Milford chronicle., 1907-02-15

New YORK society and perfectly
proper. else she would not let her girl
go with them.
when she came for me in the han
son." said the witness, II remember
hoping we were going to the Waldorf
had heard so much about it and
wanted so to go there. But the han
som stopped in front of a dingy looking
building in West oath street, and |
was told to get out. Mother had
dressed me. My skirts were just to
my shoe tops then"
This was in August, 1901.
Her Meeting With White.
"He was a big and fat and ugly
mani remember him meeting us at
! the head of three flights of stairs"
she continued. He gave me presents
and my mother let me go to other par
| ties. Then he said my mother should
visit some friends in Pittsburg. She
said she could not leave me. He said
It would be all right; that he would
look after me. Finally she went. Then
came an invitation to a party, but no
one else was there-just two. They
all seem to have turned us down.. he
said. After we had dined and want
ed to go home, he said l had not seen
all of the apartment, and we went to
the bedroom with the mirrors all over
the walls. On a small table stood a
bottle of champagne and one glass.
Mr.. White poured out just one glass
for me, and I paid no attention to it.
Mr. White went away, came back and !
said: I decorated this room myself !
Then he asked me why was not |
drinking my champagne, and I said I
did not like it; it tasted bitter. But he |
persuaded me to drink it. and did.
Became Unconscious.
"a few moments after l had drank
the champagne there began a pound
ing and humping in my ears and the
room got all black.
when 1 awoke my clothes had all
been taken off me. started to scream.
Mr.. White got up and threw a kimonO
on me. AS I sat up I saw mirrors all
around the bed. I began to scream
again, and Mr.. White asked me to
keep quiet. saying that it was all
over.
"When he threw the kimOno over
ne, he left the room. l screamed
harder than ever. I don't remember
low got my clothes on. He took me /
lone and I sat up all night crying"
where was Mr. White when you !
ecOVered consciousness" /
"He was on the bed, beside me, I'M &
ressed." ,
what did he say afterwards" 2
"He made me swear that l would | 7
ever tell my mother about it. He (
aid there was no use in talking, and
he greatest thing in this world was 4
OF to get found out. He said the girls +
4 the theatres were foolish to talk q
lie laughed afterwards. t
Thaw Excited. t
Eyes, he was excited and walked v
p and down the room. We sat up all Il
light He said it was not my fault; Il
nat no one could blame me, and that a
was only an unfortunate girl, and .
lat he did not think any the less of I
Ie; he would marry me, anyway" ,
did he offer to marry you AGAIN."
Eyes, and l told him that if l did
AIRY him the friends of Stanford p
yhite would laugh at him and laugh
me, as they suspected our relations,
they did not know" n
The witness told Thaw that it h,
ould not be well to marry on account n
his family. He persisted that he 81
ished to marry her. nj
when | told him the story in =
lris," she said, che came to me and =
cked up the hem of my skiht and =.
ssed it and said he would always &c
We me- He nearly always called me -
s angel. We sat together that night NJ
It'll daylight talking the matter over -
lie effect on Harry was terrible. e. z.
stanford White sent me to school .. -
New Jersey in October, 1902, and ="
rly in 1903 I became i'll. The doctors ~
me and said an operation was neces- ="
ry. They told me l was very sick, la
t did not say what was the matter
r. Thaw came to see me, and was b
2 last person. except the doctors, NJ;
ION | saw hafore being placed under
? influence of anaesthetics. He had
en- told it was dangerous for me to nv
k. So he came in quietly and 40
eeled down by the bed and kissed VII
: hand and looked at me for a mo- A
mt and went out. mi
When l recovered l found he had for
de arrangements for my mother to fo,
re me abroad to recuperate. 1t was tbC
lie we were in Paris on this trip co1
It he proposed to me-" ,,,a
After leading the witness to tell, in t,,t
order of the incidents 49,
her wedding with Thaw in Pitts ny
g. Mr.. Delmas asked her if she D.,
seen Stanford White after her re ~,
n to New York from the honey 20, 20,
on trip. ~
I passed Stanford White one day 0oi
Fifth avenue. I was in a cab, and Il,