The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-08

story. Mr. Thaw came over and sat
down beside me. He said: What is the
matter with you and I said J don't care
to speak with you, because ] have heard
certain things about you and knowing
these things, / don't care 20 speak TO you,
Mr. Thaw shook his head sadly, and
said
Sadly, You said, repeated MI Dclmhs.
roaring out the words.
Yes. sir" she replied "and then he
said poor little Evelyn pronounced by her
Evelyn. / see that they have been max
ing fool of you / also told him that
Mr.. Stanford White had me go to Mr.
Abraham Hummeis office and that they
had shown me some documents, or, rather,
read part Of a document 10 me and
showed me his signature. and it was sup
posed to be 81 case that had been brought
"a suit, Tather-aguinst Mr.. Thaw by one
OF these persons. I told Mr.. Thaw all
that, and he said it was blackmail: that
he wouldn't pay any attention 10 il what
ever; that IL was "A case Of pure bidckmail,
and that there was nothing 10 H.; that u ]
wanted to believe such taings, | could
That interview lasted about ten minutes
An Angel 10 Him.
And did you persist to the end in your
refusal in having anything TO do with
him. and will YOU kindly tell the jury
how you parted or what was said al the
parting?" said Mr.. Delmas
Il think he kept my hand. she said,
and he said that he would always care
most for me, and ] would always be an
angel TO him" The young woman sort
OF dropped back in her chair and sighed.
Mr.. Delmas waited for a moment.
do you remember that word dis
tinctly." ne said. and let me ask you
whether that term of endcarment was one
/ which was commonly used by him in
speaking 10 you or Of your
Yes she said, The always used that
word. He called me angel, then we
parted"
She did not see Thaw again for some
/ time. she said for two weeks or more
maybe. She went into drug store at
| Broadway and Thirty-sixth street.
Il think ! was there getting some ice
cream soda when he came IN. and he saw
me and he spoke 10 me. and then ne went
out again" she explained But before
/ he went out he told me that ! looked
/ bad; that I didn't look well L said
i wasn't very well and ne said that !
ought not 10 put any rouge on my face.
that 7 was not the kind that could wea-
/ It.; that IL didn't look well on me. that !
never should put any rouge on my face
! told him ] pat Il on because / was very
I pale lie said &c didn't look nice
+ And then there was no reconciliation at
| that timer" said Mr.. Delmas.
NO, sir. not a bit" she replied
After that she met him on the street in
Broadway rBrod-way' she called it,.
Thaw was with somebody. merely spoke,
l.tsr A az tor sin rs--re
at the Cafe Beaux Arts, at F0rticth
/ street and Sixth avenue, having dinner
one evening when Thaw came into the
! restaurant
= was surprised 10 see him." she said,
! ''as l did not know that he was 20 be
4 there. 1 was there with a girl / won't
mention her name tMT. Jerome leaned
! over and she whispered 1t 10 himl.
reconciliation Begun.
/ Thsw had dinner with them and then
she went to the theater. This meeting was
/ some time before Christmas. 1913. The
next meeting was about two days later.
when the same girl was along. This was
at lunch at Rector's She was asked 20
| tell what happened then.
Why she said. 81 asked this GIRL
/ think We both asked her If she would ex-
cuse Us while we talked for d few mo-
ments. Then Mr. Thaw-she didn't re-
! tire. she turned her back so that she
could not hear-and AIr Thaw asked me
/ If I believed the stories that I had heard.
/ He told me he wanted me 10 tell him
1 every story that had heard. and / did.
Il told him every story that Stanford
+ White had told me. He said that MT.
( Thaw took morphine. that ne was in the
I habit of taking morphine. that he knew
+ ar. White said he knew il. and that
while under the influence Of morphine
ne would do terrible things"
/ And now" said Mr. DeImas. after
you had related to Mr.. Thaw these vari-
Gus reports that you had heard about
/ him, what reply did he maker"
/ He said about the first story con-
/ tinued Mrs Thaw. that this friend of
! Stanford White had told me. that he
/ could easily understand IL why he told
/ me. because this man hated him, was a
/ friend OF Stanford White and he CThaw)
merely laughed about IL. lie said il was
( crazy. About the second story. he said
/ he could not understand this man told il.
as he didn't know him to be a friend Of
/ Stanford White. and he couldn't under
| stand why this man made UP such "a
/ story. But about the stories that Stan
/ ford White had told me. he said he could
{ easily understand why that was
/ He said he could easily understand
/ why Stanford White and Hummel had
/ told you stories?'' said Mr.. Delmas.
Denies Using Morphine.
Yes" she replied. and he said I had
! no business believing those stories: that
/ 1 had known him some time i'm Europe.
and had reason 10 know that they were
/ not so. And then he asked me If I had
ever seen him take morphine. and / said
10. He said. IF ] had taken morphine.
/ wouldn't it have shown itself some time
or other2' The witness stopped. With
her right hand she made a movement as
/ though she were jabbing something at
/ her wrist evidently intending to illus
trate what Thaw had done when he spoke
to her about morphine. And 1 could
/ not remember having seen anything like
4 that" she said. and told Stanford
/ White that 1 never knew Harry took
morphine Mr. White said that"
Mr.. Jerome held up his hand and asked
her # she had repeated TO Thaw what
/ White had told her. She said she had.
| and she was allowed 20 go on,
II said to Mr.. White that I had never
! seen Mr. Thaw under the influence OF
morphine, and Mr. White said there was
a lot of other ways of taking it-(she
again made the wrist-jabbing move
ment)-and he said that you could snuff
! ii up your nose or take hypodermic
syringe. MI Thaw laughed and said that
Mr.. White knew a lot more about it than
\ he did"
/ Did Mr.. Thaw. on that occasion, in
Wit and urge YOU to look into the truth