Smyrna times., 1907-02-13

girls and nothing 50 lo2thsome as fat
CEas. You must never get fat"
WAS Mr.. Thaw excited when you
told him these things?"
ThaW Excited.
eyes, ne was excited, and walked
up and down the room. We sat up all
night. He said it was not my fault;
that no one could blame me, and that
| was only an unfortunate girl, and
that he did not think any the less OIL
me; he would marry me, anyway"
''Did he offer to marry you again?"
"Yes, and l told him that if l did
marry him the friends of Stanford
White would laugh 'at him and laugh
at me, as they suspected our relations,
if they did not know
The witness told Thaw that it
would not be well to marry on account
of his family. He persisted that he
wished to marry her.
Thaw, with his whole frame shak-
ing, sat with his head buried in his
hands, a handkerchief covering the
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
lifted his head his eyes were red and
swollen.
The Jury Affected.
Even if they could have seen, the
jurors would have had 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 12 seemed intent
upon some object on the floor before
them. Justice Fitzgerald 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 as
sent to this.
In testifying, Mrs Thaw was not
allowed to state the names of certain
persons, but by consent of counsel for
defense she gave them in whispers to
Mr.. Jerome, Gin order ,. as Mr.. Delmas
said, that the prosecution may have
the fullest possible opportunity to re
fute any of her statements if they
can"
Mrs. Thaw told of how she came
back from Europe a month ahead OF
Thaw. During that month friends OF
Stanford White had told her many
stories about the young Pittsburg mil
lionaire, and when he returned to
America she refused to see him ex
cept in the presence of a third person
When he asked her why she acted SC
she told him the stories.
Was Told Stories About Thaw.
One was that Thaw had put a girl
into a bathtub and turned scalding
water upon her. Another was that he
was addicted to the use of morphine
and third declared that he had tied
girls to bed posts and baten them
''He looked very sad" she said, land
told me they had been making foo
of me. He said he understood why il
was done. l afterwards got so many
conflicting accounts from the persons
who had told me the stories, and
heard their regulations were so bad
that l finally told Mr. Thaw I did not
believe the stories. He said: You
know have never lied to you'-and he
never has"
The girl paid other tributes to he1
husband, to save whose life she braved
all.
when I told him the story in
Paris" she said, che came to me and
picked up the hem of my skiht and
kissed it and said he would always
love me. He nearly always called me
his angel We sat together 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 1903 | became i'll. The doctors
came and said an operation was neces.
sary. They told me l was very sick,
but did not say what was the matter
Mr.. Thaw came to see me, and was
the last person, except the doctors,
whom | saw before being placed under
the influence of anaesthetics. He had
been told it was dangerous for me to
| talk. So he came in quietly and
| kneeled down by the bed and kissed
my hand and looked at me for a mo.
| ment and went out.
when l recovered found he had
made arrangements for my mother tc
take me abroad to recuperate. 1t was
while we were in Paris on this trip
that he proposed to me-"
White Begged to See Her Alone.
| Mrs. Thaw declared that Stanford
| White during the year which followed
her experience in the room of the mir
rored walls repeatedly sought to have
| her visit him alone.
81 told Harry" she said, "that Mr.
White had begged me, had pleaded and
cried and scolded, and done every
thing he could to make me come to
see him alone. refused, and he told
me | was cruel and that | was as cold
as fish and not human being. l told
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