Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-21

THE next time was in Pittsbur
when we were married He told m
the girl was dead. He said he ha
Investigated the story and that 1t wa
true, that afterward the girl marrie
but her husband heard the story abcu
her connection with Mr.. White an,
he cast her OF and she died in grea
poverty and disgrace"
did you and Mr.. Thaw often speal
OF these girls7"
Yes. there was a constant conver
sation. | could not possibly tell yo,
every place and every time we dis
cussed II. He told me somethin,
ought to be done about the girls.
told him could not do anything II,
then said | could help him. triet
| to get his mind on other things ant
| then he would say was trying L
get out Of 1t. He said Stanford White
ought to be in the penitentiary, thai
he got worse all the time and some
thing had to be done"
you may take the Witness" said
Mr.. Delmas to Mr.. Jerome.
New York. Feb. 1S.-The Thaw trial
was resumed this morning, Juror Boil
ton being in the box and Mr.. Delmas
taking his place as the leading coun.
sci for the prisoner. 1t was feared
that Delmas would retire from the
case due to the feeling against him
by associate counsel but Mrs. Thaw,
mother of the prisoner, felt the life
OF her son almost depended on the
Californian and gave him supreme con.
troll, letting the others do as they
wished. 1t was only on these condi.
tions Delmas would remain.
DR.. Britton d. Evans, superintendent
of the New Jersey state hospital for
the insane at Morris Plains. was upon
the stand last Thursday wien the trial
was adjourned and was recalled to-day
as firrt witness. Mr.. Delmas took I'D
the direct examination of the witness
suit of the visits he had exposed the
conclusion that Thaw was of unsound
mind. Today he related his inter
views with Tha8 In the Tombs In a
Wild manner. Thaw told witness that
his killing CT White was an act of
Providence, and at great length spoke
OF the alleged wrongs the man had
done to innocent and pure girls. He
never referred % himself and did not
seem to feel any danger from his DO
sition as prisoner charged with muir
der. He declnred that White had
drugged, poisoned and ruined a great
number of young women who Lad not
been inclined to crime, women whose
minds as we'll as bodies had been pure.
He declared 1t to be the scheme OF his
own lawyers and everybody else to
have all such matters shut away from
the pablic.
Pittsburg, Feb. 19.-There has been
a world OF betting In and about Pitts
burg on the outcome of the Thaw trial
at New York, so the information that
Lloyds In London had opened a book
on Thaw's chances did not cause 80
much interest here as It would have
done otherwise The making OF hand.
books at Pittsburg hotels has been
stopped by the police, as betting is
against the laws OF Pennsylvania, but
the gamblers cannot be stopped from
making quiet bets on the outcome OF
the Thaw trial.
It has been estimated that $4,000
has been wagered on the outcome CT
the New York case. The gamblers
will not allow their wagers to be un-
cevored for fear Of the police and the
Humane society which, under the laws
OF Pennsylvania, can appropriate stake
money wherever found.
When the trial opened a Pittsburg
gambler announced that he would
take the Thaw end. betting to that
Thaw would be acquitted. The odds
against Thaw heightened to / to 6
after the first day OF the trial In
which DR.. C. C. Wiley made such easy
picking for Jerome. Since Mrs. Thaw
was on the stand, however, there has
been shift in sentiment here, and
the belief now among the gamblers
is that Thaw has an even chance of
acquittal, and they are betting that
way.
New York, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Thaw's
cross-examination at the hands of Dis.
trict Attorney Jerome yesterday after.
noon and this morning was pitiless.
He did not in the slightest spare the
young wife. He asked her questions
that sounded brutal and insisted on
straight answers although Delmas
stoutly objected. No words were
minced In asking about her life as a
model and her relations with White
He exhibited photographs for which
she posed and endeayored to show the
jury that she was a very common gir
II not degerenate.
Mrs. Thaw stood the ordeal well;