The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07

Mr. Jerome Objected TO the form OF
narrative and he asked Did you re-
late all that TO Mr.. Thaw?
Yes" said the witness, he told me
70 tell him everything
BY the way" interjected Delrnas,
What was the date of that event..
As nearly as I can remember, with
pucker CT the forehead, 1T was in
August. 1901
You were then Is years old and
some months p"
Yes
Your mother dressed you to go?''
Il must caution you to tell only what
you told Mr. Thaw."
Il viii" said the witness and went
The dingy door opened. nobody
Seeming TO open it"
What did you do then?"
door which opened to some other apart
u1ent- I stopped and asked the young
!ady where We were going and she
aid. It's all right A mans voice
called down. Hello.
Did you see the man them
mo"
when did you2"
stairs
Who was it,"
1t was Stanford White" said the
witness clearly.
What did you find in the room or
studio to which you went?
A Table Set for -Four
"a table set for four"
This Is all what you told M.
Thaw2" put in Mr. Jerome
1T was said young Mrs Thaw. I
told him everything"
There was halt in the testimony
here while Mr.. Jerome and Mr. Delnas
whispered
How were you dressed?-' asked Mr.
DeImas-
4 wore q short dress with my hair
down my back"
The witness said they went up into
another room where a big japanese
umbrella was swinging
Mr.. Jerome objected 70 the testimony /
on the ground that he would have no /
opportunity TO prove or disapproye the
facts alleged
Mr.. DeInas said that the defense
would offer no objection TO the district
attorney proving the correctness Of the 1
facts She said that afterwards they
went for a drive TO the park then re-
turned to the house with Mr. White
She said when she got home she told
her mother everything that happened
Did your mother subsequently, re-
ceive 2 letter from Stanford White7'
she did
What was in the Ietter2F'
1T asked my mother to call Mr.
White at No. $50 Fifth avenue"
Did you tell Mr. Thaw about that2''
Il did"
when your mother returned, did she
tell you anything"
did
What did your mother tell you7''
He asked her to take me to a dentist
and have my teeth fixed and for her TO
have her own fixed, too She said No.
that it was very strange thing Mr..
White told her that he did that for the
other girls" II
Presents From White.
When did you next see White?''
Il saw him in the studio I got a
note from him previously inviting me
to a -arty and saying carriage would {
be waiting for me on the corner. Be
fore that he had sent me a hat a
feather boa and a cape There was
another man and girl with u.s.
Mr. Delmas mentioned the names Of
the other parties TO Mr.. Jerome
Where did you go2"
To the studio in Madison Square
tower We had a very nice time there
glass OF champagne and that was TO $
be brought home early I was brought
home early 10 the door OF my house
I told Mr. Thaw that we had several
parties Of this kind in the tower
Did you see Mr. White agafn2''
Yes, he came to see my mother,
told her that I would be all right in !
New York and that he would take
care Of me-" ,
Mrs Thaw said she met White in
September. 1901. in a studio in East
ed OF itself. she said. and the house !
looked at first as though no one lived !
there She said that she went up
stairs and met Mr. White, a photog-
rapher, and another man ?
The witness whispered the name OF
the man to Mr.. Jerome, who wrote it .
what did you see there?'' I
There was a lot Of expensive gowns
there"
81 went into the dressing room to
put on the dress Mr. White knocked :
ar the door and asked if needed any ,
help I said. No
Posed Until Tired
She related her experience in the (
Photographic studio and said she had
posed until she was very tired and &
that White. who had come in. order T
ed food The photographer had left
she said and after they had had {
luncheon she went into a dressing 7
room TO remove her kimono and put
on her dress
Il shut the door while was inside
Mr. White came TO the door. knocked =
and asked me If I wanted any help.
7 said No
She testified that she drank but one
glass OF champagne and when she was
dressed she got into a carriage and
was taken back to the hotel
The next night" she continued. Il
got = note from Mr. White. asking me
to come down TO the studio for a
luncheon after the theater with some 7
for me and would take me home after I
the party he wrote 1 went to the
Twenty-fourth street studio again and
found Nj White and no one else
there
what do you think he said to I
ne the others have turned us down I
Then I told him had better go home
and he told me that I had better sit
down and have some fruit So took E
of my hat ard coat Mr.. White told ,
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