Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-22

Mrs. Thaw said that after the occur
renee In the Gath street house she saw Mr..
White almost every night until she went
After January, 1902. she refused to go any
where alone with him, although he con-
tinually urged her to do so.
During all this time that You were going
around with Mr.. White you were receiving
from him considerable sums Of money!?
Yes
AT the same time you were receiving
salary as an actressT
prior to this time your pay and the
amounts received from Mr.. Holman, who
afterward married your mother, were SUI
fcient to support the family?"
Yes"
Doings at Studio Parties.
"At different times during 1901 and 1902
you were at parties in the studios and met
many different men and women?"
Yes"
The dialogue here was again unprintable
The Cakewalk in Paris.
Mrs. Thaw told of going to various
lunches and suppers at the oath street
house and to the Madison Square tower
room. She often went alone in a carriage,
trusting to Whites promise that there
would be others present. She did not go
often to the oath street house, White having
idi 8cly dDdHuOueU mat place, because ne
told her actresses who had been there had
told about 1t ''all over town.
Were there improprieties at these lunch
cons and suppers?' asked Mr.. Jerome.
Il don't remember anything very bad.
There were some stories told" Mrs. Thaw
answered.
Looking back little now, do you re-
member any improprieties?"
Looking back little now, none Of 1t
seems pleasant"
WAS their conduct worse than Miss Win
chester's cakewalk in the Dead Rat?'
Il never saw Miss Winchester do a cake
about that"
Was it In the Cafe PARISH"
Yes; she was professional dancer"
Was the dance improper?
Il wouldn't make such a broad statement
as that. l don't think 1t would have been
allowed on the stage"
Was Stanford White present at all the
parties you attended in 1902 or 1892
Mrs. Thaw told of going to a supper as
the guest of Frances Belmont.
''She was an actress?' asked Mr., Je-
rome.
We'll, she was on the stage" replied Mrs.
Thaw; "she was in Florodora.'
The Night Of the Threat.
Mrs. Thaw said that on her nineteenth
birthday, December 25 1908, Mr.. White
was to give a supper for her at the tower
room. White went to the Madison Square
Theater. where she was playing, the night
before but she quarreled with him and he
went away. Later he returned, but she
had not yet decided to go with him. He
went away again, and later Thaw came to
the stage door for her.
He was in an automobile?" asked Mr..
Jerome.
mo. 1 think it was carriage
Are you sure?'
mo, butI think so.''
WAS there any one else in the carriage?"
Yes, one man and one woman"
A man named Boman, doorkeeper at the
theater. who testified early in the trial.
said that White returned to the theater
later. and. fourishng a revolver, threat
ened to kill Thaw, and also stated that
Thaw arrived In an electric automobile
and was alone.
Was there man named Kennedy stand
ing outside the stage door that night with
another MANI" asked Mr.. Jerome.
Il never heard of any Kennedy"
Hadn't Thaw told you he had employed
two detectives because OF White?"
No"
Her Birthday Party.
"You went to Rectors from the theater
that night?"
Yes"
''And left there about Imp
81 don't know what time it was"
Had there been much wine drunk?"
Yes"
at that time it was your custom to
drink considerable wine with your meals?"
did Thaw sometimes drink good
deaI?'
Yes"
Was he easily affected by winer'
Not particularly"
Were you then receiving money from
Stanford Whittier"
Not then"
Didn't White give you letter of credit
for use on your trip to Europe, and wasn't
some of that left?"
MY mother got that"
Three Weeks in Old Castle.
Mr.. Jerome changed his line and took
up the 1903 trip in Europe. Mrs. Thaw
said she and her mother and Thaw Wis
TIED Paris and Boulogne. and then went
to London. Then there was a quarrel, and
Mrs. Nesbit remained in London, while the
witness and Thaw made long trip through
Europe, visiting many places. Mrs. Thaw's
description of the places visited was some
what meager. At one time she remembered
seeing "a pretty mountain" and at another
time they visited town, where / got some
cheese that was very good"
While. you were in Austria did you
spend some time in an old castle Mr.. Thaw
hired?"
''Yes-about three weeks"
Were you we'll at that timer"
Yes. 1 climbed mountains"
"Sure?"
Yes"
Under what name were you traveling%
Not any
while you were travelling with Thaw
did you receive letter from Abe Hum
mel?"
II don't think So"
From your mother?'
NO.
"At that time did you not have a letter
of credit from Stanford Whittier"
What letter do you refer to-" queried
Mrs. Thaw in reply.
Any letter of credit from Stanford
White. said Mr.. Jerome.
Il had one from Cooks"
Stanford White gave 1t to you, didn't
he?'
Yes. but I had given the letter to Mr..
Thaw.''
Mother in London in Want
Where was your mother all this timer"
'In London
who told you SOP
'Mr. Thaw."
when you went abroad. in 1903, did you
tell Stanford White that Thaw was advanc-
ing the money to you and your mother for
the trip?
No"
How much was the Cooks letter of
credit?'