Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09

thc battles Of life with you at my sIuc'
No matter what others may think OF YOU
Il think you are an angel. To me You
are faircr than Rachel at the well, or
Ruth in the fields.
Mr. Dclras halted his address Tor q
minrtr at this point and sat down L"
rest Juror No. i wiped his eyes with Il
handkerchief. When he resumed, MT
! Dc,mas declared that there was docu-
mcutary evidence to prove that Evelyn
| Nrsbit told Harry Thaw the story oil h"r
downfall in Paris in 1903. lie began to
quote at length from the letters Thaw
wrote from Pllis to his attorney, MI
Ioncf.Ilow. These letters make refer
,,nce to the girls life The attorney next
declared that Thalw had no occasion 10
liz to lis mother when he told her the
story in Pittsburg after his return from
F,urnpc. In contrast to the mother 0i
EVELYN NcSbit Mr.. Dcmas pictured the
mother of Harry Thaw. He reviewed th,'
| testimony she gave on the stand and
pointed to the love ard affection she dis
| MA we'd for her son when he began to dis
nine That rcstfulncss which culminate II.
| the tragedy. lie spoke in euloSlS''Ic
It,rms Of ncr noble character and of tho
! sacrifices She mad" to tighten the bur
den and ease the pain Cf her heartbroken
ami rict-striCkcn boy.
| Mrs. Thaw listened to the compliments
maid her without evincing emotion. ii"r
children sat stolid as ever. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw was only slightly moved by tn"
attack on hcr mother, and, as matter
of fact, her features We're immovablc
throughout the length % the address
| Mr.. lI-lmus returned to read at length
from tie letters Thaw had written to his
| lawyer. Mr. LonCfollow, claiming that
ttr,- proved beyond doubt that Evelyn
| Nrsbit had told him her story, and fur
thrr proved that he loved her honestly
and hororably and wished to make her
His wife
Docs 4 man who loves a woman" cN-
lcllimcd Mr. Drlmas. who has loved her
fnr two years. who ha- laviShcd his Whcl'
+ ing on hrr. who ccntcred or her his
lhaprircss ana his future. who wanted
HER ;or his wifc-doc- such man, say.
invent Il story which disgrlcc5 il his
mind ara in the minds OF the world th''
woman he loves? Can any man tell YOU
that Harry Thaw deliberately invented
this most dieCraccful and debasing story
tabl;hcd to Your satisfaction that this
story was trur. that this was not n fabri-
cation, that Evelyn Thaw's statement
tthat she told this story to Harry Tnaw
in Iaris in 1907 is true.
against this assertion, what is there
in this case"
Nothing except the testimony Of
Abraham II. Hummcl. I don't wish T.
lspcak Of that unfortunate man in terms
any stronger than the stern cXigrncies
of this case demand. 1t is a melancholy
l'icturc-that Of Il man in the declininG
years Of life. whose time is apprnach-
ing when lifc's sun is; setting, browning
la life str"Wn along its entire path with
miSdccdS. by one browning act of in
fanny. in rcsorting to perjury in an at
tcmrt to deprive Il fellow being Of life
Mr.. Delmas read eXhaustivcly from
Hummcl's testimony. pointing ont
what he said were discrepancies in al
most every statement.
"Hummcl testified that he dictated
this thing miscalled an affidavit" said
Mr.. Delmas, picking up the paper ana
waving it aloft.
He swore he had never been attnr-
Incr for Evelyn Nesbit. vet on the back
of this very PAPER which lay before tn,
district attorneys eyes when this man
was on the stand are the words: Howe
& Humr1el. attorneys for plaintiff
"On the paper itself are these words:
Evelyn Ncshit. plaintiff, vs. Harry x
Th..w, defendant
This man was perjured. perjurCd
when he told you he was not counsel
Tortured when he said he was not hel
attorney. tortured when he told YOU No
action was contemplated in her behalf
What was the reason for the drawing
of this paper? 1t is simple. Miss Sim
tonton had returned from Europe and
won't to Stanford White With the story
EVELYN NesbIt had tcld. He knew that
vi nat he had done would eternally dis
grace him if it became known, that il