Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
the THAW TRIAL.
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ally won. Then they saw Harry Thaw
again.
His whole frame shaking, he sat with
his head buried in his hands. a hand
kerchief covering his eyes. Where the
defendant sits he is all but shielded
from the Jury. Bent over the table as
he sobbed he could not be seen at all.
Thus Thaw sat for many minutes and
when he finally Lifted his head his eyes
were red and swollen. Even if they
could have seen. the jurors would have
mad no eyes for the prisoner. They,
too. had turned their gaze from the
witness as the tears came to her voice
as well as her eyes and each man of
the II seemed intent upon some object
on the floor before them. Justice Fitz-
gerald looked out through the long
grated windows. The scene and the
story marked a new precedent in the
history of criminal proceedings in New
York City. Old court attendants gave
their ready assent to this.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand,
her direct examination uncompleted,
when the day was done. Once during
the afternoon she was excused for an
fellow was sworn to fix the date of GER
tain letters written to him by Harry
Thaw subsequent to the revelations
Miss Nesbit had made to him i'm Paris.
The girl had identified that writing.
but the court held that the date must
also become matter of competent evil
dence. Mrs. Thaw seemed to appre-
ciate the relief this incident offered al
though during the hour ana a half re-
cess for luncheon she had recovered
from the fatigue of the two hours
spent in the witness chair during the
morning session. As she left the stand
for the recess she walked unsteadily
and passing back of the jury box ran
her fingers of her left hand along the
wall as blind person might
The letters which eventually We're
offered as evidence after much object
ing by Mr.. jerome and flood Of argu-
ment by opposing counsel during the
afternoon sitting of the court. was re-
garded a. corrobOrative of Mrs. ThaW's
testimony today. which she often de-
clared in response to objection offered
from time to time by the district at
torney was a repetition of the reasons
she had given Thaw for refusing to
become his wife. They also We're Of
fered as tending to show the state Of
mind Of the defendant just after he
had heard from her own lips the story
of the girl he loved and her relations
with the man. it is claimed he killed as
n result of insanity inherited on his
Part and induced by stress of cir
cumstances
The letters wer" written by ThaW to
Mr.. Longfellow as his attorney. They
told of his coming marriage with Miss
Nesbit and Of the "row they want to
raise" Disconnected and jerky jump
ing from subject to subject they never
theless breath the love he bore the girl
and he wanted among other things that
provision should be made that i'm the
event of his death all his property
should go to her. The letters constant
~ refer to that blackguard, who pois-
oned her as a girl and say that her
name was falsely connected with two
others besides that blackguard." Only
two of a half dozen offered in evidence
were read during the afternoon session.
The others will probably be presented
when court cOnvencs tomorrow and
Mrs. Thaw IS again called to the stand.
The completion of the direct eXamin-
alton Of the prisoners wife Will ros-
si5ly take up all of tomclrow's session.
In testifying today Mrs. Thaw was
not allowed to state the names of GER
tain persons. but by consent Of counsel
for defence she gave them in whispers
to Mr.. Jerome, "in order" US Mr.. Del
mas said. "that the prosecution may
have the fullest possible opportunity to
refute any Of her statements if he can"
While most of the afternoon session
was given over 20 the admssbility OF
the letters written by Thaw to Mi
Mr. Longfellow. Mrs. Thaw continued
for a long time the narration of her
story She told of how she came back
from Europe month ahead of Thaw.
During that month friends Of Stanford
White had told her many stories about
the young Pittsburg millionaire. and
when he returned to America she re-
fused to see him EXCEPT in the pres
ence Of third person. When he asked
her why she acted 50 she told him the
stories
One was that Thaw had put a girl
into a bath tub ana turned scalding
water upon her. Another was that he
was addicted to the use Of morphine
ana tnlrQ declared tI'lI ne ndu Tea
girls to bed posts and beaten them.
He looked very sad she said. ''anl
told me they had been making Il fool of
me. He said ne understood why it was
done. ] afterwards got so many con-
ficting accounts from the persons VIII"
had told the stories and | beard their
regulations were had. that | finally
told Mr. Thaw did not bclcv" the sto-
res. He said You know | have never
lied to you'-and he never has
The girl paid other tributes to her hus-
band, to save whose lie she has br1veI
ALL
"when I told him the story in Paris. ="
she said. he came to me and picked IN
the hem Of my skirt and kissed it AMI
said he would always love me. lie nearly
always called m" his angel. We sat to
gether that night until daylight talking
the matter over. The effect on Harry
was terrible.
Stanford White sent me to school in
New Jersey in October. 1902, and early
in 1909 became Ill. The doctors came
on6 caiA an operatiou WAS necessary.