The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-26
THAW'S
MUSINGS IN
DIARY
District Attorney Jerome Read
Some Spicy Passages From
q Book
WHICH EVELYN IDENTIFIED
IS HER SCHOOL DIARY
She Drew Pictures and Made Exclam.
alton Points When Referring to
What Her Fate Might Be-Delmas
Blocks Much of Jerome's Evidence
in the Hearings of Today.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, Feb. 26.-When the Thaw
trial was resumed this morning. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome called the at
tention of Justice Fitzgerald to let
ter he had received from ]. D. Lyons,
vice president of the Union National
bank, Of Pittsburg, who was witness
two weeks ago. Lyon had the custody
of the Thaw will. He was requested
by Jerome to send all of Harry Thaw's
letters and papers he had in his pos
session.
Today the district attorney said he
had received a letter from Lyon stat
ing that Hartridge of the defense had
written him saying no letters or pa
pers of date subsequent to June, 25,
1906, were desired. Lyon asked that
the court instruct him precisely as to
what papers are desired.
Jerome asked Justice Fitzgerald to
make an order directing Lyon to send
all papers. The court said he could
not order a witness outside his juris-
diction.
Abe Hummell was the first witness
called, but was excused temporarily
and Abraham Snydecker was called.
Snydecker was asked one question,
which was not allowed, and he was
excused. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
was then recalled.
Abraham Snydecker, who was a
clerk in Hummel's Office, said he knew
Evelyn Nesbit.
did you on Octobef 2S, 1903, see
her sign paper?" asked Jerome.
Delnas objected to the question, the
court ruled with him and Snydecker
was excused for the time being.
Delmas having successfully blocked
for the time being all testimony re-
garding the alleged affidavit, Jerome
asked that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw be re-
called. When she had taken the
stand Mr.. Jerome handed her a paper
and asked if it was in her hand writ
ing. Mrs. Thaw spent some time in
an examination of the paper, smiling
occasionally as she read. 1t soon de-
veloped that the paper was a diary.
Mrs. Thaw identified it as diary
kept by her in 1902. Delmas read the
diary for nearly forty minutes. Jerome
here announced that packet Of let
tiers from Mr.. Lyon had been received.
The letters were addressed to Clerk
Penney. He turned them over to the
assistant district attorney Garvan,
who broke the seal. ssi
Delmas objected and asked that the
letters be resealed and turned over
to the clerk, which was done.
Referring to the diary, Mrs. Thaw
said she kept it while at school in
Pompton, N. j.
Jerome then read few extracts.
One was as follows:
my room here is neither large nor
small. There is a white, virtuous bed.
l took nap, and the last thing l re-
member was wondered how far am
from the Rectors. Rectors is really
not a proper place for an innocent
young person, but always had
weakness for it.
The district attorney turned to an
other page and read:
II hereby swear never to read an
other. But one nice thing about
Janice Meredith is that she is not real
ly an angel, one of those persons too
good for this world"
when one comes to think it over
it is good to have lived. A girl who
has always been good and never had
any scandal about her is fortunate in
more ways than one. On the other
hand not one of them will ever be
anything. BY anything l mean just
what they will perhaps be good wives
and mothers, but whether it is ambl-
ton or foolish, want to be good
actress first"
"Of course can't live here all time
II stay here long I'll get just like the
rest. | am suceptible and I'll soon
be a."
Jerome said that here appeared
three exclamation points and pen
sketch of nun. This ended the diary
reading"
Monday Afternoon.
did you let Mr.. Thaw know at any
time that you had had any improper
relations with any other man besides
Stanford White?" asked Mr.. Jerome.
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