The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-09


l heard him say, Evelyn just like
that" and Mrs. Thaw raised her voice
as if to call someone.
II went back to our hotel and told
Harry, and he said, the dirty black
guard; he had no right to sneak to
YOU
"The next time saw him 1 was
driving to DR.. Delevan's office to have
my throat treated; Stanford White
was also in a cab. He just stared at
me this time, and stroked his NOUS
tache. 1 turned into Thirty-third
street and Fifth avenue. AS 1 alight-
ed at the Doctors door saw Sanford
coming. rang the bell. A maid came
to the door and then got so nervous
and flustered I told her would come
back again, and ran down the steps,
got into the cab and drove to the
hotel, where l 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.
There was another great crowd in
the court room today, every available
bit of space being occupied by persons
sitting in the regular court benches,
and others who were fortunate enough
to have chairs brought for their use.
1t is doubtful If any woman ever
underwent more terrible ordeal than
did Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Thursday.
This delicate, frail little woman, with
the child-like face-she is only few
weeks over % years old-began
Thursday what is perhaps the most re-
voting story ever told in court
room. Yesterday she continued it and
now will come the worst ordeal of all,
the cross-examination at the hands of
District Attorney William Travers
Jerome, than whom few men rank
higher in this branch of trial work.
The slender little woman, who was
almost lost in the big witness chair,
told her story in the main without
breaking down, although the mental
strain under which she is laboring
was plainly marked and her fresh,
resonant voice, which penetrated to
every corner of the court room,
trembled with emotion. But when
she reached a crucial part of her
tale she wept bitterly, although she
held up her head and let her tears
fall unheeded, so earnest is she in her
effort to tell, no matter at what cost
to herself, everything that may be of
value to the cause of The young de-
fendant who loved her and made her
his wife in spite of ALL Thaw, when
this part of the story was told, buried
his face in a handkerchief and his
body shook with sobs.
While yesterdays testimony lacked
the dramatic and sensational fea-
lures of Thursday, it was not less
important, for everything that has
been so far told occurred before Thaw
made Evelyn his wife. The defense
will now try to show that subsequent
acts of the man whose life was taken
amid the lights and music of the roof
garden, SO inflamed the mind of the
young husband that he became men
tally unbalanced; that while in this
condition he fired the shots which
made him, as he believed, the instru-
ment of Providence in avenging these
wrongs. This is the theory of the de-
fense and this Harry Thaw's wife
must prove, if it is to be proved at all.
Whether Evelyn Nesbit Thaw can
bear up under the strain is question.
When court adjourned last night the
effect of the long day on the stand