The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-08

said to me: You know never lie and
] said no, because he never told me lie
in his life that I know Of.
Mrs. Thnw Leaves stand.
Then she went on to say that on Christ
mas Eve she was In the theater playing
IN the Girl from Dixie" and that Thaw
came to see her in her dressing-room.
She got 10 the point of saying that she
saw Stanford White several times that
night. when Mr.. Longfellow appeared.
Mrs. Thaw. who did not seem 10 be
fatigued left tie stand TO make way for
Mr.. Longfelow.
For the FIRST time 'since Mr. Delmas
became captain Of the Thaw defense, Mr..
Gleason took a hand in the examination.
He handed Mr. Longfellow a batch Of pa
pers and asked him il he recognized the
handwriting on them. Mr.. jerome asked
to have them identified separately. and
Mr.. Gleason said: II thought ! could save
time by Jumping them" but they were
taken in order at the suggestion OF Jus
tice Fitzgerald. The first letter. Mr..
Longfellow said. was in Thaws handwrit-
Ing. He said IT was received by him
prior TO the shooting OF White.
d
Then Mr.. Jerome inteTposed. lie asked
Mr.. LOngfellOw if bis firm was counsel for
Thaw and Mr. LOngfellow said Not now"
MIR. Longfellow did not show any great
desire TO tell Mr. Jerome just how he
had received the letters.
Mr.. Jerome quizzed him about when and
how he received the paper. II was finally
received in evidence. and then. one by
one, Longfellow was asked about seven
other letters
II was noticed that soon after Mr.. Glea-
son had started 10 examine Mr.. Longfel-
low, Mr.. Deimas, by reframing and re-
shaping questions, took the whole thing
out of his hands. During the rest Of the
examination Of Dir. Longfeilow. MIR Del
mas and Mr. Jerome bumped heads.
laughed and seemed TO be enjoying them
selves hugely.
In the end Mr. Delmas lost a point, for
Justice Fitzgerald said ne would allow
Mr.. Jerome 20 call Mr. Longfellow for
I ross-exa nlination after Mrs Thaw's tes-
timOny was in. Mr. Longfellow left the
stand and Mrs ThaW was recalled She
read over the first letter which had been
handed TO Mr.. L0ngfeilow She read il
over carefully and then it was admitted
! in evidence. Mr. Delmas turned around
| faced the jury. and with good effect read
the letter.
DeImas Reads Letters.
Not only the jury. but even the persons
packed against the wall in the courtroom
heard every word of the letter as Mr.
/ Defmas read IT, Then Mr. Delmas took
another letter which Mrs. Thaw Identified
Before Mr.. Delmas began reading it TO the
/ jury. Mr. Jerome whispered 10 Mrs
Thaw. Mr. Delmas wanted TO know what
/ 1t was all about II appeared that the
writing AT the head Of the letter was in
/ ink. except the word important" which
was in pencil Mr. Jerome said that he
wanted to find oct II the writing IN pencil
was Thaws. Mrs Thaw said it was.
| Then Dir. Delmas read the letter Mr.
| Delmas asked Mrs. Thaw if the hotel re-
ferred TO IN the letter was the hotel she
Was then stopping at, and she said 1t was.
| Then Mrs Thaw identified all the other
I letters. and before reading another Mr..
| Delmas said II was time for adjournment,
/ and be would continue the reading Of the
/ letter tomorrow morning. Justice Fitz-
gerald agreed % the proposition.
/ IL was said that Mrs Thaw s direct eX-
animation viii take AT least all OF to-mor-
/ row mornings session. Then her eXami-
nation will be taken up by District Attor-
/ ney Jerome Il is known that Mr.. Jerome
/ and Mr.. Carvan have been making thor
ough investigation OF the incidents in the
I lives OF Thaw and his wife before they
were married. There was q good deal OF
/ speculation among the lawyers in the
/ courtroom as TO just what manner Nj.
Jerome would attempt 60 combat the story
I Mrs. Thaw told.
/ II IS expected that Mr.. Jerome's cross
examination Of her VIII be very thor
/ cugh one Each time Mrs Thaw referred
| to d conversation with somebody without
Iuaming the persons Mr.. Jerome got the
name one or two Of the names, il Is said.
were new to him. and detectives were busy
tonight running down their story. OF the
I others, Mr.. Jerome is said 10 have been
/ familiar In a way with their story.