Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-21
INNOCENT OF
LAW Of VIRTUE
Pitiful Testimony
By Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw
RELATIONS WITH WHITE
Didn't Know it Was Wrong
For Woman to Be Unchaste
Until Told By Defendant.

New York, Feb. 2t--After a consul.
tation between Justice Fitzgerald.
District Attorney jerome and Attor.
ney Delmas, chief counsel for Thaw.
this afternoon, the court revoked its
order of this morning for a recess To
morrow in the Thaw trial on account
of its being Washingtons Birthday
and the court will sit tomorrow and
Saturday.
Expert Witnesses About to Leave
This decision was arrived at when
District Attorney jerome informed
the court that Drs. Deemer and Bing-
ham important expert witnesses, We're
about to leave the state, Jerome
wanted their testimony taken today.
but consented to have It taken later
when the court announced that IL
would sit tomorrow.
But Half Through With Mrs. ThaW.
The district attorney also informed
the court that ii would require at
least day and a half yet for him to
complete his cross-examination Of
Mrs, Evelyn Tnaw and this announce
ment also had much to do with the
courts revocation Of his ruling order
ing an observance of the holiday.
ThaW Eager and Nervous.
When court opened this morning
Thaw entered the court room immedi.
ately after the jury without waiting
to be formally called to the bar. His
hair was mussed and he appeared
eager and nervous He did not seem
to notice anyone about him.
Court Ignored Greeting
When Mrs. Thaw was called to the
witness stand she glanced al her hus-
band and smiled, then turned 10 JUS
tice Fitzgerald and made little bow
to him, but the judge did not notice
her.
innocent of Law of Virtue.
Dio'il't AtloliSy JtlUiIip IODk UP
his cross-examination where he left
OFF yesterday. He called the atten-
tion of the witness to her closing tes-
timony of yesterday and Mrs. Thaw
repeated that she continued to believe
that 1t was not wrong for a woman
to be unchaste as she was with White
until she had talked with Thaw in
Paris in 1903.
Jerome continued to examine the
witness regarding her knowledge of
right and wrong in regard to the rela-
tions between men and women. but
she still insisted that she did not CON
slider it particularly wrong to be un.
chaste until Thaw had told her.
Mother Made Her Write White.
Mrs. Thaw further testified that she
wrote to White after Thaw had pro-
posed to her, but said that she did
so because she was coerced into writ
ing to him by her mother, who said
that she was ungrateful to him, White,
for what he had done Cor them. Mrs.
Thaw acknowledged that after her
first experience with White, these in
innate relations with him were CON
tinued for some time.
Cried With Shame.
Tears came to her eyes as Jerome
continued to question h8 about her
intimate relations with White, but
Mrs. Thaw said that these relations
were continued against her will. Final
ly she broke down and cried bitterly
One newspaper woman left the court
room during the examination and
Thaw hid his face in his hands as the
district attorney attacked his wife
Jerome Was Merciful.
Once Jerome offered to suspend his
cross examination for time but At
torney Delmas would not consent.
Genuine Sensation Sprung.
A genuine sensation was sprung
when Attorney Hartridge. represent
ing Thaw, was called to the stand by
Jerome who wanted to learn why GER
tain letters written by White to
Evelyn would not be produced.
Hartridge declined TO answer the
question. Jerome then argued to the
| court that Hartridge was not the
counsel of Mrs. Thaw and had nc
right to withhold the information.
Attorney Delmas interrupted and
! said that Mrs. Thaw had retained
Hartridge as her counsel because OF
threats being made against her. He
said that he had heard that the dis
trict attorney proposed to have her
indicted
| Jerome said that no such statemeni
was made, but he did not deny his
intention of doing so.
Refuses to Obey Subpoena.
| Late this afternoon Hartridge was
served with subpoena requestins
him to produce the White letters. HI
said he would not comply with tn,