Arizona republican., 1907-02-08

oath street and l was told to get out.
Mother had dressed me My skirts were
just to my shoe tops then. This was
in August 1901"
He was a big and fat and ugly man.
l remember him meeting US at the
head Of three flights Of stairs" she
said. He gave me presents and my
mother let me so To other parties"
Then he said my mother should Wis
ii some friends in Pittsburg. She said
she could not leave me. He said that
would be all right, that he would pok
after me. Finally she went. Then came
the invitation to a party. but no one
else was there, just we two. They all
seem to have turned us down he said.
After We dined l wanted to go home
but he said l had not seen all of the
apartments and We went to a bedroom
with mirrors all over the walls"
SHE HAD TOLD 1T BEFORE.
Thus the story ran, with here and
there. an interruption by Delm2s to ad-
wise the girl to tell just what she told
Thaw when he asked her to become his
wife. 1t was through the fact that she
had told everything TO Harry" that
she was permitted under rules of law
TO give her story TO the jury. Thaw
sat pale but brave faced beside his
counsel when his wife took the stand.
The two exchanged glances. and the
faintest of smiles played about the
firmly set lips OF the girl. In the sym
pathy compelling story of the girl.
the girlish fascination of a voice Of the
softest quality. yet ringing clear in
Of the prisoner. But when came the
halt i'm the girls fight against tears,
people who had Gazed increasingly at
her lowered their eyes as IL relief from
their stare might bring her the com
pOsure which she finally won.
THE SYMPATHETIC AUDIENCE.
Harry Thaw with his whole frame
shaking. sat with his head buried in
his hands. a handkerchief covering the
eyes. Thus Thaw sat for many min
utes. and when he finally lifted his
head his eyes were red and swollen.
The jurors too, had turned their gaze
from the witness as the tears came into
her voice as well as her eyes and each
man Of the twelve seemed intent on
some object on the floor. Justice Fitz-
gerald looked out through the long
grated windows. The scene and story
marked Il new precedent in the history
of criminal proceedings i'm New York.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand,
her direct examination being uncom-
pleted when the day was done. once
during the afternoon she was excused
for an hour. while Lawyer LongfeIlow
was sworn TO fix the date of certain
letters written him by Harry Thaw
to the revelations Miss Nes-
bit had made.
THE STORY.
She related her experience with
White in the mirrored bedroom. When
she screamed hc said: 1T is all over
now" and White made the witness
promise never to tell her mother lie
said Il was al right. and that there
was nothing so nice as young girls.
and nothing so lo1thsome as fat ones
You must never get fat. The witness
said that Thaw proposed to her first
in Paris in 1908. and that she refused
him. He asked the reason and she said
because Of White; that the latter would
always laugh at him and talk She
said the effect Of the story on him was
terrible. He sobbed and paced the floor
and stayed all night talking it over.
In relating what she told Thaw Mr..
Delmas reminded the witness that she
must omit the name of any person ex-
cept White. Mrs. Thaw said a young
LADY, asked her mother to permit Eve
lyn to accompany her out for lunch.
The mother dressed the witness. who
wore short skirt. They drove in a
hanson to a dingv door. which they
They went upstairs and found
White at a table set for four When
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