The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08

IIe. lhaIiy she went Then came
~I nNllatlon TO party. but no one
use was there-just two. They ALI seem
10 nave turned us down. he said Az
Sr we mad dined and 1 wanted to go
nome, he said i had not seen. ALI Of a.
apartment, and we went to the bed-
room with the mirrors call over Tho
walls the
thus the story ran. with here and
/ there an interruption bv Mr. DeI1.a.
10 advise the girl to fix the dates -
/ the various happenings. and alUavs 70
| leil just what she had told Harry Thav
| When ne asked her to become his vito
1t was through the fact that she had
! told everything to Harry that she
was permitted under the rules of law
10 give her story to the jury.
How Thaw Stood the Ordeal.
Thaw sat pale but brave-faced no
side his counsel when his wife took Tho
stand. The two exchanged glances. and
the IalnteSt of smiles PLAYED about tba
tlrmly set lips of the girl.
In the sympathy impelling story Of
lhe girl the girlish fascination of q
voice OF sOftest quality. yet ringing
Ciedr I'm enunciatiOn, the court room
lost view of the prisoner. But when
there came halt i'm the girls fight
against the tears, the people who had
gazed increasingly at her lowered Their
eyes as if the relief from their stare
might bring her the cOmposure she III
nally won. II
Harry Thaw. with his whole frame
shaking, sat with his head buried i'm
tbs hdndS, a handkerchief covering tho
eyes. Where the defendant sits ne is
all but shielded from the Jury. Rent
over the table as he sobbed he couId
not be seen at all. Thus Thaw sat for
many minutes. and when he finally
lifted his head his eyes were red and
swollen.
All Eyes Cast Down.
Even if they could have seen. the
jurors would have had no eyes for the
prisoner. They too had turned their
gaze from the witness as the tears
came to her voice as we'll as her eyes
and each man of the twelve seemed in
tent upon some object on the floor be-
fore him. Justice Fitzgerald looked
out through the long grated windows
The scene ard the story marked new
precedent i'm the history of criminal
proceedings IN New York
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand.
her direct examination uncompleted.
when the day was done. Once during
the afternoon she was excused for an
hour while Lawyer Frederick Longfel-
low was sworn to fix the date of certain
! letters written to him by Harry Tbaw
Z
bit had made to him in Paris.
Letters Identified.
The girl had identified the writing but
the court held that the date must also
become a matter Of competent evidence
Mrs Thaw seemed to appreciate the re-
lief this incident offered. although during
the hour and half recess for luncheon
she had recovered from the fatigue of
the two hours spent in the witness chair
during the morning. AS she left the stand
for the recess she walked unsteadily and
passing back 10 the jury box ran the
fingers of her left hand along the wall as
blind person might
The letters which eventually were Of
fered in evidence after much Directing by
Mr. Jerome and a flood Of argument by
opposing counsel are regarded as corrobo-
rative of Mrs Thaw's testimony today
which she often declared in response 10
objections by the district attorney, was
q repetition OF the reasons she had given
Thaw for refusing to become his wife
They also were offered as tending to show
the state of mind of the defendant Just
the girl he loved her relations with
the man he claimed he killed as a result
Of insanity inherited i'm part and induced
by stress OF circumstances.
The letters were written by Thaw 10
Mr. Longfellow as his attorney
Missives Prove Ehawss love
He told of his coming marriage to Miss
raise. Disconnected and jerky, jumping
from subject to subject, they neverthc-
less show the love he bore the girl. and
be wanted among other things that provi-
son should be made that in the event Of
his death all his property should go TO
her. The letters constantly referred 10
that blackguard who poisoned her as
girl and say that her name was false
II connected with two others beside THAT
blackguard
Only two of the half dozen letters Of
Tered in evidence were read during the /
afternoon session. The others probably !
VIII be presented tomorrow, when Mrs.
Thaw is again called to the stand.
OrdealNNot Yet Over.
The completion OF the direct examlns- /
ton OF the prisoners wife will possibly /
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