The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-08

' at the door and asked If needed any l help. I satd: No" | She then related her experience ir l the photographic studio and said shs | had posed until she was very tired | and that White, who had come In. or dered food and they had something tt eat The photographer had left. shs said, and after they had ilunched she , went into dressing room to remove 1 her kimona and put on her dress. T shut the door while was inside MT. White came to the door. knocked and asked me If wanted any help I said: No.'"
 She testified that she drank but one glass of champagne and when she va. dressed she got into a carriage and was taken back to the hotel. "The next night" she continued, "l got note from Mir. White asking me to come down to the studio Tor 2 luncheon and the theatre with some of his friends. A carriage would call Tor me and would take me home after the party, he wrote. I went down to 'tne 24th street studio again and found MT White and no one else there.
 "What do you. think, he saio m so me- the others have turned us downT
 Then I told him had betergo home and he told me that I had better sit down and have some fruit. So took off my het and coat. MT. White toio me he had other floors in the garden and that had not seen all Of his place. He would take me around ana snow me. he said
 Continuing her testimony Mrs. Thaw swore that she drank glass or wine and immediately became unconscious Directed by MT. Delmas she narrated lie. 4f aYneT1enCe that night with Stanford White saying he promised to marry her. Again offered Marriage. Did he offer to marry you asain! eyes. told him that if I did marry him, the friends of Stanford White would laugh at him and laugh at me as they suspected our relationship If they did know Witness told Thaw that it would not be well to marry on account of his family. He persisted that he wished to marry her. Mrs. Thaw re- covered her com~usure after she had got over the most sensational part of the story. Many of the women In the court room were crying and the most intense silence prevailed in the room Mrs. Thaw said she had also told Thaw about her early life, with her mother and of her financial difficul- ties.
 The money she earned as an artists model she gave to her mother. That was their only means of support. Eve lvn after she and her mother came tn New York with letters of introduction experienced some hard times.
 'Finallv she said. I met Mir. Car roll Beckwith. the artist in December. 1an0, and he engaged me to pose for him sometimes. Twice he gave mo letters Of introductinr to other we'll known artists and I posed for them. !"
 Then. the witness continued she ap- piled for a position on the stage. ev- pecting to continue as a model while earning money az a dancer. The fist according to Mrs. Thaw: 'rhat il 1t was not a baby farm and thst thev did not want to take me. I danced for the rnaragar and he offered me a nlace. directing me not to tell how old I was"
 "you went to Paris; when did you return?"
 'T returned in the end of October 1902"
 'cwS1 did you first meet Harry K. Thsw?"
 'Tn 1so1."
 How many times had you seen him between then and 19n3?'
 T had only seen him once in the meantime |"
 OHered to School Her. Thaw, the witness said. op~osed her going on the steee. saying she was too young and oft~-ed to send her and her brother to schoo1s You were sent to school later, how ever. when " asked Mir. Delmas.
 "rn 1s02."
 We've you i'll during any os this per'od?
 "Yes, and had to go to a hospit- al |"
 "The offer of Trsw to send you to school was refused?"
 "vAs."
 "when you saw Mir. Thaw in 1903, did VOL tell him about, going to
 T told him that MT. White had sent me to school"
 The witness then told of her sick ness and the operation to which she was obliged to submit and of Thaw's kindness to her at that time which was early in 1903. After her recovery Thaw arranged the Euronean trin for the witness and her mother. Thaw followed them to Europe.
 Here reference was made to a let ter that Thaw wrote to the witness
 
 soueht to introduce 1t as evidence
 Mr. Jerome objected.
 What is the relevancy of the let ter?" asked Justice Frtzzerald.
 Its contents have distinct refer ence to the statement made by the witness to Mir. Thaw and Is an evil dence of the effect on the mind of MT. Thaw of the statements So made" replied MT. Delmas 'Tf 1t were proper to admit the statement of MT. Thaw after the shooting he has ruined my wife," argued MT Delmas, Ifs 1t not proper to admit a statement made after the defendant had learned facts to show what the effect of them was upon his mind. |" Asks for Recess. MT. Delmas said that he did not have his authorities at the moment It was then twelve twenty-five, and MT. Delmas asked for an adjournment until ? o'clock
 Tn consideration of the trying or. deal of the cross examination, I will not object" said MT. Jerome. Recess was then declared. Again the court room was crowded to it's utmost capacity when the af.