The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-03-01
ORDEAL OF EVELYN
THAW NEARS END
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY JER-
ONES CROSS-EXAMINATIoN
is ALMOST OVER.
Easy Day for Witness - Confronted
with Or. Flint, She Denies Having
Seen Him Before-CabIes to White
Explained.

New York, Feb. 26.-Except for one
| brief moment, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw had a decidedly easy day of it
Monday during the continuation of
her cross-examination by District At
torney Jerome. When adjournment
was taken the prosecutor announced
that he had practically concluded with
the witness.
Mrs. Thaw will be temporarily ex-
cused Tuesday morning to enable Mr.
Jerome to introduce Abraham Hum
mel to identify a Photographic copy
of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is al
legged to have signed and which
charges Thaw with many cruelties
during their 1903 trip to Europe. The
district attorney got the contents of
the affidavit before the jury Monday
afternoon by reading certain of its
statements in the form of questions
and asking Mrs. Thaw if she told such
things to Mr.. Hummel. In each in
stance she declared she had not. She
also denied ever having signed such
an affidavit, admitting that she had,
however, signed some papers for
White in the Madison Square tower
of whose nature she was not aware.
Confronted with Dr.. Flint.
1t was during the morning session
that Mr.. Jerome played his strongest
card of the day. Mrs. Thaw had de-
MED most positively that she had ever
been to see a DR.. Carlton Flint with
Jack Barrymore.
Call DR.. Flint commanded Mr..
Jerome to court attendant.
The doctor entered from the wit
ness room and was escorted to within
a few feet of the witness chair.
did you ever see that man be-
fore?" Mr.. Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw.
The witness seemed just bit
startled, looked quickly and intently
at the physician, then turned to Mr..
Jerome and shook her head.
Never" she declared.
Thaw was intensely interested in
this incident, and when it was over
he turned to the newspaper men sit
ting nearest him and whispered:
THAT man made mistake in COM
ing here. He stood there a liar. Do
you catch the point?-a liar"
Witness In Better Spirits.
Mrs. Thaw was in much better
spirits when she took the stand Mon
day and looked decidedly better ply
sically than she did last week. She
seemed thoroughly at home in the
witness chair, and, with footstool
and back cushion appeared quite COM
Portable. She had all her wits with
her and did not fare badly at the
hands of the district attorney, who
was more gentle in handling the wit
ness.
Instead of further hurting the cause
Of her husband, Mrs. Thaw managed
to make two decided gains When
court adjourned last Thursday it ap-
peared from her own statements that
she had used letter of credit from
Stanford White while touring in Eu-
rope and had turned the letter over
to Thaw. Monday she explained that
Thaw took the letter of credit from
her. saying the money was poison
Gus" and neither she nor her mother
should touch it, and that he would
provide them with funds. Whatever
had been spent of the money, she de-
clared, was for her mother.
Cablegrams Are Explained.
The second point Mrs. Thaw made
was concerning the cablegrams which
Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford
White from London. 1t appeared
Thursday that these cablegrams were
requests to White to use his influence
in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from raising
row. and interfering with Evelyns
continuing in company with Thaw
Mr.. Jerome took up the subject again,
but his questions ELECTED the informa-
ton that the letters did not concern
Mrs. Thaw at all, but related to a
mana secretary of the American
embassy-in London, who Mrs. Thaw
said had "sneaked up to mammals
bedroom and insulted her." She said
the man had also insulted her and
that Thaw had gone in search of him,
but failed to find him.
Mondays proceedings dragged a
great deal, and it was evident long
before he announced the fact that Mr.
Jerome was nearing the end of his
cross-examination.
HummeI to Go on Stand.
Tuesdays proceedings, with Mr..
Hummel on the stand, should be more
interesting. The defense, on cross
examination, will attempt. to discredit
the witness, who is under Indictment
1t may be late in the afternoon before
Mrs. Thaw will again take the stand
for Mr.. Jerome's final questions
which will have to do with the affi-
davit.
Should the defense decide to pro-
coed with the redirect examination of
Mrs. Thaw and Mr.. Jerome should
take up the recross-examination, Mrs.
Thaw may be kept upon the stand all
of Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the
defendant, and Mrs. Carnegie, his
sister, were at the courthouse Mon
day for the first time in ten days.