The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-08


! "a conversation with Harry Thaw about
| your being met on your arrival?'
Mr.. Thaw said he would have Mr..
Longfellow meet me and see me through
the custom house"
Did you bring letter for Longfellow
from Mr.. Thaw?'
Yes"
when did you see Thaw after his re-
turn?'
q think it was little over a month"
where did you first see him?''
AT the Hotel Navarro, where he were
stopping"
Thaw Calls.
did you see him alone?'
mo; I would not see him alone"
Had he been made aware of this?"
He had, and so when he came to see
me there was another man present"
| Following the privilege granted by the
defense, Mrs. Thaw repeated the name
of the second man to Mr.. Jerome in
whisper but did not aloud.
1.-THE second man." asked Mr. Delmas,
was a member of the bar-a man of
standing in the community-was he not?
Yes"
what happened at this interview"
II sat on a trunk. Mr.. Thaw came to-
ward me and 1 asked the other man
not to leave the room. Mr.. Thaw said to
| me: What is the matter2 Why don't you
want to see me any moreT
IT told him | had heard certain things
about him, and did not care to see him
any more. He asked me what l had heard
and ! said:
+" I have been told that you took girl
and put her in a bath tub and poured
scalding water on her. I also told him L
heard he took morphine
Tells Stories.
did you tell Thaw who told you those
stories?"
mot at first. Later I told him friend
of Stanford White told me-
"Wihat did Mr. Thaw dor
HE shook his head sadly and said LII
tie Evelyn, / see they have been making a
fool of you I told him that Stanford
White had taken me to Abe Hummells
law office and had shown me papers In a
suit in which girl had made these
charges against Mr.. Thaw. They told
me the suit had been withdrawn"
How long did the interview last?'
About ten minutes"
''What did Mr. Thaw do on leaVingY
He kissed my hand and said he did not
care what did; that I would always be
! his little angel
Ibid he always call you ANGER
Nearly always"
Mrs Thaw said she met Harry several
weeks later on the street. HE came up
| to me-" she said, land said I was look
ing dandy. / told him l had not been well.
He told me / should not put rouge on
my cheeks as it was not becoming to
girl of my type. I said [ had put some
on because | was so pale
Meets Again.
'I then met him on the street one day,
but he only bowed and we did not talk.
The next time 1 saw him was at the Cafe
Beaux Arts. ! was invited to dine there
with another girl and when l got there
| was surprised to find Mr.. Thaw one o.
the party.
II told Mr.. Thaw that / was going back
on the stage and had place In The Girl
From Dixie He said l was looking badly
and wanted me to keep away from the
stage. He said he would pay anything to
keep me off the stage"
Il met him again few days later with
the same girl at the same restaurant.
asked the other girl to step aside while
talked to Mr.. Thaw. He asked me to tell
him all about these stories. told him all,
the story of putting girl in bath tub
and pouring scalding water on her; OF
tying a girl to the bed post and whipping
her, and l told him of the stories that
friends of Stanford White had told me;
that Mr.. Thaw took morphine and 1t was
while he was under the influence of the
morphine that he does those awful things.
HE said he understood why these
stories had been told me, as White and
the men who told them hated him;
Took Morphine.
'He asked me if had ever seen him take
morphine, and | said | had not, and that
| had told Mr.. White that l had never
seen him with a hypodernic syringe. Mr..
White said there were many ways of taxi
ing morphine.
fffTbaW said Mr. White knew more about
morphine than he did.
After that | saw Mr.. Thaw often. One
day | found the man who had told me or
having been at a hotel one night, and
hearing screams in a room he broke in
there and said he found Mr.. Thaw whip
ping a girl who was tied to a bed post.
| asked him to tell me the story again,
and he did So But his story this time was
that ii was a waiter who saw the incl
dent. 1t was different than the original
story. I asked him why, and he said; 1
told you that to please somebody.
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told MIR.
Thaw that she could find nothing In the
stories that had been told her about him
The persons who told her had contradicted
themselves, and she found they were not
men of good character.
what did Thaw then say to your
HE said it was all right You know |
never lie to YOU, he said. | replied. 1
y
me-
Mrs Thaw said she saw Harry Thaw
the night of Christmas eve, 1903, at the
Madison Square theatre.
Mrs Thaw was here directed to step
aside temporarily to allow the testimony
of Frederick w. Longfellow to whom
Thaw's letters offered In evidence, had
been addressed.
LongfelIoW Testifles.
Mr.. Longfellow said he was a member
of the law firm of Delafield & Longfel-
low. John b. Gleason examined the wit
ness for the defense.
He showed Mr.. Longfellow the letters
and asked If they had been received by
him.
Mr.. Jerome objected to this testimony
unless the defense waived the right of
professional privilege as between Mr..
LongfelloW, as counsel and the defend
ant as a former client of the witness
II desire to cross-eXamine this Witness"
said Mr.. Jerome, land as he was for
merly counsel to Thaw. l may"
Il withdraw the question put by my
brother" said Mr. Delmas.
Were you attorney for Thaw when
you received this letter." demanded Mr..
Jerome of the witness.
Yes"
did you receive it in your professional
capacity?''
The witness examined the letter closely.
Il presume the letter came to me in a
professional capacity" finally answered
Mr.. Longfelow.
Have you the envelope of this let
ter?'
81 think not; the envelope probably
was destroyed"