Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-21
The IIlaw Trial.

Rat, " asked jerome.
ayes; il is a cafe 10 Paris"
is it reputable place."
al d. not know."
"Were ever thereF"
"Ye-; people were ealing and drink
ing and | think some one danced. l
think it vas reputable"
"What lime was 1t? Was it about
two IN the morning ,"
Probably"
"What sort of a dance was il! Was
it csEe walk ?"
mo, think it was Russian dance. "
"You are certain ?"
81 remember there was a Russian
dance. There might have been cake
walk"
Jerome then showed that be had OBJ
tanned one OF Tn AVIS letters from Paris
she said that Mr. Sbubert, the theat-
real manager, and another manager
went with Der and Thaw to the "Desd
Rat" she said she believed there were
some ladies with Shubert.
"Do you know what is meant by many
Of he bunch on the TenderloiD?'
This was evidently read from rhaw's
letter and she replied IL think do"
"Do you know Miss Winchester ?"
yes"
"Did you see her do cake walk that
niyht at The Dead Rat at 3 am. ?"
Evelyn could not remember certainly
Jerome handed Evelyn the letter from
which be had read, and she identified it
as being in Harry Tnaw's Handwriting
"When yon we're in Parts, after Thaw's
proposal, had your opinion OF chastity
changed 20
"Yes"
Odd you think illicit relations he
tween unmarried people were wrong ?"
"Ob, yes"
~ know people thought it wrong, bu:
/ suspected all women" che ADDED n
moment later.
Jerome GU stioned her closely about
why she wrote TO White from Boulogue
after Thaw had revealed the truth to
Der. She said Whites extraordinary
personality "had fastening ell ct in
one Wsv, as she thought of him." but
she sill was very hostile TO him. Her
mother coerced her to write, she said.
She had not told her mother the story Of
her wrong.
The name of a man whom Evelyn met
in the tower studio WAS not made pub
| lie. Evelyn whispered it to Jerome and
he said he intended to call this man for
private examination 10 establish the
date. Evelyn said this man saw her un-
dressed in Whites bedroom. She said
she went to Whites Twenty fourth
street studio within a month after being
wrOnged.
jerome vas pitiless and persisted.
He asked about the continuation OF her
relations with White, which she said
continued until the first of 1902, from
the indefinite date, supposed to have
been in September, 1901. She said she
visited the Twenty fourth street and
the Twenty-secOnd street and the tower
studios, but always against her will.
When Jerome demanded the details
of the first occasion following the origi-
nal one, Evelyn broke down. Tears
ill d her eyes. She covered her face,
with her handkerchief and sobbed.
Jerome was disarmed.
Several of the WON N writers left the
room, and there was a short delay.
Soon, however, the girl witness re-
covered her composure.
She said she went to the studio
against her will; that she thought she
had to 90; that she became inebriated
at times and that she consented only
when Cyerpowered.
She said White made appointments
by notes and that she wanted to go out
to supper, but nothing more. She said
White insisted that she go to the studio
and she tried 10 vain 10 dissusde him.
"And you omitted this from your
direct testimony
Jerome drew from Evelyn detailed
recital Of the vsrious occasions when her
relations with White were renewed
Time and again, tesrs came into her
eyes, and her voice shook az she answer
ed. She insisted she had always fought
Whites advances and that always she
was piled with wine until partially in-
toxicated. She said she had been White IS
victim more than once in his Twenty
fourth street studio and likewise more
shan once in his Twenty fourth street
studio and likewise more than once upon
one occasion In the Madison Square
Garden tower studio.
She could remember only one incident
in the Twenty-second street studio.
white got scared about the Twenty
second street studio" she explained
Evelyn testified she had told all the
pitiful story TO Thaw in Paris.
Ibid you ever pay visit to Dr. Carl
ton Flint" Jerome asked suddenly
Evelyn could not remember such a
visit.
"Did you ever visit q doctor with
Jack Barrymore"
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