Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-08
DelmaS Conducting the Ex-
animation in Master
ly Way.
MRS. THAW TELLS OF
WHITES LONG PURSUIT
Jerome Touched at Last and Cries
Out Against Obloquy on
Memory Of Dead.

New York, Feb. S.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw resumbed the stand In the
Thaw trial this morning and Delmas
continued the direction of the exam
ination of the witness.
1t is expected that Delmas Will
keep the witness all day with his d.
rect examination. If he can do this,
the jury will be left for their two
holidays with the story of the young
wife, unmarried by cross-examination,
in their minds, and Mrs. Thaw Will
have two days to rest before the
prosecution seeks to. break down the
favorable testimony developed by the
defense.
1t will also give Jerome a chance
to look up a number of witnesses
whose names Mrs. Thaw whispered to
him in tellirg her story yesterday.
BY consent of both sides these
names were withheld from the court.
When Mrs. Thaw resumed the
stand this morning Delmas continued
reading that one of the letters which
was interrupted by the adjournment
yesterday.
White Tried TO Separate Them.
After the letter reading was con-
cluded Delmas returned to the direct
examination. After her return from
Europe in October, 1903, Mrs. Thaw
said White called her on the tele-
phone and said he must see her on a
matter of life and death, and she
permitted him to call.
White Immediately began to talk
about Thaw and told her that differ
ent actresses had told him that
Evelyn was in Europe with Thaw.
He asked why she went around with
man who took morphine. He pos
itively stated that Thaw took NOR
phine, and advised her to have moth
ing to do with him. He also sent
other people to see her. who told
her stories about Thaw.
One day White took her to see Abe
Hummel, who, White told her. was
the greatest lawyer in New York, and
that Hummel would protect her from
Thaw. Hummel said he had a case
against Thaw in his office, but that
the woman in the case was a very
bad one and he did not think the
case was much good. He then SAID
that Thaw was a very bad man, and
above all things she (Evelyn) must
be protected from him
They asked me if l went to Eur
ope of my own accord" continued
the witness. land 1 replied 1 certain
ly did. 1 said my mother left be-
cause l had quarreled with her and
could not dance for a year. Con ac-
count of her healthy and 1 liked
Thaw and could not do anything
else. Nevertheless, Hummel said
you are a minor and he should not
have taken you away from your
mother / said he did not take me
away. White said strong methods
must be taken to keep Thaw out of
New York and to protect myself, and
that 1 must help every way l could"
jerome is Pricked to Objection.
Mrs. Thaw told of several times
when White attempted to renew his
acquaintance with her after her mar
riage. She told Thaw of the at
tempts and it made him excited.
Delmas asked her what her rela-
tions were with Jack Barrymore
the actor. She replied that she met
Barrymore at Whites studio before
she attended the party prior to her
going to Europe, and later Barry
more asked her to marry him.
At the afternoon session Jerome
objected to further defamation be-
ing thrown upon the dead, who have
no chance to answer" Delmas had
asked Mrs. Thaw if Thaw had told
her the fate of other girls at the
hands Of this man White, when
Jerome objected. Delmas said he
had no desire to besmirch the name
of the dead.
He was introducing letters by Thaw
to corroborate the question, when
4 i.
further evidence as to Thaw's insan-
ity should be introduced before fur
ther testimony along todays line was
taken. The line of examination was
then changed and Mrs Thaw wa.
asked to identify more letters.
Hummcl Squeezed $1,000.
The witness said that Hummel mac
drawn up statement to the effect
that Thaw had taken her from her
mother and had badly treated her
but she refused to sign it. Later
Hummel asked her for her letter.
from Thaw, and she had given them
TO him. Hummel wanted her to sue
Thaw for breach of promise and was
very angry when she refused
When she told Thaw later of hel
experiences with Hummel, Thaw wa,
much agitated and said Hummel was
blackmailer. Mrs. Thaw testified
Of then going to her own lawyer and
relating her experiences Her law
yer, she said, was greatly incenset
and said Hummel was a "shyster.'
Thaw told her she ought not to SPEAK
with White again, and accused hel
of improper relations with White
since her return from Europe, and
witness told him 1t was a lie
one day White came to her hote
and asked her what she had told
Hummel about him, and she replied
nothing" White then said sh,
must have told him something, be,
cause Hummel had just squeezed" q