The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20

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exception. Mrs. Thaw said she was moi
sure that ali of the signatures We're he,
oWn-they looked very much like her
writing, she added Who provided the
money at the Mercantile Trust COM
pany was not developed.
Questions Quickly Answered.
Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew as the
cross-examinatiOn went on, and She
was always ready with answers. Mr.
( Jerome. under the plea Of testing her
eredtoihty, was allowed to ask many
pertinent questions. He wanted IN
know when she first heard thai she
had been named as correspondent in
the George w. Lederer divorce case.
MT. Delmas quickly protested Mrs.
Ihaw whispered something in his ear
and the attorney withdrew his obiec-
ton.
Il read Of it in the newspapers" said
the witness cheerily, when Mr. Jerome
repeated the question.
The prosecutor sought to show that
Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham Hum
mel for advice with regard to the di-
vorce proceedings. but was halted bv
an objection from Mr.. Delmas which
the court sustained
Justice Fitzgerald said the question
had nothing TO do with Mrs Thaw's
story 10 her husband and did not af-
feet her credibility
Wrote to Stanford White.
Mr.. Jerome brought out that Mrs.
Thaw had written to Stanford White
from BOulogne after Thaw had nro-
posed to her in Paris.
Did you also cable Mr.. white?" he
asked.
The witness could not remember.
The Cross-eXamination had barely
gotten into full swing when adjourn
ment for the day was ordered. Mrs
Thaw viii resume the stand tomorrow
morning. and the indications are that
she may be kept there throughout the
day.
The district attorneys reluctance 10
subject Mrs. Thaw to q cTOss-examina-
ton again lent color to the rumors that
Mr. Jerome still contemplates moving
for the appointment Of commission in
lundcy TO test Thaw's present state of
mind. Now that he has entered the
discrimination he seems deter
mined to make thorough one.
Evidence of III-FeeIinq.
There were evidences during the aft
srnoon of ill-feeling existing between |
Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. DeImaS. The Iat- |
VI AittuuS 10 pTOtttt MIS-. IlaW IN j
Every possible way. He moved from
lis accustomed place at Thaw's coun- /
gel table to a chair within the rail
where the district attorney sits. and
lirectly in front of Justice Fitzgerald
Mr.. Jerome informed Mr.. Deimas that 1
I was not courtesy in New York to in /
errupt an attorney when he was stat
ng an objection. Mr.. DeTnas was lat
er Directing to d question put BY The
PROSECUTOR. when Mr.. Jerome interrupt |
d. Mr.. Delmas turned and, with great /
arCasm. remarked:
Il have been told it is not courtesy /
n New York to interrupt when an OBJ
ection is being stated.
Mr.. Jerome sat down.
Mrs. Thaw's crOss-examinatiOn prom
ses duel between the two attorneys.
S well as between Mr.. Jerome and the
Tife of the defendant Thaw seemed
II a very cheerful frame of mind to-
ay. especially when Mr.. Delmas was
insisting that the cross-examination of
is wife should proceed. The young
nan grew more sober-faced after Mr..
erome had begun to ply his questions
n a way that indicated a relentless
earch into Mrs Thaw's past Mr.. Je-
ONE did not even forget the incident
f the cat and the conductor who want
d to put il off the train. Mrs. Thaw
ad testified that she told her husband
f this incident in her early life. Mr..
erome also remembered that Mrs.
nav had told of eating chocolate
claires at her first dinner with STAN
ord White.
1T wasn't dinner" pouted the wit
RS; lit was supper"
In completing her direct testimony.
irs. Thaw had told of the conversa-
ions she and her husband had resa I'd
lg the fate Of young women at the