The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31
|SHUBBlHG YOUNG Wife
MAY EFFECT VERDICT
APPRECIATION OF THE UPHILL
FIGHT THAT IS BEING MADE
5YTHE LONELY BEAUTY.

NEW foRh, Jan. 31.--Making mis-.
takes seems to be a habit with the
Thaw family The big mistake Of
Harry Thaw's career cost Stamford
White his life. A mistake now being
made by the entire Thaw family
threatens to work equal disaster for
the man on trial for his life. The er.
ror is in the attitude of those OF Thaw
blood toward the little daughter by
adoption-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
A widening chasm separates the
Thaws from the former artist model.
Daily denials Of the fact are merely
part of the perfunctory duties Of the
attorneys for the defense. The thin
veil of formality bridging the breech
is to-day stretched to the point where
a trihe may rend It. Every day
sees some snub from the Thaws hand.
ed the little woman who is the one
person in the world between Harry K.
Thaw and the electric chair.
Currency is a Thaw family creed.
Appreciation of the power Of this pen.
niless girl is apparently not undee.
stood by the Thaws. The family has,
apparently. not yet awakened to the
realization Of the fact that in the final
judgment of the fate of It's scion the
words of this childwife will ring in
the ears Of the jurors louder than the
clink of all the Thaw gold. And to
say that the mistake may prove fatal
is no flight of the Imagination.
Every fact developed in the case
will probably be submerged in sea
of sentiment. So much that was bad
is likely to be brought to light by the
evidence that the jury will be left IN
doubt as to which was the worse, the
slayer or the slain. In that case It
will be the sentiment, created either
for or against Thaw that will tip the
balance in the hand of the blind god.
dess. Harry Thaw's life had respond.
ed to the call of the wild before ever
Evelyn Nesblt came into 1t.
1t is a depressing story. The girls
face was her misfortune. but at that
she has wronged no one SO much as
herself. She has herself paid the top
price OF her folly. The Than family
is apt to discover its mistake too late
II 1t believes that jury of unbiased
men can be made to believe because
of birth or social position the man who
steered a course down the road to
ruin is one whit better than the wo.
man was accompanied him-the wo-
man who, now that their gilded craft
has been smashed or the rock of dis
aster. is standing by him nobly, sac
rificing everything, voluntarily suffer
ing every torture of shame and humil.
iation in an effort to rescue him from
the ruin his own hand worked.
1t is possible that women would
never be able to forgive Evelyn Thaw.
With women the evidence of the girl
who might have erred might not car
ry great weight. But 1t is a jury of
men-12 good men and true-who will
hear her Testimony. In the opinion
of 9 out of every 10 men in the court.
room Evelyn Thaw, the wife. has
blotted out the memory of Evelyn Mes
bit, the chorus girl. Her small hand
will sway. more sympathy to or from
the slayer of Stanford White than all
the Thaws combined-not excepting
I fhe nprav.hairad mnthar
In the opinion of those who know.
the Thaw family will do we'll to stife
Its pride and take upto its bosom the
tremblingly brave little woman lest
the indignation of 10 observing men,
aroused by the Sights daily offered
this defenseless child, be vented or
the one member or the Offending fam.
lily whom they will have in their
grasp.