrice-refused invitation of a girl OF
the theatre to meet some of her
friends at luncheon. The girl 8
I mother told Evelyn's mother they
were people in New York society and
perfectly proper, else she would not
let her girl 60 with them.
"When she came for me in the
handsome, said the witness, ~ re-
member hoping we would 60 to the
Waldorf. | had heard so much about
it and wanted to go there. But the
handsome stopped in front of dingy-
loking building, and | was told to
get out. Ny mother had dressed me.
NY skirts were just to my shoe tops
then. This was in April, 1901.
''He was a big and fat, ugly man.
I remembered his meeting us at the
head of three flights of STAIRS she
continued. "He gave me presents,
and my mother let me 60 to other
parties Then he said my mother
should visit some friends in Pitts
burg. She said she could not leave
me. He said it would be all right
that he would look after me. Final
! ly she went. Then came an invita-
ton to a party, but no one else was
there-iust two. 'They all seem to
have turned US down., he said. After
we had dined and I wanted to GO
home, he said | hadn't seen all OF
the apartment and we went to room
with the mirrors all over the walls
That room was a bed room. On a
small table stood a bottle Of cham
payne and one glass. Mr.. White
poured out just one glass for me, and
I paid no attention to it. Mr.. White
went away, came back and said: !
draped this room myself Then he
asked me why l was not drinking
my champagne, and | said | didn I
like it; it tasted bitter. But he per.
suaded me to drink it and I did.
Room Got All Black.
ga few moments after l had drank
the champagne there began a pound
ing and humping in my ears and
the room got all black
Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears al
this stage.
"When l awoke my clothes had al
been taken off me. / started te
scream. Mr.. White got up and threw
q komona on me- AS I sat up
saw morrors all around the bed.
began to scream again and Mr.. White
asked me to keep quiet, saying thai
it was all over.
"When he threw the kimona ove1
me, he left the room. [ screamed
harder than ever. l don't remember
how I got my clothes on
"He took me home and | sat up al
night crying"
|. "Where was Mr.. White when yor
recovered consciousness? 90
"He was on the bed, beside me, I'M
dressed
"What did he say afterwards -
"He made me swear that l woule
never tell my mother about 1t. ID
said there was no use in talking ane
the greatest thing in this world wa
not to get found out. He said thu
girls in the theatres were foolish tt
taIk He launched afterwards