The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-12
WORST Of W|Ft'S
STORY NOT TOLD
DELMAR SAYS MRS, THAW OMIT
TED MOST SHOCKING PART
IN TELLING OF WHITES
OUTRAGE.

New York, Feb ll.-" Before we
put EVELYN Nesbit Thaw on the stand
| heard her story but once There
was no rehearsal no attempt at drl-
matte play. The story as she told If
in the court room Is rot half so tragic
as it was when she told it TO me DUR
ing our preparat on Of the case. II
she had told in court the details sac
told me there is jury IN the wide
wide world that would convict Harry
Thaw."
SO said Dolphin NJ Delmas. counsel
for Harry Thaw in an interview here
today.
only once in nv fe have | been
50 touched wi emotion as | was
when Evelyn Nesbit Thaw first told
me her story" said Attorney Delmss
That was at the grave Of nv father
when the last clio. Of earth was
| thrown on his coffin.
"Ag | Sat there as lawyer listening
to the gil narrate the story T wh7t
she had suffered at the hands ef Stan
ford White the tears welled ntp my
ewes and fairly sObbed
she told me then that when she
avoke and found Stanford White lean.
ing over her in that mirrored bed
room he seemed 10 her like big gor'
lila. His hair was disheyeled and The
look on his face was like an suinal's
Il screamed with terror she told me
Many Details Untold.
She added many details and If sha
had told them to the jury there would
have been no need on our part TO pro
cure further evidence. As we had
not rehCarscd our parts she depend
ed simply upon her memory as 20
facts The presence of the crowded
court room dieconcerted her to he
extent that she omitted some of the
most revolving features of that fatal
night.
"Yet never have | seen a woman
with such streugh h Of character as the
frail little wife of Harry X. rhaw. In
the conferences that the lawyers for
tho defense told she asserts her op-
Inion and nothing can change il. Even
the older Mrs Thaw has been obliged
10 Weld to the ,hes Of Hauy's
wife
Mr. DelmeS. in answer ia unes'
ion regarding the determined effort
Of the defense to introduce the viii
of Harry Thaw. said
"This is the main part of our de
feuse. A codicil in the will provides
the sum Of $4,000 that Thaw SAYS is
10 be used in prosecut ng his murder
er. The codicil says further that he
expects to be murdered. This plainly
shows that Thaw al the time he male
the will believed that Stanford White
Intended to XIII him.
Sacrifice All For Love.
"Our case Is a short one and unless
the district attorney IrolouEs IL we
can prove all we wish 10 and finish
before the week ends.
Il am absolutely convinced lat
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw love- hes bus
band and 4 he were to be eiectrocH-
tel tomorrow she would moi survive
it twcuty-four hours. she Is ais3 ihr
one grand passion oihis life
Even when She va- rfaT- fcip
less invalid Thaw's love anI attention
10 Evelyn Ncshit never tagged am
m this case not to acquire rem
tieu. Z am NOT a criw."ai awver rHl
have n1t tried criminal ca iu SIX
teen wears.
i know the real truth { tae ussic
story and with ali the n9ve- fhat $
in mo Z shall fight % free th nsa
who has sacrificed everything for the
girl he loves. I never heard the word
guilty in a court room do not eN-
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