Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

driving down Fifth avenue one day in a
hansom cab with my maid and we pass
| ed Stanford White. I head him eXcIaim:
| ON, look at Evelyn A few days later
| I was called to the telephone and il was
| Mr.. White. He said: MY. but il is good
| tc hear your, voice again. He said he
| wanted to come and see me. | told him
| I could rot see him. He said it was vePy
| important that ] should see him. He
| said he had much trouble with my fam
| lily and must see me. I asked him if my
| mother was ill., He said it was a matter
| Of life and death-he could not tell me
| OYER the telephone. So he came to see
me at the Hotel Savoy.
When he came in he tried to Kiss me.
| but did not let him. He asked me what
| WAS the matter I told him to sit down
| and asked him again if my mother was
| ill. He said no and at once began to talk
about Harry Thaw. He told me THAI
| different actresses had told him that
| was in Europe With Harry Thaw. He
said presently That Harry Thaw took
| morphine and asked why I went
around with Il 'r,Ir who took morphine.
He said po itiv. = tina. Harry Thaw took
morphino that he WAS net oven q gentle
man and | must have nothing to do with
him.
After that he came constantly to Sc"
me. He also sent people to me who told
| me stories about Mr.. rhaw. the stories
| 7 told yesterday. I told Mr.. Thaw af-
| forwards that these stories worried mo
| 50 much I could rot sleep nights. | got
| very nervous for knew Mr.. Thaw was
coming over and l didn't want to see
| him. | told Mr.. White | didn't want to
Sc" Mr.. Thaw
| "Onc dav Mr.. White telephoncd me
| that he was going to send n carriage for
nc and I was to come to Broadway and
| nth street. l did so and White met me
| and got into the carriage. He said he
was taking me TO Abe Hummcl, thu
greatest lawyer in New York. who would
protect me from Harry Tliaw.
when I got to Mr.. Hummcrs office
| Mr.. White went away. Mr.. Hummers
| Office walls We're covered with photo
graphs of actresses with writing on them
| He asked me how I came to go to Eu-
rope with Harry Thaw and l told him
that I didn't. I went with my mother ana
Thaw followed me. He asked me about
my Quarrel with my mother in London.
| ! said it was 4 continuous quarrel be-
|
Sho wanted to come to America and I
| said she could come but ] was going to
| stay there and return to the stage. but
| the doctor told me I could not dance for
Il year lis asked me all the places where
l went with Thaw. told him all I could
remember. He said l was q minor and
that Thaw should have been more care
| full.
Ia -, l., a.
against Tkdw but the woman in the case
| was u very bad one and he did not think
the case was much coed.
| Then he said Thaw was a very bad
man and above al things I must be pro-
Iectcd from him. Mr.. White then said
what he wanted was to get Harry Thav
out of New York and keep him out.
| THEY asked me if I went to Europe
of my own accord and I said I certainly
had I said I remained in Europe after
| nv mother left because T had quarreled
with her and could not dance for q year
| and I liked Mr.. Thaw very much and
could not do anything else.
| Nevertheless Hummel said, YOU are
a minor and he should not have taken
You away from your mother I said H.
did not take mo away. Mr. White said
that strong methods must be resorted To
! to keep Thaw oar Of New York and t,
protect myself l must help in every way
l could
"Mr. White said I must leave every
thing in IIummel's hands Then they
sent for stenographer and the lawyer
said l must not interrupt. him in what
he was about to say. I was very nervous
and excited and l think I began to cry.
They began to dictate and put in Il lot
OF stuff that ! had benn carried away b.
Harry TEaw against lnv will. I started
to interrupt. but the lawyer stopped me-.
They put in that had been taken
away from my mother and n lot OF stuff
that wasn't true-that 7 had been treated
| badly by Mr.. Thlw. Then they sent the
man out of the room Several days later
Mr.. Hummel called me up and asked ii
| | had any letters from Mr.. 'Thaw.
/ II said 1 did but 1 could not see what
| that had to do with it. Mr.. White also
called up and said if I was not willing
to help ir every way they could not pro-
tcct me from Thaw. He said | must do
lust what Mr.. IIummel said, So | made
the letters up in a bundle ana took them
down to Mr.. Hummcl's office. He said Ii"
did not want to read them and did not
| care what they contained. lie asked.
| however, If they We're love letters. ana
said Yes He said he just wanted To-
hold them over Harry Thaw's head. II.
| scaled them up in big envelope 1
| could sec. he said. that he did not care
anything about them.
| Then he asked me why die not SUI"
| Harry Thaw for breach of promise. /
said that that was absurd. for if there
had been any breach of promise it was
ON my part. He said that did not mat
| ter.
"Mr. Hummc said q breach of prom
isc suit would b. fine advertisement
for me. | told him I did not care for
that kind of advertising. He said lots
of actresses had done it and he had
won lots Of cases for them. | said
dill not want to sue anybody. This
made Mr.. Hummel very mad and angry
and he told me I was foolish.
What more did you tell Mr.. Thaw?"
suggested Mr. Dclmas to give the girl
| I, IL All