Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-08
LAYS BARE HER
L|FE'S SECRETS
Mrs. Thaw Tells
Story of Down
TO SAVE HUSBANDS LIFE
Defense Depending Mainly
on This Testimony to Sc
cure an Acquittal.

New York, Feb. S.--Mrs. Evelyn |
Nesbit 'rhaw resumed the stand in the |
Thaw trial this morning and Counsel
DelmaS for the defense continued his
examination of the witness. 1t was
expected that Attorney Delmas would
keep the witness all day with direct
examination.
If he can do this the jury will bel
left for their two holidays with the
life story of the young wife unmarried
by cross examination in their minds
and Mrs, Thaw will have two days
to rest before the prosecution seeks
to break down the favorite testimony
that has been developed by the de-
fense.
1t will also give Jerome a chance
to look up number of witnesses
whose names Mrs. Thaw whispered tO|
him in telling her story yesterday.
By consent of both sides these names
were withheld from the court
When Mrs Thaw resumed the stand
today Attorney Delmas continued his
reading of the letters which was in
terrupted by the adjournment of
court yesterday. After the letter read
ing had been concluded Attorney Del
mas returned to direct examination of
the witness.
Knocked on Thaw.
After her return from Europe in Oc-
tober, 1908. Mrs. Thaw said that White
called her on the phone and said he
must see her on matter of life and
death and she permitted him to call.
She said White Immediately began
to talk about Thaw and told her that
different actresses had told him that
Evelyn was in Europe with Thaw.
He asked why she went around with
a man who took morphine, and posi-
lively stated that Thaw took NOR
phine and advised her to have nothing
to do with him. The winess said he
also sent other people to see her who
told her stories about Thaw,
Went to See Lawyer.
One day she said White took her
TO see Abe Hummel who, White told
her, was the greatest lawyer in New
York and that Hummel would protect
her from Thaw. Hummel said that
he had case against Thaw in his Of
flee at the time but as the woman in
the case was a very bad one he did
not think the case was much good
Then Hummel said that Thaw was
a very bad man and above all things
she must be protected from him.
Why She Went to Europe.
"They asked me if went to Europe
Of my own accord" continued the
witness, "and replied that certain
ly did | said my mother left because
| had quarreled with her and I could
not dance for a year on account of
my health, and liked Thaw and could
not do anything else"
Nevertheless" Hummel said, you
are minor and he should not have
taken you away from your mother
81 said he could not take me away.
White then said that strong methods
must be taken to keep Thaw out of
New York and to protect myself
must help in every way could"
The witness said that Hummel had
drawn up a statement to the effect
that Thaw had taken her from her
mother and had badly treated her but
she said she refused to sign it. Later
she said Hummel asked her for her
letters from Thaw and she gave them
TO him.
Wanted to Sue Thaw.
Hummel then wanted her to sue
Thaw for breach of promise and was
very angry when she refused. When
she told Thaw later of her experience
with Hummel, Thaw was much agi |
tated and said that Hummel was
blackmailer.
Called HummeI a Shyster.
Mrs. Thaw testified of them going
to her own lawyer and relating her
experience with Hummel. Her law
yer, she said, was greatly incensed
and said that "Hummel was shys.
ter"
Accused Her OF Intimacy.
After this incident Thaw told her
that she ought not to speak with
White again and accused her of i'm
proper relations with White since her
return from Europe and the witness
said sne told him it was a lie.
Hummel BIackmaiIed White.
One day, she said. White came to
her hotel and asked her what she had
told Hlmmel about him and she re-
piled nothing. White then said she
must have told him something be.
cause Hummel had just squeezed a
thousand dollars out of him and he
was not going to send him another
thousand.
Did Not Want to Marry ThaW.
She then related how she persist
emily refused to marry Thaw but fin.
ally did.
Tried to Renew Relations.
Mrs. Thaw then told of several
times when White attempted to renew
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