Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08
|NTRICUES OF WHITE AND
ABE HUMMEL REVEALED

You begged me not to. so | have seen
no young ladies'. eXcept-by accident. |
You have in three weeks gotten dan
gerous reputation"
Also for telling scandal. true or
false. Take it back about Eleanor |
How would YOU like it without my
answering-only l understand, and
therefore respect you the same. Say
someone got you to say so, not some
one you know, some stranger, perhaps
They also say you are going to pieces,
and in six months you may be in the
gutter, mentally and morally, and dis
honOrably.
Asks Cost of Schooling.
| rs Howard in school? How mucn
does it cost? Your mother must trust
your friends who robbed you of your
birthrght as a young lady and made
your fathers name by-word. If only
you had let me save you before you
were 16'
Then follow these words through
which the pen is drawn: He never
would dare"
! Hints at Murder.
| The letter continues, 1T would never
/ have been told. | would have just act
ed as a friend. you know. and as a
friend would have rejoiced and asked
you nothing Those stories about NOR
phine were false. | have not used any
dope in my life. | never lie to you"
Written After Interview.
1t was evident from this letter,
which was sent to Attorney Longfel-
low to be delivered TO Evelyn. it had
been written subsequent to Thaw's in
terview with the girl at Hotel Nevarre
after their return from Paris in 1908.
Another Episode With White.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the letters Delmas asked: Did you
tell Thaw of an episode in your life
connected with White and Abraham
Hummel in New York between your
return from Paris in 1903, and Christ
mas eve of that year,"
NO. l did not tell him until Jan.
uary, 1904. Thaw asked me how 1
! came TO speak to White after my re.
turn from Europe. l told him | was
driving down Fifth avenue one day in
a hanson with my maid and we passed
I Write. 7 heard ti4H-eNclaim. .Qa,-IeeIS
at Evelyn
Called to Telephone.
"A few days later was called to the
telephone and it was White He said:
My, but it is good to hear your voice
again He said he wanted to come
and see me- | told him | could not
see him. He said it was very import
ant. that it was a matter of life and
, death. He could not tell me over the
telephone So he came to see me at
the Hotel Savoy.
Tried to- Kiss Her.
when he came in he tried to kiss
, me, but l did not let him. | told him
2 to sit down and asked him again II
r my mother was i'll. He said nc. and
2 at began to talk of Thaw. He told me
| of different actresses who had told him
: that | was in Europe with Thaw. He
said presently that Thaw took me to
Europe and asked me why l went
: around with man who took morphine
g He said positively Thaw took mo:-
= phine. that he was not even a gentle
with him.
Came often.
: After that he came constantly tC
. see me. He also sent people to ms
who told me stories about Thaw-the
[ story told yesterday. | told Thaw af
terwards the stories worried me 81
much | could not sleep nights. | got
9 very nervous, for | knew Thaw wa>
. coming over. | told White | did not
=, want to see Thaw."
Mrs Thaw told of going to Abe
. Humners office with White, who
questioned her very closely concern
ing her relations with her mother ant
Thaw.
Thaw Very Bad Man.
- 'Hummel said Thaw was very ba,
man, and above all things | must be
protected from him. White then sal;
the main thing was to get him out o
= New York and keep him out
II They asked me if | went to Europ'
of my own accord, and | said | Ger
ID tainly had. | said | remained in En-
u IOpe when my mother left because
I had Quarreled with her and could no
u dance for a year. and | liked Thav
II very much and could not do anythin:
\ else
Nevertheless Hummel said. 'yol
are minor and he should not hav
IS taken you away from your mother
" said he didn't take me away.
Proposed Strong Methods.
II white said strong methods must b
u observed to keep Thaw out of Ne,
i, York and protect myself. l must hel
- in every way | could.
IT, white said | must leave everythin
in Hummels hands. Then they sen
for a stenographer and lawyer and sal
IS must not interrupt him in what h
lie was about. | was nervous and excite
and began to cry. They they began :
dictate and put in a lot of stuff that
st had been carried away by Tha'
so against my will. | started to interrul
yo but the laWypr mt nm his hands an