The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
Why the stories Were ToId.

stories had been told me. as White and
the men who told them hated him. lie
phine and / said / had not. and that ]
had told Mr. White that / never had
seen him with a hypodermic syringe
After that ! saw Mr. Thaw often. one
day L found the man who had told me
OF having been at a hotel one night and
hearing screams IN room, he broke in
and said he found Mr.. Thaw whipping a
girl who was tied 10 "A bedpOSt. 1 asked
him TO tell me the story again and ne
old so But his story this time was that
il was a waiter who saw the incident.
1t was df. erent than the original story.
l asked him why. and he said. 1 told
you that to please somebody "
Mrs. Thaw SAID she finally told Mr.
Thaw that she could find nothing i'm the
stories that had been told her about him
what did ThAw then say to you?"
HE said il was all right You know
/ never lie to you he said"
Mrs Thaw said she saw Harry Thaw
the night of Christmas eve, 1903 at the
Madison Square theatre.
LongfeIIow on the Stand.
Mrs Thaw was here directed Ia stem
aside temporarily to allow the testimony
Of Frederick w. LOngfelOw. 10 whom
Thaw's letters offered in evidence had
been addressed.
Mr.. Gleason examined the witness
He showed Mr.. Longfellow. the letters
and asked if they had been received By
him.
Mr. Jerome objected 70 the testimony
unless the defense waived the right of
professional privilege as between Mr.
Longfellow as counsel and the defendant
as former client of the witness.
i desire 20 crcss-eXamine this wit
ness, said Mr.. Jerome, and as he was
formerly counsel TO Thaw, / may
Il withdraw the question put to Mr..
Brother said Mr. Delmas.
w ere You attorney for Thaw when
you received this letter.? demanded Mr..
Eyes"
Did you receive it in your professional
The witness examined the letter close
Il presume the letter came to me in a
PROFESSIONAL capacity" answered Mr..
Longfellow.
Envelope Destroyed.
destroyed"
You have mlde no search?"
While there is doubt as to the exist
ence of the envelope of a letter which
may come by mail, 10 other evidence
upon the point can be received" ruled
Justice Fitzgerald.
But argued Mr.. Delmas, Il have
@sked the witness 10 state from memory
whether he received the letter previous
to June % 1906
You may answer that" said the judge.
Yes, two years before" said Mr.. Long
On cross-examination Mr.. Jerome drew
from the witness that he had refreshed
ms memory from letter book in the
Was that a book having to do with
professional relations with clients?''
Not altogether =" said the witness.
Mr. Jerome withdrew objection 10 q let
huI
for Identification
Another letter was shown for identifI-
catioh ana another argument ensued.
Wrange of Counsel.
Arguments between the counsel took ur
most OF the time of the afternoon ses-
sion. Throughout the afternoon there
was nothing startling and those wht
were anxious for sensations were in
gloom
Mr. Longfeilow was finally allowed r.
say that the second letter shown him
was received in November. 1875
was IL received in prot r siOuAi ca
paGityY' insisted Mr. Jerome.
Whlle II may have been said the
witness, it does not follow that 1 cgr-
ried out the instructions il contained" .
Mr.. LongfellOw identified four or five
letters and fixed their dates as prior to
June %. 1906. Mr.. Jerome persisted in
asking whether or not the letters came
TO the witness in his professional cspa-
city. The witness said again that he pre-
sumed they did, though he did not carry
II communicated their contents to Mrs
did
Long Letter Read.
To Introduce the letters Mr.. Delmas re-
called Mrs. Thaw and then proceeded to
read the first one. 1t was quito lengthy
requiring more than fifteen minutes IN
the reading. The letter began:
Dear Longfellow,' and said among
other things:
Evelyn has left me six or seven let
ters and kilograms from the blackguerd
II they wish 10 begin a row I am ready
for II. ] prefer TO reach New York so as
TO so TO Philadelphia z snu
then to Port Huron in time cor +he we'd
ding on November IS ] would return e
New York in time TO meet the Lady Var
mouth, who lands on the 2ith. The more
row the better.
Her Mother Didn't Count. 2
Maybe we will be married after the
Lady Yarmouth arrives; maybe after
the row. Her mother don't count.
The letter then referred 70 some IN
married woman, whose name Was omit
ted as a "trickster.' "schemcr,' etc
Thaw referred evidently to Miss NesOi
and her mother when he spoke If then
who are Matchmaking her"
THE matter of being married is mos
secret" the letter continued
If the suit for kidnapping is begun 4
must not be mentioned. but ne will neeC
two staffs OF reporters You get cns
staff. and I know the kind J want ~,
will secure them when / land
The letter constantly referred 10 "tha
blackguard," and said Miss " wau;,
give all she possessed il she could hay,
| been sent to school by me instead O.
him. She should never had remained OF
the stage so long. and if they md lis
tened TO me she would not. IL resdltc,
| i'm her name being falsely connected will
two others besides that blackburn Poo
! girl. she was poisoned when she was rs
I years old
Evelyn TO Get Property
Remember that if 1 die ny Dropert'
/ is all to go to my wife, but in the even
OF her death must not so 10 her rela
tives. Her wretched mother must no
receive anything. / would provide 10
her brother however.
Poor girl, If die she may lot liz
l to be 81.
The next letter read 70 The fury date
| November IS. 1858, was also addressed I
1 Mr.. Longfeliow. 1t said in part
1 Please send some one 10 inquire 4
/ 202 or 204 or perhaps 206 West Forty
| sixth street if Miss - is there q
where a letter or phone messsgS ca,
reach her. / slept seven and three-ligar
ter hours on the train. which is "a recol
! since she came home. Ny reSDonsibiiit
I is gone. and j know she can thant m