Evening journal., 1907-02-20

gested continuing the examination at
1890 o'clock Thursday.
Delmas declared he could not go on
with his case until Evelyn had been
cross examined. and finally won bis
point Justice Fitzgerald holding that
the cross examination must proceed
lie offered Jerome an adjournment un-
I'll Tomorrow morning, but Jerome de-
clined, and announced he would take up
the cross-examination at once.
Court adjourned at 4.s0 p. m.
Cross Examination Begins.
III am forced to proceed with the
cross examination / will do So said
Mr. Jerome.
you may proceed" Mr.. Delmas re-
marked in conclusion, and Mr. Jerome
produced a large number OF papers,
selected one and handed it to Mrs.
Thaw.
Q. Is that your handwriting? A.
II looks like mine; I can't say.
Weren't you in March, 1902. draw
ing $25 a week from the Mercantile
Trust Company when you were not
playing and is not this letter address,
cd by YOU to the trust company. direct
Ing what shall be done with the
money!"
Mr.. Delmas objected and Mr.. Jerome
withdrew the letter He then asked
Mrs. Thaw to identify the signature on
three slips Of paper
1T looks like mine" she said. Il
can't say positively"
Aren't they receipts for the SIS a
week you drew from the Mercantile
Trust Company"
Mr.. Delmas again objected and MT
Jerome changed the question.
Q. Is II not a fact that You. in March
1902, were drawing S25 a week from the
Mercantile Trust Company? A.
can't say.
@. Was It not about that time? A.
cannot say positively
Tells Of Rejecting Thaw.
Mr.. Jerome handed Mrs Thaw a
large number of papers, checks. etc.
and asked her to select the ones she
knew she had signed She did so and
handed them TO the District Attorney
@. What day was it you returned
from Europe in 1908? A. I don't re-
member the exact day.
O. When you left the steamer did
YOU go to hotel and register? A.
Yes.
Q. When you refused Mr.. Thaw in
Paris in 1908. d,d you tell your mother?
A. Yes.
O. Did you love him enough 10 have
married him n Il had not been for the
event in your life which you have re-
, lated here7 A. Yes.
Q. You were not thinking Of marry
] fs4ra ,Ta
Q. You rejected him for no other
reason than what you have told MS
about and you gave him no other s.
No.
Z O. what part Of the year was this7
, A. In the spring.
@. Your carly life. YOU say. ives
spent IN Pennsylvania? A. Yes.
@. After your fathers death you
lived IN much poverty? A. Yes.
, @. You grew up 20 be IS or IS years
+ old so simply that after an the trials
you afterward went through, YOU re-
membered the incident OF the eat and
the conductor trying to put II or the
I train? a. Yes.
@. And YOU also remembered that
I, when YOU went on the stage and went
. to dinner you had chocolate eclairs?
A. Yes
@. You posed only for women art
lists? A. There were three men.
e To Test Truth Of Story.
Q. You stated constantly on the
= stand that all Of the things you mar
5 rated here were just what you had
= told Thaw? A. Yes.
And those things you told Mr.
= Thaw az that time as having occurred
e at the hands OF Stanford White were
= true?" asked the District Attorney.
Mr.. Delmas sprang to his feet Will
F" on objection.
"Your Honor" ne said. whether
4 these statements Of hers were true oi
= false Is entirely immaterial We hav,
s. not been allowed to show the truth OF
e them. The whole question is whether
e or not she made the statements to Mr.
~ Thaw as she says She did"
II "1'hc truth or falsity OF her state.
IS ments 90 to her credibility as wit,
= ness" said Justice Fitzgerald. Ssh,
= may answer"
G Were those statements true2" re-
: peated Mr.. Jerome