The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

tiiihs 10 90 with you because you eiC "a
dangerous woman.
He never lied to you
From the first time he ever saw you
he wanted to do his best for you, to send
you to school in Paris with your mother,
or to send you both to school and he new
or did anything not respectful
Yesterday he saw you believed every
thing false people told you as you did be-
fore, but as you are absolutely honest ne
would do you no harm ever for It, only he
was sorry, He won't trouble you at all
as he would do anything for you, bet now
you must get stronger without him.
You said you would live anywhere
any way he wished SO he could have
chaperOned you and had all the honor OF
year exclusive friendship and lose moth
| Ing himself. Instead he wished TO give
up everything. To- do all he could for you.
4 wish you would have spoken this
evening through the telephone.
ITO make you sure I'll explain. After
saw the poor ill-advised angel l was so
sorry. She meant to do right and was
right had she only kept the purest things
from polluted, lying, double-minded, de-
ceittul money-grasping, smooth-tongued,
hard-hearted. but soft-speaking profess
sonal deceiver."
Did he he in the letter refer to Mr.
Ihaw? Did he speak Of himself thus in
correspondence" asked Mr.. Delmas.
Yes. sir. replied the witness.
Treated with Respect.
The next letter. which also was written
to Mr. Longfellow by Mr.. Thaw while in
Paris, soon after he heard Evelyn Nesbit's
story. contained these words:
slept seven hours when saw many
Plttsburgers on the train. Mr. and Mrs
George Carnegie should be your loving
sister and brother-in-law. I'm so glad the
Duse dress is pretty for YOU / wish I al
ways knew you would wear it first for me.
| l have something important TO tell you
when / see you. I saw all through IL. I
believe you are hypnOtiZed. but / know il
isn't your fault and you meant no wrong.
want YOU TO know ] shall never hurt
YOU. You know 1 never lie ] give YOU
my sacred word that by the hope that
there is "a heaven above. your pure soul
shall go through. You have already been
unlucky enough. You know I have al
ways treated you with perfect respect"
Not Responsible.
The letter. which I'm places was blurred
and had to be Inspected with ii magnify
ing glass, went on in part:
Il am not responsible now. You must
know every story. including Dillingham;.
IS fake, except one. / saw all those let
ters-all sham-but I don't care a little
/ brass.
You know me better than any one, and
! II you don't trust me and know am true
and uuselhsh compared to most men,
then there is no hope for me ] am
q
ness, or courage. Promise me one thing.
don't drink any champagne l am too
poor and must live al home. I cant pay
/ for your ring now. OF course. If you are
I In need ! can get loads Of money. but #
would make trouble / must stay here or
get cheap ticket East OF course, don't
say anything about this
Examination Resumed
This ended the letter reading. and Mr..
/ Delmas returned to the direct examination
OF Mrs. Thaw.
/ Did you tell Harry Thaw Of an episode
I'm your life connected with Stanford
White and Abraham Hummel ia New
+ York between your return from Paris In
1893 and Christmas Eve OF that year?' lie
asked
NO replied the witness. with perfect
/ composure; Il did not tell him until
later"
Please relate what you told Mr.
IThaw"
He asked me how I came 10 speak to
Stanford White after my return from Eu-
rope. 1 told him I was driving down Fifth
/ avenue one day in "a hanson cab with my
maid. and we passed Stanford White. /
H -
"A few days later ] was called to the
/ telephone and il was MI White. He said:
Ny, but IL is good 20 hear your voice
again., and said he wanted TO come and
+ see me. I told him I could not see him.
/ He said it was very important that
should see him at once. He said he had
had much trouble with my family and
must see me- I asked If my mother was
/ iH. he said it was a matter Of life and
death-he could not tell me over the tele-
phone.
so he came to see me at the Hotel
/ Savoy
when De came in he tried to kiss me.
/ hyt ! did not let him. he asked me what
was the matter. ] told him to sit down.
and asked him again IF my mother was
I i'll. lie said No. and at once began TO
( talk about Harry Thaw. He told me that
I was I'm Europe with Harry Thaw
He said presently that Harry Thaw
/ took morphine. and asked me why [ went
/ around with a man VINO took morphine.
I He said positively that Harry Thaw took
morphine that he was not even a gentle
man. and ! must have nothing 10 do with
| him.
Goes 10 see HummeI.
one day Mr. White telephoned me that
he was going TO send a carriage for me
and 1 was 10 come 10 Broadway and
/ Nineteenth street I did so, and White
met me and got into the carriage. He
said he was taking me to see Abe Hum
mel, the greatest lawyer in New York.
who would protect me from Harry Thaw.
when I got 10 Mr.. Hummers Office
Mr.. White went away. Mr.. Hummcl
asked me how 1 came TO go to Europe
with Harry TEaW. and I told him that I
/ didn't, I went with my mother, and
/ Thaw followed us. ] told him all I could
/ remember He said / was "a minor. and
Thaw should have been more careful. He
said ne had q case in his office against
/ Thaw, but the woman in the case was a
/ very bad one, ard he didn't think the case
was much good. Then he said Thaw
was very bad man. and above all things
I must be protected from him. Mr.. White
then said what he wanted was 10 get
/ Harry Thaw out Of New York, and keep
him out
Advocates strong Methods.
MI White said that strong methods
must be resorted to to keep Thaw out Of
New York. and to protect myself 1 must
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