Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16

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Humphreys Homeo, Medicine CO.,
Cor William and John Streets, New
York
meIs office, The bond of secrecy once
removed could not be re-establlshed-
ABE uuMMEL's CAREER.
Unsuccessful in blocking Hummels
testimony, Atty. DelInas on cross-ex-
aiming the witness brought from his
own lips the fact that he had been
convicted i'll December, 1905, on "a
conspiracy I'm the SAME courtroom In
which Thaw Is being tried He further
admitted that two indictments for SUD-
ornatlon 81 perjury sire pending against
him. and that one OF these indictments
charges him with having caused false
affidavit 10 DO made.
Atty. Jerome protested against the
witness beiug dragged through the hui
initiating details Of his trial, but Jus
tice Fitzgerald declined to Interfere.
Then Mr. Delmas asked Huulnel II
he had not heard the speech made by
Dist Atty. Jerome when sentence was
about to be imposed; when MI Jerome
urged the court to pass the longest and
heaviest sentence within Its power up
on Hunlmel- as ''he had been menace
to the community for 20 years" JUS
tice Fitzgerald finally sustained an oh
lection to this, and Hurnnel was not
compelled to answer
Mr. Delmas wanted to know VI Hum
mel had any more recent business
transaction with the district attorney.
and asked IL Mr., Jerome was pressing
the charges against him.
He certainly is said the Witness
with spirit.
WHAT EVELYN NESBIT SAID
EnmrneI's testimony in brief was to
the effect that Evelyn Nesbit told him.
among other things. that ThaW hau
beaten her when she refused 70 sigh
papers he had prepared, charging stan
ford White with her betrayal that he
had dictated a statement to a stem
osra.pher In the presence of Miss Nesplt
and stamford White: that he gave the
affidavit to TWO of his clerks to- take 10
Miss Nesblt In the Madison square
Garden tower and that the next day
the paper was returned TO him with
EVELYN Nesbits signature attached He
kept the affidavit until Miss Nesnlt
called one day and demanded II, He
refused to give 1t TO her and turned IL
over to Stamford White, advising him
TO have a. Photographic copy MADE.
IIufnn1el said he himself arranged TOR
photographins the alrdaNlt aIln 'h"t
the photographer came TO his office, a
few moments later, however. ne COM
nletaly contradcted himself on this
point, saying he did not make the ar
rangem el1ts. that the photographer did
not come to his Office. and that he had
not so testified. After Stamford wniee
had the COPY made he returned the
original of the affidavit the photoTraph-
io NEGATIVES and the prints maSA from
the negatives 10 Humn,ei, and swore
today that he subsequently delivered
the original AFFIDAVIT TO Miss Nesblt and
mas not seen 1t since,
Abraham SnydeckeT, one OF Hum
rnel's clerks, was called and said
he took the affidavit TO Nh. Whites
rooms Tn the tower and handed 1t to the
woman pointed out to him as MISS Nes-
bit, She kept the affidavit for five rnirl-
ntes and signed. saying she had read
1t through.
THE AFFIDAVIT.
At the conclusion OF this testimony.
Dist Atty. jerome asked permission
to introduce the carbon and photo
graphic COPY of the AFFIDAVIT in, evil
sence 1t was near the closing hout
and Mr.. Delnlas asked that adjourn
ment he taken before arguing as 10
the admlssibIlity of the affidavit He
said that after reading the paper over
he might not object to Its being Offered
In evidence. Coming as II does" he
added, sin such questionable shape we
may deem " best 10 nave lne paper X"
Ia evidence 49,,
Dist Atty Jerome completed nls
medical testimony IN the morning ATTY
Delmas for the defense declining 20
cross-exalnine amy OF the experts "
Flint. who testified yesterday was eN-
cused, and then hNe other aueIlists
were called. one after another. Each
said he was familiar Win the nypCl ne
teal questions framed by the deisnse
" ,n% 0y u III, thsse questions. they ali
declared that TheW ON me hlsnl ne
shot and Killed STANFORD WnlPe HlleM !,
the nature ana QUALIFY ga ms aNt az az
Knew that me aTt Mas MsVt's ,s., oi -,
question was put ny ar, harlr,us" o'
the defense 10 Ut, Wii'laIh nie"or' fHe
last OF the experts a..
do doctors often oisagrss as 20 'He
form OF f. mans INSANITY ne hsSeu,
MI Jeromes opoec lloh was "NeiI"leu
and DE- Manon replied'
They do"
MI Jerome anhDuneed lINs WnSG, tnt
matter OF the adrllsslpillsy OF ,he t1uIiI
mel Affidavit Is disposed OF the PROSE
cution viii rest
THE defense, however WAL not,
said Mr. Detinas, and ne fnTtne mt
mated that more experts WIZ DC calleo
by him on sllr-Tebuttal-
When court reconvehed afler the
luncheon recess MI. HartTluse sain "