Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-21
AT HANDS OF JEROME
MRS. EVELYN NEssiT THAW EN-.
TIERS UPON ORDEAL OF HER
cRoss-ExAMiNATioN.

Court q Ruling Which Apparently
Opens the Way for Bringing in All
Manner Of Testimony to Discredit
the Defendants Wife-FinaI Test.
mony on Direct Examination.
New York, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw has entered upon the or
deal OF her cross-examination and be-
fore District Attorney Jerome had had
the witness in charge for half an hour
he had secured from the court a ruling
which apparently opens the way for
bringing into the trial Of Harry Thaw
all manner of evidence which may
tend to discredit the defendants wife.
Heretofore II has been held that the
rules Of evidence protected young
Mrs. Thaw and that regardless of
whether her story was true or false
the fact that she had told II to her
husband was the one essential point.
The district attorney seemed reluc-
tant to begin the cross-examination of
Mrs. Thaw. He declared he did not
wish to humiliate the witness with a
cross-examination which he might
deem Unnecessary
However, II | am forced to do It |
will" said Mr.. Jerome with something
Of a menace in his words.
The witness was a bit nervou at
the beginning OF her cross-examina-
tlon, but her confidence grew as II
proceeded and she was always ready
with Mr.. Jerome jumped
from point TO point In her history and
under the plea Of testing her CREDIBLE
lty was allowed to ask many pertinent
questions. He wanted to know when
she first heard that she had been
named as a correspondent In the
George w. Iederer divorce case. The
witness replied that she had read It in
the newspapers.
The prosecutor sought to show that
| Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham Hum,
mel for advice with regard to the di.
vorce proceedings, but was halted by
an objection from Mr.. Delmas which
the court sustained.
Mr.. Jerome brought out that Mrs,
Thaw had written to Stanford White
from Boulogne after Thaw had pro.
posed to her In Paris. did you also
cable Mr.. White?" he asked. The
witness could not remember.
End of Direct Testimony.
In completing her direct testimony,
Mrs. Thaw Lad told of the converse
tions she and her husband had had re
garding the fate Of other young wo
men at the hands of Stanford White
One of these girls was known as "the
pie girl" She was fifteen years OF
age and wore only a gauze dress when
she sprang from a big pie at a stag
dinner.
The witness declared that May Mac
kenZie had told her that Stanford
White, when told she and Harry were
very happy together, had remarked:
pooh, 1t won't last. l will get her
back"
Harry Thaw's letter to Anthony
Comstock describing three houses OF
studios where he declared Stanford
White and "other scoundrels" lured
young girls was read. Among the
places described was the house in
West Twenty-fourth street where the
velvet swing and the mirrored bed
room were located.
Mrs. Thaw identified forty-two let
tiers which she said were In tho hand
writing Of Stanford White. The let
tiers we're not offered in evidence, but
Mr.. Delmas will attempt later to get
them into the case.
Mrs. Game, wSo was the only other
witness of the day, testified to yer
hearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesbit
for her daughters hand in 1903. She
also testified as to how Harry Thaw
| acted when he saw Stanford White.
She declared he appeared angry.
On cross-examination District Attor
ney Jerome questioned Mrs. Game
| closely and brought out many
statements from her with regard to
Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit,
Among these was the fact that Mrs
Nesbit had not accompanied her
daughter and Harry Thaw to Europe
in 1S04-the second trip abroad. He
also got from Mrs. Game the fact that
Evelyn Nesbit told her that the opera.
ton which has figured so frequently
in the case was for appendicitis.