Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23

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like that"
Had you any occasion to doubt the
chastity of your own mother?"
II never thought of my mother in
that way" replied Mrs. Thaw as she
stamped her foot.
Mrs. Thaw said she could not re-
member ever having gone to doctor
with Jack Barrymore.
Blames Mother by Inference.
Mrs. Thaw said her relations with
White ceased after January 1902; that
the incidents occurred usually after
the theatre over in the 22nd and 24th
street studios and in the tower; that
they were not frequent and were
against her consent: that they were
accomplished partly by violence and
partly by too free indulgence in wine
She said she objected to going to the
studio on the first occurrence.
why did you go them" asked Jer-
ONE.
81 had to-"
WAS your mother back them"
Eyes"
did she meet you after the treatre. .
Not that night"
When you came to the theatre that
| night what did White say?"
"He did not come to the theatre no
| wrote me. He met me afterwards"
why did you go with him?"
Because he insisted"
''And you did not want to go?"
Il wanted to go to supper
Jerome continue dto press the witness
for details. He asked her why she
did not tell her mother of these oc-
currences.
Il was afraid. He made me swear
never to tell her" replied the witness.
In endeayoring to secure the intro
duction of Whites letters said to be
in the poss ession of Thaw's counsel,
Jerome called Hartridge to the stand,
Mrs. Thaw being temporarily excused.
Hartridge declined to answer any
questions regarding the letters.
Hartridge this afternoon was serv-
ed with a subpoena, requiring the pro-
duction of Whites letters. He said he
would not comply.
May Indict Evelyn.
Delmas said he had heard the report
that Mrs. Thaw was to be indicted in
this case. This, he said, entitled Hart
ridge to withhold his answers as her
attorney Jerome said no such state
ment has been made, but he did not
deny the intent. Delmas said Mrs.
Thaw had retained counsel because
of threats against her.
Witness Makes Admissions.
Mrs. Thaw under close questioning
when recalledfi, told of several Incl
dents with White. She said on each
occasion she was given much wine
and was slightly intoxicated, but not
drugged. On no occasion did she yield
unwillingly, she admitted. She never
told her mother. AS to the nature of
the operation which was performed
unon her while she was at school IN
New Jersey the witness said she knew
only what the nurses and doctors told
her, that it was for appendicitis.
Noted Men at 'kie Dinner
| New York, Feb. 21.-Mrs Harry x.
Thaw's testimony concerning the part
played by Stanford White in the so.
called pie girl dinner" has brought
forth the story Of lat feast and OF
the fate of Susie Johnson, the girl who
did the stunt" of which White was
so proud. The hunt of Susie Johnson S
parents for their missing girl, who
was supposed to be prisoner in the
studios, and the girls reappearance
her marriage and her tragic death aft
er her husband had cast her off after
| he had discovered that she had been
| the plaything Of White were sensa.
lions of the day.
| Susie Johnson is dead. Stanford
| White is dead But most of the guests
| 0f fhof lfnnnr hal3 n
positions of honor or at the head OF
their craft. TIE dinner-at that
time referred to as the $4,000 cham.
payne dinner-was given by Banker
Henry G. Poor, in the studio of James
l.. Breese. West Sixteenth street
May 20, 1905, in honor of John Elliott
Cowdin, nnoted polo player, whu
then divided championship honors
with Foxhall Keene. Breese was then
then foremost carbon photographer in
the country. Mr.. Poor gave the dinner
| to celebrate the tenth anniversary ot
Mr.. Cowdins marriage,
Noted Men at Dinner.
| The list of invited guests as given
out at the time, was:
John Elliott Cowdin, the guest Of
honor
Robert, Bacon. now assistant secre
tary of state of the United States, then
member of the firm of j. p Morgan
& Co., and brother-in-law OIL Mr.. Cow.
din.
Stanford White, the architect.
William T. Lawson, tn banker.
Rene La Montague.
Thomas l.. Manson Jr., broker
| Arthur @. Collins, a Boston artist Of
repute.
| w. R. Mead and Charles L. McKim
partners of Stanford White.
| r. Suydam Grant, man-about-town
James Barnes, author and editor
]. Carroll Beckwith and J. Alden
4 Weir, artists OF reputation.
J. Kennedy Tod, member of the
reform committee of fifty.
George e. Perkins, croker.
John H. Twachtman, tie landscape