The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-21

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| deposited it2
Al was not told.
Q.-Were you told what the purpose
was FOR which il was deposited?
Al don't remember.
| Jerome said: Il will read Exhibit s,
/ which has not been read before this.
| i did not work at all last week. so
kindly send my money at once Evelyn
! Nesbit.' To whom was this letter ad-
| dressed -
! Al think il must have been the Mer-
| camille Trust Company
/ At this point a short recess was taken
! TO ventilate the room and upon reopsn-
ing Mr.. Jerome continued as follows:
Q.-Do you recall letter Of October
-, 1902 10 the Mercantile Trust Com
| pany?
| A-No.
about the last Of octeser. 1902. did
] YOU play il Mrs. Osborne's playhouse?
! Ayes, in a play called Tommy
o. hand you Exhibit s. and the
! check of October "a, 1902, and ask you TO
Mrs Thaw read the papers and was
/ then asked.
Q.-After having examined those
| checks 1 will now hard you a receipt
| Of October "a, 1902; now are you able 10
after looking at these to say when you
| began playing at Mrs. OsbOrne's The
alter?
Al can't say.
Q.-Just before you went there had
you been out OF work for a week?
| a. AllAiAh SUI
Tries to Refresh Her Memory.
Dwell, this may refresh your mem
DRY.
! The district attorney read the note ad-
| dressed introduced earlier. as follows;
Il have not been working all this
week. Please send me S25.-Evelyn Flor
| ence Nesbit"
Mr.. Jerome then read a letter 10 the
Mercantile Trust Company. dated Janu-
airy 16. 1902, as follows: Il have stopped
playing this week. 1 wish you will
send me $25 week beginning this Fri
DAY coming, until can get another posi-
ton. tSigned. Evelyn Nesbit."
Q.-DO these not refresh your memory
as to how or when you were to draw
this money?
A--NO, sir
: Q.-Was this letter Cthe letter OF jan
uary 16. 1902 written by yOu2
Alt doesn't sound like me. I believe
II was written by me at the dictation
Of Stanford White.
GLOW Is II you are so strong in
your conviction that one exhibit was
written at the dictation OF Stanford
| White and not the other?
A.-Because IN all money matters
either my mother or myself had to write
letters like that at the dictation Of Stan
ford White
Odd you not write to the Mercantile
Trust Company
Al don't remember
Q.-You told your husband that Stan
ford White said nearly all women were
bad and the great thing was got to be
/ found out?
Ayes.
Q.-And you were then but sixteen and
three-fourths years old?
Q.-And when first did you begin to
doubt the suppOsition that all women
were unchaste?
A.-when I went abroad with my
mother.
Believed All Women Unchaste.
$50 that until then you believed
that all women with whom you came in
contact were unchaste, but very clever?
So when you told your husband the
narrative in Paris in 1903 you believed |
you were better than other women be- |
cause you had been wronged against |
your will?
A.-No. sir:I had nothing to say about
IT.. II was done while 1 was uncon- !
Q-And until you were eighteen and
One-halt YOU were firmly OF the belief |
that all women were unchaste. and only
some were unfortunate TO be found out? |
Q.-Had you read any fiction before
that timer
A.-DO you want me to tell everything
Ono. only in a general way. Had
you read anything Of Scott?
Or Dickens7
A--No.
Q-The Bible?
A--Slightly--
Q.-At that time. June, 1903. you be-
lieved in the general unchastity of |
women
Al did
Q.-And yet the sole reason you told |
us you had for rejecting the offer of |
marriage by Thaw was your own I'M /
Objected to and withdrawn.
Odd you, in rejecting Thdw have /
any other reason than the one you |
stated?
A-NO.
Q..-Did you tell him you were differ
ent than other women?
A.-No; I didn't think I was any |
worse than other women.
Visits to Hummel's Office.
Q.-Have you seen Abe Hummel since |
the affidavit was burnd in his office?
Ayes. think 1 saw him sometime in
November.
Q.-Was this not where you saw Mr.. |
Hummel at a children's Christmas fes-
tival in 1904?
Ayes.
Q--And were you and the gentleman
with you guests Of Mr.. Hummel? Didn't /
you sit down in the dining room and eat |
supper?
Al didn't eat anything.
Q.-But did you drink any champagne? |
Al think 1 did,
Q.-And did you not sit down with Abe
Hummel and drink champagne with
him?
Al sat down at the table at which
Mr.. Hummel sat, but I was not his
guest.
Q.-Was this after you came back
from Europe?
Ayes.
Q.-When was the time you saw Abe
Hummel?
A--After I returned from Europe
When l went to his Office with Stanford
Q.-And the last time?
AIT the children's Christmas festi-
val in December. 1904
Q.-Your mother made this gown be-
fore Stanford White took you to his
studio?
Ayes
Q.-You say in your direct examina-
ton. Then l told him the next time I
saw Stanford White, Mr.. White sent me