The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08

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branded Stanford White as the de-
spoiler of her girlhood, and told in the
utmost detail of Establishments where
by she said he had won her confidence
only to rob her of consciousness by
means of drugged wine and then to
make her his plaything.
Both in the matter and the manner
or telling Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story
sounded more like some chapter from
sensational novel, or an act from a
melodrama than the coldly transcribed
testimony taken under oath in a court
or law. 1t seemed to lack nothing of
fantastic embellishments which one
associates with hectic fiction rather
than with twentieth century real life in
New York
she told of mysterious doors in the
late architects Twenty fourth street
studio which opened at the touch of
unseen hands and of strange private
stairways leading to the inner recesses
OF place to which she said the archi-
tect 1ured her when she was a sixteen
year-old girl with her hair hanging
down her back and her frock not be-
low her shoe tops
With face as colorless as alabaster,
with never a flush of color in her come
ly oval face, she told of visit to such
an upper room accompanied only by
the architect, who had taken her under
ms guidance, as he said, to show her
some of the beautiful paintings and
rare antiques and curios with which he
loved to surround himself. With down.
cast head, yet seemingly almost un-
abashed and in tones loud enough to be
distinctly heard by the 800 men and
women who sat in oppressive silence,
this slip of girl-for she looks, even
now, more like a school girl than a
wife-described the single glass of
champagne pressed upon her by her
host and then the ensuing dizziness,
loss of consciousness, oblivion.
TOLD ALL TO THAw
She testified under oath that she told
these things to Harry Thaw in 1903.
two years before she was married to
him.
She was not under oath when she
narrated these things to him. AS a
sworn witness she merely testified to a
conversation with him in 1908, andetold
her story to the jury as repetition of
what she had told Thaw.
This was of itself one of the clever
est pieces Nof work that Delmas has
done.
District Attorney Jerome is hobbled.
1t is difficult to see how he can attack
the testimony of Evelyn Nesbit. He
cannot enter into any investigation
or cross examination of the truth of
her statements to Thaw.
1t was a day of surprising progress
for the case of the defense. Practically
the only serious rebuff suffered by
Delmas was his failure to get into evi-
dence the contents Of a mysterious
note written by Evelyn to her husband
when she saw Stanford White enter the
Cafe Martin few hours before Thaw
killed him.
Mrs. Thaw said she had no knowl-
edge of the present whereabouts of the
paper which is said to have fallen into
the hands of the District Attorney.
There was some surprise also when
Delmas failed to get from the girlish
witness the kind of answer he sought
when he asked her as to Harry's de-
meanor on the roof garden just before
he slew his victim.
He was just the same as ever" she
said. He did not seem to be agitated
about anything" But on the whole a
wonderfully favorable impression was
made upon the jury by Evelyn Thaw's
testimony so artfully presented to the
jury by Delmas
Crowds more numerous and more
persistent than ever before assailed the
policed doors of Judge Fitzgerald's
court today, but only the elect were
admitted None of Thaw's relatives
except his brother Edward were pres
ent today. Mrs. William Thaw, the
Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Car
negie remained away from choice.
Thaw sat pale but brave-faced beside
his counsel when his wife took the
stand. The two exchanged glances, and
the faintest of smiles played about the
firmly set lips of the girl
In the sympathy-impelling story of