Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09

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Why Was Mother Sent Awayr
''One other question want to ask you.
| Why did Stanford White just at that mo-
ment remove the mother, this child's only
| protector, as guardian upon her tender
years. as sentinel On her tottering steps on
the slippery walks Of New York? Why was
| the mother sent to Pittsburg with money
| furnished by Stanford White? Why was
| the young brother sent away to school. ex-
cept to remove pryfng eyes.
gentlemen. another point I desire to
| call your attention to Is that during this
| time and for a year thereafter Stanford
bit &25 a week during the time she was of
| the stage. and during that year we have
discovered by a strange fatality. which
to disconcert injustice, that several of these
checks were not signed by Evelyn Nesbit.
but by the childs mother.
From Crackers to Wealth.
Gentlemen. according to a computation
| made here We find this mother who before
| had lived on crackers, had received the
| munificent sum Of $500, and the learned
| district attorney tells you that Stanford
White at that time was in embarrassed cir
| cumstances.
Then when Miss SImonton went to Paris
| with money furnished by Stanford White
she knew the story of Evelyn Nesbits ter
ribie experience and went to the Office OF
Stanford White and confronted him with it.
And she said that Stanford Whites body
| turned icy cold and he immedia tely sought
| the aid of the notorious Abe Hummel He
went to this man in order to seek protection.
He was Hummers client. Then a certain
| paper was drawn up, which l will touch
| upon later
Awful Arrangement of Mother.
| Gentlemen, one or two more final cir
cumstances upon this subject Do you re-
member the birthday dinner that Stanford
| White arranged for Evelyn Nesbit? Do you
remember that Harry K. Thaw rescued her
| from Whites clutches? Dc you remember
| how Stanford White went raging through
i the theater. pistol in hand threatening to
| kill Harry Thaw because of this? Is that
| threat denied? One witness testified to the
facts L have recited and one pretended
| to deny them.
| Mother Aided Jerome.
II wish to call your attention to the as
sistance which the prosecution sought from
| the mother OF Evelyn. You will recall at
| the beginning OF the case that when the
/ name OF the mother was spoken disclaim-
| ed any intention Of stating anything con-
corning this mother, save that her acts were
| the result of carelessness or errors of tudR-
| ment. or of overconfidence
| when l said this. gentlemen" Mr.. Del
| mas continued, " wish you to bear in mind
| that three things had not yet DEVELOPED
that for years after this rape had been com
! mltted upon this girl, the mother received
800 month from the ravisher; that the
mother had given to the district attorney a
| written statement by which he might tor
| ture the soul of her daughter by which he
| might leave her alone in the world-her
| father dead, her mother unnatural her hus
! band executed
When 1 learned that every shaft aimed
at her heart came from a CULVER supplied
| by her mother; when I learned that it was
the mother who was pointing out the sore
ana tender spots for the district attorney
to attack. and when I learned that the poor
babblings of girl In school-her diary
mad been furnished by the mother that they
| might be used against her daughter I re-
tracted. as l retract now the statement
| which made in behalf of the mother
| on. unnatural mother that she was. to
| desert her girl and leave her the victim Of
| the lust of this gray-haired man; to receive
| for year the wages of her daughters
| downfall: to wear diamonds bought with
| such money as this and then to come now
| IN the hour Of her daughters supreme agony
| to steal away the life Of her only protectors
Even Beasts Protect Young.
why. gentlemen of the jury beast pro-
tects her young. 1 have even seen a little
bird watching over her brood of young ones
| playing in a dusty road. ruf11e her lrave lit
tie feathers until she was twice her natural
| come running up until the dog stood abash-
| ed and respected her motherhood.
oh. shame upon this woman; not cor
| tent with what she has already done she
would take away the life Of the one human
being who came as an angel into the life OF
! this girl on the downward path. who told
| the girl that whatever she might be in the
! eyes Of a sinful and debauched world he
| knew her soul was pure
Harry's Loving Words.
| "He said: Yes. know that your soul
| is pure; 1 know 1t was not your fault:
know you are unfortunate and be-
| trayed girl; but come to me and will pro-
| teet you. About your form will throw
! the strong arm Of q man. will fight the
| battles Of life with you at my side No
| matter what others may think of you, 1
i think you are an angel. To me you are
| fairer than Rachel at the we'll Ruth in
| the fields "
| Mr.. Delmas halted his address for a
| few minutes at this point and sat down to
| handkerchief.
| When he resumed Mr.. Delmas said:
| II will now lay before you such evil
dence as l may to show you that the
story Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is true. I
| intend to prove to you that Evelyn Mes
| bit Thaw did relate that story to Harry
Thaw in 1903. 1 will make 1t as clear as
| there will not be hook upon which to
| hang doubt
Thaw's Paris Letter
1--WE have the undisputed fact that
fairy K. Thaw, in September. 1903, at
| the time Of Evelyn Nesbits return, had
| related in letter to Mr.. Longfellow this
same story. In a subsequent letter to Mr..
Longfellow he said of Evelyn Nesbit
| Her position could not be worse, for,
| despite her excellent conduct, she was
| poisoned when she fifteen and one
/ half years old. and since through her
mothers superhuman negligence
| Bear in mind that these two let
| ters one written by Thaw in Paris in
, September, and the other in October, 1903,
! to Mr. Longfellow. in New York. Who
could the word BLACKBOARD refer to ex-
cept to Stanford White? To what can
! these two letters refer except the story of
Evelyn Nesbit? These letters refer to no
! other transactions than the ravishment
| by Stanford White. Was it possible that
! Thaw was telling Longfellow his own law
| YER a falsehood of his own Manufacture?
You remember that in November OF that
| year Thaw returned to New York and went
| to Pittsburg and told his mother the same
| story. Now. the mother, whom you have
! seen upon the stand. and upon whose hon
| esty and veracity not even the prosecution