Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-19
Today's Topographic New
The Thaw Trial.

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New, York, Feb. 19.--The trial of
Harry Thaw for the murder OF Stanford
White was resumed this morning.
The jury arrived at 1920 and Del.
mas was just 10 front of them and be
was preceded by DR.. Britiu ID. Evans.
Thsw entered, throwing on his overcoat
as be walked rapidly to hi. scat,
Evelyn Nesbit Thsw, to the staLd,"
These words from Clerk Penny sent
thrill through the room Harry Thaw
turned and fastened his eyes on the
door of the witness room, and the eyes
Of all other spectators we're with his.
EVELYN stepped through the doorway,
walked quickly around to the stand and
" th q pile face, faced the court room,
With steady eye. She wore her same
blue dress with low brood girlish collar
of white. A broad dropping black hat
was trimmed with one bunch of vioets.
Her hair was tied in schoolgirl fashion
with a big bow and in knot at the
back OF her neck.
Thaw seemed more nervous than he
had been since Evelyn told her story.
He kept his eyes on her and his lips
twitched
Delmss began his examination of
Evelyn by showing her a bundle of
letters, written by Stanford White, for
Identification.
She took the letters one by one, looked
over them and said she recognized the
writing as Whites. There were envel-
opes and other papers written by White
10 the bundle. 1t took some time to
make the examination. 10 all forty-two
papers and letters we're handed to the
girl fe, and they became exhibit No
2, 10 the record o. the defense. One of
the exhibits was card.
After the Identification Delmss began
the oral examination, not Immediately
referring TO the letters.
Delmas frat asked Evelyn regarding
stories she had repeated to Thaw as com
ing from May Mckenzie, her ohum.
odd you ever state to Mr.. Tnsw
about May, 1906, any conversation you
had had with May Mckenzie relating to
Stanford White and yourself"
Jerome objected, but was overruled.
81 told him." said ,velyn "that
May Mckenzie told me she had coz
veIsstion with Stanford White in which
she said lit was very nice the way Harry
Thaw and Evelyn get along and that
they are so happy together White re-
piled to her that he didn't believe it.
She told him, ooh, yes. it is true, and /
am 80 glad. White answered We'll,
It won't last. | will get her back. "
"When you repeated this to your hus-
band, what did he say ?'
"He said be had heard the same thing
from May Mckenzie"
"How did he act "
"He acted as he always did, when the
subj ct OF Stanford White vas men
toned. He got very much excited and
gnswed his nails"
odd you undergo an operation in
1862"
ayes, the year of our marriage"
WHO paid the bills for the opera
ton ?"
"Mr. Thaw made all arrangements
and pal all the bills.
"How much were they ."
"About SO, 900 in ALL
In reply to questions by Delmas,
Evelyn said, CATER our marriage we
lived at FIRST in the tosn house. Mr..
Thaw talked continually of White.
"He always talked of White. Why,
sometimes, he would wake up 10 the
middle oil the night aud ask some ques-
ton about White or something that he
did. He had White on his mind all the
time"
''Before your marriage, did you go to
hospital where May Mckenzie was {"
"Yes, it was in 1904"
"Wss White there ?''
"Yes, he came 10.
"DId you tell Thaw what he did or
tried to do"
him."
"Tell the jury what you told Mr..
Thaw."
81 told him that White came in. 1t
was a small room and we had to stand
He asked me to take of my hat Then
he put his arm around me aud tried to
set me on the bed. / would not sit on
the bed with him and then he tried to
pull me down."
"Did you tell Mr.. Thaw this ?"
eyes | told him ell about it, as som
as / saw him."
"Did Mr.. Thaw in conversation with
you ever sllude 10 the condition Of your
health in connection with Stanford
White"
eyes, be said all my trouble and all
my i'll health and weakness WAS due to
what stanford White did to me-"
CATER your marriage did you have
any conversation with Mr.. rhaw about
what efforts he had made to bring Stan
ford White to Justice for what he had
done to you"
ooh, yes, we talked frequently about
it, Early in 1906 he showed me a paper
which he said he intended to send to
some society. The Comstock Society for
the Suppression Of Vice.
"What success die he have?'
HHe did not have much succegs and