Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-08

"One night Mr.. White came rushing
into my apartment at the Hotel Navarro
in an excited state of mind. He sat
down on g trunk aud asked me What
did you tell Mr. Hummel sbout meg
| told him hsd told him moth ng. NJ.
Woite said that som-thimg must b..
wrong, 'Hummel has int squeez d a
thousand dollars out me and the Lord
knows when he W Il squeeze another. -
Evelyn said Thaw again asked her
if she had signed any papers for Mr..
Hummel and she said she had not. Soc
did recall signing paper 10 the Msdisoo
Square Garden tower for Mr.. White.
She said she called Mr.. White on the
phone and asked him about il. Mr..
White put her of, she said, but it was
finally arranged that she would go to
see Mr.. Hummel again. Mrs. Tnaw said
she was then shown paper with her
n me on It, but rnly could zee her sigma
ture. Mr.. Hummel tooS a match aud
burned the paper 10 q srdiniere.
Mrs Thaw said she was married TO
Thaw on April 4Ih, 1905
"Did you still persis 10 refusing him
up to this time, and whyY
81 told him that wanted to save his
repulation that many people knew
about Stanford White and that my mar
riage to him would be sure TO hurt him.
81 told him that the marriage would
BE- sure to hurt him with his family /
knew it would be a good thing for me,
but carei 80 much for him that | did
not want to injure bis reputation.
"After your marriage how were you
received in England? asked Jadge
Delmas.
very pleasantly by the Countess Of
Yarmouth" said Mrs. Thag.
Odd MIRA. William Thag ever visit
you in New YORK before your marriage"
Eyes, she visited me several times, "
was the answer.
CATER your marriage, did White try
to approach your"
ayes, | passed him on Fifth avenue
and White held out hia hand to me, and
said 'EvelyB.' That was all thea. NJ.
Thaw made me promise faithfully to
tell hlm If Mr.. White ever tried to
speak 10 me again. kept my promise.
"SOme time larer was riding dowo
Fifth Avenue in a hanson cab. saw
Mr.. White in another hanson following
me. l ran up the doctors steps, but |
was 80 nervous that l ran down sgain,
and Jumping into the hanson ordered
the driver to Dive as fast as possible to
the Hotel Lorraine"
Judge Delmas at this point, asked be
court to adjourn for recess; Justice
Fitzgerald, 10 announcing recess, said
that IN view of the fact that the jury was
being h Ii together, he would hold court
next Tuesday in spite of the fact that il
was LncOln's birthday.
II exterior evidence are to be believed
in the case of the HOlma n-Nesblt family,
blood is thinner, rather than thicker
than water, and the smszing spectacle
was presented 10 court TODAY Of brother
read ug the detailed story Of the ravi'h-
ing of his sister with sneering nile Of
amusement on his face. 1t was sight
that was hardly pleasing 10 even the
men who are most interested in sending
Harry Thaw to the electric chair.
Howard Nesbit. who is expected to be q
witness tor the prosecution in rebuttal,
sat in the courtroom waiting tor the
trial to begin, with the newspaper ac-
counts of his sisters testimony bef're
him, and be read the details carefully
de smiled throughout, and as he got
farther aud farther into the sad story
the smile became more and more accen =
uated and once or twice he almost
laughed alou1. An ef,rt was made to
have him comment on his sisters story,
nut Hartnutt, Whites former secretary,
who has y 'uOg Nesbit in charge, order
ell him not to talk.
Recess wa, announced until 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Ev, lyu Nesbit TDaw renewed
her testimony when court recovered
after races. She told of having told
The d -fendsut that after her return from
Europe, Vote wanted her to come to
him.
"White asked me to visit him alone
10 his apartments, but l told him that |
would not. He pleaded With me to
come. Then he csled and said that |
was not human being and was as cold
as a fish.
Mrs. Than was again asked 10 rela'e
why she bad been sent 10 school 10 New
Jersey She said 'hst one day while in
Whites studio, and in the presence of
Wbi'e. Barrymore hal asked her to
marry him. Bu' she had refused
"Mr White got very angry aud said,
What could two kids like you live oDT
and Mr.. Barrvmore said You don't
know Mr. White told me t0at Barry
more was crazy, and That his father WIS
in an insane sylum. IL was after this
incident that it was agreed that | should
go to school,"
"Did yoa ever tell Tbaw what bap-
pened to other girls at Whites hands Z"
81 object" cried Jerome.
"Tne state is not permitted n con-
trovert the truth Of a single statemen; 10
tbis testimony. Stanford White is dead,
ard object 10 this question which is
along path which we cannot follow"
Durand's Resignation.
London, F-p. s tn Mprning Post
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