The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-21
Evaded Answering Many of
Jerome's Questions by II
Do Not Remember"
STAMPED FOOT IN ANGER
WITNESS ADMITS SHE POSED FOR
PICTURES UNDER DIRECTION
OF wHITE-HE PLACED MONEY
IN BANK FOR HER.
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New York, Feb, 20-District. At
torney Jerome today took up the cross
| examination of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
where he had left off on the preced-
| ing afternoon and showed no mercy
| in his continued fire of questioning
| in bringing out the dark spots of the
| girl-wife's career. The witness while
| pale and at times trembling from
the searching questions put TO her by
| the district attorney kept up cour-
ageous bearing throughout the day.
AT times she became defiant with her
answers and in reply to Mr.. Jerome's
severe questioning would say: Il don't
remember" Then at other times sho
would angrily stamp her foot in en-
phasis to her replies. The district at
torney lost none of his patience at
her display of temper however and
conducted the cross-examination only
more vigorously than before. II is ex-
pected that he will consume several
days in the cross-examination of Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw alone
Many Pictures introduced.
One of the most important phases
today's session was the introduction
into evidence of number of pictures
of Mrs. Thaw taken in the studio of
Stanford White. These were all "art
studies" and many of them displayed
her in loose gowns and wrappers that
showed her. features off to the best
advantage. She said that Stanford
White had been present at the time
these pictures were made. However,
she denied very emphatically in an
swer to the district attorneys ques-
tioning, that she had even posed In
the nude or had cast made of her
nude figure.
Mrs. Thaw said that she has all the
pictures in a book taken in Whites
studio which the architect had given
her. For this book White is said To
have paid several thousand dollars
and the plates of all the pictures were
Immediately destroyed after copies
had been made.
Evelyn's Memory not Good.
1t was also brought out that White
had arranged with a mercantile trust
company fund of $1,000 to be paid
to Evelyn Thaw in installments OF
s25 per week while she was out OF
work. This was early I'm 1902. She
would neither deny nor affirm the
truth of this but would answer with
her persistent Il don't remember"
The court room was crowded today
with the usual throng of lawyers and
spectators. Two members of tho
British parliament were among the
interested ones-T NJ. Kettle OF
Glesnevin. Ireland and Richard Hazel.
ton, of Black Rock. ireland, repre-.
senting respectively. East Tyrone and
North Galway. They stayed In tho
court room for some time and dis
played great interest in the procedure
of the district attorneys cross-exam.
nation
Judge Gets Threatening Letter.
Justice Fitzgerald today received a
threatening letter. II was sent from
St Louis and accused the Judge OF
siding with Jerome against Thaw
The writer threatened to kill Justice
Fitzgerald and District Attorney Je-
rome if Thaw is convicted.
ruins ...-..~ oy .us,4ce fftzgeraiI
may have a very far reaching effect
on the case 1t has been held all
along that under the law, il is imma.
.erial whether or not the story OF
evelyn Nesbit Thaw told her husband
was true. III Harry Thaw believed
it was, if the recital aided in unhing
ng his mind. that was enough. 1t
vas, therefore, supposed inat mar.
Jerome would not be able to go into
the truth or falsity Of statements Mrs
Thaw testified on the slant she told
her husband.
During cross-exanfnation, Mr. Jer
ONE asked Mrs. Thaw If what sh.
told her husband regarding her asso
Citations with Stanford White wa
true. There was an argument over
he admissibility of the question
which ended in Justice Fitzgerald ad.
hitting the question, holding that II
vas permissible as going to show the
credibility Of the witness. The great
question now is how far will this
.hrow down the bars and allow the
district attorney to introduce evidence
n rebuttal for the purpose of showing
hat the story was not true. The point
almost new and there is no one
vho can say what the result Of the
'uling will be. There seems little
loubt that IL the court will allow Il.
Mr. Jerome will attempt to show tha.
many OF the statements Mrs. Thaw
testifed she made to her husband are
not true. II he is able to show this
IL will. in a measure, discredit Mrs
Thaw's veracity, and perhaps rob heT
of some OF the sympathy she enlisted
BY her pitiful story
When court reconvened Mrs. Harry
Thaw was Immediately recalled and
1ir. Jerome continued his cross-exam
ination. Her face was slightly flush
ed as she took her place in the wit.
ness chair
That Jerome would not spare Mrs.