Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
MRS. EVELYN THAW
ENTERS ON ORDEAL
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEGINS THE
SS-ExAMENATiON OF THE
YOUNG WIFE.
THAW'S WILL IN EVIDENCE
INTRODUCED TO SHOW THAT
THAW WAS INSANE WHEN HE
KILLED WHITE.

0U 10 SUOOL tu0 creature. hO'SA
wanted to kill him I knew he was
foul creature, destroying the mothers
and daughters of America, but l want
| ed through legal means to bring him
! to trial. I wanted to get him into
court-to bring him to justice. But
Providence took charge of it; it was
| an act Of Providence"
This is Harry K Thaw's own story
of the killing of Stanford White. 1t
| was told by him to DR.. Britton ID.
| Evans, the alienist, last August in the
| Tombs. Yesterday DR.. Evans repeated
the prisoners words to the jury which
| is trying Thaw for his life.
Will in Evidence.
In further bulWarking their conten-
ton that Thaw was insane when he
killed Stanford White, the defendants
counsel succeeded yesterday in plac-
ing before the jury the will executed
by Thaw the night of his marriage, n
April, 1906, and a codicil to the will
executed at the same time.
The will and the cOdicil, as read to
the jurors yesterday, were offered in
evidence as cumulative testimony OF
Thaw's mental unSoundness prior to-
the killing of White. In his will ThaW
provided that his executors should set
apart the sum of $4,000 for the inves-
tigation of his death in case of VIC
lent or suspicious end.
To Secure Redress From White.
| In the codicil Thaw left to a lawyer
in Pittsburg the sum of $500 to be
used in securing legal redress from
Stanford White and one other person
whose name was not allowed to be
read: for the benefit of four young
women who, Thaw declared, had been
the victims of "degrading assaults in
house furnished and used for orgies
by Stanford White and other inh1man
scoundrels. Thaw also bequeathed
sums Of $4,000 each to the Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst, Anthony Com
stock and a lawyer named in his
codicil, to be used in discovering fur
Their alleged misdeeds by Stanford
White and securing redress for the
women.
Tuesdays Proceedings.
| New York, Feb. q. - Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw yesterday entered upon
| the ordeal Of her ross-eXaminatlon
and before District Attorney Jerome
| had had the witness in charge for half
| an hour he had secured from the court
ruling which apparently opens the
way for bringing into the trial OF l1af-
ry K Thaw all manner Of evidence
which may tend to discredit the de-
| PENDANTS wife. Heretofore it had been
| held that the rules Of evidence protect
| cd young Mrs. ThaW and that, regard
| less Of whether her story was true or
| false, the fact that she had told it 80
her husband was the one essential
point.
| Opens Doors Wide.
| Mrs. Thaw had been allowed to re-
| peat the story so that the jury might
judge as to it's effect in unbalancing'
the mind of the man On trial for the
murder of Stanford White.
Mr.. Jerome, by a simple question,
opened the way for the introduction Of
testimony tending to show the truth or
falsity of Mrs. Thaw's story. He ask
ed the witness: o
"Was the story you told Mr.. Thaw
true?"
ut was, she replied firmly.
Mr.. Delnas, Thaw's leading counsel,
objected strongly to the question, but
Justice Fitzgerald held it to be compe-
tent as tending to show the credibility
of the witness.
Jumps From Point TO Point.
Mr. Jerome jumped from point tc
point in her story, and under the plea
of testing her credibility was allowed
to ask many pertinent questions.
Mr.. Jerome brought out that Mrs.
| Thaw had written to Stanford White
from Boulogne after Thaw had pro-
posed to her in Paris. Did you also
cable Mr.. White?" he asked. The wit
ness could not remember. The cross
examination had barely gotten into
full swing when adjournment for the
day was ordered.
Tells Fate of Other Women.
In completing her direct testimony
Mrs. Thaw had told of the conversa
tons she and her husband had had re-
garding the fate of other young Wom-
en- at the hands of Stanford White
One of these girls was known as the
Pie Girl" She was fifteen years OF
age, and wore only gauze dress when
she spraHg from big pie at a stag
dinner.
The witness declared that May
Mackenzie had told her that Stanford
White, when told she and Harry We're
very happy together, had remarked:
"Pooh! it won't last. / will get her
back
Describes Three Dens.
Harry Thaw's letter to Anthony
Comstock describing three houses or
studios where he declared Stanford
White and "otber scoundrels" lured
young girls was read.
Mrs Game, who was the only other
witness of the day, testified to over
hearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesolt
!, for her daughters hand in 1908.