Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-11
JEROME BLOCKS
THAW'S DEFENSE
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envelope, part of the writing on which he
identified as that Of his stenographer.
Many Letters From Thaw.
Mr. Jerome took the witness, who, under
cross-examination, remarked that there
were doubtless many letters from Thaw In
the bank at Pittsburg.
Can you. as vice president Of the bank,
produce those letters?'
Yes, / suppose So
"Will your
why, yes; if you want them"
Mr. Jerome then stated that he could not
continue the cross-examination without the
letters, and asked the court to order that
the letters be produced.
Mr.. Delmas objected.
What's the matter?' asked Mr.. Jerome,
don't you want those letters produced?"
Il haven't the slightest objection to the
Introduction of any letter this defendant
ever wrote was the reply. He objected,
however. to the letters being turned over
to the district attorney. !
1t finally was.agreed the letters should be
sent to the clerk of the court.
Mr.. Lyon Excused.
next called to the stand John B. Gleason of
counsel for the defense. Mr.. Gleason has
had possession of most of the defendants
papers since the roof garden tragedy.
Mr. Gleason said the envelope containing
the will had been in his possession since De-
cember H. 1906, when he received it by mail
from Pittsburg
Absolutely no changes had been made in
the document from that time to this ex-
cept the marks for identification put on the
papers in court.
MIR. Jerome only asked one or two ques-
tons cross-examination, bringing out
nothing new.
Mrs. Thaw Recalled.
Mr.. Delmas then asked that Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw be recalled.
1T has been testified by this Witness
said Mr.. Delmas, when the young wife Of
the defendant had taken her place in the
big witness chair, that she wrote note
to her husband in the Cafe Martin the night
den. This note. we understand, to be in
the possession of the learned district at
torney. We now ask the learned district
attorney to produce that paper
MIR. Jerome arose.
I'VE have a piece of paper" he said, II
don't know that it is THIS note, but l viii
send for it,
The acquiescence of the district attorney
was decided change of attitude from last
week. when he sat silent when Mr. Delmas
had demanded that the note be produced.
Closely Scrutinized.
During the wait for the messenger dis
patched for the paper Mrs. Thaw under
went the closest scrutiny by those in the
court room. She was attired precisely as
on every other day Of the trial. She was
pale, but entirely composed, and seemed to
have been refreshed by her rest over Sat-
urday and Sunday.
When the note had been received and
identified by Mrs. Thaw Mr.. Jerome offered
no objection to its being received in evi-
dence. The note proved no surprise, the
wording being only slightly different from
what had been generally reported.
Mr.. pelmas read it, as follows:
THE D. was here a minute ago. but
went out again.
Mrs. Thaw said the "b-'' meant the
'blackguard" and referred to Stanford
White.
In bringing out the latter facts Mr.. Del
mas said:
I'm conversations between yourself and
your husband who was the person desig-
mated as 'b-?''
stanford White