The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

w ell sald MI Jerome, II 10 III
usual
Il protest and note another exception
on the same ground" broke in Mr.. Del
mas.
"Well-all right. I'll go at 1t in apothe
way Mrs Game, did not you consider /
an unusual performance"
II did not consider it at all.
what did Thaw say first?'
81 don't remember"
well. what do you remember of TIN
conversation"
HE told Mrs. Nesbit something of hi
desire to send Florence to Europe ant
said II she would marry him would settll
enough on Mrs. Nesblt and Howard t.
keep them forever Mrs. Nesbitt said sh'
would try and fix it so Florence would
accept him.
How long were you in the bath roomg
"Only a few moments. Mr.. Thaw die
not stay long"
"She said now. you see his intentions
are honorable,' and she said she wanted
me to help her induce Evelyn to take
Mr.. Thaw as a husband"
Detail Talk.
Mr.. Jerome pursued his questioning at
great length, asking Mrs. Game to detail
every time she saw and talked with
either Evelyn Thaw or her mother or
Thaw himself. He endeavored to bring
out the ract from the witness that on the
second trip Harry Thaw and Evelyn made
to Europe Evelyn's mother did not &C
company them. This was in 1904 Mr..
Delmas objected strenuously to this line
of cross examination but Justice Fitz-
gerald upheld the district attorney, who
said he was testing the credibility OF
the witness, Mrs. Game.
did you see Mrs. Thaw's mother in
this country while her daughter was In
Europe in 1904.
Eyes, once here in New York"
did you discuss Miss Nesbit's where
abouts?'
when did you next see Miss Nesbit
or Mrs. Thaw?"
after her return from Europe"
"Where did Miss Nesbit then liver
''In Ninety-hrst street most of the time;
part of the time at the Gregorian, In Thtr-
ty-seventh street,
The house in Ninety-flrst street was,
the witness said, a private house. Be
sides the Nesbits and Thaws she saw nc
one there but the maid.
Mrs. Game explained that she often
dned with Miss Nesbit They usually
went to the st. Regis. The witness knew
several restaurants specified by the dis
trict attorney, but she said she did not
know Churchills.
The witness never had any pecuniary
dealings with Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw.
During the two months you and Miss
Nesbit were so much together and you
so often saw Mr.. Thaw, do you know
where he lived?" asked Mr.. Jerome.
mo"
you never heard?"
Never"
Cumberland Hotel.
"When the Cumberland hotel episode
occurred where were your asked Mr.
Jerome of Mrs. Game.
Mr.. Delmas objected to the use of the
word episode, declaring there was no such
thing in the testimony.
81 went to live with Florence"
"Where?"
I'm Ninety-first street"
'W7ho suggested your going?'
Nobody. went of my own will to take
care of Florence"
Ibid she ask you to go?''
mo. She came to the department store
where I was working late one after
noon and told her I was about to take
an apartment and asked her to come and
live with me. We looked UP advertise
ments in the papers, found the Ninety
first street apartment and started there
that night. 1t was furnished apart
ment."
did Thaw go with you to look at the
apartment"
mo"
Whose name did you give in taking the
apartment?"s
MY own name"
what name did Miss Nesbit give?"
''She did not give any. 1t was moi
necessary
At this point the luncheon recess unit
2 o'clock was ordered.
Mrs. Gaines s-examination was i'm
mediately resumed after Justice Fitz
gerald appeared for the afternoon SEES
sion.
How long did you and Mrs. Thaw oc
cupy the Ninety-irst street apartment? p
asked MIR. jerome.
Three weeks"
"Who paid the rest?"
81 did"
"Out of your own money!"
Eyes"
Cross-ExamInation Continues.
Mr.. Jerome's cross-examination wal
searching but his voice was so law as tt
be hardly audible, and several times Mr.
Delmas standing just outside the raj
with his hand to his ear was unable t,
hear what was said and was forced t,
ask that the questions be repeated.
objections to the district attorneys man
ner. which brought an exchange of sharl
remarks between the attorneys.
where did Miss Nesbitt go after yol
and she broke up housekeeping aske,
Mr.. Jerome.
''To Mrs Jewett's.' was the witness
reply.
"And then where?"
''ro DIR. Bulls sanitarium for the sec
ond operation"
"All the time you were with Miss Mes
bit in Ninety-frst street did you and you
husband maintain your own apartment II
West Tenth street,"
Eyes"
ibid you and Miss Nesbt continue L
go out with Harry Thaw?"
YES"
"You said this morning you wanted t.
protect Miss Nesbit, What did you wan
to protect her from?"
"From newspaper notoriety."
What was the notoriety?'
II object most seriously" said Mr., Del
mas, What the newspapers said wa
not material"
',what the newspapers said is very ma
terial," commented District Attorney Je
rome with a smile,
"You heard did not YOU said Mr., Je
rome again addressing the witness, "tha
this defendant and Miss Nesbit wer
elected from a hotel"
~ read 1t in the newspapers
1.-THE answer was given before Mr.. Del
mas could state his objections, so h
moved to have both question and answe
stricken out
did you hear anything except wha
YOU saw in the newspapers aske
judge Fitzserald?"
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