Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09
.THAN|'S YOUNG WIFE WAS
Prosecuted BY WHITE
AFTER HER MARRIAGE
Prosecuted by White.

see me. lie also sent people TO mo
who told me stories about Thaw; stor-
les told yesterday. told Thaw aft
erwards because the stories worried
me SO much could not sleep at nights.
| got very nervous for know Thaw
wes coming over. told White did
no. want to see Thaw.
White Plotted Against Thaw.
Mrs. Thaw told of going to Abe
Hummel's office with White. Hummel
questioned her very closely concern
ing her relations with her mother and
Thaw.
"Hummel said Thaw was very bad
man, and that above all things must
be protected from him. White then
said another man was to get 'Thaw out
of New York and keep him out
They asked me If went to Europe
Of my own accord. said certainly I
had. said remained in Europe
when my mother left because l had
quarreled with her and could not
dance for year, and that besides
liked Thaw very much and could not
do anything else"
Nevertheless" Hummel said, .you
are minor and he should not have
taken you away from your mother"
said he did not take me away.
White said strong methods must
be resorted to to keep Thaw out Of
New York, and to protect myself
must help in every way could.
Girl Clay In Whites Hands.
White said must leave everything
in Hummel's hands. Then they sent
Tor stenographer and a lawyer and
said must not interrupt him in what
he was about to say. / was very ner-
yous and excited and began to cry.
Then they began to dictate and put IN
a lot of stuff that had been carried
away by Thaw against my will. |
started to interrupt but the lawyer put
up his hands and stopped me. They
put in that | had been taken away
from my mother and lots of stuff that
was not true; that had been treated
badly by Thaw. Then they sent the
man out Of the room. Several days
later Hummel called me up and asked
me If had any letters from Thaw.
4 said did, but couldn't zee what
they had to do with it.
HummeI Secured Letters.
white also called me up and said
II | was not willing to help in every
way they could not protect me from
Thaw. He said l must do just what.
Hummel said. So made up the let
ters in a bundle and took them down
to Hummel's office. He asked If they
were love letters. | said, Yes He
said he just wanted them to hold over
Thaw's head. He sealed them up in
big envelope SO | could see. He said
| n rrf nov v,,rth lx,z.
them"
Refused to Bring Suit.
The witness at considerable length
detailed how Hummel sought to In
duce her to bring breach Of promise
suit against Thaw. When she refused
Hummel became very angry and called
her foolish. She said she signed no
paper while in Hummel's office and
when she told Thaw of this the latter
became very agitated and said Hummel
was blackmailer And Thaw's action
impressed the witness that he was GO
ing to see Longfellow, his lawyer
Mrs. Thaw testified to going to her
own lawyer and relating her expert.
ence with Hummel, who was greatly
incensed with what she told him.
Thaw Accuses Evelyn.
"He told me Hummel was slays.
ter" she said, "and Thaw told mo
had no business to speak again with
/ White. He accused me Of having I'M
proper relations with White since I
came back from Europe. said it
was lie. He said it would look to
people as if / was blackmailer by
going to Hummel's office"
White Paid Hummel $1,000.
did you tell Thaw Of another incl
dent?'
Eyes, told him one day when White
came to the Hotel Navarro that he
terribly mad and walked up and down
the room with camp chair In his
hand"
My child,' he said, what did you
4 tell Hummel about me?"
II said l had not told anything.
Then White said must have told
Hummel becaue he had just squeezed
a thousand dollars out of him. He was
not going to send another thousand" !"
/ The witness continuing, said she
did not know what she had signed
when she signed the paper at the re-
quest of White In his Office Mrs.
/ Thaw said later she met White In
I. Hummels office at his own reqpesJ.
White showed her a paper bearing her
signature. After she acknowledged it
to be hers White put the paper In a
big jardiniere and burned it.
Thaw Carried Her Upstairs.
i How did Thaw treat you from that
time until he proposed marriage?" was
asked.
i "He treated me very nicely" the
witness replied.
"He carried me up and down stairs
when | was sick, brought me flowers
and took me carriage riding"
4 After her marriage with Thaw the
4 witness said they took a trip through
the west While In Pittsburg she
lived at the home of her husbands
mother.
She related how she had persistent-
lily refused to marry Thawl before she