The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-22
THAN CASE ENDS THIS WEEK
BELIEVED VERDICT MAY BE REM
DERED BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
HuMMEL AFFIDAVIT GETS IN


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Finally Rests Ito Case.
New York, March 19.-When the
Thaw trial was adjourned there re.
manned but four expert witnesses to be
examined before the taking of evi'
denoe closes. Three experts were dis
posed of in little more than an
hour, 30 1t Is generally believed the
last word Of evidence may be, uttered
In the famous case today. In that
for the defense will begin tomorrow
morning. District Attorney Jerome
will reply on Thursday. Justice Fitz.
gerald may proceed Immediately with
his charge to the jury, or he may de.
fer it until Friday. Unless the un.
expected happens, there should be a
verdict by Friday night.
The case for the people was finally
closed by the introduction of the
much discussed Hummel AFFIDAVIT,
which was read in full to the jury.
The affidavit proved surprise only
in the severity of the assaults Thaw
L. charged with having inflicted on
Evelyn Nesbit, when, according TO
Abe Hummel, Miss Nesbit would not
sign papers accusing White of having
drugged and ruined her. In this al
fidavit Miss Nesbit charges Thaw
with having attacked her with cow.
hide whip while they were stopping
at an old castle in the Austrian Tyrol
and lashing her bare skin until she
became faint from the pain and
swooned. He repeated the attack the
next day, according to the affidavit
and afterward In Paris he beat her at
half hour intervals throughout one
day, leaving off only when she would
faint away and could no longer under
stand what was happening. Miss Mes
bit is alleged to have sworn in the at
fidavit that she was in daily fear for
her life and that Thaw acted as a de
mented person during some Of the as
saults. The affidavit was in some
ways a direct contradiction of Hum
mel's recent testimony on the stand
In order that the defense might not
prevent him from telling the story OF
the making of the affidavit, he stated
positively that he was not acting as
Miss Nesbits attorney when he drew
up the affidavit, that he was acting
solely in the interest OF Stanford
White and that no legal action was
contemplated in behalf Of the young
woman who is now Harry Thaw's
wife.
There was considerable surprise
consequently, when Jerome read the
opening words Of the affidavit, which
were: Supreme Court, County OF
New York: Evelyn Nesbit. plaintiff
against Harry Kendall Thaw, defend
ant"
1t Is said the action contemplated
when the affidavit was made the re-
covery of certain property which it
was alleged that Thaw had wrongfully
taken from the girl. In debating the
affidavit, Hummel referred to himself
as Miss Nesbit's attorney, she being
represented to have said
81 have received certain letters and
cablsgrams from Thaw which | have
turned over to my attorney, Mr.. Abra
ham H. Hummel."
The affidavit is also Endorsed
Howe & Hummel. attorneys for the
plaintiff"
When Delmas began introducing
testimony in sur.rebuttal he intro
duced first OF all the record in the
trial and conviction of Hummel OF the
charge Of conspiracy. He started to
read the entire record, but had not
reached the remarks Jerome made al
the sentencing of Hummel. and which
Delmas wanted to present to the jury
when Jerome said he would admit
the entire record without objection