Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-20
T0day's Telegraphic News
The Thaw Trial.

Stamford White was ns intense as ever
this morning
Court was convened at 1922.
Thaw walked in briskly es usual.
Attorney Gleason was absent from the
Thaw counsel table again.
Evelyn Nesbit was the first witness
called, and Jerome resumed the cross
examination. Evelyn's costume was the
same as yesterday. She betrayed her
agitation by evidences Of nervousness, q
dropping effect OF the eye lids aud a
downward droop of the lips. 1t was
seen she was prepared to use woman's
weapons, tears, against Jerome's attack,
and appeal to the sympathy of the jury
should she be subjected to the severe or
deal Jerome has clearly planned.
Her right glove was only partly on
and she continually tugged at it. Her
handkerchief was tucked in her breast
pocket. She emphasized her replies by
nodding or SHAKING her head, and spoke
more slowly than yesterday.
Jerome produced several photographs
of Evelyn when she was an artists
model, and questioned the witness as to
chen they we're taken.
The first picture was termed 'but-
lerfy picture" in which Evelyn is
shown 10 kimona, which she said rhaw
had given her.
Jerome questioned her about posing
Tor artists and photographers IN Phila-
deiphia before coming to New York.
Evelyn SAID she had never posed there
where more;of her body was exposed than
her arms and shoulders.
While this was going on one Of
Jetome's assistants entered the court
room bearing an arm load ofphotographs
If the former model which the prosecu-
tor prepared 10 show to her
Jerome questioned Evelyn as to her
posing in New York, asking whether
she had ever been photographed or
painted With her breasts exposed. She
answered positively that she had never
posed in such condition.
"You are certain you never posed for q
painting or photograph with your breast
exposed ?" asked Jerome.
III never did. l always posed with
clothes on"
She moved her hands from her throat
TO her waist and said "Do you mean
without anything on here? have posed
In low neck, but never, never like that. "
Jerome then asked her about where
she and her mother lived after coming
to New York.
"When was your picture first publish
ed 2" asked the prosecutor.
81 think 1t was in a paper in June
1901, about the time | went on the
stage"
"yVasn't it the Broad way Magazine p"
She mumbled that perhaps it might
have been.
"rhen reporters called and asked for
your pictures ?"
eyes, sir"
"You gave them and they we're pub
lished, explaining that you were on the
stage aud that you weresn artists model?
"Yes, sir"
She said she first was in the Floradors
company. In reply to the District AT
torney that previous to coming to New
York, when they we're in Philadelphia
she contributed practically all tie sup
port of the family, averaging about sl8
per week
Jerome began at ll:4O a. N. to cross
questioned Evelyn on the story of her
ruin and tried to make her admit dis
crepancies as to the time of the night.
Jerome plunged into an examination
regarding letters which Evelyn had re-
ceiyed from Stanford White; bringing
out the fact that fourteen letters writ
ten to Evelyn while she was abroad
10 1908, are now 10 the hands OF Thaw's
LAWYERS, and limiting that others had
been destroyed. He made q demand on
Mr. Hartridge for the letters he has, but
the latter declined to produce them.
Jerome questioned Evelyn regarding
visits to a certsin warehouse with at
torneys TO take away letters and papers
written by White. She admitted hav.
ing gone with Hartridge. but could not
remember trip with another attorney
regarding which The prosecutor pressed
her.
"Did not you have a large number Of
letters from Stanford White?"
"Yes, sir"
"In all these letters was there q
single word ofindecency or impropriety?"
al don't remember much about them q"
Pinned down to tell when she saw
Whites letters Evelyn said she had
given them to Thaw, and he in turn
gave them to Hartridge.
Jerome brought out that her goods and
letters we're placed 10 the store house
by her mother aud White 10 her mothers
name.
"Was your husband constantly talking
about these letters and asking for them2"
"Yes."
Jerome reverted for moment to the
night in Whites studio In Twenty fourth
street, where Evelyn testified White had
assaulted her.
Chow long we're you unconscious in
the Twenty-fOurth street studio the night
you have described"
az can't tell' answered Evelyn.
Jerome put a number of questions to
the witness and endeavored to show that
ner answers we're at variance with her
direct testimony, bu, Evelyn managed
to reconcile her second with her fret
statement.
The District Attorney also propounded
nfher nnariea To which objection was