Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-27
NEXT MOVE IN THE
TRIAL 1OF HARRY THAW
Continued from page 1J

~ an angel-one of those persons too
good for this world.
"When one comes to think it over ii
is good to have lived. A girl who has
always been good and never had any
scandal about her is fortunate in more
ways than one On the other hand,
not one of them will ever be anything.
By anything I mean just that They
will perhaps he good wives and moth
ers; but, whether it is ambition or fool
ishness. ! want to be good actress
first
"Of course l can't live here all the
time, and / can't forget all the old peo-
Pile They do not know what they are
doing here, but give them a chance TO
get away and see what they would do.
II l stay here long I'll get just like the
rest. am very susceptible. and I'll
soon be 4 -
Mr.. Jerome said that here appeared
three exclamation points and Il pen
sketch of a nun.
This ended the diary reading, and
Mr.. Jerome turned TO the witness.
Prom the time you first became init
mate with Thaw in 1903 until the
shooting of Stanford White, June 25.
1906, did you ever see anything in his
conduct that was irratlonal:' asked
Mr.. Jerome.
Eyes"
Mrs. Thaw then detailed several in
stances She said that one night while
OH Broadway in a cab they saw White.
Thaw became much excited
Il don't know what you would cali
it, she said, ''but / would call it fit.
He cried and sobbed and bit his nails
and talked rapidly
did you ever see Il man in an epilep-
tic fftY' asked Mr.. Jerome
I've seen CATS
There was considerable laughter.
well. did Thaw act like that?'
Prompted 10y Mr.. Jerome, she said
his body trembled, he ciasped and un.
clasped his hands. and his eyes rolled.
The next time they saw White was
when he entered box opposite them
In theater. AT this time Thaw again
became excited, his eyes rolled, and he
stared
Whenever they saw White Thaw's
conduct was the same.
"At this time did he carry pistol?"
asked the district attorney.
'Yes, he always carried one after
Christmas. 1908"
why"
"He told pe that the Monk Eastman
gang was following him.
did he tell you who had set this
gang after him?''
stanford White"
AT that time did you think Thaw
was of unsound mindr'
'Yes, on the subject of Stanford
White
80, as early as 1903 you thought he
was crazy on that subject" Eyes"
did he ever complain that White
was prosecuting him?' Yes"
I'm what way?"
'He said stories were being circu.
lated about us by White, and he found
out that Mr.. White had had things
about us put in the papers"
"Were there others beside White con-
nected with this persecution?" Yes"
The names were whispered In the
district attorneys ear.
did he complain that White kept
him from being elected to the Knick-
erbocker club?'
1T was some club, don't remember
which"
HE attributed the circulation of a
of stories to WhiteT yes"
HE said he probably would be at
tackled by thugs employed by WhiteT
HE said Mr.. White had employed
the Monk Eastman gang to kill him."
And he kept this up from 1903 to
the time of the killing?" Yes"
The witness here was asked by con-
sent to identify sixteen letters received
from Mr.. Lyon, president of a Pitts
burg trust company.
Mr.. Jerome's next question proved to
be the last of his cross examination.
1t was, did Thaw recollect having
seen White after these outbursts"
"Yes."
'That is ALL" concluded Mr.. Jerome,
VhNNPt thtiA L may tll SOliC iutNiC ituiC
ask the witness to explain phrases in
Thaw's letters which we have Just re-
ceived."
After Mr. Jerome had finished his
cross examination, which had lasted
through nearly five court days, the re-
direct and recross examinations began.
but were of the brlefest character, and
just prior to adjournment it was an
nounced that the defendants wife had
finally been excused
The district attorney will next begin
his cross examination of DR.. Britton d.
Evans, one of the alienists for the de-
fense. He will Immediately follow
this up by cross examining DR.. Charles
G. Wagner, and then Drs Deemar and
Bingaman will be called in rapid or
der. The trial at last seems to be en-
tering upon its final stages
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