The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-26


 a paper"
 'Is that the signature" Mir. Jerome
 showed her a paper.
 That is the name; 'can't identify
 the signature"
 At MT. Delmas's request MT. Jerome
 said that the paper was signed "Ethel Thomas"
 Mrs. Thaw said she had not read the paper and Mir. Jerome did not press his efforts to find what it contained. It is supposed to have been connected
 with suit against Thaw.
 Up to February 1902, the witness had not observed anything irrational about
 Thaw. He had not proposed marriage
 to her and his attentions were not more marked than those of other men.
 Supped with Lederer.
 When you returned from Europe in
 October: 1903. did not you go direct to
 George Lederer's office and telephone to
 Stanford White?"
 T did not"
 Did you ever go to supper with Ledererf'
 Yes"
 "Alone?" Yes"
 The witness fisrt met Jack Barry more in the summer of 1902. in the tower" Stanford White and some other mon and girls also were there. She could not say when next she saw Barrymore. She had gone to supper with him frequently and alone, At this point Dr. Carlton Flint. who had been sent for by the prosecution, appeared in court. was escorted to within a few feet of the witness and confronted her. Did you ever see that man before?" demanded MT. Jerome of Mrs. Thaw. The witness turned quickly toward the newcomer, hesitated a moment and then said. Never"
 You are sure?" said MT. Jerome threateningly.
 ITO the best of my knowledge never
 Did you not go to him with Jack Barrymore?" "No" Dr. Flint withdrew. Did you ever stay out all night with Barrymore?" asked the prosecutor. No"
 Didn't you go to supper with, Bar rymore one night and send your moth CT telegram saying you were spend- ing the night with another party" '. T remember nothing of the sort" Did Stanford White at any time seek to have you take action against Barrymore?'
 Mir. Delmas objected that the ques- ] tion was not permissible under any rules of evidence. Ut is very material," declared MT. | Jerome. If we can show that Stan ford White sought to have Barrymore arrested on charge of seduction" That might show nothing more," re- l joined MT. Delmas, than the jealousy
 of an older man of younger sweet heart."
 Examination Too Broad. The s-examination has taken ! wide latitude" remarked Justice Fitz' gerald, but this question will not be allowed"
 l Mrs. Thaw said she had first heard Mrs. Gaines story about Thaw's pro- posal to her mother three weeks ago, when Mrs. Caine told it to MT Delmas. MT. Jerome asked the witness if she | had understood Thaw was paying | honorable court" to her. She declared | she did not know whether Thaw had matrimonial intentions during the first | period of their acquaintance or not Mir. Jerome then took Mrs. Thaw over | the trip she made over Europe alone | with Thaw. She denied knowledge that ! Thaw and she had travelled as MT. and Mrs. Delis | Mrs. Thaw said that previous to tell ing her story to Thaw she noticed l nothing about him that she thought
 was mark of irrationality, but after | he heard the story, he became very much excited, gradually growing worse. When Thaw heard of the letter ! of credit which White had given her, he became much excited He said the money was filthy and | poisonous, and that l must never | touch 1t again." said Mrs. Thaw. He | said he would take it so I could not use it. He said that he would give me anything l wanted and that if mamma | wanted anything she would only havo to ask for 1t.
 When Mir. White gave me the letter of credit, 1t was sealed up. l did not know what it was. and he told me l must not open the letter until we were | W ell at sea. Whatever was used of the money was for my mother MT. Thaw gave it to her after I had given it to him.
 Mir. Jerome questioned the witness about the cablegrams sent to White from London.
 plained to the American embassy about your going away with Thaw on tour of Europe, didn't you?" asked MT, Je- rome. T did not" she replied. As to American Embassy. "The cablegrams" said Mrs. Thaw, were about my mother and man whose name I gave you. That man happened to he a secretary of the American embassy, and that is all the embassy had to do with 1t. This man had sneaked up to my mothers bed
 room when she was in bed and insultcd her."
 Mrs Thaw said this same man in- suited her in London also. When she | told Thaw of the incident he went to
 see the man, but could not find him. Thaw was not armed; he never carried
 a pistol except in New York. Mrs. Thaw said that when she arrived from
 Europe she went to the Holland House,
 but being unable to secure rooms she
 went on to tie Savoy. In answer to close questioning she insisted that she slept nowhere else and did not use the telephone In describing her life in