The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-12
JEROME VERY BIT TER |:
Mercilessly Attacks Evelyn Thaw
in His Address to Jury.
BRANDS HER STORY AS FALSE

fers to Defendants Wife as the
"Angel Child" and to Thaw as the
Modern "St. George" a.
New York, April 11-District Attor-
ney Jerome began the address for the
prosecution in the Thaw trial at II: 40
a. m. All previous crowds were in
significant compared with the mob
that stormed the doors for admission
to the courtroom and every inch of
space was utilized for the accommodate
ton of spectators.
Mr.. Jerome began his address by
telling the jury they had been wan
dering through the fields of romance
for two days, referring to the time
occupied by Attorney Delmas in. his
plea for the defendant Mr.. Jerome
said the case at trial was not one of
rape, but one of murder and declared
that an appeal to the sympathy and
passions of the jury was a broad de-
parture from the duty of counsel. There
could, he said, be but one of four YER
dicts-murder in the first degree,
murder in the second degree, man
slaughter or mot guilty because Of
Insanity"
Continuing, Mr. Jerome referred
sarcastically to Elemental Ameri-
cana" asking if it was the higher law
under which man may faunt the
woman through the capitals of Europe
for two years as his mistress and then
kill. He warned the jury that it would
be violation of their oath to con-
slider "dementia Americana" declaring
it had no status on the American sea-
board
Fiery Attack on Evelyn.
Mr.. Jerome then made a fiery at
tack upon Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, refer.
ring to her sarcastically as the "ange'
child" saying she seemed always
ready to go to the human ogre, who
had, stripped her of her virtue" He
said it seemed to him that the voice
of the murdered Stanford White was
crying out to him: Cant you say
one word for me? Must 1 do down to
the fires of hell unheard-unde-
fended?"
Mr., Jerome went into the details of
the evidence regarding Thaw's &C.
lions and words after the killing of
Stanford White and said that there
was not one thing that did not show
tionality.
80 Referring to Evelyn Thaw's story
on the stand the district attorney de-
clared it was false. He spoke with
much vehemence in defense of Stan
ford White and his words fairly bris-
tied with sarcasm when he had occa-
sion to refer to Thaw as the modern
"St. George" and Evelyn as "the angel
child He rounded out his defense
of White with the declaration that "a
man may not be virtuous, he may be
unchaste, but it does not follow that
he is BRUTE"
Taking up the character of Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw Mr.. Jerome said eve
all know what the life of the stage is.
What was Garland running after her
for? Why did Thaw send her roses
and $50 bills?"
Nov then, we see that the whole
situation centers about this girl. 1t
was she who in the long run brought
this about and so I will endeavor to
give you deeper insight to the life
and thoughts of this "angel child"
Quotes From EveIyn's Diary.
Mr.. Jerome then quoted from the
diary Of Evelyn Nesbit, which, he said,
had been given to him by the police
and not by her mother. These pas.
sages, the district attorney argued,
clearly show that the mind of the
"angel child was not as simple and
as unsophisticated as Mr.. Delmas
would have the jury believe. Contin-
uing, he said:
This is the child who travelled
through all Europe with st. George
St. George, who told her there was
chastity among women-St. George,
who gave her her first moral horizon.
w hoI u'CO so1AC wv "ASIl DIG 1CdFSo
him? She comes back to America,
landing on Saturday, comes back on
Thaw's money. She does not see
Stanford White on Sunday, but on
Tuesday we find her at Abraham Hum
mel's Office with him.
Mr.. Jerome referred to the crime as
simply common, vulgar, every day
Tenderloin homicide" and to Thaw's
much discussed letters to Attorney
Lorgfellow as "the cratic and vulgar
productions of rich illiterate'
Mr.. Jerome then directed his atten-
ton to the Hummel affidavit Il don't
think Hummel is an upright man." he
said. Il was after him for years and
finally got him. He will go to Jail if
can put him there and he'll stay
there if I can keep him there. Any
thing that comes from his hands can
Justly be viewed with suspicion, but in
this affidavit there also figure two
reputable clerks, Snydecker and Jacob
son"
MIR. Jerome closed with quoting the
commandment, Thou shalt not kill"
and Justice Fitzgerald ordered re-
cess of half an hour, when, at 4:15, he
began his charge to the jury.
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