The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07


this statement
when I awoke my clothes had all
been taken of me- I started TO scream
Mr.. White got up and threw a kimono
on me- As sat up saw mirrors all
around the bed. I began to Screa m
again and Mr. White asked me to keep
quiet. saying that 1t was all over
When he threw the kimono over
me. he left the room screamed
harder than ever 1 don't remember
4 how I got my clothes on
He took me home and I sat up all
night crying"
recovered consciousness
He was on the bed beside me, un-
dressed"
What did he say afterwards2"
/ He made me swear that I would
never tell my mother about it. He
said there was no use in talking. and
4 the greatest thing in this world was
not to get found out
/ He said the girls in the theaters
were foolish to talk He laughed af-
/ terwards"
Was Mr.. Thaw excited when you
told him these things2'
and down the room We sat up all
night He said it was not my fault
that no one could blame me and that
l was only an unfortunate girl and that
ne did not think any the less OF me;
he would marry me anyway
DID he o1er to marry you AGAIN.
Yes, and I told him that if 1 did
marry him. the friends of Stanford
White would laugh at him and laugh
at me. as they suspected our relation
ship if they did not know
The witness told Thaw that it would
not be Wen to marry on account of his
family He persisted that he wished
to marry her.
Many Women Cried.
Mrs Thaw recovered her composure
after she got over the most sensation
men in the court room were crying. /
and the most intense silence prevailed. |
MIS- Thaw said that she had also /
told Thaw about her early life with her
mother and Of her financial difficulties. I
The money she earned as an artists /
model she gave to her mother. That |
was their only means of support Eve /
lyn, after she and her mother came to 1
New York with letters of Identified ton. 4
experienced some hard times.
Finally. she said Il met Mr. Car /
roll Beckwith- the artist. in December. 4
1900, and he engaged me to pose for
him. some times twice a week He /
gave me letters Of Identification to other
well known artists and posed for
You told me Mr. Thaw all about
this?'
I did
Did you tell him how much money
you made?T'
Yes. it was 81 or SIS a week
Then the witness continued. she ap-
piled for a position on the stage. ex-
pecting to continue as a model while
money as a dancer. The first
to whom she applied said, ac-
cordtng to Mrs Thaw, that it was not
a baby farm. . and they did not want
to take me danced for the mana ger
and he offered me a place directing me
not TO tell how old I was
You went TO Paris; when did you
7 returned in the end of October,
when did you first meet Harry
Thaw7"
In 1901"
How many times had you seen him
then and 1902
I had only seen him once in the
Thaw. the witness said. opposed her
going on the stage. saying she was too
Toung. and offered to send her and her
brother to school
White Sent Her to School.
ever: when ," asked Mr.. DeImas- 8
In 1902, about the latter part of
October. think I
Were you i'll during any Of this
1eriod?"
yes. 1 had to go to a hospital
The offer of Mr. Thaw TO send you
20 school was refused?"
Yes
When you saw Mr. Thaw in 1903.
lid you tell him about going to ,
Il told him that Mr.. White had sent .
ne to school,
The witness then told of her sick ,
less and the operation to which she :
vas obliged TO submit, and OF Thaw's
kindness to her at that time. which
vas early in 1903. After her recovery | 7
-haw arranged the European trip for J
he witness and her mother. Thaw 7
ollOwed them to Europe
Here reference was made to a letter
hat Thaw wrote to the witness while
he was abroad, and Mr. DeImas
ought to introduce it as evidence Mr..
Jerome objected
What is the relevancy of the let
er?' asked Justice Fitzgerald
us contents have direct reference
o the statement made by the witness
0 MI Thaw and is an evidence of the
fleet on the mind of Mr. Thaw OF the
tatements SO made" replied Mr.. Del
mas
If II were proper to admit the
tatement Of Mr. Thaw after the shoot
ng- He mas ruined my wife - argued
DR.. Delmas, lis it not proper to admit
statement made after the defendant
lad learned facts to show what the
neet Of them was upon his minds p"
Mr. IelmaS said he did not have his
authorities at the moment and asked
or an adjournment until o'clock
In consideration Of the trying or
cal Of the cross examination I will
Tot object" said Mr. Jerome
Recess was then declared
Afternoon Session
New York. Feb. Evelyn Nesbft
-haw, resumed the stand after re-
eSs-
Jerome withdrew the objection to !
ne admission OF the letter to Thaw
nd the letter was put in evidence
The letter supported the testimony
Z Mrs Thaw concerning her relations
With White
Mrs Thaw testified that when Thaw
eturned from Europe she refused to
ee him. because she had heard that