Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-26
Jerome Reaches End
Of Question
List
Fair Witness Gains Two
Points in Favor
of Husband
Secretary Of American Embassy Al.
legged to Have lnsulted Mrs.
Holman and Daughter
In London
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Except for
one brief moment. Mrs. Evelyn Nebit
Thaw had decidedly easy day today
during the continuation of her cross
examination by District Attorney Je-
rome. When adjournment was taken
the prosecutor announced that he had
practically concluded with the witness.
Mrs. Thaw will be temporarily eX-
cused tomorrow morning to enable Mr..
Jerome to Introduce Abraham Hum
mel to identify a Photographic copy of
the affldavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged
to have signed and which charges
Thaw with many cruelties during their
1908 trip to Europe.
The district attorney got the con-
tents of the affidavit before the jury
this afternoon by reading certain of its
statements in the form of questions
and asking Mrs. Thaw if she told such
things to Mr.. Hummel
In each instance she declared she
had not. She denied having ever sign
ed such an affidavit, admitting that
she had, however, signed some papers
for White in the Madison Square gar
den tower, the nature of which she was
not aware"
During the morning session Mr.. Je
rome played his strongest card of the
day. Mrs Thaw had denied most pos
itively that she had ever been
to see a doctor, Carleton Flint, with
Jack Barrymore.
Calls DR.. Flint
call Dr. Flint" commanded Mr..
Jerome.
The doctor entered from the witness
room and was escorted to within few
feet of the witness chair. Did you
ever see that man before?" Mr.. jerome
asked Mrs. Thaw.
The witness seemed a bit startled,
looked quickly and intently at the
physician, then turned to Mr.. jerome
and shook her head.
Never" she declared
Thaw was intensely Interested and
when the incident was over he turned
to the neWSpapermen sitting near him
and whispered:
THAT man made a mistake in coming
here. He stood there a liar. Do you
catch the point-a liar?"
Mrs. Thaw was in much better spirits
when she took the stand today and
looked decidedly better physically than
she did last week She had all her
badly at the hands of the district at
torney who was more gentle in hand
ling the witness.
Makes Decided Gains
Instead of further hurting the cause
of her husband, Mrs. ThaW managed
to make two decided gains. When court
adjourned last Thursday it appeared
from her own statements that she had
used letter of credit from Stanford
White while touring in Europe and had
turned the letter over to Thaw.
She explained today that Thaw took
the letter of credit from her. saying
the money was poisonous" and neith-
er she nor her mother should touch it,
and that he would provide them with
funds.
Whatever had been spent of the
money, she declared, was for her moth
er.
The second point Mrs Thaw made
was concerning the cablegrams which
Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford
White while in London. 1t appeared
Thursday that these cablegrams were
requests of White to use his influence
in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from raising a
row. and interfering with Evelyn con-
tinuing in company with Thaw.
Mr.. Jerome took up the subject again
today, but his questions elected the
information that the letters did not
concern Mrs Thaw at all but related
to a mana secretary of the American
embassy-in London, whom Mrs. Thaw
said had "sneaked up to mammals
bedroom and insulted her"
lnsulted Daughter Also
She said the man had also insulted
her and that Thaw had gone I'm search
of him, but failed TO find him.
The proceedings today dragged a
great deal and it was evident long be
fore he announced the fact that Mr..
jerome was nearing the end of his
cross s-eXamination.
The proceedings tomorrow with Mr..
Hummel on the stand should be more
interesting. The defense on Cross-eN- /
animation win attempt to discrcdit the
witness, who is under indictments
It may be late in the afternoon be-