The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

stand what counsel means by saying his
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is ended"
Mr.. Delmas offered no reply to this.
Mr.. Jerome asked that the stipulation
of the morning session be read. The stem
ographer did So
In 1t Mr.. Delmas agreed to a postpone
ment, but no specified time was men
toned.
IF L am forced to proceed with the
cross-examination, will do So" said Mr..
Jerome.
You may proceed" Mr.. Delmas re-
marked in conclusion.
Produces Papers.
Mr.. Jerome drew forth large number
of papers from leather pouch He Sc
lected one and handed 1t to Mrs Thaw.
rs that your handwriting" he asked.
1T looks like mine; can't say"
weren't you in March, 1902 drawing
S25 week from the Mercantile Trust COM
pany when you were not playing and is
not this letter addressed by you to the
trust company directing what shall be
done with the money?'
Mr.. Delmas objected He declared that
the letter would speak for itself.
Mr.. Jerome withdrew 1t and asked Mrs.
Thaw to identify the signature on three
slips of paper.
1T looks like mine" she said IT can't
say positively"
Have you any doubt?''
They look very much like my sigma
lures"
Are not they receipts for the s25 week
you drew from the Mercantile Trust COM
pany?"
Mr.. Delmas again objected and Mr. Je-
rome changed his question.
rs 1t not fact that you, in March, 1902,
were drawing SO week from the Mer-
camille Trust company
II can't say"
WAS it not about that time?"
II can't say positively"
Examines Check.
Mr.. Jerome handed Mrs Thaw a large
number of papers, checks, ETC., and asked
her to select the ones she knew she had
signed. She did so and handed them
to the district attorney.
What day was 1t you returned from
Europe in 1902"
IL don't remember the exact day."
WAS it on Saturday,
Il don't know"
when you left the steamer did you go
to a hotel?"
Yes"
And register"
Yes"
would it assist your memory if
showed you the hotel register"
There was no audible answer.
when you refused Mr.. Thaw in Paris
in 1903, did you tell your mother?'
Yes"
did you love him enough to have mar
red him IL 1t had not been for the event
in your life which you have related here?"
Yes"
There was no other reason for your
refusal?"
NO"
Refused Out of Love.
TT was out of your great love for him
that you refused?"
ut was"
You were not thinking of marrying
anybody else?'
You rejected him for no other reason
than what you have told us about, and
gave him no other?"
No"
What part of the year was this?"
I'm the spring"
Your early life you say was spent in
Pennsylvania
Yes"
After your fathers death you lived in
much poverty"
Yes"
1.-THE surroundings of your home life at
that time were pure and good?"
Yes"
you grew up to be 10 or Is years so
simply that despite all trials you after
ward went through, you remembered the
incident of the cat and the conductor
trying to put it off the traln?'
yes"
And you also remembered that when
you went on the stage and went to din
ner you had chocolate eclaire?'
yes
"All these pure and simple surround
ings were due to your mother?'
yes"
"she was careful of you when you were
in Philadelphia
Yes
You posed only for women artists"
There were three men,
Hotel Register.
Il now show you what purports to
be the register of the Hotel Savoy, under
date of October "a 1908. Is that your
signature-Evelyn Thaw and maid,
PARISH
Yes"
Does that refresh your mind? Does
that remind you that you arrived Satur-
day, October a. 1882"
Yes, sir"
at what hour of the day did you ar
rive?''
~ don't remember the exact time"
Mr.. Jerome here read extensively from
Mrs. Thaw's direct testimony, especially
with Stanford White to a photographer.
you fixed the date of your ravishment
by reference to this visit to the phtog-
rapher. did you not?" asked Mr.. Jerome
Mr. Delmas objected. He said the ques-
ton related to an event and had moth
ing to do with the story Mrs. Thaw told
her husband. He said the cross-examina-
ton must be confined to the story as
she had told it to Thaw-not as to his
toric events.
Mr.. Jerome took another tack.
Polar Bear Photo.
you were photographed on Polar
bear, were you not?
YES"
.sDid YOU pose in a kimona with your
chin resting on the head of the Polar
bear?"
yes
"How many poses were there?"
II don't remember"
''They were all modest, decorous poses
which no one could take exceptions tor"
Yes
You stated constantly on the stand that
all the things you narrated here were
just what you had told Thaw-all about
this terrible occurence?"
Yes"
and those things you told Mr.. Thaw
| at that time as having occurred at the
hands of Stanford White were true?"
asked the district attorney.
| Mr. Delmas sprang to his feet with an
| objection.
your honor" he said, whether these
statements of hers was true or false Is
entirely immaterial. We have not been al
| lowed to show the truth of them. The
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