The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
ItlLS OF WHITES PERF|DT
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Gives in Court the Story of
 Her Life.
THE wTNEss AND PRISONER IN IEIai
Had Previously Told Thaw Of Her Re -istions with Stanford White When the Former Had Proposed Mar ria0e to Her in Paris in f9o3--Was a Good Witness for Defense.

New York. Feb S.--lThe announce ment that either the mother or wife of Harry Thaw would be the principal witness at Wednesdays proceedings brought out an unusually large crowd at the criminal courts building. The corridors were filled, and scores of people, many of them women, tried in every possible way to force them selves by the officers at the court. room doors, but after Wednesday af- .ternoon's laxity the bars were put mp again and very few were allowed to pass. However. half score of women managed to succeed.
 Justice Fitzgerald had just taken his seat on the bench when Mir. Del. mas, of Thaw's counsel. requested the clerk to call Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
 The familiar figure in blue. now for the first time without her veil. appeared from the judges chambers She stood near the jury box as Clerk Penny administered the oath
 T swear, repeated Mrs Thaw in an audible voice at the end of the formal declaration.
 Mrs. Thaw took her place in the witness chair calmly. She looked steadily ahead at Mir. Delmas and gave her answers to his first ques. tions in clear and firm voice. which was soft In quality.
 Harry Thaw smiled at his wife as she walked to the witness stand but she apparently did not see him at the moment After she was seated, how. ever, she smiled faintly at the pris- oher.
 Mrs. Thaw's beauty seemed height ened by the simplicity of her dress.
 In the excitement of testifying her pcleness of the past two weeks lied before a rush of crimson tints in ne cheeks.
 In answer to MT. Delmas' first uues- lion, Mrs. Thaw said she was born December 25. 1884 She told of going to the Cafe Martin to dinner the evening of June 25 with her husband. and Thomas McCaleh and Truxton Beale
 After telling of writing note and passing 1t to her husband. the witness told of proceeding to the Madison Square roof garden with her hus- band and friends.
 Mrs. Thaw said that she sat in the seats with Mir. Beale and MT McCaleb. Her husband went to the back of the theater, she said. He was away about IS minutes when he returned and took seat beside her.
 "You said you were the wife of the defendant?" Yes"
 .when were you married7' "On April {. 1s05.''
 "where?" Tn Pittsburg. at the residence of Dr. McEwen. pastor of the Third Presbyterian church.
 ',who were present." T think Mir. Josiah Thaw. Mir. Thaw's broth CT" the witness went on, after a moment.
 @When had MT Thaw proposed for the first timer" "In June, 1903, in Paris"
 At the time did you refuse him'' "1 did"
 "Did you state. in explaining you' refusal of his proposal that 1t had something to do with stanford white.r .yes,T
 state what happened MT. rhav told me that he loved me ani wanted to marry me stared at him for { moment and then he said Don YOU care for me?' And I said that did. Then he asked me what wal the matter. said nothing 'Wh, won't you marry meg he said " put his hands on my shoulder and asked: Is it because of Stanford Waiter And said yes Then ht told me he would never love any one else or marry any one else. l started to cry. He said he wanted me to tel him the whole thing. Then. I begar to tell him how l first met Stanford White.'
 It was simple narrative. told h girlish way In its midst the young woman broke down and cried ana could proceed only with diiticulty.
 Hrr husband sat brave faced for ' while: then he. too. burst into tear: and buried his face for some time ir handkerchief When he again looked up his eyes were red iron weeping.
 Tt was in September. 1891" said Mrs. Thaw. who appeared but slil of girl in the big witness chair with her hair caught low on her necp and tied with big black ribbon when Mir. White invited me to an other one of the parties l had at tended with him had been left ir his care by my mother, whom he had sent to Pittsburg. was just past 1G years old
 This night when got to Mir Whites studio there was not anybody there
 MT. White said: Well, well. they all seem to have turned us down He said Never mind. we would eat alone. Later said I must go home He said he wanted to show me an other part of the house and we went into bedroom with mirrors al round.
 He gave me more champagne Then everything became whirly snt black. When came to, my clothel were all off. screened and scrcame'