Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-19
JEROME NAY NOT
QUESTION EVELYN
States Attorney Says He Will
Not Cross Examine Unless
it is Necessary y
MRS. TAAw CONCLUDES STORY

ated by White and others-story Of
4Ths Pie Girl" and Her untimely
End-Mrs. Cains on the Stand.
s New York, Feb. 1s.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw was the first witness in the ThaW
Il trial today. Mrs. Thaw looked pale and
serious when she took the witness
stand. She appeared in the same sim-
pie, girlish costume she has worn every
day since the trial began. She smiled
slightly as she caught her husbands s
eye. Thaw returned the smile, then
turned to Attorney O'Reiliy. with whom
he talked for a minute excitedly. Then
he returned to his conversation with
DR.. Evans, but for the most part kept
his eyes on his wife.
you have already testified, Mrs
Thaw, that you are familiar with the
handwriting Of Stanford White" said
Delmas. u now hand you paper and
ask IL, from the beginning to the end,
1t is in the handwriting Of White?"
Mrs. Thaw gazed at the paper. evil
IDENTIFY letter, and said:
1T is his handwriting"
Delmas handed witness forty-two
other letters. They were also identified
as having come from White.
Mrs. Thaw was nearly half an hour
at the task Of Identifying the letters.
There were two vacant places at the
table occupied by attorneys for the
defense this morning, the seats usually
occupied by Gleason and Peabody, leav-
ing only four lawyers present-Delmas,
Hartridge, O,Reilly and McPike. 1t
was said that Gleason was suffering
from toothache and Peabody was ex-
amining witnesses. AS the examines
tion OF the letters was concluded, Del
mas asked the witness:
did youqin May, 1906, relate to Thaw
q conversation that you had with May
Mackenzie, especially with reference to
what she said to you regarding White"
Jerome's objection to this question
was pverruled.
MAY Mackenzie told me" said Mrs.
Thaw. that White had been to see
her, and that she had told him that
Harry and I were getting along finely
together. She said that she thought 1t
SO nice the way we loved each other.
it won't last. \ will get her back
did Thaw say anything when you
told HIM this ?"
He said he had already heard it
from Miss Mackenzie"
What was his condition when you
told hin?"
"The way he always was when on
the subject Of White"
How was that ?"
..Very excited and nervous"
..You had a second operation in 1905.
did you not?"
s. Eyes" !,
.who made the arrangements for IT
N and paid the cost
sThaw."
& ..How much was the bill?''
"In all about $4,000, The operation
eleslf was $1,000"
The nature OF the operation was not
gone into.
sDid Thaw, at the time Of your mar
sriage and subsequent thereto, talk very
much about the incident In your life
connected with White?"
Yes He always talked about II.
He would wake me often at night, sob
.bing. Then he would continually ask
me questions about the details of this
terrible thing."
Mrs. Thaw said that she visited May
MacKenzie's apartments in 1904. while
the latter was Ill. While there White
came in.
..He spoke to me-" continued the
witness, several times. always an
swered yes or no.. and he then came
cover and started to straighten the bow
on my hair. MY hair was short, hav
ing been cut off at the time of my first
operation. Then White tried to put his
arms around me, and wanted me to sit
beside him on, the bed. told him to
leave me alone"
Mrs. Thaw told her husband Of this
circumstance. She said that Thaw al
ways attributed her ill+health and the
necessity Of second operation, etc, to
white. She also testified that Thaw
had told her he was going to take up
Whites affairs with Anthony Com
stock.
II told him that it would do no good,
that White had many influential
friends. that he could stop it. and that
lots Of people would not believe ithings
about White on account of his person
ality.
Tells Of the "Pie Girl"
Mrs. Thaw said that she and her
husband discussed the fates of other
young women at the hands of White,
that they were the same as mentioned
in the codicil of Thaw's will.
Did you and Thaw discuss the fate
of the pie GirP?
Yes, sir. It was in Paris in 1908.
He asked me what other girls ! knew
who had suffered at the hands of White
and I told him about the Pie Girl
whose name was known to both of us.
A girl at the theater had told me about
st and that night when White came
to my dressing room he told me all
about 1t. There was stage dinner
he said. The girl was put in big pie.
with a lot of birds. She was very
young-about Is years, think he said.