The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-02-12
WHITE TRIED TO
RENEW FRIENDSHIP
Mrs. Thaw Tells How Architect
Pursued Her.
PLOT TO GET RID OF THAN

Bctore Marriage White lFleo 70 WAKE
Her Sue Prisoner For Kidnapping
So re Could Drive Him Out Of New
York
New York. Feb 9.-Eyelyn Nesbii
Thaw again was The central figure al
her husbands trial She was still on
the stand her direct examination un.
finished when the usual weekend
adjournment until Monday morning
was taken.
Picking up the threads Of her LIES
story whore she had dropped them the
evening before, the girl wife of the
defendant always. she declared, tell
ing her story just as she had related
il to Harry Thaw from time To time
brought the narrative down TO her
wedding in Pittsburg, on April 4. 1905.
and their return 10 New York following
a honeymoon trip in the west. She
declared she had heard White call 10
her on the street once after this. and
that on another occasion when she
passed him in a cab she noticed his
cab turn around and follow her in the
direction OF a doctors Office where she
was going 10 have her throat treated.
District Attorney Jerome. who had
throughout silently listened 10 The
young wife's statements. sen, thrill
of excitement through the court room
by jumping to his feet and vigorously
protesting asainst this defamation OF
the dead.
"Is there no limit" he exclaimed
90 the asDersions that are 10 be cast
upon this man? Your honor well
knows cannot. under the law. contro
vert any statement this witness might
make against the memory OF Stanford
White"
Calls u Tenderloin Tattle.
In tones bitterly sarcastic Mr.. Je.
romc smoke of "thls tattle of the Ten.
derloin." and declared that the court
he'd the right TO limit such testimony
"uuul competent evidence had beer
adduced here TO show that this man is
or was. Of unsound mind We don't
know whether this defendant ever was
insane he concluded
The question which called ont the
vehement protest from the district al
torncy was addressed 10 Mrs. Thaw
10y Mr. Delmas, and ifs purport was
whether or not Harry Thaw had az
any time told her about other girls
who had met a fate similar 10 yours
az the hands of this man
what MANI" snapped Mr.. Jerome
stanford White" replied Mr.. Del
mas. with the coolncss of voice and
manner characteristic OF him; and
then DE added still in the sane low
tone. "who clse?"
Justice FITZGERALD held that the dis
tFiict attorneys suggestion was good
one and mo- thought the defense should
lay a broader foundation TO show in
sanity before proceeding along the
lines suggested by Mr. Delmas ques
ton
"We will proceed 10 DO this as soon
"a possible" announced the attorney
White Begged to See Her Alone.
Mrs. Thaw declared that Stanford
White during the year which followed
her experience in the room Of the mir
rored walls repeatedly sought TO have
her visit him alone.
II told Harry" she said. that Mr.
White had begged me. had pleaded and
cried and scolded. and done every
thing me could TO make me come to
see him alone. / refused. and he told
me was cruel and that was as cold
as a fish and not "a human being. ] told
SIR White ! didn't care 10 trust him.
After her return from Europe and
during the months she would not sec
Harry Thaw because OF the dreadful
things Dir. White and his friends told
me about him." she declared Thaw &C
cuscd her OF improper relations with
the architect
81 toll him 10 was q lie. and that J
had not" she testified. with an EN-
phauc show of feeling.
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell OF
another incident which had been cited
FIN her iife-her acquaintance with
Jack" Barrymore. the actor Mr.. Bar
rymore was in the court room one day
during the early part of the trial al
the instance of the district attorney
IL was said. Mr. Delmas asked Mrs.
Thaw 10 tell what she had told Mr.
Thaw Of her acquaintance with the
actor
she said she had first met Barry
more at a party given BY Stanford
White. The year following her intro
uction to the architect.
Barrymore Wanted to Marry Her.
81 thought him very nice she
frankly said. "and one day at Mr.
Whites studio lie said Evelyn, will
Won marry me?' / said 4 don't know.
lie asked me a second time, and again
7 said 4 don't know and everybody
laughed. Mr.. White told me ! would
be very foolish to marry Mr. Barry
more and my mother said so. too and
we all quarreled. and the upshot Of the
whole thing was that Mr.. White said
ought TO be sent away to school, and
was 10 New Jersey.
After leading the witness to tell, In
chronological order. OF the incidents
Of her wedding with Thaw in Pitts
burg. Mr. Delmas asked her If she
had seen Stanford White after her re.
turn 10 New York from the honey
moon trip
Il passed Stanford White one day
on Fifth avenue. | was in cab, and
he saw me. and heard him say Eve
lyn. Just like that. and Mrs. Thaw
raised her dice as if TO call some
1. al Il