The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

HummePs Officer
Yes I was shown a signature, not
a paper
rs that the signature?' Mr.. Jerome
THAT is the name; I can't identify
| the signatur
At Delmas' request Mr.. Jerome said
the paper was signed Ethel Thomas.
! Mrs. Thaw said she had not read the
paper and Mr.. Jerome did not press his
| efforts to find what it contained.
II is supposed to have been connected
with a suit against Thaw.
| Up to February, 1902, the witness nad
not observed anything irrational about
Thaw. He had not proposed marriage
| to her and his attentions were not more
marked than those of other men
| October, 1903, did not you go direct to
George Lederer's office and telephone
to Stanford Winter"
Il did not
Didn't you try to telephone Mr..
White from the wharf where the ship
locked ?'
IT did not"
Didn't you see George Lederer before
you saw Stanford Winter"
No"
She first saw Lederer in 1902 when
she went to him with letter from Mr..
Marks looking for position.
did you ever go to supper with
Lederer?'
"Alone?"
Yes
Meeting With Barrymore.
The witness first met Jack Barrymore
in the summer of 1902, in the .'ToWer
Stanford White and some other men
and girls also were there. she could
not say when next she saw Barrymore.
She had gone to supper with him ire
quently and alone.
Did you ever go to DR., Carlton
Flint with Jack Barrymore?
No
Ever see him?"
Not that 1 remember
Did White continually object to
your going with Barrymore
''Yes-after he had seen my moth
err"
when did you last see Mr.. Barry
more?"
At this point Dr. Carlton Flint, who
had been sent for by the prosecution
appeared in court, was escorted to-
within a few feet of the witness and
confronted her.
Did you ever see that man before?'
demanded Mr.. Jerome of Mrs. Thaw.
The witness turned quickly toward the
new conner, hesitated moment and
then said:
Never"
You are sure?" said Mr.. Jerome.
threateningly.
ITO the best of my knowledge I
Did you not go to him with Jack
Barrymore"
Mo-
DR.. Flint withdrew.
Did you ever stay out all night
with Barrymore?" asked the prose-
cutor.
No."
Denies Whole Story.
Didn't you go to supper with
Barrymore one night and send your
mother a telegram saying you We're
spending the night with another
party?" -
Il remember nothing of the Sort
Ibid Stanford White at any time !
seek to have you take action against
Barrymore .. -t-.5. --a ,-,.--~-- .
Mr.. Delmas objected that the ques-
ton was not permissible under any
rules of evidence.
"It is very MATERIAL declared Mr.. |
Jerome. eff we can show that Stan |
ford White sought to have Barrymore |
on a charge of seduction"
THAT might show nothing more"
rejoined Mr.. Delmas, than the jeaI- |
ousy of an older man of younger i
sweetheart"
THE cross examination has taken
q wide latitude" remarked Judge |
but this question will not |
be allowed
Mrs Thaw said she had first heard |
posal to her mother three weeks ago,
when Mrs. Game told it to Mr.. Delma>.
Mr.. Jerome next asked the witness
If she had understood Thaw was pay
ing honorable court to her. She de-
clared she did not know whether
Thaw had matrimonial intentions dur
ing the first period of their acquain-
lance or not. Mr.. Jerome then took
Mrs. Thaw over the trip she made over
Europe alone with Thaw. She denied
knowledge that Thaw and she had
travelled as Mr. and Mrs. Dellis
Mrs. Thaw said that previous to
telling her story to Thaw she noticed
nothing about him that she thought
he heard the story he became very
much excited and brooded over the
story, gradually growing worse.
When Thaw heard of the letter OF
credit which Stanford White had CIV
IN her, he became much excitd.
Money Was Poisonous.
He said the money was filthy and
poisonous and 1 must never touch IL
again." said Mrs. Thaw. He said he
would take it so 1 could not use it. He
said that he would give me anything 1
wanted and that if mamma wanted
anything she would only have to ask
FOR it.
IF credit it was sealed up. 1 did not
know what it was and he told me 1
must not open the letter until we were
we'll at sea. Whatever was used of the
money was for my mother. Mr.. Thaw
gave it to her after 1 had given it to
him.
Many Rumors Afloat.
New York, Feb. 25.-The reports that
District Attorney Jerome will eventual
y ask for the appointment of a COM
mission in lunacy continue, and are be-
ieved to be we'll founded, but Mr..
Jerome it is said, will not make this
application until what he deems the
proper time arrives. He has, it is stat
ID. his plans all ready for this move