The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
Evelyn Nesbit Testifies as to
Her Early Career

Of mind, regardless of when it was
written.
Suppose 1t should have been writ
ten yesterday" suggested Justice
Fitzgerald.
Il think it would be admissible. '
replied Delmas
That the defendant is now insane"
quickly interposed Jerome.
THAT he was insane on the night of
June 90, 1906 said Delmas.
Justice Fitzgerald sustained the OBJ
lection.
IF the claim is that the defendant
is now insane the letters are admissi-
BILE" remarked Jerome.
Mrs. Thaw was shown one of the
letters and asked: WAS this letter
written before or after June %, 1902"
Mrs. Thaw was not qualified to ex-
press an opinion.
The court sustained the objection.
The subject of letters was then
dropped.
RETURN TRIP FROM EUROPE
In response TO questions by Delmas
Mrs. Thaw described her return trip
from Europe in 1903, which preceded
the return of Thaw. She said that
she brought a letter from Thaw to
Longfellow, which she delivered. She
first saw Thaw a month after his re-
turn at the hotel where she was stay
ing. She refused to see him alone, so
another man was present at the inter
view.
The second man." asked Delmas.
was a member of the bar, a man of
standing in the community. was he
not?"
Yes.
What happened at this interview
I sat a trunk. Thaw came toward me and
! asked the other man not to leave the room.
Mr.. Thaw said TO me, What is the matter I?
Why don't you want 70 see me ANY more %OTe
him and did not care TO see him. He asked
me what I had heard and l said: u have
a bathtub and poured scalding water on her.
also told him | heard he took morphine
Did you tell Thaw who told you those stories ?
Not at first Later told him friend OF Mr..
White told me.
What did BIr. Thaw dor
He shook his head sadly and said: Poor
little Evelyn. they have been making a
fool of you" I told him that Mr. White had
taken me to Abe HummeIs Jaw office and had
made charges against Mr.. Thaw.
How long did the interview last:
About ten minutes
HIS LITTLE ANGEL"
What did Mr. 'Thaw do on leaving?
he Kissed my mana ana SAlQ ne Oiu NOT care
what / did. that l would always be his little
angel.
Did he often call you angel7
Nearly always.
Mrs. Thaw said she met Harry sew
eraI weeks later on the street.
He came I'D to me and said | was looking
badly. ] told him I had not been well. He
told me ! should not put rouge on my cheeks,
ii not becoming to girl Of my type.
said ] had put some on because l so pale.
/ him the street day. but he
only bowed. The next time / saw him was at
the Cafe Beaux Arts. / was invited to dine
one of the party. l told Mr.. Thaw was going
back on the stage. He said ] was looking
the stage / met him again a few days later
with the same girl at the same restaurant. He
asked me TO tell him all about the stories.
told them all, the story of the girl In the bath
tub. of tying girl to the bedpost and whipping
her. and / told him all the stories that friends
of Mr.. White had told me; that Mr.. Thaw took
morphine and that it was while he was under
the influence of the morphine that he did those
awful things.
He said he understood why these stories had
been told me, as White and the who told
them hated him. He asked II l ever saw
that / had told Mr.. White that never had seen
him with a hypoderInic syringe
After that l Mr.. Thaw often. One day
found the man who had told me OF having been
at a hotel one night and hearing screams in a
room, he broke in and said he found Mr. Thaw
whipping girl who was tied TO a bedpost.
asked him TO tell me the story again and he did
SO. But his story this time was that it was a
waiter who saw the incident. 1t was different
than the original story. l asked him why, and
he said, Il told you that to please somebody" F"
Mrs. Thaw said she finally told Mr..
Thaw that she could find nothing in
the stories that had been told her about
him.
What did Thaw then say to your"
HE said it was all right. You know
I never lie to you,' he said"
Mrs. Thaw said she saw Harry Thaw
the night of Christmas eve, 1903, at the
Madison Square Theater.
LONGFELLOw AND THE LETTERS
Mrs. Thaw was here directed to step
aside temporarily to allow the testi-
mony of Frederick w. LongfeIlow, to
whom Thaw's letters offered in evil
dence had been addressed.
Gleason examined the witness. He
showed Longfellow the letters and
asked if they had been received by him.
Jerome objected to the testimony until
sional privilege as between Longfellow
as counsel and the defendant as a
former client of the witness.
IL desire to cross-examine this wit
ness" said Jerome, "and as he was
formerly counsel to Thaw I may"
"I withdraw the question put to my
brother" said Delmas.
were you attorney Tor Ihaw when
you received this letter." demanded
Jerome.
iYes."
did you receive it in your profess
sional capacity?'
The witness examined the letter
closely.
Il presume the letter came to me in
a professional capacity" answered
Longfellow.
Have you the envelope of this let
ter?y
Il think not; the envelope probably
was destroyed"
You have made no searchf"
mo"
while there is doubt as to the exist
ence of the envelope of letter which
may come by mail, no other evidence
upon the point can be received" ruled
Justice Fitzgerald.
but" argued Delmas, 81 have asked
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