Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-13

an earnest endeaVOr to establish them
selves in their own set once more It's
not for us to criticise tnat set
Il say Evelyn was not a prostitute.
leave 1T to any one If they can show
she had been mixed up with anyone be-
sides White, who bought her from ner
mother. Even if she had been the low
est creature on earth, her marriage es-
tablished her in the world. Will any
jury ever convict a man for standing
up for woman he has taken to be his
wife. for better Or worse? Her testi-
mony was clear. remarkably so She
could not be tangled in the cross ex-
animation. White was brute and
any man that would do what he did
ought to be shot,
Whtmore says "No.'
G. w. Whitmore took stand decid.
edly against Jaques as follows: "The
question of Mrs. Thaw's honor is not
the issue of the case. They are trying
a murder case. Evelyn was willing
party to her relations between herself
and White, even after ner marriage.
Did not Whites previous relations to
Evelyn justify him to seek her again
after she returned to America? But
White did not get her, he only attempt
ed to. Any one will admit that they
did. But what does the evidence
shows that ne accosted her twice,
spoke to her and nothing more, calling
her by her first name once. Is it Jus
tifiable that man shall be killed for
that?'
Battle Of Lawyers.
George F. Heindel: "There is moth.
ing unusual about the case except the
wealth and prominence Of the parties
involved. 1t is more great battle Of
the lawyers. Jerome made a big mis-
take in his cross examining of Evelyn's
story. arousing the antagonism of the
jury by his abuse of the girl. White
did persecute Thaw's wife and the
killing was result of mental derange-
ment on Thaw's part, 1t was justifl-
able"
Walter S. Coen: THAT mother is
the worst thing in the whole case.
Evelyn went'with White for his money.
Her mother had told ner. to do as
White SAID, but no girl brought up in
New York would follow her course of
procedure because man told her it
was all right. 1t is not a case of a
of the men want to make home for
Evelyn? 1t is simply race between
two fiends for the girl"
Senator b. G. Moon: If Thaw was
not insane when he did the shooting ne
ought to be executed. If he was insane
he ought not to be executed. The
whole case hangs on the issue of In
sanity"
Jerome Inconsistent.
j. j. Smith spoke more of the case
in regard to the legal handling than the
details of the story involved. He claims
that Jerome was inconsistent when he
ordered the insanity commission to ex-
anime Thaw, claiming that he was in
sane end then later trying to show that
Thaw was in his right mind wnen he
committed the deed.
j. +. Weber: II say that Thaw did
not marry this girl because he loved
her. He did not want to make home
for her. If a man loved a woman as
Thaw claims he does, would he allow
her to go on the stand for more than
week and degrade herself as she
did? Any man with the right kind of
love would die many times before he
would listen to his wife degrade her
self In that manner"
J. A. Lpwenburg: Evelyn had 2
most unnatural mother. You must re
member that girl gets her knowledge
OF morality from her mother. She
was told by her own mother that any
tning White told her was all right
The unwritten law will act here. Ev.
elyn was trying to live straight life
at the time of the murder-White was
pursuing her. While she had allowed
both men to treat her wrong at times,
her marriage to Tnaw made her a
woman with name. Thaw was JUST
| fed i'll his act, sane or insane. 1t is q
good thing White is dead; the world
would not mourn Thaw's death either
but Whites death has taught great
lesson to thousands OF men of his
stamp"
| Al W. Enoch: There are very few
lawyers in the United States as well
informed in regard to insanity as Je
rome. His work in regard to that par
ticular instance phase Of the case
could not be more shrewd. AS for that
| innocent little Evelyn-Thaw had nc
Christian influence. He had beer
raised right but he had grown away
from his training. That fact alone
makes his fall the lower. He is bad
He offered large sums of money in
Pittsburg for girls under 16 years Of
age. Has a man of that stamp any
Christian influence? Was he trying tc
make a home for Evelyn? No."
Marriage Licenses.