The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
Jerome Making EUery Effort 10 Tear
 Down Testimony of EDeln Nesbitt 7haw.

=S==== s==sss;=. ==ss=ss;==.========-=-= even an intimation of such thing If have said anything to lead the learned district attorney to believe that think this unfortunate mother sacrificed her daughter wish emphaticaliy to deny
 'In ali the troubles you went through" continued Mir. Jerome. you never thought anything but that your mother showed a lack of judgmentE
 what were in the letters Ted Marks wrote you? .
 T Scan't remember everything He said he had seen my pictures In the papers and would like to place me on the stage"
 Mrs. Thaw could not remember whether there was more than one let ter from Marks. She had an ambition to New York.
 Mir. Jerome asked what Mrs. Nesbit thought about Der going on the stage.
 Mama said I ought not to go out without her" replied the witness. She said the show was alright. but She ought to go along
 At this time did you know Frances Belmont?" ,-ss
 No"
 No" ..-
 "or James A. Garlandr t
 Mir. Jerome next asked the witness He pressed her closely about this man and wanted to know If he had not liv- ed at the same house with her
 Not while lived there." she said positively.
 "Hsye you seen him since those days street"
 T don't mean that way"
 No. said Mrs. Thaw, with a stamp of her foot
 visit to Theatrical Manager Mrs. Thaw, under questioning went through the story of her visit with ner mother to the. office of Mir Fisher, theatrical manager. They had a let ter from Marks. It was on this occas- Ion that Fisher said he was not run ming baby farm. He finally agreed to .ake Miss Nesbit with the under standing that her mother should go along with her
 How long did you play in Fishers Florodora'T'
 After several weeks in the chorus went into the cast. That was early In the summer of 1901. Late in July, "Sht With Ah0 1EfSHd.
 Your mother came for you every nighty'
 Yes. until met Stanford White" Who introduced you to Winter
 Edna Goodrich.
 Where did you meet Miss Good rich?"
 At the theatre"
 She was playing in 'Florodaro'?"
 Yes"
 When Edna Goodrich introduced vou to Stanford White, was that the first time you had been anywhere with her?' Yes" -, During the time you were in the out?"
 Yes" With whom?' With mamma and Mir. Garland-Mr James A. Garland. T"
 Where did you meet Mir. Garlande" At the boarding house on Forty eighth Street."
 Did you ever write any letters to him?"
 T don't remember; might have Your mother was not pleased with MT Garland's attentions to youg'
 Yes, she was pleased"
 He was a married maR?"
 Yes"
 "CAA A~cMeA4& WItD G0fbAn0s "Yes. Mamma and I went on Satur- days"
 Your mother was not pleased with that?"
 "Oh, yes. she was just seasick." :" "1s it not true" went on Mir Jerome. reading from a paper, that in the spring of 1901, so far as your relations with your mother were concerned, that you were getting unruly. that your mother still stuck by you; that a mar At this point MT. DeIfaas interposed an objection to MT. Jerome reading from what he termed a statement by Evelyn Thaw's mother
 If the District Attorney wants the mothers testimony. he should produce her on the stand he said. I'd like to, but you know that it is impossible. You know where she is,' said MT. Jerome.
 The question regarding Evelyn be- coming unruly was allowed to stand
 No, she answered decidedly.
 Is it not true that that married man was James A. Garland. and that he was getting a divorce and that you and your mother frequently quarrelIed about him?' self up indignantly and stamped her foot.
 "ls it not true that you went alone with him on the yacht?"
 Mamma and I. yes"
 Were you made a correspondent in Mir. Garland's divorce suitT'
 Mir. Delmas objected. The record. he said, was the best evidence
 MT. Jerome withdrew the question.
 Who was present on the yacht be- sides your mother, Mir. Garland and yourself?'
 No one. The men who worked the yacht were there; no other guests"
 This was when you were playing in 'Florodora'?"
 "Yes."
 Did George W Lederer have any, thing to do with your going into the 'Florodora' cast?"
 Not that I know of"
 Never Posed in Nude.
 :During this time. did you ever pose for an artist in the nude?'
 Never"
 Do you know MT. Wells, a sculptor?p
 No"
 Ever hear of him?'
 Never"
 How long did you. know Mir. Gar land?"
 Not long"
 "When did your acquaintance with him cease"
 When met Stanford White"
 Isn't 1t true that Mir. Garland be- came very annoying when you lived at