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lneF.Oeean Devils Lake. North akoa, Fol-. Is, 1907


night sitting in the room and talking
It over. 3e 5$ ss II ss
Describing her relations With White
Mrs. Thaw told Of being introd uced to
the architect and of visiting him In
his studio at his invitation. n She tes.
tilted that, White sent her mother toS
Pittsburg and then took her to one OF
his studios, where; 5she dined alone,
with him: Mrs. ThawS then told iof AN
|5experience with White in q mirrored
bedroom. She screamed and screamed,
but he said 1T Is all over " 81 %,5s.
Unable to Sleep All Might. !. , s.:$ !.
She sat up all night after he had
taken her home. II White made Mrs.
Thaw promise she must never tell her
mother He, said it was all right
hat there was nothing so nice as
,oung girls and nothing 80. loathsome
as fat ones. You must never get fat
j. Mrs. Thaw broke down and cried
and could hardly proceed as she, res;
lated hers experience with White,
Thaw sat with. his face buried In q
handkerchief. !. 4 N r. :
Mrs Thaw testified that she became
i'll at school early in 1903. and that an
operation was performed. It's nature
was not gone into. !; The doctors did
not tell hee. what, was the matter.
When she recovered Thaw, took her
| and her mother to Paris. * -.
=, Mrs. Thaw recovered her comppsure
after she had got over. the most SEN
sational part Of her story" Many of,
the women In the courtroom were cry
ing and the most intense silence pre-
vailed in the room. =, 4; ~:&,s;s. PM 4.
Mrs. Thaw said that she had also
told Thaw about her early life with
| her mother and of her financial diff
cuIties. The money she earned as
an artists model she gave TO, her
! mother. That was their only means
Of support Later she applied for a
position ON the stage and accepted 1t,
in spite of Thaw's objection. The lat
| ter, she said, had offered to send her
and her brother to school. !. ..is .,>.s.,.
| At the afternoon session a letter
| written. by Harry Thaw. was intro
duced by Mt, Delmas tending to show
| the state of mind of the defendant oa
the White incident. The letter, adj
dressed to Attorney Longfellow. was
as follows; :. ..x>.$ =. 4,,5 ~.
T. Ruined by BLACKBOARD.
| Mrs. N. insisted sailing New York
when her daughter left kept Mrs.
N. in London three months, cost over
| 1000. Mrs. Nesbit sails, tomorrow
for New York She thinks + kid
mapped her seventeen and three-quar-
ter-year-old daughter. Before, she
lands she will know that have al
i ways done the bestl could. The child
cannot be with her mother because
when she was fifteen and .two-thirds
years old she was ruined by black
guard. Don't worry, but find out. her
address. Telephone Mrs. N, but not
in your name. Ask her: If she saw
Mr.. Thaw aboard. AS soon as she
answers hang up the phone" "a, .s$
An attempt by Thaw's attorney to
introduce several other letters written
by the defendant brought: out, strong
/ objections from Mr.. jerome and "a
long argument as to their Admissible.
tity followed. The letters were finally
withdrawn for the present. .. I. =, =,
I Resuming her story; Mrs. Thaw, in
Ireply. to questions by Mr.. Delmas, tes'
| tilted that when ThaW returned from
/ Europe she refused to marry him be,
lcause she had heard that he had put
1 q girl in a. bathtub and poured scald'
ling water on her. e: Mrs. Thaw also
Etold Thaw that White and Abe Hum.
1mel had shown her an affidavit charg
ling him with these things which they
had drawn up: Thaw, she said de
fnfed the charge and declared White
4 and 5Hunmel t.had been mallng5a foo
Of her, = &5 b z tsjt |5 . :4 y
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told Mr.
4 Thaw that she could find; nothing ~
the stories that had been told hei
1about him The persons who told hei
had contradicted themselves and she
found they were not men Of good
character. The witness was then TEN
fporarily excused and Fred wv. Long
I fellow, an attorney, was called e
identify letters written to, him bJ
Thaw. q e $=ts ;s e. ,[. !: .2
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