The San Francisco call., 1907-02-09

and did not want to see him. told Mr..
White did not want to Mr.. Thaw.
One day Mr.. White telephoned me that he was
going TO send carriage for me and | was to go
to Broadway and Nineteenth street did so.
and White met me and got into the carriage.
the greatest lawyer In New York. who would
protect me from Mr.. Thaw. He said not
to be afraid of Mr.. Hummel he a little
man with a big, bald head, warts his face
When got to Mr. Hummels office Mr.. White
went away. Mr.. Hummel asked me how came
TO go 10 Europe with Mr.. Thaw and [ told him
that sw nq e aske wsa my e sboaf
quarrel with my mother in London. l said 1t
was a continuous quarrel between us; simply
could not get along She wanted come
home to America and Il said she could come, but
| was going TO stay there and return to the
stage. but the doctor told me l could not dance
for year. He tMr. Hummel) asked me all the
places where | went with Thaw. / told him
all | could remember
GIRL is FRIGHTENED
He said l was minor and that Tlaw should
have been more careful. He said he had ease
In his office against Thaw. but the woman In
the case was very bad one. and he did not
think the case was much good. Then he said
Ihaw, was very bad man and / must be pro-
Mr. White said must leave everything in Mr..
Hummei's hands Then they sent for a stenog-
sPy men ene wa5 aad ssfsa asGsf sna bea
been carried away by Harry Thaw against my
will started to interrupt. but the lawyer
stopped me.
They put in that had been taken away from
my mother; that | had been badly treated by
Mr.. Thaw. Then they sent the man out of the
room.
Several days later Mr. Hummel called me up
and asked If had my letters from Mr.. Thaw.
! said did, but l could not what that had
to do with It Mr. White also called me up
and said If was not going to help in every
way they could not protect me from Thaw; He
said must do just what Mr. Hummei said.
made the letters up in bundle and took them
to Mr. Hummel's office. He said he did not
contained. He asked, however. II they were
love letters, and | said yes. He said he just
wanted to hold them Harry Thaw's head
Z Then he asked why ] did not sue Harry
Thaw for breach of promise. / said that was
absurd, for if there had been any breach OF
promise it was on my part He said that did
not matter.
Mr.. Hummel said a breach of promise suit
would be fine advertisement for me. told
him i did not care for that kind of advertise
ing He told me English Duke had once
been sued by an actress for breach ,of promise.
He declared he could easily win a suit for me.
did not want to sue anybody. That made Mr..
Hummel very mad and he told me l was
foolish.
What more did you tell Mr.. Thaw?"
suggested Delmas, to give the girl a
breathing spell.
Mr.. Thaw asked mo II had signed anything
in Mr.. Hummels office and said had not.
He said that was funny, for II they wanted to
cause trouble / must have signed something.
said l had signed nothing in Mr. Hummeps S
office Mr. Thaw was very much agitated. He
said Hummel was blackmailer and be said,
think, that there was something bad IN the air,
and he impressed me that he was going to see
Mr.. Longfellow, his lawyer.
Mrs. Thaw testified to going to her
own lawyer and relating her expert
ences with Hummel. My lawyer told