Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-14


and vigorously protesting against "this
defamation of the dead"
'Is there no limit" he exclaimed,
ITO the aspersions that are to be cast
upon this man? Your honor we'll
knows cannot, under the law, contro-
vert any statement this witness might
make against the memory of Stanford
White" =
In tones bitterly sarcastic, Mr.. Jer-
ONE spoke of 'this tattle Of the ten
derloin," and declared that the court
had the right to limit such testimony
until competent evidence has been
adduced here to show that this man
is, or was, of unsound mind We don't
know whether this defendant ever
was insane" he concluded.
Court curbs defamation"
The question which called out the
vehement protest from the district at
torney was addressed to Mrs. Thaw
by Mr.. Delmas, and it's purport was
whether or not Harry Thaw had at
any time told her about "other girls
wiz udu u1SC d 1dlC Sllulldl W yours
at the hands of this man.
"What man." snapped Mr.. Jerome.
stamford White" replied Mr.. Del
mas, with the GOODNESS of voice and
manner characteristic of him; and
then he added, still in the same low
tone, "who else?" .....-.-s-.
Justice Fitzgerald held that the dis
trict attorneys suggestion was good
one, and he thought the defense
should lay a broader foundation to
show insanity before proceeding along
the lines suggested by Mr.. Delmas'
question.
eve will proceed to do this as soon
as possible" announced the attorney.
Mrs. Thaw declared that Stanford
White, during the year which followed
her experience in the room of the mir
rored walls, repeatedly sought to have
her visit him alone.
Wouldn't See White Alone.
II told Harry" she said, that Mr..
White had begged me, had pleaded
and cried and scolded, and done every
thing be could to make me come to
see him alone. l refused and he told
me ] was cruel and that was as cold
as fish and not human being. told
Mr.. White I didn't care to trust him."
After her return from Europe, and
during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw because of the dreadful
things Mr. White and his friends told
me about him." she declared Thaw &C.
cused her of improper relations with
the architect.
IT told him it was a lie and that 1
had not" she testified, with an en-
phatic show of feeling.
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell of
another incident which has been cited
in her life-her acquaintance with
"Jack" Barrymore, the actor. Mr..
Barrymore was in the courtroom one
day during the early part of the trial,
at the instance of the district attor-
ney, it was said. Mr.. Delmas asked
Mrs. Thaw Friday to tell what she
had told Mr.. Thaw of her acquaintance
with the actor.
Jack Barrymore Proposed.
She said she had first met Barry
more at a party given by Stanford
White, the year following her intro
duction to the architect.
II thought him very nice,' she
frankly said, "and one day at Mr..
Whites studio he said, Evelyn, will
you marry me?' I said, I don't
know He asked me second time,
and again said, I don't know and
everybody laughed. Mr.. White told
me I would be very foolish to marry
Mr.. Barrymore, and my mother said
SO, too, and we all quarreled, and the
upshot of the whole thing was that
Mr.: White said I ought to be sent
away to school, and was, to New
Jersey"