Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-26

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resumed the stand.
Mr.. Jerome. reading from the state
ment he secured from Mrs. Holman.
| asked the witness if her mother and
a Miss Simonton had not gone to
| White upon their return from Eu-
| rope and taxed him with the girls
story of her downfall the architect
| replying:
MY wife on one side and my son
upon the other and may God strike
me dead If | ever harmed her"
Yes. he told me-" said Mrs. Thaw.
'and he told me his body turned ice
cold when they accused him He said
he could handle a dozen mammas,
but he was afraid of this Simonton
woman"
You bad told Miss Simopton ."
"Yes-in Paris"
Mrs. Thaw said that Thaw had sent
for Miss Simonton to accompany Mrs
Nesbit home as she was determined
to go.
I'VE did it surely out Of kindness
for mamma" she said.
While Mr.. Jerome was questioning
the witness about Miss Simonton,
Thaw passed. the following note to
the press table.
Mrs. Nesbit was only kept in Lon
don so she could return to America
with her daughter, but she got so
prejudiced against her daughter and
Mr.. Thaw that this was not possible,
so Miss Simonton was got TO accom-
pany her to New York >
She said that before Thaw returned
from Europe she went several times
to dinners at the Tower Several
times she went alone with White,
trusting to his word that there would
be others present
The witness never had seen Thaw
take cocaine and did no tell Abra-
ham Hummell she had. nor that
Thaw had tried to administer cocalne
- te:
Mrs Thaw at the direction of Mr.
Jerome repeated all the stories White
had told her about Harry Thaw.
80 by the time he arrived in
America YOU ceased to love him.
"Yes-I thought it all very horri-
ble."
Thaw. she testified. called to see
her at the Navarro the day he re-
turned from Europe.
WAS there ever any talk of suit
against Thaw for kidnapping YOU?
''Not that | ever heard Of
Inc NllifSS tlhlliAA'b 'ilN ''''
Thaw sat down at table in res
taurant with the man who told her
that Thaw tied girls to bedposts and
beat them
What was Thaw's manner toward
this man. asked Mr.. jerome, was
it rational or irrational p
HE was more or less amused"
Mrs. Thaw testified that she went
with Thau to the Grand hotel in
January. 1904. and lived with him as
his wife. one day, because of con-
versation she had upon the street
with a woman, she left the defendant
and spent the night at the Hotel
York, returning to Thaw the next
day.
Did you let Mr.. Thaw know at any
time that YOU had any improper re-
lations with other men besides Stan !
ford White?"
no" was the decided reply
How long did you stay at the
Grand hotel?'
Until we went to Europe the sec
ond time. | think it was March l,
1904"
when you went to Europe what
names did you travel under?'
Mr.. Thaw travelled as Mr. Harry |
X. Thaw and | travelled as Miss Eve
lyn Nesbit
This trip included visits to London |
Pasis and numerous Italian cities and
lasted until Nocember.
when you returned to New YORK |
where did you go?"
"To he Cumberland, | think.
"You had to leave the Cumber-
land?'
Yes"
when you were directed to leave,
what was Mr. Thaw's manner?
Rational"
when you went to Abe Hummell's |
office you had talk with him.
Yes"
"Did .you not tell him the details
of your trip to Europe?"
Yes"
Did you not tell Abe Hummell at
that time that Thaw beat you?"
81 did not"
Did you not tell him that Thaw |
outraged you against your will?'
"I did not"
Mr.. Jerome continued to question
Mrs. Thaw about her visit to Hum |
nell, readin gfrom Photographic |
copy of the famous affidavit. Mr. |
Jerome Sdlu ne NOulu l1ANl HApA''iN |
the paper to the witness, but in the |
meantime he got practically the en-
tire document before the jury by ask
ing questions covering every one of
the allegations.
Mrs. Thaw declared she had not
told Hummell the things alleged.
One of the incidents related in the
affidavit which Mr.. Jerome read was
that while travelling in Europe Thaw
had torn her clothes from her bodS
and beaten her, acting all the while |
like person demented.
"Did you tell Hummell you had
found a hypodermic syring among
Thaw's effects?"
81 did not"
"Did YOU tell Mr.. Hummell that
Thaw threatened to kill you?'
IL did not"
She denied that she told Hummell !
that Thaw had beaten her because she
said that the statement that married
man had drugged and ravished her
was not true, and because she would
not sign a paper setting forth such
story.
Mr.. Jerome offered the witness the
Photographic copy of the Hummell al
fidaVit Mrs. Thaw said that the pho-
tographic reproduction of the sigma
ture looked like hers. Mr.. Delmas OBJ
iected to the use of the photograph
until the original was produced or ac-
counted for
Mr.. jerome said he would have to
interrupt the examination to call ABB
raham Hummell and his stenographer
to identify the Photographic copN.
with the understanding that Mr..
Hummell is to take the stand tomof-
row, we agree to an adjournment at