The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-12

Ietter aSR0 my mOtnertO calf at1oU
Fifth avenue" Again Jerome's OBJ.
lection was overruled, and Evelyn
continued.
'.Thaw asked NE what was in
the letter and I told him White re-
quested to see my mother. She
called on him and he told her
be only wanted me to 60 to the
dentists to have my teeth filled.
and wanted ny mother to do like ?
wise, but mother said to White
said he had had teeth fixed for
nearly all Of the girls in "Florodo-
ra." :
"When did you see White agairr'
II received note inviting me to
a party. I was told in the note a
carriage would be waiting for me to
take % e to my destination. On the
night in question / got into thecar-
riage and was driven to Madison
Square Garder, where White had q
studio. Two other persons were
there. White said at the party that
/ was not to have more than one
glass of champagne and must get
home early to my mamma. He
took me home that night right to
the door of our apartment.
"Then," continued Evelyn,
white dismissed the two men and
I went into my dressing room and
changed to street clothes. White
Knocked on my door and asked me
if I needed any help. I told him
no. I went out with him then and
ate little lunch and he took me
home" Evelyn then told me Of
another visit to the Twenty-fourth
atreet-studio.
mo one was there this time" ?"
said the pretty witness, "except
White, and I told him | ought to
go home. He said bad better re-
main and have supper and after
supper he told me that as I had
never seen some of the rooms in his
studio be would show me around.
In one Of the rooms was e piano. I
played. The rear room was a bed
room. I sat down and White op-n-
ed a bottle of champagne. He pre-
vaile1 upon me to drink. Then
there came dull humping in my
ears and about two minutes after,
ward things seemed to grow black
around me and 60 round and round.
| became unconscious"
The witness testified that when
she recovered consciousness her ru.
in had been accomplished. The
girl wept as she told the story and
tears fell upon her dress in streams
Harry Thaw held handk erchie3
to or ov=r his eyes during ths
recital of his wife's shame,
He told me never to tell any one
not even my mother" continued
the witness
Ibid Thaw renew his cfsr o
marriage after hearing that ?" asked
Delmas.
"Not that night" replied Eve
lyp; he said I was a poor unfor
tunate girl, but that he didn't thinl
any less of me than he did before.
Evelyn, her face bathed in tears
said that two months after his fire
proposal Harry Thaw renewed hi
offer.
II told him." she said. "that i
be married me his friends nigh
laugh at him. I thought they woule
catch on and suspect matters a.
they were. At this time it was al
r ady said openly emong theatrica
people that 1 was going with Stan
70 d White. told Thaw that hae
l met him at Pittsburg, it woule
would have been all right, but tina
now I must go back to the stage
The tale of the poverty of hel
family and her own struggles ane
exertions for livelihood before shs
met Stanford White were as the op
ening chapters of a tale which
should put the audience In a con
dition of heart and mind to appre
ciate fully the climax of her story
the accomplishment of her ruin b.
White in his wanton pursuit 0
pleasure.
1t was plain statement whicl
she made, but 1t gripped and he'll
attention from the beginning to en'
and. startling as it was. there wa
nothing theatrical in its telling
Now and then, overcome by her re
collections, the pale, girlish wife c
the man on trial broke down, bu
DO one harbored any thought tha
her display of feeling was premedi
tated for the purpose of inauencin
thejury.
The jurors themselves were o
the verge of tears. Justice Fitzge,
AIDS face showedthat he also felt th
common emotion. District Alto
: ney Jerome, when he found objet
tions necessary, voiced it very gen