The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-19
TELLS TERRIBLE TALE.
Document Presented Relates Bruta'
Treatment by Harry X. ThaW.

Document presented RelateS DTutd'
Treatment by Harry X. Thaw.
New York, March 19-The Hummel
affidavit. purported to have been sign
ed by Evelyn Nesbit, in substance, is
as follows.
The affidavit tells of Thaw having
leased a castle in the Austrian noun
tains, where Miss Nesbit and Thaw
continued to live as man and wife.
While at the castle. il is alleged that
Thaw tore a hathrobe from the girl.
land, leaving her absolutely naked. at
tackled her with a cOwhide whip. i
saw he was terroriZed." said Miss Mes
bit in the affidavit, and his eyes were
slaring. He threw NE on the bed, and
when | started to scream he put his
fingers down my throat and tried to
choke me. Then upon my bare skin
he struck me several severe aud Vic
lent blows with a coWhide whip. So
brutally was | beaten that my skin
was left bruised and cut.
After the first beating he attacked
me again and for a period of several
minutes beat me. He acted like d
demon | screamed but we We're far
al one end Of the castle and my cries
could not be heard by servants. When
Thaw finally left me | was unable to
move.
The next day he repeated his at
tack upon me and numerically beat
me.
For three months | was nervous
During this time | was In feafohe
would take my life.
From Austria we went to Swit7ar-
land, where one day, when was in my
night gown, Thaw attacked me and
beat me on my bare legs below the
knees. He continued on the slightest
preteXt to beat me. After ward we went
to Paris, where Thaw for an entire
day, at intervals 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.
While we were in Paris one day
found a small solder box containing
needles. | asked him about it and
he said he had been i'll and compelled
to use cocaine. 1t was then for the
first time that | knew he was addicted
to the use Of cocaine. | afterward saw
him take the drug internally by small
pills. He attempted to make me take
one OF the pills.
While in Paris, the affidavit goes on,
Miss NeSbit was extremely nervous
and confined to her bed for two weeks
Thaw made her write a letter to Miss
Simonton asking her to go to London.
When she arrived Thaw told her lies
about me-" continues the affidavit
land threatened to kill me if | did net
subscri6e to them"
In the affidavit Miss Nesbit also ac
cused Thaw of taking from her sew
eral rings and other pieces of jewelry.
$500 in money in the shape of Cook 5
checks and trunk full of clothes and
hats
The concluding paragraph of the a.
hdavlt reads: Il have often been
told by Mr.. Thaw that he is inimical
to certain married man whom he
has often said he would make trouble
for and put in the penitentiary. He
several times asked me to sign papers
accusing this married man of drug.
glng and running me when | was fif-
teen years of age, but | refused to SO
because it was not true, and for that
reason he inflicted on me the punish
ment herein described
AS soon as Jerome had finished read
ing the affidavit he turned to the court
and said sharply: The people rest"