Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-19
EXPOSES MOST
DISGUSTING LIFE
Mrs. Thaw Tells Of Many
Young Girls White
Ruined

today at the opening session OF the
Thaw murder case when Mrs. Evelyn
Nisbet Thaw WAS called to the witness
stand.
The witness was pale and serious.
She was simply attired. She smiled
slightly at her husband, who returned
her smile.
Attorney w. b. Delmas asked Evelyn /
to identity paper which he handed
her as written by Stanford White. The
witness said it had been written by !
Stanford White.
Mrs. Thaw said 1t had been written
by White as were six other letters
handed her by Attorney Delmas.
Identifies Other Papers.
Still other papers were identified by
the witness as written by White. Ia
all 40 papers were identified.
one Of the letters identified by Mrs
Thaw was written by Harry X. Thaw
to Anthony Comstock, telling him the
studio at % West Twenty fourth
street, and another place. 122 East
Twenty-second street. was being used
by three or four rich scoundrels for
debauching young girls.
The witness then WIS asked how
long she had known May Mckenzie
ana she replied since 1901. and that
Thaw had known her sinoe 1904
~Did you in May, 1906. relate to Mr..
Thaw q conversation you had with
May Mckenzie with reference to what
she said to ycu Regarding STANFORD
wEste?''
s.Hay mckenzie told me white had
been to see her, .sthat she told him
Harry ana were getting along finely
together. @ s
whSts Hoped to %tin Her Haek.
-gne said she thought it 20 nace the
way we loved each other. She said
stanford White had remarked:
.Pooh. it wont last. Twill get her
back
she said Thaw always was excited
when talking Of White.
Mrs. Thaw said she underwent a
second operation in 1905 and that The
costs were paid by Thaw, amounting
to $4,000.
She said Thaw often talked 20 her
about her experiences with White,
often waking UP in the night and sob
bing.
White Makes More Advances.
The witness said she visited May
Mckenzie at her apartments in 1904.
sswhiie you were there did White
come in? Did you tell Mr.. Thaw?'
.sYes. stanford White spoke to me
several times, and always answered
yes or no.
"He came over and started to
straighten boa on my hair. He tried
to put his arms around me, and want
ed me to sit beside him on the bed
II told him to leave me alone"
Evelyn said Harry always attrib-
uted her illness ana the necessity for
the second operation. etc, to White.
the witness testified that Thaw told
her ne was going to take mp Whites
sffaars with Anthony ccmstock.
spie Girlr Is Recalled.
I told him it would do no good. tina
white had many influential friends
ana that he could stop it
Il told him lots Of people did no
believe things about white on acccun
OF his personality"
The faaes of other girls at the hand
Of White was gone into slightly. n
names being mentioned
The story OF the .Tsie giri' was re
lated. ana the fact that Thaw said h
would Investigate the story va
brought out
After they were married. Thaw tol
Evelyn that the .Tse girl" was dea'
ana that the story Of her treatment
the hands Of white was true.
The witness said that afterwards q
girl got married. but her hushan
heard the story Of her connection viii
white ana cast her on.
crinea Were unmsntionabIe.
ghs died IN great poverty and Al
grace.
Thaw declared white ought 70
ii the penitentiary. that ne got wcr