The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21


NEVER POSED IN NUDE
During this time did you ever pose for an
artist In the nude?'
Eve Ever +, have any cast made in the nudea''
DO DO you know Mr.. Wells, sculptors'
..Not Nov lon long did you know Mr.. Garlandr'
,oasSll. When did your acquaintance with him
When met Stanford white
Ism I IL true that Mr. Garland became very
ay aannoylng ing when you lived at certain apartment
mo-
vonr Isn't n,d4, It true that his annoyance caused
10 send up his card?'
\ never heard of it,
~ tha la your your mother meet you every evening
Yes except when stanford White came,
JacI, 20 - ~ you % ever go to Rector's, Burns or
remember going once with mamma and
tbeatsr 2d your y6r brother Howard ever go to the
81 II think he did once when mamma was
..1I Did you go home with him:'
DO DO you know your brothers. writingT'
Is this his slgnature?"
Jerome showed the witness document con-
cearng an but the bottom of the last page
Mrs. Thaw. piieu
Here recess was declared.
a., MRS. lhaw was recalled to the stand after
photographs of herself Some of these were
sddluonai copies of the famous picture in which,
bearSkin
secoDs were @ taken at Whites studio in
longed to some one else
Mrs Thaw stated tbat the pictures were
taken the day before her experience in the mir
rored bedroom
These are fair types of all the pictures taken
that day, are they not!'
There We're some taken in low neck
That That day"
:, Your recollection is clear that you posed in
draperies that day?''
Was there any exposure of the personi''
They were very low neck
You said this morning there was no ex-
Yes, Stanford White had some pictures put
into book and gave me the book
You. have that book?'
WIN you bring the book here tomorrow"
You had luncheon that day in the studio
was II served from Sherrys!'
Il don't know
Jerome here formally offered the photographs
in wider evidence 't,oso n,..,.o. .o,rr,r,t.s,.
ENDORSEMENT OF CHECKS
Jerome handed Mrs Thaw several checks and
asked if she knew in whose writing the In
dorsements were. Five had been indorsed by
her mother; one Endorsement she did not recog-
nize
I'm whose writing are the Endorsements upon
''It looks like nine
AS matter Of fact. does it not look more
like your writing than that Of any other human
being you ever saw write?
Where were you living in May. 1902"
Except yourself and your mother, whose
names are the same, was there another Evelyn
Nesbit at the hotel?"
Not that | know Of
Were you given checks weeklyT
Isn't that check in the customary form of
the checks you receiyedT
Delmas objected.
Jerome read seven of the checks to the jury.
All were indorsed Evelyn Florence Nesbit.''
were YOU not entitled to and did you not draw
S25 a week when you were not playing? Who
furnished that money!?
Jerome next introduced in evidence sixteen
more checks, each for $50 the Endorsements on
handwriting. The date weekly from Feb
ruary /, 1902, TO April "a, 1902.
Mrs Thaw asked to Identify a number
of receipts signed by her and acknowledge re-
eeipt of various sums Of $25 during 1902 The
receipts read:
pany, s25, through instructions from Charles
Harnett''
Harnett was Stanford Whites secretary.
Wasn't this money received by you In pur-
suance of an agreement by which you were to
receive from Stanford White S25 week when
you not actng?''
THAT is too long a question: pouted Mrs.
Thaw.
'.IIl break It up for you Was not there an
understanding by which you received s25 of Stan
ford Whites money every week you were not
acting?''
Understanding with whom" Mrs. Thaw
with anybody" snapped the District Attor-
~ don't know"
WHO did You think was putting upN this
money for your"
stanford White
Were you to receive this money when act
ing well when not acting?"
Have you any doubt as you sit there that
you were not to receive any money while play
Il have
Then let me show you some letters by Stan
ford White and see if they will not refresh your
Jerome delved into big leather pouch. Mrs
Thaw sat rigid Harry Thaw Strengthened up
from his bent position over the table.
Now. let me ask if you ever saw Mr. Har-
nett tinV writer" II
Ever his writingi" sdl
Mrs. Thaw was given letter Written by
Harnett, but it did not refresh her memory
Did you ever receive letter from H. G.
Demming. vice president of the Mercantile
Trust Company?''
i don't remember"
DO you know IL such letter is In exis-
tence?''
'tNo"
IF It ever was in existence, is IT not now
probably destroyed?''
OBJECTIONS BY DELMAs
Delmas objected and was sustained.
Il will show you copy OF what purports
to be such a letter"
Delmas objected. The copy was placed In
evidence
After reading it. Jerome asked
DO you now recollect receiving such a let
ter from Mr.. Demming e.
Il do not; / don't remember much about
that time. tell you what l do remem-
Der II you want to know.
III get to that. all right, In time Have
you such letter In your possession nowl'
Ibid you ever become aware in December.
1901, or January, 1902, that large sum OF
money amounting to $3.50 had been deposited
with the Mercantile Trust Company with In
structions that ON your written application they
were TO send you $25 weekly from Janutry 1,
1907 TO January 1. 1903?'
could not pretend TO answer that ques-
too long
Were you ever informed that sum of
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