The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20

you are honestly convinced Mr.. Thaw
was insane June rs last, you would
abandon this prosecution ~
| 4 agreed to nothing" snapped Mr.
Jerome.
Mr.. Delmas asked that Mr. Jerome's
remarks be read from the record.
! sIne stenographer started to do so,
/ but after reading a few words he was
cut short by an interruption of Mr..
! Delmas.
Il stand on that" said Mr.. Jerome.
MI Jerome expressed a willingness to
! take uD the cross examination Thurs
day morning, the defense to proceed
with other witnesses in the meantime.
Mr.. Delmas would not consent and
ultimately Mr.. Jerome yielded and be-
gan the cross examination of Mrs.
Thaw. Mr.. Jerome drew forth a large
number of papers from a leather
pouch He selected one and handed it
to Mrs. Thaw.
rs that your handwriting?" he
asked.
ut looks like mine; I can't say"
| Weren't you in March, 1902, draw
ing s25 a week from the Mercantile
Trust company when you were not
playing. and is not this letter ad-
dressed By you to the Trust company
directing what shall be done with the
money?''
Mr. Delmas objected. 4Ie declared
that the letter would speak for itself.
Mr.. Jerome withdrew it and asked
Mrs. Thaw to identify the signature
on three slips of paper.
1T looks like NINE" she said, at
can't say positively.
They look very much like my sig
AREN'T they receipts for the s25 a
week you drew from the Mercantile
Trust company" sri.-- =
Mr.. DelInas again objected and Mr..
Jerome changed the question: -, -
70 AaN L r., Il
1902, were drawing $25 a week from
the Mercantile Trust company"
Il can't say"
Was it not about that timer
Il can't say positively
Mr.. Jerome handed Mrs. Thaw a
large number of papers, checks. ETC..
and asked her to select the ones she
knew she had signed. She did so.
Europe in 1902
II don't remember the exact date
WAS it on Saturday,"
when you left the steamer did you
go to hotel?'
And register?'
would it assist your memory if 1
showed you the hotel register?''
There was no audible answer.
when you refused Mr.. Thaw in
Paris in 1903 did you tell your mother ?"
did you love him enough to have
married him If It had not been for the
lated here?"
Yes"
There was no other reason for your
refusal?"
TT was out of your great love for
him that you refused?"
1T was"
You were not thinking of marrying
anybody eIse?''
You rejected him for no other rea-
son than what you have told US about
and :N you gave MIN no 0'ner
What part of the year was this?"
In the spring
Your early life, you say, was spent
in Pennsylvania '
Yes
After your fathers death you lived
in much poverty?"
Yes
'The surroundings of your home life
at that time were pure and good?'
Yes
You grew up to be Is or 16 years old
so simply that after all the trials you
afterward went through you remember
ed the incident of the cat and the con-
ductor trying to put it off the train?"
And you also remember that when
you went on the stage and went to
dinner you had chocolate eclairs?''
''AlI these pure and simple surround
ings Were due to your mother?"
Yes"
she was careful of you when you
were in Philadelphia"
Yes"
You posed only for women artists ?"
There were three men,.
ST now show you what purports to
be the register of the hotel Savoy I'M
der the date of October "a. 1903. is
that your signature-'Evelyn Nesbft
and maid, PARISH"
yes"
Does that refresh your mind? Does