Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-02-28
EASY TINE
Mrs. Thaw Gained Two Points for
the Defense Over District
Attorney jerome.
CONFRONTED BY A DOCTOR
The Young Woman Declared Positive,
" che Had Never Seen Him \
Hefore-Abraham Hummel
to Go on the Stand.

New York, Feb. 26!--Except TOT
one brief moment, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw had q decidedly easy day Mon
day during the continuation Of her
cross examination by District Attor-
ney Jerome. When announcement was
taken. the prosecutor announced that
he had practically concluded with the
witness.
Mrs. Thaw will be temporarily ex-
cused Tuesday morning to enable Mr.
Jerome to introduce Abraham Hummel
to identity a Photographic copy Of
the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged
to have signed and which charges
Thaw with many cruelties during their
1908 trip to Europe. The district at
torney got the contents Of the affl-
davit before the jury Monday after
noon by reading certain Of its state
ments in the forms Of questions and
asking Mrs. Thaw II she told such
things to Mr.. Hummel. In each IN
stance she declared she had not. She
also denied ever having signed such an
affidavit, admitting that she had, how
ever, signed some papers for White In
the Madison Square tower, the ma
ture Of which she was not aware.
During the morning session Mr..
Jerome played his strongest card OF
the day. Mrs. Thaw denied MOST
positively that she had ever been to
see Doctor Carleton Flint with Jack
Barrymore.
Call Dr.. Flint" commanded Mr..
Jerome.
The doctor entered from the witness
room and was escorted to within few
feet Of the witness chair.
did you ever see that man beforef"
Mr.. Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw.
The witness seemed a bit startled,
looked quickly and intently at the
physician, then turned to Mr.. Jerome
and shook her head.
Never" she declared.
Thaw was intensely interested and
when the incident was over he turned
to the newspaper men sitting nearest
him and whispered, "That man made
mistake in coming here. He stood
there a liar. Do you catch the point
IA liar"
Mrs. Thaw was in much better
spirits when she took the stand Mon
day and looked decidedly better ply
sically than she did last week. She
had all her wits about her and did not
fare at all badly at the hands OF the
district attorney, who was more gen
tie In handling the witness
Instead Of further hurting the cause
Of her husband, Mrs. Thaw managed
to make two decided gains. When
court adjourned last Thursday It ap-
peared from her own statements that
she had used a letter Of credit from
Stanford White while touring in Eu-
rope and had turned the letter over
to Thaw. She explained Monday that
Thaw took the letter of credit from
her, saying the money was poisonous
and neither she nor her mother should
touch It and that he would provide
them with funds. Whatever had been
spent Of the money, she declared
had been for her mother.
The second point Mrs. Thaw made
was concerning the cablegrams which
Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford
White from London. It appeared
Thursday that these cablegrams were
REQUESTS to White to use his influence
in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from raising
a row" and interfering with Evelyn con-
tinulng in company with Thaw. MT.
Jerome took up the subject again Mon
day, but his questions solicited the In
formation that the letters did not con-
Germ Mrs. Thaw at all, but related 70
mana secretary Of the American
embassy--in London, whom Mrs. Thaw
said, had "sneaked up to mama's bed
room and insulted her" She said the
man had also insulted her and that
Thaw had gone in search OF him but
failed to find him.
The proceedings dragged great
deal. and It was evident long before
he announced the fact that Mr.. Jer-
oue was nearing the end Of his CROSS
examination.
The proceedings Tuesday with Mr..
Hummel on the stand should be more
interesting. The defense on cross
examination, will attempt TO discredit
the witness, who is under Indictment.
n may be late in the afternoon before
Mrs Thaw will again take the
stand for Mr.. Jerome's final questions
which win have to do with the am
davit should the defense decide to
proceed with the redirect examina-
ton Of Mrs. Thaw and Mr.. Jerome
should take up the re-crossexamina-
ton. Mrs. Thaw may be kept on the
stand all Of wednesday and Thurs
day.
laFolletta Wins a Point.
washington, Feb. 25.-Mr. LaFollet
e secured the adoption Of an amend
ment requiring that ali postal cars be
equipped with electric lights By Jan
nary. 1908. He also secured the adop-
don Of q provision requiring the aver
are veirht Of mails TO be divided b.
The whole number Of the days Of The
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