The Washington times., 1907-02-26
Hummel Soon Excused.

'.SihllNItl- We stand upon our former
objection
Hummel Soon Excused.
That viii be all for the present. said
Jerome after Justice Fitzgerald. ruled out
the questions
Hummel was ordered by Mr.. Jerome
20 remain within call.
Abraham Schneideckcr was then called
To the stand
Q.-Where were you employed October
q 1903?
A,-With Howe & Hummel as notary
and stcnOSrapher.
..Q.-Did you go to Madison Square
Tower that night2
Ayes
Odd you see Evelyn Nesbit there2
Ayes
on Delmas' objection the answer was
stricken out and the witness excused.
Mr. Hartridgc asked the court TO place
on the record the fact that he was will [
ing TO call Doctors Dcemar and Binga-
min, of Pittsburg. whenever the district
attorney wanted them.
II want them here as soon as they
can come, and / will want them to re-
main within the jurisdiction OF the court
until the trial is over" said Jerome.
Evelyn Again on Stand.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was then re-
called to the stand and her cross-exam-
ination by Jerome was continued:
o. show you now exhibit 2S. and
ask you if the writing is not all in your
own hand handing her q book with
black. flexible leather covers which APP
peared 70 be diary)?
While the witness engaged in read /
ing the contents of the book the first /
batch of ple letters arrived from J. /
Deniston LYONS bank, IN PttsDurg. /
one Of JcrOme'S clerks broke the seal !
Of the envelope containing the letters. 1
10 which Delmas too exception.
Jerome asked that the letters be I
turned over TO him, but Justice Fitz-
gerald agreed with Lawyer Delmas 10 7.
deposit the package with Clerk Penny /
until the court could be able to rule {
on the relevancy Of the papers and /
letters.
Smiles as She Reads.
Mrs. Thaw read the book carefully. /
occasionally smiling as she recalled 1
some Of the events referred to. She /
fingered over some Of the pages which
apparently reminded her Of pleasant /
times she had had.
After concluding the perusaI the wit
ness said:
L think II is all my handwriting"
Q.-What is this book
A diary which I kept in 1902, while /
4 was at school in POmpton.
Jerome offered the book in evidence.
Delmas said he desired to examine Il !
iirst. He then read il.
Extracts From Her Diary.
o--You examined this book which is a 4
diary kept by you in the fail oc 1902?
A-Yes.
Jerome read from the book as fol-
lows:
when I drove up TO the entrance. |
Mrs. Neilrs son drove up and I must 1
say he IS nothing but a pie-faced mutt. /
When one gets into a regular swing and /
one does things at a certain time one /
thinks there is lots OF life after all.
A girl who has always done good and /
never had scandalous word said about /
her IS not one OF those kind
Those girls have been kept from the /
world. and on the other haEd there is /
not one OF them who will ever be any |
tning' by anything 1 near just that /
Incy VIII perhaps be good wives and
Sooc mothers. But whether IT is am /
biuon or foolishness, I want to be a
good actress first.
.,"of. course. I could not live here all
The time, but I think I could cniov ii /
Tor few years. at least"
Where She Played Shy.
Jerome read from Evelyn Thaw's
diary as follows:
Mrs. Neil was very nice. and said.
Jump right in So I jumped in. Just 4
like soubrctte and proceeded to get
shy When we drove up to the en- 4
trance Mrs Niell's son came up. smok- /
ing a pipe. and I must admit that he ia /
nothing but 4 pie-faced mutt
Il was taken into the house and
shown my room. 1t is neither large
nor small, and has japanese paper on |
the walls. There is a 'virtuous' white
bed 1 went to my room and took a 1
nap.
The last thing I remember thinking
ot was, i wonder how far / am from
Rector ). RectOr's. / know. is no pIace
IoT an innocent young person, but al
WAYS had weakness for n.
i then came to the conclusion that
Janice Meredith IS really "A very nice
gentle character, and not as good as
an angel And she is not too good for
this World--a few years. at least
We often stopped and wondered at
myself how quickly ! have forgotten
all those people. They don know what
they are doing. They don't stOD 10
think. Everybody knows that some
people have strong characters and 9TH
eIs arc susceptible l am one of the
susceptible kind.
III / stay here long enough I EXPECT
10 be a noble person before 1 get out"
tlfere the young woman drew a picture
OF a NUM-.
Says Thaw Was Irrational.
Q.-From the time you met the de-
fendant until June .. 1906. did he act
irrational in speech or action
A.-What do you mean2
Q.-I mean since the fall Of 1901 until
the killing of stanford White YOU were
frequently ia the company of Harry
Thaw2
A-Not during 1851. but after 1903.
saw him very often. and 1 was often in
his company.
Q.-In all the time YOU were in his
company did you ever observe anything