The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-04-26
THAW'S WIFE'S TRIAL.
Tells of Wanting to Laugh in Court.
Wanted to Cry Other Times

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New York, April 22.-Thc Evening
World prints an interview with Eve
1yn Nesbit Thaw, the first Of any con-
sequence granted by the wife Of Stan
ford Whites slayer since his mis-
trial and whoch was obtained by
Nixola Grely-Smith.
Notwithstanding the unsatisfac-
tory outcome Of her husbands trial
and the long agony Of suspense she
endured while the jury wrangled over
his fate, she looked last night in bet
ter health and spirits than had ever
seen her, the interview relates. She
wore Il simple white tailored shirt
waist, small brown tie, and j.
brown skirt. Her face seemed full
lcr Than il had tlurin" the trial, and
altogether she Impressed me as Il per-
SoN to whom Il rcspit had been given.
! told her that she was lookn" much
better and she said:
~ am clad you think 50. But /
cant cal anything. l have had no
appetite for weeks except once or
twice, when had luncheon with
Daniel O'Reilly. He is so funny
:that when l am with him I eat a
quantity Of food without realizing
It.'
Mrs. Thaw. VIII" has been made So
persiStently pathetic curing the last
few months. prefers. ! soon discnv-
cred. 10 be anything" rrsc. She takes
the misfortune in which she is plun"-
e,,l cnura"cnu>ly. and even finds in
certain phases Of il elements Of hu-
NOR. She seems. indeed. Il person
who has lived :" Ion" on such famil-
lar terms with tragedy as to be able
to joke with it now and then.
"That man, she said. rcvertng
to her latest critic, "said that | old
not cry enough when I was on the
stand. | did not want to cry. tried
SO hard not to; | clenchcd my hands
so hard that my nails cut through
my gloves and into the flesh.
She Wanted to Laugh. :.
"Thcrc were other times when I
wanted to laugh. she coNfiled.
EOnc Of them was when Mr.. Jcr"mc
handed me my Famous dairy to
,rad, and sat and read it on the
stand. There were 81 many little
amusing" things in it about the school
at Pompton that | had forgotten.
Onc, in particular, was an account
of burlcSqquc I arranged on "Ev-
cry Man. Our class had been taken
to see 'Evcry Man, and on our re-
turn | got up a parody and called it
"Evcry WomaM.' The diary had a
coIy of Il poster announcement Of
fhc play with admission 10 cents,
and some local hits that seemed very
amusing to me, though. of course,
*hry would not interest any one who
didn't know Pamlco-that is the
name Of the school ut Pomptnn. You
know. | had forgotten all about the
diary
TThen you don't keep one now7"
I asked
con. yes. / do.' said Mrs Thaw. |
"but | suppose. now I've admitted it,
I'll have to hide it somewhere. They |
could break in and take it from me-"
This was to me very interesting.
The young woman whom we had all |
written SO much about during the fa-
nous trial had secretly cot even. and !
il seems 4 pity that this most Interest," !
III" record Of all should remain un- !
published. In it is the soul. the real
identity Of Evelyn Thaw. of whom We !
havc guessed 50 much
'Durin" the days Of the 'bug' tcs- |
tm"ny--that is what Harry and | !
called the expert cvidcncc.' continu-
ed Mrs. Thaw. 'I drew some carica- !
lures while we were in the witness
room. Those Of me were always lab
elcl 'the pallid chc-ild' There was
one Of y"u called the Logical Nixola
taking in the Thaw pcw!' 7 made
some Of May Mckenzie also. You
know,' she said, with one of her sud
den flashes Of seriousness. cit was
very drcary waiting, and I had to
Aave something to do!'
She seemed for the moment half
afraid that would not understand:
That !, too. would think that she had