The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-09

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legal-cap sheets. to which he referred
occasionally. and particularly when he
came down TO the actual argument as TO
| the motive Stanford White had in pay
ing money TO Evelyn's mother and IN
sending Howard Nesbit to school at his
! expense.
When Mr.. Delmas had completed his
nenn9eiatiGn IDo OF Stnn5ord MNe nn Eve ne
! lyn Thaw's mother He first recalled to
| the jury that In the early part Of the
first mentioned, he stated that he would
| not cast any reflections upon her and
held her guitless, believing her TO have
been the helpless victim of cIrcum-
stances.
"When ] said this. gentlemen" Mr..
] Delmas continued. II wish YOU to bear In
mind that three things had moi, yet de
! veloped-that for years after this rape
! had been committed upon this girl. the
| mother received $500 a month from the
ravisher; that the mother had given to
| the District Attorney n written statement
| by which he might torture the soul Of
her daughter. by which he might leave
her alone in the world-her father dead.
! her mother unnatural, her husband exc
| cuted
/ Mother Deserves No Mercy.
when l learned that every shaft
| aimed at her heart came from CULVER
J supplied by her mother; when I learned
! out the sore and tender spots for the
| District Attorney 10 attack. and when
! learned that the poor babblings OF a girl
! In school-her diary-had been furnished
! by the mother that they might be used
| against her, l retracted, as | retract now.
the statements which / made in behalf
| OF the mother.
"Oh' unnatural mother that she was.
| To desert her girl and leave her the vic
tim OF the lust OF this gray haired man;
| TO receive for a year the wages OF her
daughters downfall diamonds
! bought with such money as this, and
then TO come now. in the hour OF her
| daughters supreme agony. 10 steal away
| the life of her only protector.
why, gentlemen OF the jury. beast
protects her YOUNG ! have even seen
young In a dusty road, ruffe her brave
little feathers until she was twice her
natural slze. and fly straight at pointer
who had come running up. until the dog
stood abashed and respected the. mother.
"Oh! shame upon this woman,
Not content with what, she has all
ready done. she would take away the
life of the one human being who came
as an angel into the life Of this girl upon
the downward path, who told the girl
that whatever she might he in the eyes
OF a sinful and debauched world, he knew
her soul was pure.
Moves Juror to Tears.
He said: Yes. know that your soul
is pure; | know 1t was not your fault:
| know you are an unfortunate and be-
protect YOU. About your form ] will
throw the strong arm OF man. ] Will
fight the battles OF life with you at my
side. No matter what others may think
OF you, ! think you are an angel. To me
YOU are falrer than Rachel at the well
or Ruth in the fields "
Mr.. Delnias halted his address for a
| few minutes al this point and sat down
to rest. Juror No. IL wiped his eyes with
Ra handkerchief.
When Mr. Delmas resumed he declared
| that there Jocume0 evidence d
| prove that Evelyn Nesbit told Harry
Thaw the story OF her downfall in Paris
letters Thaw wrote from Paris to his at
| torney, Mr.. Lopgfelow The attorney
| declared that Thaw had no occasion TO
lie 10 HIS mother when he told her the
story In Pittshurg after his return from
Europe. In contrast TO the mother of
Evelyn Nesbit. Mr.. Delmas pictured the
testimony she gave upon the stand and
| pointed to the love and affection she
displayed for her son when he began TO
mated in the tragedy. He spoke In eulo-
| glstic terms of her noble character and
OF the sacrifices she made TO tighten the
burden and ease the pain Of her heart
Mrs. Thaw listened TO the compliments
| paid her without evincing emotion. Her
| children sat stolid as ever EVELYN was
| unmoved by the attack on her mother.
! and. as a matter OF fact, her features
| were immobile throughout the duration
| OF the argument,
Pictures the Love Of Thaw.
After paying his tribute TO Mrs. Thaw.
| Mr.. Delmas rehearsed the evidence
| which related to the attentions which
Thaw paid TO Evelyn, laying particular
stress upon that portion which referred
| pupil in a boarding school EIe spoke
| In the tenderest of tones of Thaw's visit
| TO the girls bedside when she was ILL., OF
| his deep concern for her when she was
| convalescing. and of his efforts TO restore
her to health. He declared that Thaw
was then paying honorable court to Eve
OF marriage soon afterward in Paris.
Mr.. Delmas read at length from the
letters Thaw wrote to his lawyer. Mr.
I-onefellow. claiming that they proved
beyond a doubt that Evelyn Nesbit had
told him her story. and further proved
that he loved her honestly and honorably
| and wished Ia make her his wife. He
| then called attention to the testimony
| OF Mrs Caine, TO the effect that Thaw
had. al the time Evelyn Nesbit wil, III
at school. asked her mother for the
| child's hand in honorable marriage. The
incidents OF the European trip In 1903
we're next taken up. as showing Thaw's
| this love as testified TO by Evelyn Thaw
and Mrs. william Thaw, down TO tho
time Of his wedding.
Her Story Was Reasonable.
! Does a man who loves woman" ex-
claimed Mr., Delmas. ''who has loved her
| for two years; who has lavished his whole
being on her: who centered on her his
happiness and his future. who wanted her
| for his wife-does such a man, I saw
invent n story which disgraces I'm his
mind and In the minds Of the world the
woman he loves Can any man tell you
that Harry Thaw deliberately invented
this most disgraceful and most debaslng
story ever told? Gentlemen. / think /
have established TO your satisfaction that
this story was true. that 1t Is not a fab
rication; that Evelyn Thaw's statement
that she told this story TO Harry Thaw I'm
Paris in 1903 is true.
Against this. what Is there In this
case?
Nothing except the testimony of Abra-
ham Iiummel ! do not wish TO speak
OF that unfortunate man In terms any
stronger than \ the stern exigencies OF
this case demand. 1t is a melancholy