The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-09
NOT SAFE FROM WHITE
AFTER HER MARRIAGE.
Young Wife of Harry K. Thaw Recites
Facts Leading Up to the
Tragedy.
Jerome Protests Vigorously Against Defamation of the Dead
Case Goes Over Until Monday.

cused her of improper relations with
the architect.
II told him it was a lie. and that 1
had not" she testified with an en-
phatic show of feeling.
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell of
her acquaintance with Jack Barry
more. the actor. Mr.. Barrymore was in
the court room one day during the
early part OF the trial. at the instance
of the district attorney. it was said
Mr.. Delmas asked Mrs. Thaw today to
tell what she had told Mr.. Thaw of
her acquaintance with the actor
Jack Barrymore's Proposal.
She said she had first met Barry
more at a party given by Stanford
White. the year following her intro
duction TO the architect 81 thought
him very nice she frankly said today
and one day at Mr.. Whites studio he
said: Evelyn, will you marry me-" /
said: Il don't know" He asked me a
second time, and again l said. Il don't
know and everybody laughed Mr.
White told me / would be very foolish
10 marry Mr. Barrimore and my
mother said so, too. and we all quar-
relied, and the upshot of the whole
thing was that Mr. White said / ought
/
to New Jersey"
After leading the witness to tell. in
chronological order. OF the incidents of
her wedding with Thaw in Pittsburg
Mr.. Delmas asked her If she had seen
Stanford White after her return tC
New York from the honeymoon trip.
I passed Stanford White one day
on Fifth avenue. 1 was i'm a cab and
he saw me, and I heard him say.
Evelyn just like that" and Mrs. Thaw
raised her voice as if to call some one.
Followed Her in a Cab.
II vent back to our hotel and told
Harry, and he said: The dirty black
guard. He had no right to speak TO
you The next time 1 saw him / was
driving to DR.. Delavan's Office 10 have
my throat treated. Stanford White
was also in 4 cab He lust stared at
me this time and stroked his uustache.
turned into Thirty-third street and,
as alighted at the doctors door. saw
Stanford White coming. / rang the bell
and the maid came to the door and
then l got so nervous and flustered
| told her / would come back again and
ran down the steps, got into the cab
and drove to the hotel, where I told
Harry what had happened. He got
very excited and bit his nails.
These were the only two instances.
Mrs. Thaw said. that she told her hus-
band that Stanford White had ap-
preached or attempted to speak to her.
Great Crowd in Court.
There was another great crowd i'm the
court room today. every bit Of space
| being occupied The dramatic thrills
of the day before were not there, how
ever The day began with a continu-
ance Of the reading OF the letters from
| Harry Thaw to Mr.. Longfellow. writ
! ten after Evelyn Nesbit's revelations to
her sutton in Paris.
( There were others, too. which Thaw
had sent the attorney to deliver to Miss
/ Nesbit, who at the time would not see
him.
Experience With Abe Hummel.
Mrs. Thaw followed these with re-
| Iation Of her experiences with Stanford
White and Abraham Hummel concern
ing the alleged affidavit which she
made charging Harry Thaw with hav-
ing taken her from her mother against
her will. and with gross cruelty Mrs.
Thaw told how she had been induced
! TO answer some questions about herself
and Mr.. Thaw at the time. and had
been told the stories about his cruel
ties to girls Stanford White had told
! her. she declared. that il was necessary
from such a person and that Harry
Thaw must be kept out of New York.
She denied ever signing any papers in
HummeIs Office. but said she remem-
bered having signed some papers for
Mr.. White in his Offices" the contents
OF which she did not know. When she
got frightened about the papers and
demanded them, she said Mr. White
/ took her to Hummels office and there
they burned paper which had her
name at the bottom Of II. She was not
allowed TO see what the PAPER contained
/ before It was destroyed.
Lawyer Picked Up $1,000.
Mrs. Thaw's story was made anus
I ing at times by her intersections of the
Names which Harry Thaw had applied
10 the lawyer and Mr.. Whites agitated
questioning as to what she had told
Hummel about him. She declared she
had told the lawyer nothing.
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