Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-08

Was toiu ~ kAte dlf tHe ueHHh OI ner
experience with tbS man who fell y
victim to her husbands pistol.
In the sympathy impelling story OF
the girl. the girlkh fascination Of a
voice Of softest qn3lity, yet ringing
clear in enunciatio4. the courtroom
lost view Of the prisoner. But when
there came halt in the girls fight
against the tears the people who had
gazed increasingly at her lowered their
eyes. as il the relief from their stare
might bring her the composure she
finally won. Then they saw Harry
Thaw again.
q His whole frame shaking, he sat
with his head buried in his hands,
handkerchief covering the eyes. Where
the defendant sits he is all but shield
ed from the jury. Bent over the table
as he sobbed he could not be Seen at
all. Thus Thaw sat for many minutes,
and when he finally lifted his head
his eyes were red and swollen.
Even II they could have seen. the iu-
rors would have had no eyes for the
prisoner. They, too. had turned their
gaze from the witness as the tears
came TO her voice as we'll as her eyes,
and each man of the twelve seemed |
intent upon some object on the floor |
before them. Justice Fitzgerald look
ed out through the long grated win
dows. The scene and the story mark
ed new precedent in the history OF |
criminal proceedings in New York
city. Old court attendants gave their
ready assent to this.
Mrs. Thaw was still ON the stand |
her direct examination uncompleted.
when the day was done. Once she
was excused for an hour while Law
yer Frederick Iongfellow was sworn
to fix the date of certain letters writ
ten to him by Harry Thaw subsequent |
to the revelations Miss Nesbit had |
made to him in Paris. The girl had |
identified the writing, but the court |
held that the date must also become
matter OF competent evidence. Mrs.
Thaw seemed to appreciate the relief
this incident offered, although during
the hour and a half recess for lunch
con she had recovered from the fatigue
Of the two hours spent in the witness
chair during the morning. session. AS
she left the. stand for tile recess she
walked unsteadily and. passing back
Of the jury box, lnf the fingers Of her
left hand along the wall as, blind
person might ~.
In testifyinG Mrs. Tha W. was not al
lowed to, state the. names Of certain /
persons, but by consent of counsel for
defense she gave them in whispers to
Mr. Jerome ssin order. as MI Delmas
said, that the prosecution may have
the fullest possible opportunity 10 re-
flute any Of her statements if he can"
Most of the SECOND session was Civ
EN- over TO argument as. 10 the admissi-
bility of the letters written by Thaw to
Mr.. Longfeliow, but. afterward Mrs
Thaw continued her story. She told Of
how she came back. from Europe
month ahead of ,Thaw. During that |
month friends, Of stanford White ha6 |
told her many stories abont the young |
Pittsburg millionaire, and when lie re |
turned to America she refused to see
him except in the presence Of q third |
person. When he asked her why she
acted so she told him the stories.
One was. that sThaw had put a girl |
into batbtub and turned scalding wa
ter upon her. Another was that he was
addicted to the use Of morphine. and
third declared that he had tied girls to
bedposts and beaten them.
He looked very sad she said. "and
told me they had been making "A fool
of me. He said he understood why il
was done. | afterward got so many
conflicting accounts from the persons
who had told me the stories and
heard their regulations were so bad
that finally told Mr.. Thaw did not
believe the stories. He said. You
know | have never lied to you. And
lie never has" & E
I The girl paid other, tributes to her
husband, to save whose life she braved
all
when told him the story in Paris
she said '.he came to me and picked
up the hem Of my skirt and kissed it
and said he would always love me. He
nearly always called me his angel We
sat together that night until daylight
talking the matter over. The effect on
Harry was terrible.
!. stanford White sent me to school in
New Jersey in October, 1902. and early
in 1903 became i'll. The doctors came
and said an operation was necessary.
They told me was very sick, but did
not say what was the matter Mr.
Thnw came to see me and was the last
person except the doctors whonl1 saw
before being PLACED under the inhu
snce Of anaesthetics He had been told
1t was dangerous for me to talk. So lie
came i'll quietly and knelt down by the
bed and kissed my hand and looked az
ME fora moment and went out
5"Wh6n I recovered found he had
made arrangements for my mother to
take me abroad to recuporate. 1t was
while we were. IN Paris on this trip
that lie proil6sed To me"
iSIhe completion of the direct exami'
nation OF the prisoners wife will pos
sibly require ally or today's sessions.
There is An impression that Mr.. Del
as. fhn