The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-02-15

After her return from Europe ana
during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw "because Of the dreadful
things Mr.. White and hls friends told
me about him." she declared. Thaw
accused her OF improper relations with
ihc architect
II told him It was n he aud that /
had not" she testified, with an em-
phatic show of feeling
Mrs Thaw followed with a rela-
ton of her experiences with Stanford
White and Abraham llummel concern
ing the alleged affidavit which she
made charging Harry Thaw with hav-
Ing taken her from her mother against
her win and with gross cruelty.
This feature OF Mrs Thaw's story
was made amusing at times hy her ln-
for'..r0as OF the names which Harry
Tmw hi applied 10 the lawyer and
1lr WMt.s ag.tated questioning as %
what ,hs hHd told Hmnmol about him.
She declared She had told the lawyer
u0ihu
".NeT. Nlr. White said 90 me- she
went on. there is something wrong
somewhere. He has just squeezed a
thousand dollars ont of nae, and the
Lord only knows how soon DE will
squeeze another ] then remembered
having told SIR. UummeL when be
threatened things about Mf Thaw
that he had better Dee careful for Mr.
Thaw know Dot of terrible things
about Stanford White"
The defense endcayorcl To- get into
evidence the wills of Harry Thaw and
Evelyn Nc-blt Thaw. executed the
NIGHT Of their wedding in Pttshurg
There were so many interlmeatIons
additions and erasuros that Justice
Fitzgerald held the documents were
not admissible until the changes were
proved.
Inst what VIII De the nature OF Dis
trict Attorney Jcrome's cross eXamIna
lion when DE takes the witness Is
mere conjecture. Ii is said De may org
I'm some way 60 attack her crelibIlIty
probably MS 10 her ability to remember
other things as well as She has the sto
rlcs she has declared she told Iarrl
Thaw from time TO time.
Mr.. Delmas I'm answer TO a question
regarding the determined effort Of th'
defense TO Introduce the viii Of Iar
. Thaw said;
"This is the main part Of our do
fcnse A codlcil in The win provide
$4,000 for Use no prosecuting Ihaw'
murderer
"rhe coclln sets forth that he ei
poets &C. De murdered. This plainl
shows that Thaw at the time he mad
the win believed that Stanford Whit
intended 90 kill him.
Answering a hypothetical questio
covering every detail Of the testimof
uD TO this time IN the Thaw trial. il
Guiding Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Ihaw
narration Of her life history 10 the d
fcniant. Dr. Charles G.. Wagner 8
rernonIcnt OF the State Hospital Ii
the Insane at Bmghamton, y. y, d
c.areI ON the witness stand that IN b
onmlon Harry *. Thaw dld not kno
fbaf the act was wrong when he sh
: and killed Stanford White on the TO
of Madison Square Garden.
b Alr. Jerome enectually blocked O
- completion for the time being Of q
r direct testimony Of Mrs. Evelyn Iha
3 bv insisting that before she should
{ further competent testimony as
$ Thaw's unsoundness Of mind should
placed before the jury. Mr. Delm
tr,ed TO carry forward the young Wifi
story. but the district attorney was
his feet with an objection TO eve
j question asked.
1t IS known that the president b
b. officially asked Postmaster Genel
Cortelyou whether It IS feasible
- bar from the mails the papers o.
] publish the full disgusting pariicul'
i of the Thaw case ana requesting OF
- II &c can De done that the maiis
e closed 10 them as soon as possible.
i- Nr. Cortelyou Is now waiting ioi
legal opinion from Assistant Aiiorr
8 General Goodwin OF the postoiice
parimcnt
d President Roosevelt has received
d number Of protests from persons "
r think that the newspapers printing
e fun details of the Thaw case should
prohibited transmission through
r. mails. One OF these was a long Il
d gram from newspaper, the name
' which was not given ont at the WI
House.
The recent discussion Of the quest
" in Canada. notably I'm the Cauad