Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-08

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,rhe tone of the letter was most des-
nondent and spoke of ''one about to ex-
pre- .,,.o,c, ,,oprAt
1t continued: ,..,,
.'You have lost all faith now When
rye gone so broke to please you. YOU
know | have always thought you the
most good. l have always been hoHest
and trustworthy with you.
"I,et YOUR heart feel that there is
faith. You ought to know something
now of what faith 1917 my pens
faithful unto death and beyond. Aou
begged me not to, so l nave seen no
Young ladies except by accident You
have in three weeks gotten g danger
Gus reputation. Also for telling scan,
daI true or false. Take back about
lEIlanor. How would YOU like without
my answering only understand anu
therefore respect you the saHie' gay
some one got you to say So NOT SOME
one you know, some stranger peiuap ss
They also say you are going TO pieces
and in six months you may DO IN the
gutter. mentally, morally and dishonor-
obIy. Is Howard in school? How mucn
does il cost? Your mother must trust
her friends who robbed you OIL your
birthright as a young lady, ana MADE
your fathers name a byword. II only
You Dlu lSL iiiS Sp'S 49,
were &c.
Then follow these words, through
which pen was drawn:
"He never would dare
The letter continues:
.It would never have been told, l
would lust have acted as a friend, you
know. snd as n friend would have re-
ioiced and asked YOU nothing. The
stories about morphine we false. l
have not used any dope IN my life.
never lie to you"
II was evident the letter. which
was sent to Mr.. Longfellow TO be de-
llvered to Evelyn Nesbit, had been
written subsequent to Thaw's interview
with the girl at the Hotel Navarro aft
or the return from Paris in 1903 In
this interview the girl told him of the
stories she had heard about him, and
said she could not see him alone. Ihe
letter, which In places was blurred and
had to be read with magnifying glass.
went on:
TRIED TO FORGET HER.
az have tried TO forget you, You
should have been at Joes wedding"
Mrs. Thaw said the reference was to
the wedding of Josiah Thaw. The let
ter went on
"They would have seen your honesty
and you would have been so respected.
Your reputation as a beauty would
have been greater over the world. You
could however owned Pittsburg-not IN
money but politically.
"Alone | can't settle down. Besides.
T have no one worth doing for. Twice
| had to leave the table so they could
not see, but--in some ways am
bear at times-every other way ! am
more cheerful.
~ am not responsible now. You must
know every story. including Dilling-
hams, is fake except one day ] saw
all those letters-all sham--but 1 don't
care little brass
"You know me better than any one.
and II you don't trust me and know
am true and unselfish compared to
most men, then there Is no hope for
me. I am changed now, but not In
truth, faithfulness of courage. Prom
Use me one thing, don't drink any
champagne. / am too poor and must
live at home. I can't pay for your ring
now. or course II you are In need
can get loads of money. / must stay
here or get a cheap ticket cost. OF
course don't say anything about this"
This ended the letter reading and Mr..
Delmas returned to the direct exam
nation of Mrs. Thaw.
THE HUMMEL EPISODE.
Ibid you tell Harry Thaw of an
episode In your life connected with
Stanford White and Abraham Hummel
in New York between your return from,
Paris in 1903 until Christmas eve of
that year?"
mo. / did not tell until later" re-
piled the witness with perfect CON-
posture.
IBID you ever tell him?"
"Oh. yes
when did you arrive from Europe?"
I'm October. 1903"
Mr.. Jerome wanted to know what day
of the month.
1T was near the end OF October, ]
think, am not certain.
when did you tell Mr.. Thaw?"
ut was early IN 1904. in January"
please relate what you told Mr..
Thaw.''
WHAT SHE TOLD THAw.
"He asked me how 1 came to speak
to Stanford White after my return from
Europe. ] told him was driving down
Fifth avenue one day In a hanson
cab with my maid and we passed
White. heard him say oh. look at
Evelyn, A few days later I was called
to the telephone and ir was Mr.. White.
He said My, but II Is good to hear your
voice again He said he wanted to
come and see mo. I told him could
not see him. He said II was very inn
portant that I should see him at once,
He said he had had much trouble with
my family and must see me. l asked
II my mother was Ill. He said II was
n matter of life and death. no could not
tell me over the telephone. So he came
to see me at the Hotel Savoy.
when he came In he tried to kiss me,
but 7 would not let him"
HE asked what was the matter.
told him TO sit down and asked again
IL my mother was ILL., He said no. and
also began to talk about Harry Thaw.
He told me that different actresses had
told him that I was I'm Europe with
Harry Thaw He said after a while that
Harry Thaw took me TO Europe and
asked me why went around with q
man who took morphine.
after that he came constantly &c
see me. He also sent people to mo who
told stories about Mr. Thaw, the stories
! told him. l got very nervous for
knew Mr.. Thaw was coming over and ]
didn't want to see him. told Mr..
White ! did not want to see Mr.. Thaw.
GOES TO SEE HUAdMEL.
"one day Mr.. White telephoned me
| that he was going to send a carriage
| for me and was to go TO Broadway
and Nineteenth street ! did so. and
| White met me and got into the car.
| riage. He said he was taking me to
soc MI. Hummei, the greatest lawyer