The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-08


neglected-bad mother or some one
to look after her-nothing would have
happened to her. He began talking
of marrying her as early as 1903 and
he kept on insisting that he would
marry her.
About month before the marriage
her son got her to come to New York
to see the young woman. She came
and gave her approval to the marriage.
If she did not she felt they would
be married anyway. But one Of the
conditions was that Mrs. Nesbit should
never enter their home. Another was
that the past life of the girl should be
a sealed book" that nothing should
ever be mentioned of it. And nothing
was so far as she knew, after the
marriage. 1t wasn't until a day or two
before the marriage that she was told
by her son that he had got the consent
of Mrs. Ne2bit to the marriage. Thaw
had been worrying about that. The
day of the marriage he sat at his desk
writing out the will and the codicil.
Mrs. Thaws direct examination emf
ed abruptly. The usual recess was
taken to air the court room, with Mrs.
Thaw still telling her story. 1t looked
as if she had lot more to tell, but
there was a conference between the
Thaw lawyers during the recess and
when it was over Mr.. Delmas calmly
announced: "The witness is yours,
Mr. District Attorney" Mr.. Jerome
| fought hard to get in some evidence
about the time when Thaw's income
was raised to $50, ,000,' but it was eX-
cluded by Justice Fitzgerald on the
ground that it was before June 1909
when Thaw first heard the story about
White from Evelyn Nesbit. Mrs. Thaw
showed a disposition to go into the
details of her husbands will under
which Thaw's income was increased,
but she was prohibited from doing So
She told Mr.. Jerome that her sor
did not tell her that his relations with
Evelyn Nesbit were meretricious be-
fore he married her. He always ex-
pressed great affection for her, she
said, and wanted to shield her from
wrong. When Mr.. Jerome announced
| that he had nothing more to ask her
| Mrs. Thaw was confused She looked
at Justice Fitzgerald and said appeal
ingly: rs that all l may say?
want, with your permission, to say
something about heredity."
But Mr.. Delmas didn't want to hear
any more and said so. Mr. Jerome
made no effort to conceal his pleasure
at Mr. Delmas' embarrassment. 81
sions," added Mrs. Thaw. But she
wasn't allowed that privilege. She
! was more surprised than anybody else
that her examination was ended, for
| Mr. Delmas has been fighting shy for
several days of the hereditary insan
| ity proposition in the trial. Mr.. Del.
mas announced that the rest of the
witnesses for the defense will be eX-
perts. The trial was then adjourned
until Friday morning, in order tha'
Justice Fitzgerald may attend the fun
eral Of relative. 1t is not expected
that the experts who will be called
will be asked to testify to anything
tACGpL nypOtHSJlCdl uuSSllOu COVER
| ing everything in the case.
Before DR.. Wagner's Testimony was
finished today Mr. Jerome got him to
admit that from the time Evelyn Mes
bit is said to have told the story to
Thaw about White, up to the time
Thaw killed Sanford White, there were
intervals when he was sane. Mr.
Jerome apparently put some impor-
tance on this testimony.