New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-22
WIFE TELLS OF GAY LIFE.
"Drugged" Vine Tasted Like Other
Cham payne, She Says.

some days, It was learned. she announced her
self as able 10 continue with her cross-examina-
ton Counsel said she had taken only cup
or two ~ broth in two days. At the noon recess
she was almost in a nervous collapse and lay
on couch for an hour. Mrs William Thaw
cared for her. and when the young woman
returned 10 court she had again braced herself
10 meet 1Ir. Jerome's fnquisition.
The District Attorney resumed the cross-ex-
animation ~ quoting from the testimony Of
Wednesday afternoon. in which Mrs Thaw had
said she believed Stanford White had dictated
the letter sent TO the Mercantile Trust Company,
asking it 10 send her weekly check Mr..
Jerome then asked:
Q--Do You know a place called the Dead Rat?
o.-Where? A.-somewhere in Paris don't
Q.-Ilave you ever been there? Yes.
Q-Wha sort OF place IL II At was a care
Q-Did il seem 70 y0g TeputaoIe the night that
were sitting about eating and drinking that is all
o@SomeBodv danced? At what hour? Al don't
.Q.gWssa,t IT about . O'Clock in the morning'
Q.-Wssn'11 it cakewalk? A--No; think it
Q,~Wss this before or sitter M Thaw had pro-
posed to You In Paris End You had refused him?
o.-And in what year was f. that year? A-No.
ON 1sN You think? A.-Well, don't know.
Rsf j Paris. A"onv once ot hat a+S can GO Teea
went here Af fhir II was in fsc4 but Viii
not state, positively.
Q.-With whom did YOU go 10 The Dead Rat?
hMs Nh Th9w and 1hRk , Mr. shn6gr the
bad been theatrica! manager. but don't renem-
DO You understand what mean by the ex-
PT e 6 To @ many Of ,b h G9oh from
o-you have 70 doubt that You understand IT.
Q.-Do you know Miss Winchester? A
DID you see her ct the Dead Rat? Al don't
Q.-.Didn,t yOu. see her DO cskewal} a. the Dead
Pat in Paris ~ o'clock in the morning Al
q show YOU Peoples Exhibit 90 for identihca-
ton and ask you n whose handwriting Il Is? A
It looks Ike A1r ThaE's
o-Have YOU any aoub- but that that ietter IS
think have.
Mr. Jerome offered the letter IN evidence Mr.
Delmas objected. but e was admitted. Mrs.
Thaw said she believed Il was = letter written
Jointly by Thaw and herself while ir Paris in
1893. M. Jerome again referred 10 Mrs Thaw's
ideas on the chastity Of women. ana asked:
Glad you changed your opinion in regard to
the chastity of women before you vent to the
Q,~IIow long after vour taIk with Mr. Thaw IN
Paris in June had YOU cbansed vour views that
subject? Almost Immediately after that be
Q.-And before. yo1 left Paris in 100. after the
opinion on Ills subject? Al had changed my
Q--so that when YOU left Paris. or before You
about how long after the proposition of marriage
Q.-Well. three months Al can't say.
0.-Well, it a week? Al don't remember.
70 Won in Paris? TY isiF 'i'S proposal one
Q.-And that night You told him the story Of
Q-And You were not there the next day in
OBS YOU remain there as long as week?
Q.-Did vo1 rot remain there as long as three?
A-Well. ] couldn't say exs city.
rasr c ay-t s,. = 3;r ~ ~ b 80 ~
three weeks / don't know; VIII not posi-
clad yop before you left Paris. appreciated or
Al had
Then followed = series Of questions to discover
whether Mrs. Thaw had not come TO a realizing
sense Of right and wrong before her talk with
Thaw in Paris. She could not he moved from
her declaration that it was only at that time
that light came TO her.
But you had then come to a full understand
ing Ny Jerome persisted. Yes" she replied
Not SO full as I have now. but I was begin
ming then"
Didn't it shock and outrage every womanly
feeling you had2' asked the prosecutor "IJ
did Didn't you feel the result OF II when
You had to make this plain remuneration Of
your present husbands love?'
The last question aroused Mr Delnas more
than anything in the trial He protested Wig
orously. He said: Il object 70 the implied sheer
~ the District Attorney in the use of that
word
afr. Je-ome--There is no implied sheer don't
Know Us parallel in history IN literature
Mr. Deilnas-i OBJECT 70 those remarks and the
@ . ra S6any ' Ri sn aiS way Renna'ia
Mr- Jerome-It vas not with a sneer
VI. Jerone-It is not sheer If the girls story Is
Mr. Delmas-Do you mean II in sincerity or
Mr. Jerome mean it in sincerity if her story is
Mr-, Demas-Do you mean her story is not true?
M; Jerome-Accordingly as YOU tell me whether
E@9 oeIeEe her story o. not
Mr Del!nas- cannot gauga your feelings by
Tnst ! think II You mean it IN sincerity have
10 ,onr honor Thai The question Is imprc5er SUBMIT
Mr. Jerome cannot tell whether J mean it a
Nj. pelmas-I object 10 It
Justice FtzGeraid sided with Mr. Delmas. say
ing
objection sustained"
Mr. Jerome spoke OF the letter Mrs Thaw
wrote 20 White from Paris. Mrs. Thaw said
she did not remember the contents Mr.. Jerome
continued:
,Q.-How long was il after YOU left Paris in 1903
that you went TO BOUlogne2 Al don't remember
Q.-Have you no recollection at all? Al don't
weeks; 1t might have been three weeks. 1t might
Oil do not mean Mrs, Thaw to pin You down
10 an absolute definlteness OF date. What am
three or four or Ave weeks Al csn,,ot ' fs 10
Q-Nhen you went TO BouOgne. between the time
and yon went to Boulogne. were YOU st bearing;
~ your inind feeling Of Intense enmity against
sDout lhls one thingi but you forget, least
rave not asked me r subsequent thing about Stan
lord Nnlte so that really cannot answer that
Q--what were you thinking Of kindly acts? A