Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-13
!. Stanford White
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With Tears sle#ly Trickling Dowr
Her Scarlet Cheeks, the Girl-Wifs
3 :of stanfora Whites Slayer Relates
q ITO the Court the Story Of, the Wreck
j Of Her sGirlhood.
81 New York, Special. al.-Exelyn Nesbit
8rhaw told her story. 10, save the
81 lie OF her husband, charged with
sa58nurder, she barred to the world the
81 nernost secrets Of her soul. It was
he same story she told Harry. Thaw
#n Parisains l903, when he asked her
TO become his wife-the confession of
1ne #ha- felt there was insuImount-
Able barrier to her ever becoming the
pride of the man she 9osed.
# an:s the big witness chair she ap-
SPeared but q Slip of girl and she
8old the story of her: eventful young
lie IN a frank, sirlish way.
8 As the young wife unfolded the
narrative Of her girlhood and told
he early struggles .of herself and
per mother to, keep body aid son1 to-
sBetber; of how gaunt poverty stood
yer at the door, and how she finally
ssgas able to earn a livelihood by pos
ing for photographers and artists,
he won the murmurea sympathy of
The throng, which filled every avail
@ &ble5 space In n'the big court room,
"a Then came the relation Of the
wreck of that girlhood at 16 years
& # age. 1t was the story Of her meet
Ing Ewith Stanford White, the story
S}f the ssumptuous studio apartment,
lS whose dingy exterior gave no hint of
he luxurious furnishings within; Of
VI velvet covered swing in which one
I4ould swing, until slippered toes
# crashed through the paper Of q Japa-
I $ese parasol swung from the cealing;
The story Of a glass of champagne,
23f black, whirling sensations and of
snirrored bed room walls. In short,
3hel told all the story.
M ssDon't scream so. 1t is all over.
4t is all right
fEtAnd this was Stanford White 2"
ri The. question came from Dolphin
|S88M. Delmns, now conducting the de-
fense Of Harry Thaw.
Il Eyes, sir.''
j Her Story.
q She told of her arrival in New
S3York, ,of her life here, and eventually
|33tthe acceptance by her mother of the
athrice refused invitation saSgirls OF
1.-THE theatre to meet some of g her;.
friends at luncheon. The gil ss ss
mother told y Evelyn 8 tier I they
were people in New York society and
3pefeetl tly proper, else she world not
/ let hsr girl go with them.
s ssWhen she. came for me in the
handsome" said the witness, tI re.
member hoping we would go to the
Waldorf. I had heard so much about
it and vented to go there. But The
handsome stopped in front Of dingy-
5lokins building, and I was told to
|get out. My mother had dressed me.
My skirts were just to my shoe tops
then. This was in April, 1901.
sfHe was a big and fat, ugly man,
I remembered his meeting us at the
head of three flights of stairs she
continued. fttHe gave me presents,
and my mother let 3me go to other
parties Then he said my mother
should visit some friends in Pitts
burg, She said she could not leave
me. He said it would be all right;
that he would look after me. Final
" she went. Then came an invita-
tion to party, but no one else was
sthere-iust two. sThey all seem to
have turned us down. he said,. After
we had dined and 1 wanted to go
home, he said j hadn't seen all of
the apartment and we went to a room
with the mirrors all over the walls.
That room was 8. bed room. On a
small table stood q bottle of cham
pagne and one glass. Mr.. White
poured out just one glass for me, and
/ paid no attention to it. Mr.. White
went away, came back and said: 4
draped this room myself Then he
asked me why I was not drinking
my champagne, and I. said ] didn't
like it; it tasted bitter. But he per-
suaded me to drink.it and did.
Room Got All Black.
stA few moments afters1 had drank
the champagne there began a pound
ing and humping in my ears and
the room got all black. -
Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at
this stage.
stWhen / awoke my clothes had all
been taken off me-. I started to
scream. Mr.. White got up and threw
a komona on me. AS ] sat up |
saw morrors all around the bed. 1
began to scream again and Mr.. White
asked me to keep quiet, saying that
it YVES all over.
tsWhen he threw the kimona over
me. he left the room. | screamed
harder than. ever. / don't remember
how I got my clothes on.
ftHe took me home and sat up al |
night crying. !"
stThere was Mr.. White when you
recovered consciousnessq"
CHE was on the bed, beside me, un-
dressed" AZ
ffWhat did he say afterwards r.,
stHe made me swear that ! Won1d
never tell my mother about 1t. ne
said there was mo use in talking and
the greatest thing in this is. world ord WAS Vas
airls IN the theatres were foolish to
talk He laughed afterwards
SsJyas Mr.. Thaw, excited when you
told him these things ~
Yes, he was excited, and walked
ND. and down the room. We sat up
all night. He said it wasn't my fault;
'tbat no one could blame me, and lat