Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-08
MRS. THAW TELLS
HER STORY ABOUT
WHITES MAD LOVE
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of the second man to Mr.. Jrome. but did
THAT second man." asked MI Delmas,
was a member Of the bar-a man OF
standing in the city, was he not?"
Yes"
Had Heard Certain Things.
What happened at this interview
81 sat on trunk. Mr.. Thaw came to-
ward me and asked the other gentleman
not to leave the room. Mr.. Thaw said to
me: What Is the matter? Why don't you
want to see me any more?
II told him I had heard certain things
about him and didn't care to see him any
more. He asked me what heard and !
said: 4 have been told you took a girl
and put her in a bath tub and poured
scalding water on her / also told him
that I heard he took morphine and that
he had tied girls and beaten them.'
Did you tell Thaw who told you those
stories?'
mot at first. Later told him friend
of Stanford White told me-
What did Mr.. Thaw do?"
"IIe shools his head sadly and said: Poor
little Evelyn, 1 see they have been making
a fool of YOU / told him that Stanford
White had taken me to Abe Hummel's Law
office and had shown me papers in suit
against Mr.. Thaw. They told me the suit
had been withdrawn.
He told me the charges were con only black X,
| to extract money from him."
How long did the interview last?"
About ten minutes"
What did Mr.. Thaw do on leaving?'
He kissed my hand and said he didn't
care what l did, that l would always be his
| little angel "
Did he often call you angelo"
Nearly always"
Mrs. Thaw said she met Harry several
weeks later on the street
"He came up to me- she said, land said
l was looking badly. I told him l had moi
been well. He told me 1 shouldn't put
| rouge on my cheeks, as it was not becoming
to a girl of my type l said had put some
| on because l was SO pale.
Il then met him on the street one day
| but he only bowed and We did not talk
The next time l saw him was at the Cafe
with another girl. and when 1 got there
was surprised to find Mr.. Thaw one Of the
party.
Whites Story Of Morphine.
II told Mr.. Thaw that 1 was going back
on the stage and had a place in The Cir
From Dixie He said 1 was looking badly
and wanted me to keep away from the
stage He said he would pay anything tc
keep me off the stage.
Il met him again few days later with
the same girl at the same restaurant. q
asked the other girl to step aside while l
| talked to Mr.. Thaw. He asked me to tell
him all about these stories 1 told them all,
the story of putting a girl in bathtub and
pouring scalding water on her, Of tying a
girl and whipping her, and 1 told him all
the stories that friends of Stanford White
had told me; that Mr. Thaw took morphine
and it while he was under the influ-
ence of the morphine that he did those aw-
full things.
He said he understood why these stories
had been told me, as White and the men
who told them hated him.
He asked me If 1 ever saw him take
morphine, and 1 told him that I had not,
and told MIR. White that had never seen
him with a hypodermic syringe. Mr.. White
said there were many ways of taking NOR
phine. Thaw. said Mr.. White knew more
| about morphine than he did.
Saw Thaw Often.
After that I saw Mr. Thaw often One
| day 1 found the man who had told me O,
| having been in hotel one night and hear.
| ing screams in room. He broke in there
1 and said he found Mr.. Thaw whipping q
| girl. who was tied to a bedpost. l asked
] him to tell the story again, and he die
| so. But this time he said that it was a
waiter who saw it and told him about it
| The story was very different one from
| the one he told originally. 1 asked hin
| why, and he said: oh, 1 told you that te
please somebody.
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told Mr.. Thaw
| that she could find nothing in the stories
| that had been told her about him. The per.
| sons who told her had contradicted them
selves, and she found they were not mer
| OF good character.
| What did Thaw then say to you?''
''He said it was all right. You know
| never lie to YOU, he said. / replied, .
know you don't; you have never lied tt
| Mrs. Thaw said she saw Harry Thav
| the night of Christmas eve, 1903, at the
| Madison Square Theater.
| aside temporarily to allow the testimony
| of Frederick w. Longfellow, to whom
| Thaw's letters, offered in evidence, haC
| been addressed, to be heard.
In Professional Capacity.
| Mr.. Longfehow said he was member
| of the law firm of Delafield & Longfellow
| John B. Gleason examined the witness
| for the defense He showed Mr.. Long
| fellow the letters and asked If they hat
| been received by him.
Mr.. Jerome said he must object to thi:
| testimony unless the defense waived the
| right of professional privilege as between
| Mr.. Longfellow as counsel and the de
PENDANT as a former client Of the witness.
| i desire to cross-examine this Witness
| said Mr.. Jerome, and as he was formerl.
| counsel to Thaw. / may"
| Il withdraw the question put by my
| brother said Mr.. Demas.
| Were you attorney for Thaw when 70,
| received this letter. demanded Mr.. Jerome
| of the witness.
| Yes
| Did you receive 1t in your professional
| capacity?
A., The witness examined the letter closely.
| Il presume the letter came to me in &
| professional capacity finally answered
| Mr.. Longefellow.
| Have you the envelope of this letter."
| Il think not: the envelope probably wa,
! destroyed"
You have made no search?"
| No
Identification Of Letter.
while there is doubt as to the existenc,