Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Clears Up Some Damag'
[ ing Evidence on Cross
Examination.
STATE MOVES SLOWLY
Witness Denies a Nun Der of
Searching Questions Deal
t, ing With Her Past.

New York, FEB. -. - During
the continuance today of his
cross examination of Evelyn Nes1it
Thaw testifying in the trial OF Harry
* Thaw for the murder OF Stanford
White. District Attorney jerome CON
lrCnted the witness with Dr. Carlton
Flint and asked if she had not been
10 see him with Jack Barrymore. Mrs
Thaw looked at the doctor who hd
been placed within a few feet OF he"
hcsitated a moment and then declared
she had never seen the man before
1t was one of The most dramatic Incl
dents Of the trial
Made LitiIc Progress.
At the conclusion of the morning
session of court Jerome seemed -
have made little progress today Ii
though the cross examination IS stiu
far from completion. As a natter cr
tact the prosecutor enabled Mrs.
Thaw to explain a number of thin"
which appeared very much against
her and the defendant last week.
Mother Got Whites Bounty.
With regard to Whites letter Of
credit which she had in Europe, she
declared she had not been informed
of the letter until AT sea. She denie /
ever having used a penny cf it hei-
self, but said FER mother got it all.
Thaw turning it over to her. Thaw de
clared the, money poison"
Dealt With Attachc.
With regard TO. cabling White froil
London. Mrs. Thaw declared il had ~
do with her mother and an attache Of
the American embassy in the English
capital. This attache, she said. hal
"sneaked up to her mothers bedroom
and insulted her" Mrs. Thaw denici
the cablegram5 had anything 10 90
with her going off to Europe with
Thaw.
Had $1,000 of Tbaw's Money.
After recess Mrs. Thaw said when
she left Paris in 1908 she had about
thousand dollars which Thaw hal
given her She stayed at the Savoy
and Navarro hotels in New York foc
several weeks.
While at lhe Savoy she began To
believe the "'terribIe stories" White
cut with White several times. telling
him of her travels with Thaw.
Knew All About Her Mother.
Did you tell him about your moth
err"
HE knew more about mamma tha,
did"
What did he tell you he knew
about your mother"
Delmas objected and was sustained
Jerome. reading from a statement he
secured from Mrs Holman. asked th.
witness if her mother and Miss Simon
ton had not gone TO White upon thei
return from Europe and taxed hin
with the girls story of her downfall
the architect replying, My wife is OF
one side and my son on the other, an
may God strike me dead if | eve
harmed her?"
Turned Cold When Accused.
Yes, he told me-" said Mrs Thaw
and he told me his body turned ice
cold when they accused him. He sal
he could handle a dozen mamas. bu
was afraid of this SimOntUn woman 80
Mrs Thaw said Thaw had sent 70
Miss SimontoI TO accompany MIR,
Nesbit home, as she was determine
to go. She declared that Thaw ha
paid Miss Nesbit's fare to Americ;
Witness never had seen Thaw TAX
cocaine, and did not tell Abraham
Hummell she had nor that Thaw ha
tried to administer cocaine to her.
Mrs. ThaSy Refreshed.
New York, Feb 25.-Evelyn Mesh
Thaw resumed the stand in the Tha
case this morning.
Mrs. Thaw looked refreshed after h,
three days respite and answered ii
first question put to her confidentl
Jerome, son the previous days of h
Cross-eXamination, continued to jun
about from point to point in the wi
ness story.
Denied She Ran Away.
Mrs. Thaw lenied she had run aws
from home with another girl befO
going to Philadelphia. She said
was perhaps a month after the drrl
G:ng in the Twenty fourth street hou
that an account was opened for h
in the Amsterdam bank by White
Menaced by Mothers Affidavit.
Jerome continued to hold the me
ace of documentary evidence befo
the witness, before answering |