The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-20

me where l had neard the sloIy- told him a girl had told me. Then hs | told me all about it. There was a stag dinner, he said and this girl was put in a big pie with a lot of birds. She was very young about 15 years, I think he said. He also told me that the girl had beautiful figure and wore only a gauge dress. He helped put her in the pie and fix 1t and said 1t was the best stunt he ever saw at dinner. When the girl jumped out of the pie, the birds ew all about the room"
 At a dinner party at the St. Regis. in 1904. when Mir. and Mrs. Thaw and another man were present, the guest told Mir. Thaw the story of the Pie Girl.
 He said" Mrs. Thaw continued. that Mir. White and another man had trouble about it--trouble to keep 1t out of the newspapers. He said they went "a their knees to the editor of one news paper to keep the story out of the pa- per. and finally, through the influence of a friend, they had it suppressed" American Suppressed Story. What newspaper was it?" The American" What did MT. Thaw say? He said he must investigate this story and see what the truth of 1t was"
 "when did he next talk about this story?" "The next time was in Pittsburg. when we were married. He told me that the girl was dead. He said he | had investigated the story and that It was true; that afterwards the gird married, but her husband heard the story with her connection with Mir. | White and that he cast her off and she died in great poverty and dis grace"
 "Did you and MT. Thaw often speak of those girls?"
 ''Yes, there, was a constant conver-
 sation. I could not possibly tell yon every place and every time we dis cussed it. He told me something ought to be done about the girls. I told him I could not do anything. He then said could help him. I tried to get his mind on other things. and then he | would say I was trying to get outlof it. l He said Stanford White ought to be in | the penitentiary: that ne got worse and worse all the time, and something had to be done"
 You may take the witness said Mir Delmas to District Attorney Jerome. The moment of waiting for the pros ecutor's first question was interrupted by Mir. Delmas, who had a few papeSs for the witness to identify. One of the papers identified was a letter from Thaw to Anthony Com. stock. Mir. Delmas read the document In 1t Thaw described the studio in the Madison Square tower, and said 1t was filled with obscene pictures and should be raided. He also described the stu dio at 22 West Twentyfo Street, which. he said. was 'consecrated to debauchery," and was used by "a gang of rich crimfnals.' He described the studio and said in 1t there were many indecent pictures. Heard Screams of Girls. Tn this building, the letter said, were the famous red velvet swing and the mirrored bedroom. He enclosed B sketch of the arrangements of the room. "Workmen on the outside of the building" says the letter, have frequently heard the screams of young girls from this building The letter continued that the place
 was run by a gang of rich criminals,
 but was often visited by young men | who did not know it's character. The | letter said that the place had besn partially dismantled three years ago. The letter called attention to still l another house, at 122 East Twenty l second Street, a house used secretly by three or four of the same sco,in- drels"
 LhdW SWOTe LudI W nlCc com mitted unnatural practices which she said were upspeakable. Mir. Jerome arose. T will ask permission to reserve my cross examination of this witness until l can determine whether a cross ex- animation Is needful on the issues raised in this case"
 We will assent to that" said MT. Delmas and Mrs. Thaw left the stand. Call Mrs. J. J. Caine," commanded Thaw's leading counsel The Boston mfllner took the stand. Mrs. Caine is a petit young wo- ] man, with an abundance of brown hair. worn pompadour. She was smart ly attired in a dark brown suit and wore toQue of brown fur. Mrs. Catne said she had known Mrs.
 Evelyn Thaw and Mrs. Holman. her
 mother for six years and Thaw for
 three years.
 Were you in 1903 In New York and present when there occurred a con- versation between MT. Thaw and Mrs.
 Holman. in which Mir Thaw made a proposal of marriage?" T was in the room when MT. Thaw
 called. He told Mrs. Holman that he
 wanted to marry Florence. Florence being the name by which Evelyn Nes-
 bit was called by her mother.
 What happened after MT. Thaw
 made this proposaI?" | T then left the room Did you accompany Mr. and Mrs
 Thaw to theatre late in 1903 or
 early in 1904T' asked Mir Delmas.
 Yes, we went to Daly's and ec-
 cupied a box
 Did Stanford White come in7
 ''Yes, he came in with three other
 men and sat in a box opposite
 What effect did this have upon
 Mir, Thaw?"
 He loked at the box. his face turn
 ed white and his eyes popped In a
 wide stare"
 How long did he look that wayT ''He continued to look at the box
 until Miss Nesbit told him that if he
 did not stop she would take him from
 the theatre" .#.=.
 stanford White got up and went
 out and We remained"
 You may have the witness, Mir. Jerome, said Attorney Delmas. In Mrs. NesbIt's Apartments. On cross examination Mir. Jerome asked Mrs Caine several questions re- garding the visit to the theatre with Thaw and said:
 When next did you see Thaw?"
 Tn Mrs. Nesbit's apartments"
 "Were you in the room?"
 No, was in the bath room adjoin- ing. but the door was ajar and l could see and hear plainly"
 How did you happen to be In the bath room?"
 When Mir Thaw telephoned up to the room. Mrs. Nespit asked me to
 go into the bath room so I could hear