Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-07

Ing mo upon the corner. Before he had
sent mo hat, feather boa and a
cape. There was another man and
girl with us
Where did YOU go?'
PARTY IN THE TOWER.
TO the studio in Madison Square
tower. We had n very nice time there
MI. White said / was only to have one
glass of champagne and that | was to-
be brought home early. 1 was brought
home early to the door of my house, /
told Mr.. Thaw that we had several
parties of this kind in the tower
Did YOU see Mr. White again."
Yes, he came to see my mother, told
her that ] would be all right IN New
York and that he would take care OF
me-"
Mrs. Thaw said she met White in
september, 1901, In a studio in East
Twenty-sccond street. The door opened
of itself and the house looked at first
as though no one lived there. She said
that she went up stairs and met Mr.
White. Philosopher and another
man.
What did you see there?''
There was a lot of expensive gowns
there"
What happened"
u went into the dressing room to
put on the dress Mr.. White Knocked
at the door and asked II / needed any
help. / said No
She related her experience in the
studio and said she had posed until she
was very tired and that White, who
had come in. ordered food The pho
tographer had left, and after they had
lunched, she went into a dressingroom
to remove her klmona and put on her
dress.
Il shut the door while was inside.
Il lrnI
il ] wanted any help. | said No. "
She testified that she drank but ono
glass of champagne, and when she was
dressed, she got into a carriage ana
was taken back to the hotel
NOTE FROM WHITE.
The next night ] got a note from
Mr. White, asking me TO come down
to the studio for luncheon after the
theater with some OF his friends.
went down TO the Twenty fourth street
studio again, and found Mr.. White and
no one else there. What do you
think he said TO me- the others have
turned us down. Then | told him
had better go home, and he told me
that ! had better sit down and have
some fruit. / took off my hat and
coat. Mr. White told me he had other
floors in the garden, and that / mad
not seen all of his places.
$50 he took me up some stairs to the
floor above. where there were very
beautiful decorations, and a plano L
played for him, and he took ME into
another room. That room was bed
ROOM on a small table stood bottle
of champagne and one glass. MI w mite
poured ont Just one glass TOR me, and
/ paid no attention to It. Mr.. Whlte
went away, came back and said:
4 decorated this room myself Then
he asked me why / was not drinking
my champaign and l said | did not ike
1t, IL tasted bitter. But no persuaded
me to drink and did.
"A few moments after ! had drank
it there began pounding ana tnufnp-
ing in my ears and the room all got
black"
WAS Mr.. Thaw excited when you
told him these things?
.Yes, he was excited and walked up
and down the room. We sat up al
night He said It was not my fauit,
that no one could blame me and that
/ was only an unfortunate girl and
that he did not think any the less OF
me-"
eDid he offer TO marry You again = /.
yes, and ] told him that II ! did
marry him the friends of STANFORD
White would laugh at him and at me.
as they suspected our relationship IL
they did not know"
The witness told Thaw that it would
not be well TO marry owing to his lam
lily.
Mrs. Thaw recovered her composure
after she got over the most sensational
part of the story. Many of the women
in the courtroom were crying, and the
most intense silence prevailed
AN ARTISTS MODEL.
Mrs Thaw said that she had told
Thaw about her early life with her
~, Ifol
The money she earned as an artist
model she gave TO her mother. That
was their only means of support.
FINALLY l met Mr.. Carroll BeckWith,
the artist, In December, 1900. and he
engaged me TO pose for him, sometimes
twice a week. He gave me letters of
introduction to other well known art
lists and l posed for them"
did YOU tell Mr.. Thaw all this?'
II did"
Did you tell him how much money
you made?'
Yes; it was ST. or SIS week"
Then, the witness continued, she APP
piled for a position upon the stage. The
first manager TO whom she applied said
"That II was not baby farm" and
they did not want 10 take her. Il
danced for the manager, and he Of
fered me place. directing me not TO
tell how old ! was"
FIRST MEETING WITH THAW.
When did you first meet Thaw?"
I'm 1901"
How many times had you seen him
between then and 1902"
Il had only seen him once in the
meantime"
Were you i'll during any of this
time?"
Yes; I had to 10 to n hospital"
when you saw MIR. Thaw in 1903;
did you tell him about going TO SCHOOL,
II told him that Mr.. White had sent
me TO school,
The witness told Of her sickness,
and Of Thaw's kindness to her at that
time, which was carly in 1903 After
her recovery Thaw arranged the Euro
pean trip for he witness ana hor
mother. Thaw followed them to
Europe.
A LETTER FROM THAW.
Here reference was made to a let
ter that Thaw wrote to the Witness
while she was abroad, and Mr.. Del
mas sought 10 Introduce II Az evil
dence
Mr. jerome objected.
What IA the relevancy of tho LET .
ter?'' asked Justice Fitzgerald.
Its contents have direct reference
IN the statement made by the Wit
ness TO Mr. Thaw and is am owl
dence of tho effect upon the mind OF
Mir. Thaw upon the statements so
made" replied Mr.. Delmas.
III II were proper to admit tho
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