Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
THE THAW TRIAL.
Continued from Page Two)

stage.
This is the child who Travelled
through all Europe with ST. George
st. George who told her her there was
cn1stity among Women-St. George who
gave her her first moral horizon. What
does she do when she leaves him?
She comes back to America on Thaw's
money, landing on Saturday. She does
not see White on Sunday but on Tues
day We find her at Abe HummePs Of
flee with him.
There she was making an affidavit
which | shall refer to later. Sufficient
is it now that you see her signature
Immediately opposite the date, October
u, 1909.
''If YOU don't believe anything else in
that affidavit the date is significant.
1t shows that within "A hours after she
had seen White the ogre who had piled
her with wine and seduccd her, he had
| completely undermined her great love
for ThaW-the love which led to ner
| remuneration of the man.
Poor little Evelyn" Poor, indeed,
the woman, whose great love was IN
| demanded in "A hours by stories of
perVersion.
| Undermined by the man who had
J rayiShed her all men on earth.
| when Thaw followed her to America
the angel child would have none Of
him"
Mr.. Jerome referred to the girlish
costume Evelyn had worn throughout
the trial, saying she was dressed as a
girl of 16 What such Il costume had
| TO do with the great issue involved he
| could not say.
Young Mrs. Thaw smiled as Jerome
described her Dress.
| How does Thaw come into the life
of this young woman? We first lind
him wrapping $50 notes about the stems
Of American Beauty roses and tossing
them to her over the fOOtlignts. We
find him meeting her at chorus girls
dinner.
1--WE find him Offering q weak moth
err a competence to help him win the
daughter. He was paying honorable
court to her, says Mr.. Delmas. Are
men who are paying honorable court
to women in the habit Of wrapping SIC
bills around the roses they send them:
RE kissed her hand in the hospital and
then furnishes the money to take hcr
abroad. Th"n in Paris he asked hcr to
|
"a her: Is it because Of Stanford
White Did it then como to him as 4
shock? Had he heard gossip in tn.
Tcnderlnin which LED him to suspect
her relations with White?
Il said and said in no sneering way
that il the story of her supreme renun-
citation was true. there was nothina
Ike it in history or literature. She had
-,
work. here was Il man she loved. here
WAS Il haven of rest and because she
loved him 50 well, she cast it al aside
Mr.. Jerome quoted Nj Delmas' words
describing ThaW as the rescuCr OF Eve
lyn Thaw.
Here this girl had done an act that
was really one of sublime T. nunciatiOn
There she was. 2 poor, innocent Chile
whom this Sir GalHhad would tax" Il
his arms. cherish her and protect he
AGAINST the infamy Of White. And VIVA
| Gid this Sir Cialahad do but take TIN
! angel child and naunt her through
tn-arly every capital Of Europe Us hi
mistress. If stanford White is to -
pafuted black for what he did To Eve
T lyn .Nesbit. then there is no color blaCl
enough 10 paint this Sir Galahad tia
} took this angel child ana dcspoilc
Enr''
Suddenly changing his voice 50 tina
:. a succr Iurllcd in every syllable. MI
jerome continued:
$ "'Dcmcntia Americana This i
what they can it. Fine specimen 0
- til" higher on unWrittCI law
Mn. jerome then directed his atton
ton 10 the Hummcl affidavit.
Il dou't think Iiummcl is an up
right man." III sail. Il was after hin
for years ana finally got him. lie vii
80 To Jail if ! can put him th'r" "n'
hen stay thcr" if ] can Keep him there
Anything that comes from his nnud
. can justly he viewed With suspicion
but III this affidavit there alzn H-ur
40 rrputabir clerks. SuyJrcit, an
Jacobson.
"Sr.ydcckrr testified that J." Wits,, IS
cI TIL, writing Of the signature "
Evelyn Ne+bit He asked l:'r if 81
had read the affidavit and if what wa
Z contained therein vas uur. Sh
l answered Yes and then signed il. Til
/ defence had every opportunity To- ca
jacobson TO rcfutc this but they di
not do so"
Mr.. Jerome picket VI the photo
graphic copy Of the signature and Ia
page of the affidavit and pointed GU
1 to the jury how it would be impossibl
III t. Piece together Evclyn's siEnatur
l with that of the affidavit. The date {
l the affidavit, oct. =. 1904, was th"r'
4 as was the name Of Srydcckcr.
II The affidavit itself, the district at
i tornev continued. contained c"mplct
itinerary Of E.vclyn's journey throue
\ Europe. which she herself had tol
TIummel
mention is also made Of the findin
of n small silver box in Thaws root
in Paris containing needles and
hvpodcrmic syringe ana this. Jerom
= argued bears out the testimony Whic
EVELYN gave on the stand. The dis
trict attorney secuted the susgesuo
that Hunmcl concocted the charge
"a Mi n