Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-07


 leading counsel for the defense offered her his hand to assist her from the stand.
 Harry Thaw was all interest. He sat facing his mother and seemed ex- tremely nervous. He rested his cheek on his hand and then bit his nails.
 Mrs. Thaw repeated her name in re- sponse to question by Mir. Delmas, speaking in tone so low as scarcely to be heard.
 Harriet Cooley Thaw." MT. Delmas stood immediately at her left. In answer to another question by MT. Delmas, Mrs. Thaw said she noticed change in her son when he came to Pittsburg in 1903. He was absentminded and apparently had lost interest in life. She broke down and cried as she continued to speak of the change in her son following his trip to Europe with Evelyn fin 1903.
 Mrs. Thaw, after recovering from her first breakdown. seemed about to cry again and could not proceed. Jus tice Fitzgerald relieved the situation by ordering all of her testimony up to that time read to the jury. It had been given in voice too low for the jury to hear.
 Mrs. Thaw then testified that Harry told her his life had been ruined by ''the wickedest man in New York" He rapao tod tn hon EvaIrn,, cfnrx, ,f ho,. experience with Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw told of Harry breaking down in church with her in Pittsburg, saying ''that awful thing had come over him and if it had not happened Evelyn might have been with them.
 Mrs. Thaw told of coming to New York to meet Evelyn Nesbit and of giving her consent to her sons mar riage, the one condition being that the girls past life in New York should be closed book, never to be referred to in any way. Then came the story of the marriage in Pittsburg in April, 1905, the honeymoon trip and then a happy. placid summer spent at the mothers country home in the noun tains.
 That was all. Mir Delmas ended her testimony abruptly. The district attor- ney was taken by surprise and began to cross examine Mrs. Thaw in a very low voice. with the utmost respect in word and manner He asked the con- ditions surrounding the increase in her sons allowance. but Mr. Delmas ob- jected. He asked what the sons in come amounted to. Mrs. Thaw said it was moderate and nothing like the sum the newspapers have so often report ed. Nr. Jerome next treaded upon what he must have felt was the thin- est of ice lest he put himself in the at titude of attempting to harass the pa. thetic figure in black on the witness stand. He asked the mother what she knew of her sons relations with Miss Nesbit before she became his wife.
 Nothing she replied without hesi. tancv.
 "when your son returned to Pitts burg in the fall of 19O3.- asked Mir Je. rome. "he expressed a desire to you tc marry Miss Nesbity'
 ".Ie did
 "Did he ever express fear that oth CTS would prevent her from accepting himE-
 "He said that she had told him | would be very unsuitable match. said if she came to me her past woult be closed book. Mir. Whites nam' was never mentioned in my presence
 "I did not understand. madam whs you said about this defendSnt's ue marks to you about Miss Nesbit. E,other being of no help fo him
 He said she would not help him t raise the girl out of her condition The dIstrsct attorney seemed con