Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09
,+.. Their Truth or FaIsity Dis
W" ,,iet Attorney Jerome Has
| Nothing to Do.
,ssec1 OF HER TESTIMONY
v..ts,dav,s Not so Convincing as
.rsursday's-Less Direct and
More Dramatic.
,,,,, rake witness stand Again
sns "" win Try TO In
,roduce Thaw's VIII

vi, reb, 9.--The nature Oh
New 80 I.rome's cross-exarnination
,'r ry r Nesblt Thaw, who has az
y .,dy spent two days on the wl,,,es5
I.su, ~ the defense of her husband
'upu tNs principal object of discussion
n Ns court adjourned late yesterday
r1tn Monday morning MIS- NAV
1 .,., examination has continued al
~, ., r,tbout interruption for two days
ar5 there is as yet no sign oil tne Gu
Dar he moment when the attorneys
ilaA M defense will turn her over to
W. ,Snaer mercies of the district at
,oney for cross-exumination' o..
'~ The district attorney has a difficult
n,oh,em to face in this cross-examina-
IA ton. % +ho
81 WAN the truth or falsity OF me
w .ha witness has testified she told
M ~ husband he had nothing 10 40
FL Ths statement that she told him liisse
"a .Sings Mrs. Jerome cannot possloiS
81 d'snTove His strongest chance III
REORGANIZATION is to make her Stun
4 Ma In fine story as she has told II win
d ba gentle guidance Of her HUSBAND
~ sttornevs or compel her TO admit tell
NJ ,ne MIN other things about her past me
n ,vSioh would tend to minimize IN ms
n mind the eject OF the story OF her re-
& iations with Stanford White, He can
n ,ntroduoe evidence, II he has II, gem
II orally affecting her credltaDlllty az
Il witness. but as for the main statements
4 In her story-the testimony when
n MADE her recital perhaps the most
A striking ever heard In q court M TINS
n city-stanford White himself II he
n ,,ere alive, could not so on the witness
"A stand and deny them, The point In the
81 case is not as to the truth Of these
~ stories, but as TO their effect on ThaWs
III mind.
ri This fact was Impressed on the Jary
q Yesterday when the court. AT the re-
quest Of the district attorney Informed
4 the Jury that under the law the prose-
cuti0n could not introduce evidence with
the object OF disprorlng any statement
that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has made
except the statement that she told her
husband all the things she has testi-
fled TO.
That Mr.. Jerome will strenuously OBJ
ject to the further Introduction of what
he termed "tattlngs OF the tenderloin,"
was plainly shown late yesterday when
he claimed, and was sustained by the
court, that as yet there had been no
evidence to show that Thaw is now,
1 or ever was insane. And until this is
4 shown any more OF these stories will
te entirely immaterial. This ruling by
,ha court may bar any other stories that
| Evelyn Thaw may have to tell until
kH3ti f,,an no . I.rr- -.
TIRE Is reasonable doubt as to the
roper balance OF Thaw's mind at the
lime Of the shooting.
II this is done, then the noodgates are
likely TO b. open for the admission of
almost anything that Thaw may have
lod his Wife or she told him, or that
Dc heard In any way, that TO any extent
mtgnt nave contributed to the unbal-
ancihg OF his mind. Several attempts
were made IN court yesterday to show
lnat Ihaw was Of unsound mind. but
le district attorney was successful in
blocking them for the time being.
ihaws attorneys stated last night
laat Mrs. Thaw would again assume
lae stand Monday morning on direct
summation, but 10 what she would
"s,lly lney we're not prepared to state
Mls IhaW appeared yesterday in the
S,ale costume she wore the day before.
pu testimony was not so interesting
50 convincing for she was less di-
~ ~ her manner of speaking and
,lS'e dramatic IN her delivery Many
S So thought She lid not make as
favorable an impression as she did
'gnns ner first day on the stand.
u Is expected that Mr.. Delnns win
s ,aa vigorous effort on Monday 10
,Mvluce IhaW's will in evidence. II is
80 10 be strongly relied upon to
sa'n the enect upon Thaw of the stor-
Il sa va'su by Evelyn Nesbit TO him. 1t
sala 10 have been written on loose
n..i' OF paper, partly typeWritten and
dtty IN handwriting.
eyp ,eatig'ts 10 report today the will Is
.speeted 10 show that Thaw feared as
hssansllon and It rs stated that I'm II
ds ousrea that the sum OF $50 200 he
s,ss,n sa 70 The prosecution of his as
tnl,s,aahN l an investigation of his an
'cota'ed assassination.
n hrd PROVISIONS Is one setting aside
whor.' " 100000 FOR the care Of women
ihro,,gt ~ uelleNed TO have suffered
o. ,besa ntaIuofd White. The names
IN the Win ''lvu are reported to be given
wllI con, li, II IS also reported that the
tloa contains a provision for the eduen
bro,ho. howard Nesbit. Mrs. Thnw's
,nstp's and that an allnwance vras
u9tlng her life. '''s'S" hlother
tlIY1ansel for Thaw today nol only do
MI h,,w. make public the text ~ Tho
Nsibn Su' ueelared that tho alleged nrn.
tate VI II made public were Macon
sl s'f, I. Thaw visited he, husband ~.
panied 49, Aqulbs. She vas apcom-
II Tbs,Dy ar Peabody and Al. C;ieosn,,
hnF cnn counsel and the four had a
% b. In vince Mrs. Thaw annea,ob
hand I'D Nlsh spirits today. Her ms
nood h,', seemed TO be IA uleasant
les u hls loud not discuss NE prog
saie un y The Jurors arc beginning 70
Ay ars w close restraint In whlch
saly eve.,." Ihey are denied nrar'
ltaye H. "peIy and are permitted
M all X nolel for exercise only
lgn out undnh - go, Then they ara
Zion resulieH piuse guard. This con-
No rather sn touiy IN what developed
tleeen The 1ilpleasant dlsagreemend
tlrIny waited 10 80 o,,t co. "''i we
he usnai lie FORENOON. az thev maIh
Nlrts H., Walk down 10 he or,, tas'u
.stre ,o"Aalng' The Others halplnal
fesui," go out. They We're y an no
hetened "a i io,, Lylns days in court and
lengthy ca 5pv3nse around IN the hotel
Dent bro, aSoiHerenco and muoh 49,, u''
vho wan,asnt no result ana fhe 49,
feer IN y, 10 50 out appeaied Wsn
sas no,,s |Nafke He told them w. VIC
HE men .iless He could M, Ia ne
n than 20 leave the hotel M p.iinii
The 1.n went he told them unless all
asSe fund had hunllthed today that