The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-03-07

Has Decidedly Easy Day.
New York, Feb. 27.-Except for one
brief moment Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw had decidedly easy day Of It
yesterday during the continuation Of
Ter cross.exami lation by District At.
torney Jerome. When adjournment
was taken the prosecution announced
that he had practically concluded with
the witness. Mre. Thaw will he tempo.
rarily excused today to enable Mr..
Jerome to introd re Abraham hum.
mel to identify Photographic copy CT
the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit Is alleged
to. have signed and which charges
Thaw with many cruelties during their
1903 trip to Europe.
Denies Signing Affidavit.
Mrs. Thaw denies having made the
charges contained in the afiidvit, and
denied having signed such an stfidavit,
although she admitted having signed
some papers for Stanford White. the
nature Of which she did not know.
Mr.. Jerome played his. stronge:t
card of the day al the morning ses-
sion. He confronted the witness with
DR.. Carlton Flint aud asked 3. she had
not been to see him with Jack Barry
more. Mrs. Thaw declared she had
never seen the man before.
Makes Two Good Gains.
Instead Of further hurting the cause
OF her husband Mrs. Thaw managed to
make two decided gains. When court
adjourned last Thursday 1t, appeared.
from her own statements that she had
used letter Of credit from Stanford
White while touring Europe and bad
turned the letter over to Thaw. Yes.
:erday she explained that Thaw took
the letter Of credit from Der, saying
the money was poisonous" and
neither she nor her mother would
touch 1t. and that he would provide
them with funds. Whatever had been
spent of the money. she declared. was
Tor her mother.
Explains cablesrams.
The second point Mrs. Thaw made
was concerning the cablegram which
Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford
White from London. 1t appeared
Thursday that these cablegrams we're
requests to White to use his influence
in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from raising
a row" and interfering with Evelyn
continuing in company with Thaw
Mr.. Jerome took up the subject again
yesterday, but his questions elected
the information that the letters did
not concern Mrs. Thaw at all, brit re:
lated to mana secrets:y Of tie
American embassy-in London, whom
Mrs. Thaw said had "sneaked up to
mammals bedroom and insulted her,"
She said the man had also insulted
her and Thaw had gone in search Of
him, but could not find him.
Mrs. Thaw's Ordeal Ended.
New York, Feb. %. - Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw's long ordeal upon the
witness stand at the trial of her hus-
band for the killing of Stanford White
came to an end yesterday. Mr.. Je-
rome finished his cross.examination
which had lasted through nearly five
court days, at the morning session.
The redirect and re-cross- examination
yesterday afternoon were of the brief.
est character. and Just prior to ad-
journment It was announced that the
defendants wife had finally been OK.
cused.
Blocked by Delmas.
The completion of Mrs. Thaw's ex
animation followed the. unsuccessful
effort Of the prosecution to draw from
Abraham Hummel certain facts relat-
Ing to the affidavit which Mrs. Thaw
is said to have made in Hummel's law
Office,
Mr.. Delmas, for the defense, blocked
practically every question put to
Hummel The district attorney Is not
allowed to controvert Mrs. Thaw's tes-
timony in any way. but may test her
credibility.
clears Up ODDS ana Eno9.
Mrs. Thaw yesterday was given the
opportunity to clear up the odds and
ends of her story. She denied again
that she had ever used a penny Of the
letter Of credit Stanford White gave
to her before she went to Europe. She
denied that she had even been NEIL
toned in any way in connection with
the James A. Garland divorce case.
She said Stanford White paid all her
brothers. school expenses and identi-
fed receipts and checks signed by
her mother and showing that the lat
ter drew more than $4,000 from Stan
ford Whites funds druing the year
from May, 1902, to May, 1908.
SHAW TO HEAD TRUST COMPANY.