The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-02-28

Him After Her Downfall.
New York, Feb. Following the
final release from the witness chair of
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of the man
undergoing trial for shooting Stanford
White, District Attorney Jerome began
his cross examination of DR.. Britton
G. Evans, one of the alienists who have
testified for the defense
The district attorney will immediate
IN follow this up by cross examining
DR. Charles G.. Wagner, and then Drs,
Deemar and Bingaman will be called
in rapid order. The trial at last seems
to be entering upon its final stages.
The completion of Mrs. Thaw's exam
ination followed the unsuccessful eff
fort of the prosecution to draw from
Abraham Hummel certain facts relat-
ing to the affidavit which Mrs. Thaw is
said to have made in Hummel's law
office. In this affidavit it is declared
there was an allegation that Thaw
had beaten the girl while abroad in
1903 when she told him there was no
truth in the story about her relations
with Stanford White.
Wouldn't Let Hummel Tell.
Mr.. Delmas, for the defense, blocked
practically every question put to Hum
mel. The witness got no farther than
saving he knew Mrs. Thaw, that she
came to his Office ON Oct. q, 1908, and
that he dictated to stenographer
while she was there. Justice Fitzger-
aid held that under the rules of evil
dence covering Mrs Thaw's testimony
the introduction of collateral facts was
not permissible. The district attorney
is not allowed to controvert her testi-
mony in any way, but may test her
credibility. Mr.. Jerome said in open
court that he realized that even If he
could show Stanford White was in Eu-
rope the night Mrs. Thaw declares she
was assaulted by him he would not be
allowed to introduce such testimony.
Although the affidavit itself did not
get into evidence, its contents never
theless were spread on the records. Je-
rome read the charges which Mrs.
Thaw made against the man whose
wife she became in the form of ques-
lions as to whether she had not told
Hummel of the incidents which the af-
fidayit described. She denied emphat
icalIy that she ever had told Hummel
the things that the affidavit charged.
Alleged Threats by Thaw.
Most remarkable of the alleged
charges contained in the paper is one
in which Evelyn Nesbit accused Thaw
Of having tried to force her to sign pa
pers accusing Stanford White of hay
ing accomplished her downfall by the
use of drugs. Because she refused to
sign the papers, the affidavit said,
Thaw threatened to kill her
Jerome framed his questions in re-
gard to the contents of the affidavit
from a copy of the document which he
held in his hand. He asked the witness
whether it was true that she had told
Huinmel that she and Thaw had gone
on tour of Europe and that at one
time they stopped at an old castle in
the Austrian Tyrol known as the
SchIoss Katzenstein. The witness re-
piled that she had told Hummel about
her arrival at the castle
Ibid you tell Hummel, Jerome
asked, ..that in the morning you were
awakened by Mr.. Thaw pounding on
the door and asking you to come to
breakfast, saying that the coffee was
getting cold?n
II don't remember that" the witness
replied
Witness Denies Many Things.
Jerome, still reading from the afiida-
Wit. asked the following questions. to
all of which the witness answered mo"
ibid you further tell him that after
Thaw knocked you Immediately jump
ed out of bed and hastily put on your
bathrobe and slippers and walked out
of the room and sat down to breakfast
with Thaw?"
stAnd did you further tell him that
after breakfast Thaw said he wanted
to tell you something and asked you to
step into your room?'
sDid you tell him that when you en-
tered the room Thaw, without any
proyocation, grasped you by the throat
and tore the bathrobe from your
..Did you tell him that Thaw was in
an excited condition and terrorized
your
That his eyes were glaring and that
he had in his hand cowhide whip?"
That he continued to act like a de-
rnented man and beat you very vio-
iently?
did you tell him (HummeD that on
the following morning Thaw again
entered your room and beat you again
with the whip?"
ibid you tell him that Thaw beat
YOU again In the hotel in Switzerland? p
ibid you tell him that while in Paris
Thaw beat you again?"
did you tell him that you found a
little silver box in Paris and that this
box contained hypodermic springer"
That Thaw told you he had taken
cocaine and that on one occasion be
had tried to force you to take one OF
HE pills n
ssoid you tell Hummel that while you
were at the Schloss Katzenstein Thaw
took from you without your consent
ana was then still retaining two dia-
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