Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-03-14
DENUNCIATION
Of PRISONER
OCCUPIES
JEROME
Mrs, Evelyn Thaw Also Comes
in for Scathing Arraignment
by District Attorney at Yes
terday'S S Session,
SEEKS TO SHOW HER
STORY FABRICATION
Prosecutor Even Insists WOm-
ans Remarkable Tale Was
Never Told to Husband, Thus
Plea of Madness Disappears,

Never Told to Husband, Thus
Plea of Madness Disappears,
IBt Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.l
New York March l3-After It
forenoon session occupied almost en-
tirely by District Attorney Jerome in
O bitter denunclation Of he defendant
and his wife the trial of Harry X.
ThaW, for the murder Of stanford
White. was adjourned shortly after ! .
o'clock today until tomorrow morn
ing. The prosecuting attorney found
his opportunity tD attack ThaW and
Evelyn Nesbit in arguing on the ques-
tj8n of the admissihility of the testi-
mOny which Abraham HummeL the
lawyer who is under Indictment for
subOruation of perjury i'm the Dodge
Morse divorce case. has to offer It
was 10 ennble Dclmas 10 consult au-
thoriiez and frame a reply to Mr.
jerome. ana also to allow the latter an
opportunity Of completing the hypo-
thctiCNl question which he is to put
~ his experts, that the early adjourn
ment was ordered. Mr.. jerome said
he home fu close the rebuttal for the
people tomorrow evening.
During his argument today the dis
trict attorney asserted that Hummel
would swear EVELYN Ncshl told him
three days after her return from Eu-
rope In 1903 that Thaw had beaten
her cruelty because she would not
sign papers he had prepared, falsely
accusing stanford White Of having
druggod and BETRAYED her, Mr. Jer-
one Contouded that she had told
much more, that Thaw seemed bent
upon putting White I'm the peniten-
tiary th8t the statement that White
had betrayed her was not true. that
stanford White had never harmed
her and that Thaw was consumed
with rage when she refused to sign
md swear 90 the napers containing
"IIes about stanford White"
These things were put In the form
of an affidavit" declared Mr. Jerome
and that affidavit was subscribed to
by Evelyn Nesbll when she knew
what she was doing and what the pa.
per contained.
we want 10 show that the girl VIII,
told this remarkable story here OF
the witness stand swore at another
time under the sOlcmnitv or an oath
that ked--strippod absolutely naket
she had endured the lHehlngs ant
beauugs ~ thls defendant rather thar
swear to nis false statements tina
stanford White had 1ruggcd anC
ruined Ha~
Mr. Jerome argued that tho mate
rial point OF the ease is whether ar no
Evelyn Ncsbit told Thnw The story %
a-f alleged ruin hN stanford White
without the story I'm evidence. he de
s.4rod tho reason for 'Do defendant
alleged insanity disappears. Tn,
prusaout0r plainly admitted the i'm
portauce of Young Mrs Thaw's tesu
mony. and hr said he wished by Hum
mrrs testimony 10 show hor own repu
dlatiou OF the charges which on III,
witness stand She renewed agains
Whna.
Thus" Doe concluded. "Hhc jur,
may infer from her own statement
after her return from Eurouc lH 1870.
whether or not she ha5 within tvs,
months of that time told this defend
amt the things she said She did"
Mr. Delmas objected To- Hummcl a
witness un the ground that his tcsti
mont had 10 do with the truth -
ft-i,y Of Mrs ThaW'- narration. am,
Ng- NOT permissible. under the rule
81 evidence. He viii proceed with hi
argument tomorrow. MI Jerome
contention is that while hc may no
attnck the truth or fal-ty of Mrs
Thaw'z statement. that she was be
ulyed by white he can attack tn
truth of her assertion that she toll
the story tp Thaw at the time Sh
saws she dhd
mr. DeImas first sought today t.
irtrrrupt HummeTs testimony b
showing that hc was acting as Evely
N,sbif's legal adviser and counse
when she made certain Statements T.
him Hummel evsdcd this. however
los saying he was acting solely a
Whfe'- counsel. and mo- Legal actio
bad been contemplated in behalf o
Mis- NasbiL lie said he was paid
yta.. retainer by stanford White
aui tru'd not say exactly what h
.rIfr.rtb 'hp architect for drawing n
the 1ffidtgIt. Asked " Il was 81 00(
hp said ~ was not He finally place
The charge at 500, about
when Evelyn ThaW was on the wit
ness stand she -aid Stanford whit
came 90 see her one evening In 1870
and asked hor what she had toll
Ifummel about him ndding-that "Ab
Hummoi has lust squeezed $1,000 on