The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-08
PRISONER SOBS BITTERLY Al
SHE TELLS OF HIS DEVO.
TIoN FOR HER.
STORY HAD ITS EFFECT
And Greatly Strengthened Defense
Sad Ending Of Young Models
Struggle Against Poverty
Causes Many to Weep.

Causes Many 70 weep
New York, Feb 7--In a heroic
effort to save her husband from the
electric chair, Evelyn Nesbit ThaW to.
day laid bare the innernnost secrets
OF her soul and with tears streaming
down her cheek told how she had been
lufed and finally betrayed by Stanford
White, the man for whose death
Harry X. Thaw is now on trial for
his life. Everyone in the room was
Visibly affected and the prisoner COW
cred his face with his handkerchief to
hide his tears. Her story was a re-
voting, yet touching one, for which
sanctuary were more fitting place
than the crowded, gaping court room.
It was the story she told Harry
Thaw in Paris In 1903, when he asked
her to become his wife-the confes-
sion Of one who felt that there was
an insurmountable barrier to her
ever becoming the bride Of the man
she loved.
II was a fearful ordeal Yet she
stood itbravely, seeming TO fully
realize that much depended upon her
testimony. Those who heard her are
convinced that her simple yet dra-
matte story was the strongest testl
mony that has or will be introduced
In her husbands defense and that It
greatly strengthened his chances for
accuittai.
When she reached that part of her
narrative dealing with her relations
with White she broke down and wept
piteously, continuing her testimony
with difficulty
Sine cried again as she told how
she had confessed all TO Harry Ken
dali Thaw when he asked her to be-
come his wife Thaw was sobbing az
she told how he knelt on the floor,
kissed the hem Of her garment and
told her that in spite of everything,
he would make her hi wife.
Tears on Her Scarlet Cheeks
In the big witness chair she appear
I'd but a slip of a girl and she told a
plt3ful story of her eventful young
life in frank. girlish way. When the
tears came unbidden to her big brown
eyes and slowly trlckled their way
down her scarlet cheeks. she strove
in vain to keep them back. Though
the lump in her throat at times seem
ed about to smother her. she forced
the words from h5r trembling lips and
by a marvellous display Of courage
which took her willingly to her stag
gering ordeal. she shook of the de |
preston which once threatened TO be. |
come absolute collapse
As the young wife unfolded the uar.
ra'ive of her girlhood and told of the |
early struggles OF herself and her |
mother to keep body and soul togeth. !,
or: Of how gaunt proyerty stood ever |
At their door. and how she finally was |
ahlc to earn a livelihood by posing for
photographers and artists; she won |
the murmured sympathy Of the throng |
which filled every available space In |
the big court room.
Story Of Her Wrecked Girlhood.
Then came the story of the wreck |
of that girlhood at IS years of age. |
II was a story of her meeting with /
Stanford White. the story of sumpt-
nous studio apartment. whose dingy |
exterior gave no hint of the luxurious /
furnishings within; Of a velvet COW
cred swing il which one could swing
Tntil slippered toes crached through /
the paper of Japanese parasol swung
from the csillng over a supper table; /
the story Of glass of champagne. of /
black, whlrling sensations and of mir.
rored bedroom walls. In short. she
told all the story of how White had
Jed her into his clutches and accom-.
plished her ruin.
Don't scream 50. It's all over.
IT, all right
And this vas Stanford Whitc?"
The question came from Dolphin NJ.
pclmas. nov conducting the defense
Of Harry Thaw.
Yes. sir" she answered with a
tremble.
Story siIenees Crowd.
The stiffness Of the crowd was its
own tribute to the effect of the girls
story. Into the narrative there en-
tered nothing Of the woman of the
world. A girl In face and figure. Mrs.
Thsw was still a girl, as she with.
stood an ordeal which might well
have startled into terror a woman Of
mature years and barsher experiences