Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16
ZOO 0Utck FoR pnLMAs.

MIR. Denlas protested that the quick
answers of the witness did not permit
him TO object He asked that the
last question be stricken out
Justice Fftgs raid ordered this done
and Mir Delmas offered an objection
to the question as nmateTialy
Justice Fitzgerald asked II The die
lated statement had been reduced 10
writing in Miss Nesbit-s presence.
mo SIR said MI, Jerome, who
then abandoned temporarily the ques-
ton upon which the objection was Of
fered and asked Hummel II he could
recall to which one Of the stenpgraph-
ars he had tliEtltsd the statement
II cannot he replied.
Mr.. Jerome handed TO Hummei n
copy OF the affidavit EVELYN Nesbit is
said to have made IN his office and
asked If he had ever seen 1t before
Yes sir IN my offiSe, said HUM
mel.
MIR. pelmas objected tn tho whole
line OF examination, was OVcrrulod and
noted exceptions
HuInmel said that the paper hpnaed
him WAS carbon coyty of the state
rnent ne had dictated IN the presence
OF Miss Nesbh
What did you do with the Original
copy7'' asked Mr., Jerome
Objection by De llnas ovnrTulcd
II handed H. to SnydeclScV or Jacob
son--Onc OF the men In my Office.
dent know which, replied the wilt
ness
What dag was it YOU handed the
original to the MANI"
TUESDAY. oct "a. 1908"
"When did YOU next sec the orig
inal9"
"rhe next day, Wednesday, Oct. 2s-
Mr.. Jerome next handed Hnmmel
The Photographic negatives and copies
. L. IL. a Ia
had caused the Photographic COPY tc
BE made.
Have YOU ever seen Evelyn Nesbi'
write o. asked MFR Jerome.
mo" replied Humme.
Are you familiar with her writing
from the inspection of things she told
us she has written?'
YES
what became Of the Originate"
GAVE 1T TO EVELYN NEsBIT
"f handed it TO Evelyn Nesbit in my
private office"
Did You ever see the paper again?'
"Not after | delivered it to Evelyn
Nesbit'
Mrs. Thaw testified that Humrnel had
shown her paper and, without letting
her see anything bat her signature, he
burned It.
The examination of EIummel proceed
ed with much difficulty because Of the
objections of Mr., Delmas. who now
tnIerposed the objection that the prose-
cptor had not laid sufficient ground
for secondary. evldeuce--the existence OF
the original being in doubt.
Mr. Jerome said he had asked Mrs
Thaw about the original and she had
denied ever having had it in hel
possession.
Justice Fitzgerald Overruled this OBJ.
| lection, along with all others.
Humnlel identified the Photographic
copy OF the affidavit as having beef
made from the original
Mr.. Jerome then turned the witness
over for cross-eaat1ination.
Mr.. Delmas asked HnnInlel II there
was anyone else in The office when hi
delivered the original affidavit to Eve
ly m; Ssa0it
"You say you were acting for Stan
ford White In this rnatter2"
Yes
How much did he pay you for tbs
| service p
II can't recall
-'How long had you acted as Stanford
| Whites Attorney
For eight or ten years"
| HummeI said he had arranged tr
| have the Photographic copy made, hat
| sent for a photographer. whose nanlt
he could not remember and that the
| photographer came to his office
when did you turn the original pa
| per over to Stamford White2''
1.-THE day after Evelyn Nesbt 1trs
came to my office and demanded it,
''1oid she call more than onee2''
Yes