Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-02-14
Tells Of Her Relations With
Stanford White
WAS A TRYING ORDEAL FOR HER
With Tears Slowly TricIzling Down
Her Scarlet Checks, the Girl-Wife
OF Stanford Whites Slayer Relates
to the Court the Story CT the Wreck
of Her Girlhood.

New York. Special.-Evelyn Ncsbit
Ihaw told her story To save the
life OF her husband, charged with
murder. she barred to the world the
lnnermoSt secrets OF her soul. 1t was
the same story she told Harry Thaw
IN Paris in 1903, when he asked her
TO become his wife-the confession of
one who felt there was insurmount-
able barrier to hes ever becoming the
pride OF the man she loved.
In the big witness chair she an
peared but n slip of a girl and she
told the story OF her evcntful Young
nfe III frank, eirlish way.
AS the young wife unfolded the
narrative of her girlhood and told
the early struggles OF herself and
her mother TO keep body and soul to-
gether; of how gaunt poverty stood
ever at the door, and how she finally
was able 10 earn livelihood by pos
ing for photographers and artists,
she won the murmured sympathy of
the throng which filed every avail
able space III the big court room.
Then came the relation of the
wreck Of that girlhood at l6 years
OF age. 1t was the story Of her meet
ing with Stanford White, the story
of the sumptuous studio apartment.
whose dingy exterior "avc no hint of
the luxurious furnishings within: of
a velvet covered swing in which one
could swing until slippered toes
crashed through tho paper of II Japa-
nese parasol swung from the cealinu.:
the story of glass OF champagne.
OF black, whirling sensations and Of
mirrored bed room walls. In short.
she told all the story.
'Don't scream SO. 1t is all over
1t is all right
.'And this was Stanford White ?"
The question came from Dolphin
Nj. De!mas. now conducting the de-
fense OF Harry Thaw.
eyes, sir
Her Story.
She told of her arrival in New
York. of her life here, and eventually
the acceptance by her mother Of the
thrice-refused invitation of girl of
Sue theatre To meet some of her
-&ends at luncheon. The girl s
mother told Evelyn's mother they
were people in New York society and
perfectly proper. else she would not
let her girl go with them.
"When she came for me in the
handsome,' said the witness, Il re-
member hoping we would 90 to the
Waldorf. | had heard so much about
it ard wanted TO go there. But the
handsome stopped in front of dingy-
loking building, and ! was told TO
get out. My mother had dressed me
My skirts were just to my shoe tops
then. This was in April, 1901
''He was o big and fat, ugly man,
| remembered his meeting us at the
head of three flights Of stairs" she
continued. He gave me presents.
and my mother let me 90 TO other
parties Then he said my mother
should visit some friends i'll Pitts
burg. She said she could not leave
me. He said it would be all right;
that he would look after me. Final
ly she went Then came an invita-
tion to party, but no one else was
there-just two. 'Thcy all seem to
have turned us down, he said. After
We Hdu liitu anu NdHttU W ~
home, he said ! hadn't seen all of
the apartment and we went TO room
with the mirrors all over the walls.
That room was bed room. On
small table stood bottle OF cham
pagne and one glass. NJ. White
poured out just one glass for me. and
| paid no attention TO it. Mr.. White
went away, came back and said: Il
draped this room myself Then lie
asked me why ! was not drinking
my champagne. and | said | didn't
like it; it tasted bitter. But he per-
suaded me to drink it and did
Room Got All Black"
GA few moments after | had drank
the champagne there began pound
ing and humping in my ears and
the room got all black"
Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at
this stage.
"When / awokc my clothes had all
been taken off me. / started TO
scream. Mr.. White got up and threw
o komona on me. AS | sat mp ]
saw morrors all around the bed.
began to scream again and Mr.. White
asked me to keep quiet, saying that
it was all over.
"When he threw the kimona over
me, he left the room. | screamed
harder than ever. | don't remember
how | got my clothes on.
"Hc took me home and / sat up all