The Washington herald., 1907-02-21
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mony regarding the money paid by Stan
ford White for Miss Nesbits support and
that OF her mother. IN short, Il became
known that counsel for Thaw regarded il
as distinctly tending TO bear out the story
Of the charge against White.
The district attorney turned sharply
upon the Thaw lawyers at one time when
he was asking the witness about letters
she had received from Stanford White
She said there were indecent words in
some of the letters he wrote her. She
did not know where they were
Il demand those letters" said Jerome.
stanford White took the letters from
her. volunteered Lawyer Daniel O'Reilly.
He stole them" said Harry Thaw in
stage whisper.
IF counsel wishes 10 testify / should
De glad to have him." replied Jerome.
All through the testimony Of hts wife
Thaw showed a good deal Of nervousness.
/ He seldom looked at her except in the
pauses Of the discrimination. For the
most part he kept up conversations with
Peabody or with DR.. Wagner or DIT. Ham
mond, who took turns sitting at his side
and keeping him in countenance.
Mr.. Jer0me's crosc-examination was I'm
full swing when the hour Of 5 arrived
II will be resumed tomorrow morning
and VIII almost surely occupy the rest
Of the day and possibly extend beyond
that time.
Mrs. Thaw Looks startled.
Mrs. Thaw looked a bit startled when
the district attorney got on the subject
OF the letters White had written 10 her
She said she had been to a storage ware
house with Dir. Hartridge and that be-
fore that she hHe made another visit and
taken away some Of Whites letters. In
1906 she had received fourteen Of them.
and had turned them all over 10 Harry
Thaw. Some Of the others she kept and
some she destroyed She did not know
what had become Of those she DESTROYED
The Garland incident was not pursued
far. The witness said that she and her
mother had been on several Saturday 10
Monday yachting trips with Mr.. Garland.
She did not know Until afterward that
he was then being sued for a divorce.
Then the district attorney switched to
Ted Marks. and the time the witness met
him.
Up 20 that time your relations with
your mother were friendly? You had no
/ intimation up 70 that time that your
mother was willing to sacrifice you for
I d pccuniary consideration
Tho witness was shaking her head when
| Dclmas jumped Up and cried that there
had been TO testimony 10 that effect. and
that the Introduction OF an assumption
as evidence was improper
III there was any intimation that We
had any intention OF inferring that this
poor woman purposely sacrificed her
daughter" said Delmas. Il want now 10
emPhatcally deny any purpose 10 inti-
mate any such thing
introduced 60 White.
She said she did not meet Stanford
White I'll the summer OF 1901, and that
Edna Goodrich introduced him 70 her at
the Casino Theater. Miss Goodrich be-
( ing a member OF the "Florodora" COM
pany.
AT that time she did not know either
| Mr.. Lederer or Jack Barrymore the
actor She did not meet Barrymore until
/ 1902. when she was playing in The Wild
/ Rose"
AS the morning session closed. the dis
tact attorney asked her 70 identify the
/ signature Of a certain paper 1t was
apparently an affidavit from Howard Mes
biz, her brother, bat she said she could
not be sure Of the signature.
II was at the afternoon session that
most Of the checks were Identified.
/ Jerome asked the witness II IL was not
/ true that she and a friend Of her husband
had been guests Of Mr.. Hummel at a
party. She said that Hummel was there
and was at one time sitting at the same
table with them, but shat she was the
guest Of her husbands friend and not
/ Of HummeL
When court adjourned IL did not appear
/ that much damage had been done to the
/ defendants case. though. Of course. the
/ district attorney may still be able 10
make damaging application OF some OF
the statements he extracted from the wit
ness. That is 20 say. additional testimony
/ in rebuttal may interpret them IN such a
way as 70 make them damaging.
Biggest Crowd of Trial.
/ From the standpoint of the curious. the
/ spectacle OF Evelyn Nesbit Thaw under
/ District Attorney Jerome's cross-exam-
/ nation, was figured on as the most SEN
I -
Courts building was besieged by the big
/ gest crowd since the opening Of the trial.
/ The police had TO drive them out OF the
building. and all day they hung around
! the corners. anxious to get a glimpse
even Of some person taking an obscure
part in the trial
/ As usual. no women, except those en-
/ plOyed on newspapers. were admitted.
/ The two most distinguished visitors were
/ two Irishmen. T. N. Kettle IL p. from
/ East Tyrone. and Richard Hazlcton. II.
/ p, from North Galway. Mr.. Kettle is a
/ lawyer and inc was much interested in
/ the proceedings.
/ Afternoon Session.
| Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw. when court
! convened after luncheon, TO identify a
number Of photographs Of herself She
/ said they were all taken in an East Twen-
/ ty-second street studio 1t belonged to a
/ prominent and influential man. she said.
/ and whispered the mans name TO Jerome.
/ This man is supposed 30 be Mr.. p. OF
whom Thaw complained in the Tombs to
DR.. Evans. The photographs were taken
| by Eichenmeyer. photographer.
There was nothing extraordinary about
any Of them. one was the picture rep
resenting Miss NeSbit with her chin upon
polar bears head. The others were in
conventional costumes Of various kinds.
There was "a tiger skin In one Of the
/ pictures.
At this point two Of the jurors COM