The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-09

family who have attended the trial were
present Mrs. William Thaw had her
daughter. the Countess Of Yarmouth, on
her right. On her left, but with a space
left between them, sat Harry *. Thaw's
wife. with Roger O'Mara, the Plttsburg
sx-police chief, on her left. In front Of
them sat Mr. and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie and Edward and Josiah Thaw.
Young Mrs. Thaw presented an engag-
ng appearance. She wore a black sailor
hat, with the usual broad, rundown coll
lar and soft blue tie. 4 dark-blue veil
was draped about the hat, but she did not
veil her face. She listened closely TO
everything that Mr.. Deimas said. but
any sign of emotion. even when
he lawyer told Of her downfall.
Thaw himself paid close attention, and
at times the muscles of his face twitched
and once or twice he buried
his face in his hands. On the other hand,
he yawned once. but that was before
Air. Delmas really got into his stride. All
the Thaw lawyers were present. as were
DR. Evans. OF the Thaw medical staff.
Ex-united States Senator John &.
Spooner sat over TO one side, apparently
Inside the rail about half of MIR.
Jer0me's staff. headed by Mr.. Garvan.
were sitting, together with Drs. MacDon-
aid and Flint, experts for the prosecution.
There was also the faithful Mr.. McPike,
who had the references ready when Mr.
Delmas wanted them, and wore an in
variably sympathetic expression.
DeImHs Quotes jerome.
Mr. Delmas began his address by quot
ng the words which District Attorney
Jerome used when he made his appeal
'or the appointment Of d commission in
unacy.
We have no more right TO be trying
his man. if the facts were known. than
( il were absolutely prohibited by stat
ate. I shah make no attempt" he con-
inued. "tO infiame your passions. OF ap-
'eal 70 your sympathies. or 10 warp your
Judgment
L shall rely on no such shadowy thing
IS a supposed unwritten law. The de-
endant viii base his defense upon the
written. statute Law OF this state. Under
hat law he finds ample protection for his
tights and for his life It Is to thar law
hat shall resort as to the horns Of the
iltar for his safety.
1T will become a duty-imperativ un-
hunnable-tO speak Of the dead. I wish
{ were not so. but IL must not be forgot
en- that there are circumstances in life
when, for the protection Of the living, the
ruth must be told. no matter how Iain-
ul 1t may be for the memory of the dead
IT the feelings OF the survivors.
'Of these survivors, I shall speak only
n terms Of the profoundest sympathy.
Cor the widow who mourns and the son
Who survives, l have no words save those
# sympathy. I should be glad. indeed
we're / able to remove the cloud that
must henceforth attend their careers
through life. and for that young man I
would only too gladly prevent the opera
ion of the law that DEGREES that the sins
u the fathers must be visited upon the
hiidren."
Evidence of Case Reviewed.
Mr.. Delmas then began his recital of
he facts of the case as disclosed by
he evidence. He began with the birth Of
evelyn. Nesbit passing over her infant
ears, strangely enough. with only a
word or two.
When she was ten years of age" he
continued the family began to feel the
linch Of want the sufferfngs of poverty,
md the gnawing of hunger. At twelve
he became the family drudge, assisting
Ter mother in such household duties as
brave, courageous child of her age could
'erform, In this condition the family
continued moving from place to place.
With no fixed habitation. wandering like
Arabs on the face Of the earth. But this
Id not continue forever. Nature had
ndowed the child with the fatal gift of
leauty in which her mother found the
means Of supporting the family.
And so at the age of fourteen years in
she embarked her daughter
pon the periious career of an artists
model. So afterward to New York the
amily came, and by procurement OF her
mother, the employment which Evelyn
ad in Philadelphia was resumed here
nd the beautiful child wended her way
through the city streets from morn Till
We. day after day. going from one
tudiO to another. and from artist TO
rtist, and at the end of the week turn
lg over to her mother the scanty dollars
Which she had earned and which went to
upport the family consisting of herself, /
er brother, and her mother"
From studio 10 StaEe.
Mr.. Delmas then traced the young girls
rifting progress from the studio of
rtists to the stage, following the lines
marked out by her own testimony on the
fitness stand. About this time, he re-
the tempter arrived.
'He saw. he desired, and.2 continued
he Californian. with the consummate
kin OF a man whose hair had grown al /
lost gray, though he had a family, in
Thich his excellent wife and his gifted /
on sat by his side around the hearth. he
etermined to make her his"
Mr.. Delmas went on 20 tell how. as
.yelyn had testified. Stanford White in
Tatiated himself with her mother and
ldueed her to go to Pittsburg. leaving |
er daughter in the care of the archi- |
sct. After expressing q wish that ne
ould pass without any reference over
be night Evelyn Nesbit spent in Whites /
tudio, he continued:
Into ore of those iens ftted with ali |
he taste and splendoT and dazzling
eauty with which this man OF genius /
ould endOW his surroundings, this child |
as one night lured under the pretensa /
nat others were 10 be there. When she
rriyed she found herself alone with this
ian, who was old enough To be her
lther and who had pledged himself TO /
rotect her during her mothers absence.
Need I recall TO your memories how the |
nild was led from one step TO another un- |
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