The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-19

tains, where Miss Nesbit and Thaw CON
I tinued to live as man and wife Wh'le
at the castle it is alleged that Thaw tore
! bath robe from the girl ana leaVlhA
| her absolutely naked attacked her WIN
| cowh,de whip. 81 saw he was terror
| lied" said Miss Nesbit in the affidavit
land his eyes were glazing. He threw
| me on a bed. and When started 10
scream he put his fingers down -, ny
| throat and tried to choke me. iheh
upon my skin he struck me several Sc.
we're and violent blows with the cowhlde
! whip. So brutally was | beaten that my
skin was left bruised and cut
After the first beating he attacked me
| again, and for period of several min
| utes beat me. He acted like dementea
| man. | screamed, but we were far at
| one end of the castle and my cries could
not be heard by the servants. When
| Thaw finally left me | was unable to
| move
1.-The next day he repeated the attack
upon me and numerically beat me. For
three months I was nervous. During the
time | was in fear he would take my
| life.
Tells of Trip.
from Aus tria we went to Switzerland.
Here, when one day when | was in my
night gown. Thaw attacked and beat me
on my bare legs below the knee. lie
| continued on the slightest preteXt to
beat me. Afterward we went to Paris,
where Thaw for an entire day, at inter-
walls OF half an hour, beat me continually
with rattan whip.
He beat me each time, and | was left
swooning and fanting and could not
realize all that happened. .rs=
~, lille we We're in Paris one day |
found a small solder box containing
needles. | asked him about them and
he sail he had been i'll and compelled to
use cocaine. 1t was then for the tlrst
time I knew he was addicted to use of
cocaine. I saw him afterward take the
drug Internally by small pills. lie at
tempted to make me take one of the
, pills.
while in Paris" the affidavit goes
on, Miss Nesbit was extremely nerv-
ous and was confined to her bed for two
weeks. Thaw made her write letter
to Miss Simonton, asking her to go to
London.
"When she arrived Thaw told her lies
abo It me-" continues the affidavit, land
threatened to kill me if | did not sub
scribe to them"
In the affidavit Miss Nesbit also &C.
cuses Thaw of taking from her several
rings and other pieces of jewelry, $500 in
money in the shape of Cooks checks and
trunk full of clothes and hats
when l came to America the Aft
davit continue 0 Mr..
Longfellow from Mr.. Thaw in which he
asked Mr.. Longfellow to have me fol-
lowed by detectives. but to see that l
had everything | wanted"
Threatened White.
The concluding paragraph of the affi-
davit reads:
81 have often been told by Mr.. Thaw
that he is inimical to certain man, to
whom he has often said he would make
trouble for and put into the penitentiary.
He several times tried to get me to sign
papers accusing this married man of
drugglng and running me when | was 10
years of age, but I refused to do, be-
cause it was not true and for that reason
he inflicted on me the punishment herein
described"
AS soon as Mr. Jerome had finished
reading the affidavit he turned to the
court and said:
THE people rest"
Hummel Indictment.
Mr.. Delmas at once produced large
| book and a score or more of documents.
II offer in evidence the record of the
J conviction of Abraham Hummel, he said.
mo objection" said Mr.. Jerome.
! Mr.. Demas then read the indictment
! against Hummel, charging him with the
/ Dodge-Morse divorce tangle. Passing
record of the trial in full
The luncheon recess was ordered while
Mr.. Delmas was still engaged In reading
! the record of the Hummel trial.
Afternoon Session.
After the luncheon recess, Mr.. Jerome
having agreed to allow the Hummel trial
record to go in evidence without the ne
cessity of reading it through, Mr.. Delnsas
| had the printed record marked in evil
| dence, saying he would refer to the dis
| trict attorneys remarks regarding Hum
mel in making his summing up speech to
the Thaw jury.
| Mr.. Delmas then directed that Police
man John p. Athony be called as a wit
ness
| Anthony was serving as door man at
| the tenderloin police station the night
Thaw was brought in after the tragedy.
Did you see the defendant in his cell
that nght?' asked Mr.. Delnas. Yes,
/ sir" replied the witness.
did you hear him say anything about
| hearing voices?n
| District Jerome objected on the ground
| that this was not proper rebuttal testi-
mony.
Justice Fitzgerald called Mr. Jerome s
attention to the fact mat he had been
| allowed to introduce direct testimony dur
| ing the presentation of his case on re-
| buttal.
The district attorney thereupon with
| drew the objection.
| The officer said he had heard Thaw say
| nothing about voices.
II guess you've got the wrong man, y
| suggested Mr. Jerome.
! Athoney said he had charge of Thaw
| for only ten minutes. He spoke with
him several times.
Was he rational or irrational?" asked
| Mr. Delmas.
Irrational" replied the witness.
Cross-Examines.
Mr.. Jerome took up the cross examina-
ton of Officer Anthony.
Did you make a statement in my Of
| flee which was taken down by a stenog-
| rapher soon after the homicide?' asked
Mr. Jerome.
Yes sir"
You told the truth at that timer"
Yes SIR
J did you say that you first saw Harry
X, Thaw when he was locked up in his
cell?'
Eyes sir
Did you say that all that time he
looked 'dopey.' and that you said so to the
man who relieved your
YES SIR
did you not say that Thaw did moth
ing irrational; that you had seen many
insane people, but that Thaw did nothing
irrational while you were with him?"
Yes sir
t.. Ill