Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09

facts Harry K Tnaw loved Evelyn Nesbit
and paid honorable court to her from the
start He found her on the stage and
sought to send her to school, in order that
in three years she might come out and be
fitted to assume her station in life as his
wife. The childs mind had been poisoned
against him by stories which l Will discuss
later on. He says in one letter that when
first met her she was the jolliest. health
lest, most wholesome girl ever saw.
Mr.. Delmas referred to other letters writ
ten by Thaw concerning Evelyn Nesbit. He
said that man had written of a more
noble devotion than that of Thaw for Eve
lyn Nesbit. Mr.. Delmas said further that
1t had been proven that Thaw in 1903 had
loved Evelyn Nesbit for two years.
Paid Honorable Court.
He spoke in the tenderest of tones of
Thaw's visit to the girls bedside when she
was ill., of his deep concern for her when
she was convalescing. and of his efforts to
restore her to health. He declared that
Thaw was then paying honorable court to
Evelyn and made her an honorable pro-
posal of marriage soon afterward in Paris:
Mr.. Delmas returned to read at length
from the letters Thaw wrote to his lawyer:
Mr.. Longfellow, claiming that they proved
beyond a doubt that Evelyn Nesblt mad
told him her story, and further proved that
he loved her honestly and honorably and
wished to make her his wife. He then
called attention to the testimony of Mrs.
Gains to the effect that Thaw had at the
time Evelyn Nesbit was i'll at school asked
her mother for the childs hand in honor-
able marriage.
The details of the European trip in 1903
were next taken up. as showing Thaws
great love for Evelyn Nesbit. He traced
this love as testified to by Evelyn Thaw and
Mrs William Thaw down to the time OF his
wedding.
Does man who loves a woman ex-
claimed Mr.. Delmas. who has loved her
for two years, who has lavished his whole
being on her. who centered on her his hap
piness and his future, who wanted her for
story which disgraces in his mind and in
the minds Of the world the woman he loves?
Can any man tell you that Harry Thaw
deliberately invented this most disgraceful
and most debasing story ever told? Gentle
men, / think I have established to your
satisfaction that his story was true, that
it is not a fabrication, that Evelyn Thaw's
statement that she told this story to Harry
Thaw In Paris in 1903 was true.
Against this assertion, what is there
in this case?
ham H Hummel. do not wish to speak of
that unfortunate man in terms any stronger
than the stern exigencies OF this case de-
mands. 1t is a melancholy picture-that
of a man in the declining years Of his life,
when the time Is approaching when ltfe's
sun is setting. browning a life strewn along
its entire path with misdeeds, by one crown
ing act Of infamy. in resorting to perjury
in an attempt to deprive fellow being of
life.
Accuses Hummel Of Lying.
Mr. Delmas read exclusively from Hum
mers testimony. pointing out what he said
were discrepancies in almost every state
ment He first read what Hummel said
about sending for a photographer to make
a picture Of the affidavit alleged to have
been signed by Evelyn Nesbit and having
the photographer come to his office. Further
along Mr.. Delmas read where Hummel de-
MED that he had sent for the photographer
or that the man had come to his Office.
These statements" declared the attor-
ney, came from the lips Of the same man
under the solemnity of his oath, or what
ever solemnity may attach to the oath of
a feon-a man convicted and under sem
tence for perjury.
Hummel's Discrepancies.
zone Of these statements was a deliberate
falsehood. Which it was 1 care not-they
probably both are false.
"Hummel testified that he dictated this
thing, miscalled an affidavit" said Mr..
Delmas, picking up the paper and waving
it aloft He says he dictated it in his Of
fee in 1908 to a stenographer, whose name
or individuality he does not recall. If he
dictated it, If this is his work, If these are
his words, then he committed deliberate
perjury here before you, and the evidence
Is here on the face of the paper.
ITO testify against this defendant 1t was
necessary for Hummel-that wretched little
old man-to swear that he was not acting
| as Evelyn Nesbits attorney, that no legal
action was contemplated In her behalf. He
came here to tell you that Harry Thaw had
| beaten like hound the woman he loved
Would Rather Have Died.
.That is a thing you men know Thaw
| would rather have died than done.
He swore he had never been attorney
| for Evelyn Nesbit yet on the back OF this
very paper, which lay before the district
attorneys eyes when this man was on the
stand, are the words Howe & Hummel. at
| torneys for Plaintiff
"On the paper itself are these words:
| Evelyn Nesbit, plaintiff VI. Harry K.