Evening journal., 1907-02-22
ENGINEER KATES
FALLS TO HIS DEATH

ness had been in the life she described.
bu tnot Of it. The nsuddenly she
would drop a sentence that indicated
elearl ythat she had not escaped the
communicating influences OF those
around her. Mrs. Thaw described
Whites manner manner toward other
girls. She said the architect would
storlSe the heads and shoulders Of his
girl friends In a most fatherly man
ner. She kne wof a little girl, who.
she said, thea rchitect had treated in
manner similar 10 one in which he
treated her before the drugging Incl
dent in his studio. White seemed so
solicitous for the girls welfare that he
would not let her dring more than
glass Of champagne and he always
saw that she got home early.
1T was the same bluff he put with
me-" the witness suddenly said, and at
once the simple refinement of her ma
ture seemed to vanish. and the fact
that she, too. had been Of the Tender
loin was recalled.
Word Now New to Her.
When Jerome asked her about her
acquaintance with "the Tenderloin
set" she sat up rlgidl yin her chair
and insisted that she had never used
the word "Tenderloin.' The prose-
cutor then showed her a letter she had
written to a girl friend in 1904, when
Mrs. Thaw was in Paris. In this let
te rthe witness said "the entire Ten
lderloin bunch has migrated to Paris.
For three or four years. the witness
was forced to admit her l.fe had been
a constant round OF gay suppers and
midnight orgies. In Paris. after Thaw
had proposed to her. and when her re-
pentance was reaching its keenest
point. she admitted she and Thaw went
to the gayest cafes among them a
placed called the Dead Rat. where she
saw dances that touched the depth Of
vulgarity. After her downfall in this
city, she said, also, she went 10 many
super parties with White.
A tthose parties there were present
women of the stage and men of wealth
and prominence. The names Of the
men were not mentioned aloud. but
they were placed on record Of the court
Tt was said that If their names were
published at least a dozen big reputa-
tions would be ruined.
Went to Thaw's Flat.
The reason she went with Thaw one
night, the witness said, was because
she had had a quarrel with Stanford
White. The architect was giving a
birthday party for her in his studio IN
tn etower Of Madison Square Garden
but she left the guests waiting and
went to Rector's with the Pittsburger
She was living at the time In the
Audubon Hotel, but instead Of goine
nome after the supper In the restaur-
ant she went with Thaw to an part
ment somewhere in the Sixtieth streets
Did YOU remain there over night"
Jerome asked.
II did" the witness replied
Whose apartment was it?'
"Mr. Thaw's."
Two or three days later Mrs. Thav
testified. she moved from the Audubon
Hotel to the Grand Hotel.
"Under what name did you registsi
: there 2'~the prosecutor asked.
'T don't know"
''vho else lived there2"
"Mr. Thaw."
Where was his apartment
AlA tic chAll0 AhNA 40 AAAAANs
Were they connecting apartments? ?
They were"
When living in the Grand Hotel, sh
) said, she essayed to remain out on
night, and did so. She admitted tha
; she spent the night in the Hotel Yorl
hut Jerome could not get her to admi
3 she was with a man. Mrs. Thaw di'
mot remember who registered for he
in the Hotel York, nor whether tn
man accompanied her up the elevator
J Out With an Embassy Man.
Even in London, Jerome brought out
. Evelyn Nesbit found time to e.
J around with others Than Thaw. Sn
said that she had gone out frequently
! with a prominent member of tn
American Embassy.
HE was a perfectly reputable man
was he not?" Jerome asked.
mo, he was not" the witness re
J piled
/ He was disreputable then?"
"Yes"