Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-22
JEROME GIVES no QUARTER
MR 1hHw Forced to- Admit that Che
Continued Relations with Whita
Defense SPRINGS .OTH R SENSATION
Charge made that District Attorney
Intends to IRdiet Ms. Thaw-
one Admission DamaEing
70 Defense.

NEW YORK. Feb u.-Under the stress
OF a cross-examination in which District
Attorney Jerome gave no quarter. Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw broke down today
up5n the witness sand. with binding tears
burning their way down cheeks which from
ashen white bad flushed to crimson. she
admitted that after her first experience
with Stanford White her relations with the
architect continued several months
There were other confessions also. which.
while damaging TO her own character. ac-
centuated all the more the terrible personal
sacrifice she Is making in the EFFORT to save
her husband from the electric chair. The
case has progressed to the point where the
defendant has been all but lost sight OF.
His girl-like wife is the figure about whom
/ the storm lashes. she Il Is whose life is
being searched out and who is being held
up to scorn by the prosecuting oficer
Thaw, his face buried In his hands might
easily have been out OF the court room pic
ture today and none would have missed
/ him All eyes were upon the witness chair
and the slight figure n blue which occupied
IT, During the morning and at all times
heretofore Mrs. Thaw has had to sit on
/ the edge Of the chair in order that her
/ feet might reach the floor. To make her
I more comfortable for the long ordeal
4
during the afternoon.
At the close Of the most evsntful day OF
I the trial. Mr.. Jerome announced that he
/ probably would keep Mrs Thaw under fire
I Tor two more days. Adjournment was
taken until Monday morning. although at
one time Justice Fitzgerald said that to
accommodate out OF town witnesses he
would hold court tomorrow and Saturday
jerome Is MercfIesa.
/ There was no subject affecting the wit
ness OF so intimate a nature that the dis
trict attorney hesitated TO haul it from its
hiding place and hold ii before the gaze
Of the world. all the while requiring that
she should recognize and own the fault In
her own words
When Mr.. Jerome was faying Mrs Thaw
with questions as to her relations with
White. demanding TO know every detail.
and while bitter tears were yelling to her
eyes. two newspaper women accustomed
to harsh scenes Of life. hastily left the court
room and made a hasty retreat out OF the
big portals. At last the prosecutor him
self relented somewhat and suggested that
the proceedings suspend
Mr.. Delmas thought he detected an IN
favorable slant to this and protested that
the witness would be able to proceed
Mrs Thaw wiped her eyes. stiffened IN a
bit and nodded to Mr.. Jerome to proceed
After bringing out that her relations with
White continued for some time Mr. Jerome
went deeper. Mrs. Thaw admitted that in
lss9. after the return from EuropA she
spent the night at Thaw's apartments in
New York and that for three weeks he
and she occupied connecting apartments AZ
the Grand Hotel here
Mrs Thaw admitted freely mat the cham
payne which she had declared had tasted
bitter the night she lost CONSEQUENCES I'm
the mirrored bedroom was no more bitter
than any other champagne she had. drunk
In fact she declared IL tasted IKE all the
} rest and denied that she had Intended for
the jury to assume otherwise
Damaging Statement to Defen.-
! MIS- Thaw made what was considered
her most damaging statement to the de-
PENDANT when she said he had shoved bar
copies Of cablegrams sent to Stanford
! White from Europe asking him to use his
influence with a certain man in London 10
} prevent Mrs. Nesbit from interfering with
Evelyn continuing in Thaw-s company.
! MFs. ThaW also was forced to admit tina.
when she and her mother went abroad with
/, IhaW in 1873 they were still drawing upon
! the bounty Of Stanford White. E,,eIv,,
declared she had letter of credit 70,
ssOe or 500 which was given to her by Vbits
and which she later turned over 10 Thau
! There was still balance in the Mercantile
Trust company to her order also.
, But mamma got all OF that" said the
witness
Mr. Jerome dweIt for long while upor
me eaoieerams which Thaw. is said &c
have sent White. He brought but that tbs
2 cablegranls were sent after Thaw knew n,
the relations which had existed betvaar
Miss Nesbit and the architect Mr.. Thaw
would not admit that she knew positively
VINO sent the cabiegrams OF whether he,
name was signed to them.
Surely. remarked Mr.. Jerome lynn
, don't mean to say that he signed his owr
nameZ'
No." she replied II don't mean thai
at all"
letter written by Mrs Thaw in 100
and telling Of her gay life in Paris with
Harry Thaw and a bunch from the Ten
derioin.' was read TO the Jury by Mr.
Jerome. This brought out more testfnon,
a. to The Dead Rat" Partisan cafe
There seemed to be nothing in the VIII
. ness past life about which the prosecution
, I was not informed He seemed to.hav,
? been able 10 trace her every step, IarEeI,
!, due, doubtless. TO the typewriter state
3 ment Of the mother which Mr. Jerom,
s nearly always holds in his hand Will.
T hurting questions at the daughter Ii
: singie-spaced typewriting the statemen
seems TO cover fully seventy-hve pages.
2 DeImas Springs Sensation.
2 The sprtngfng OF sensations aid not al
rest with the district attorney. Mr. DeImal
sent genuine thrill through the cour
: room by declaring that he had been IN
: formed IL was the purpose OF the distric
5 attorney 70 indict Mrs. Thaw. Mr. Jerom
denied that any such statements had beei
! made, but did not deny the purpose.
This incident came about near the clos
= Of the forenoon session when AIr. Jeroms
. in an effort 70 make the defense produc
% certain letters from Stanford White Whiel
= Mrs ThaW had declared were IN the pos
n session OF clifford Hsrtridge. one OF he
% husbands attorneys. called Mr. Hartrfdg
q 10 the witness stand
= The lawyer declined 10 answer all cues
% tons relating 10 the Letters and when
10 became necessary for him 70 give som
y better reason than the mere fact that
Al was attorney OF record for the defendant
Mr. Delmas said Mr. Hartridge had bee