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paraphernalia, but suddenly changed
his mind and veered of on another
tack.
Il hand you now a series of checks
VIII you pick out the ones on the back
Of which your name appears?"
Q.-These Selecting seven out OF a
bunch of thirteen) five, in whose hands
are these Endorsements?
Any mothers.
Q--And this one check2
Al cannot swear 10 positively.
Q.-is there anybody on earth whose
writing IL resembles more than yours ?
Al cant answer that. / don't know
whose handwriting 1t is.
GIN May. 1902, were you living I'm the
Hotel Wellington?
Ayes
Q.-And these checks were being re-
ceived weekly?
Il object unless the checks arc offered
in evidence said M DelmuS
Q.-Then 1 will inquire as to this
check which has nos been identified.
CHE disputed cheek was marked cX-
hibit 45.) Weren't you living at the
Hotel Wellington at the time this check
was dated?
Ayes
Q.-Were you AMI your mother at
that time receiving money in the form
of checks?
Ayes
Q.-There was no other Evelyn Flor
ence Nesbit there ut that Iime2
Al don't think so.
O--Now 1 ask If that was not the
customary form in which these checks
were sent
1 don't remember.
Q.-Were all the checks drawn on the
same bank? Did they all have the same
payee2 And we're they all drawn by the
same person?
Al don't know.
Jerome Reads the Exhibits.
Mr.. Jerome went on reading exhibits
IS and 80. which were for so each; ex-
hibit &C, for $50; exhibit Al, for $50. and
exhibits ~, 43. and a for similar
amounts.
Q.-Where were you living about May.
1902.
Aver. The wild Rose" nIaved IN
Boston about then and went with the
company l cannot remember the dates
OF the performances, and then II played
in Philadelphia.
Q.-LOOk al this check and see If II
VIII refresh your memory after your
being at the Hotel wellington on July
!, 1902?
Al cannot say II was sometime In
the summer. but it can be found out
Q.-Hou have no doubt that about An
gust. 1902, you received that check and
passed It over TO the Wellington people?
A.-NO
Q.-would exhibit 43 lead you to be-
neve that you We're not playing in the
wild Rose Company. but living at
the Wellington?
A.-No. II would not
Q.-Is II not a fact that Won wera
drawing In the Mercantile Trust Com
pany 20 n week every week that YOU
We're not playing? Did you ever get
from Stanford White $50 week when
ever you We're not acting2
~ think so. / saw very little of it,
4hG3eed. sir My mother got it,
Q-EVery time you lost your posItion
ul0n I TOU write 2 n.
secretary and get SIS a week.
Al cannot answer that question be-
cause l cannot trace the time
Q--Whil you were not pIayinC2
Al think so.
Jerome handed the witness a letter.
Q--I ask you if this is one of the let
JeFS you wrote TO the Mercantile Trust
Company asking for the SOS a week sti
pend Stanford White was TO nay when
you were out OF work.
Al think Il is
now offer in evidence exhibits No
u 10 q inclusive" said Jerome. produc-
Ing more checks showing payments to
we have no objection" said Delmas.
Jerome Shows the Strain.
At this moment Mr. Jerome sat down
Tor few moments and began shifting
vigorously at bottle Of smelling salts.
Then he read the new exhibits.
The first was dated February Il 1902.
and was for S25. Six others were for
the same amounts. All except one were
indorsed Evelyn Florence Ncsbit.''
That OF February % being Endorsed both
by her and W. s. Nesbit
Other checks for similar amounts nav
1890. '''i'
Q.-I show number Of papers and
ask you 20 select from the ones on
which your signature appears
A.-InHgp Indicated harra
writing on them and these are signed
by my mother.
These papers tserles Of Cancelled
CneCh6l were marked for Identification
Q.-Was there an agreement thai Won
were TO receive $25 from Stanford White
while you were not acting?
A.-Ihat Is TOO long a question;
uon understand it.
,Q:.Who did you think was putting up
A.-Stanford White.
Q.--Do you think he was putting it up
whether you We're acting or not2
Al don't know
al will show you some Of Stanford
whites letters TO refresh your memory
CJerome plunged his hand into his big
valise)
Q.-Have you ever seen Charles Har-
nett write?
A.-No, but have seen his writing.
Q.-I hand you paper marked exhibit
Mr.. Delmas stretched out his hand
Tor the papers-d letter
Jerome withdrew, holding the letter
asked her 70 read IT," (handing the
letter TO Mrs. Thaw)
Her Memory Still Faulty.
Q.-Now, after reading that letter, does
IT refresh your memory we'll enough to
know whether these payments were
TO be made 70 you, whether you acted
or not?
A.-No
Q.-When did the payments begin?
Al don't remember.
Odd you receive in December 1901.
or January, 1902. a letter from II. c.
Deming, president Of the Mercantile
Trust Company?
Al don't remember.
Off you had such n letter. do Won
know where IL might be found: do YOU
think it might be destroyed?
Al would not say it was destroyed
because I don't remember ever having
seen IL.
'Q.-Now I show you what purports to !
be copy OF that letter?
By Delmas-
Il object strenuously % the witness |
being shown any copy of any letter"
Jerome haT md f1,.I r,v, I,