Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-14
While Trying TO Get Hunners
Evidence introduced He Lays
Bare Some Naked Facts.
FEARFUL BRUTALITY OF THAW
Evelyn Thaw swore at One Time
That rhaw Stripped, Tied Her to
sedpost and Lashed Her Because
she Would Not Tell Lies Against
Stanford White"
nv Associated Press \


NEW YORK, March 13.-After
forenoon session occupied almost en-
tirely by District Attorney Jerome in
bitter denunciation of the defend
ant and his wife. the trial of Harry
X. Thaw for the murder of Stanford
White was adjourned shortly after
u o'clock today until tomorrow. The
prosecuting atsopney found his OPP
portunity to attack Thaw and Evelyn
Nesbit in arguing on the question of
the admissibility OF the testimony
which Abraham Hummel, the lawyer,
who is under indictment for subor-
dination OF perjury in the Dodge
Morse divorce case. has to offer. 1t
WAS TO enable Dolphin NJ. Delmas.
leading counsel for the Defense TO
consult authorities and frame q reply
To MI. jerome and also to allow the
latter an opportunity OF completing
the hypothetical question which he
is TO put to his experts that an early
adjournment was ordered. Mr.. Je-
rome said he hopes to close the re-
buttal for the people tomorrow even
ing.
During his argument today the Dis.
trict Attorney took on for the first
time since the case began a sustain
ed oratorical tone. He asserted that
itummel would swear Evelyn Nesbit
eteld him three days after her-retufn
from Europe in 1903 that Thaw had
beaten her cruelty, because she would
not sign papers he had prepared, ac-
cusing Stanford White of having
drugged and betrayed her. Mr.. Je.
rome asserted that she had told much
more; that Thaw seemed bent upon
putting Stanford White in the peni-
tertiary; that White had betrayed
hor was not true; that Stanford
White had never harmed her; that
Ihaw was consumed with rage when
she refused to sign and swear to the
papers containing lies against Stan.
ford White"
These things were put in the form
OF an affidavit" declared Mr.. Jerome,
and that affidavit was subscribed to
by Evelyn Nesbit when she knew
what she was doing and that the pa
per contained"
Fearful Brutality of Thaw.
I'VE want to show that the girl who
told this remarkable story here on
the witness stand swore at another
time, under the solemnity of an oath,
that naked-stripped, absolutely max.
ed-she had endured the lashings and
beaungs Of this defendant rather than
swear to his false statements that
Stanford White had drugged end
ruined her"
Mr.. Jerome argued that the mate.
rial point of the case is whether or
not Evelyn Nesbit told Thaw the
story OF her alleged ruin by Stanford
White. Without that story in eyj.
dence, he declared, the reason for the
defendants alleged insanity disap-
pears. The prosecutor plainly admit.
ted the importance of young Mrs.
Thaw's testimony and he said he
wished by Hummel's testimony to
show her own reputation of the
charges which on the witness stand
she renewed against White.
Thus" he continued. "the Jury
may infer from her own statements
after her return from Europe in 1903.
whether or not she had within two
months of that time told this defend.
ant the things she said she did"
Mr.. 0elnas' Objection.
Mr.. Delmas objected to Hummel as
a witness on the ground that his tes-
limony had to do with the truth or
lalsity of Mrs. Thaws narration and
was not permissible under the rules
OF evidence. He will proceed with
his argument tomorrow.
MIR. Jerome's contention is that
while he may not attack the truth or
falsity of Mrs. Thaw's statement that
she was betrayed by White, he can
attack the truth of her assertion that
She told the story to Thaw at the
time she says she did. Mr.. Delmas
first sought today to interrupt Hum.
meTs testimony by showing that he
was acting as Evelyn Nesbit's legal
adviser and counsel when she made
certain statements to him, Hummel
evaded, however, by sayingg he was
acting solely as Whites counsel and
no legal action had been contemplated
in behalf of Miss Nesbit. He said he
was paid yearly retainer by Stan.
ford White and could not say exact.
ly what he charged the architect for
drawing up the affidavit. Asked If it
was $1,000 he burst into laughter and
said absolutely it was not. He final.