The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13

rv Thaw again, his whole I4e:ne shak-
ing. He sat with his head buried in
his hands, a handkerchief covering
the ewes Where the defendant sits
he is all but shielded from the jury.
Bent over the table as he sobbed, he
! could not be seen at all Thus Thaw
sat for many minutes, and when he
finally lifted his head his eyes were
red and swollen.
Even if they could have seen, the
iurors would have had no eyes for the
prisoner. They, too, had turned their
gaze from the witness as the tears
came to her voice as well as her
eyes, and each man Of the twelve
seemed intent upon some object on
the floor beneath them Justice F'itz-
gerald looked out through the long
grated windows. The scene and the
story marked a new precedent in the
history Of criminal proceedings in
New York city. Old court attendants
gave their ready assent to this.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand,
her direct examination luncompleted
when the day was done. Only during
the afternoon she was excused for an
hour. while Lawyer Frederick Long
fellow was sworn to fix the date of
certain letters written to him by Har-
ry Thaw subsequent to the revela-
tions Miss Nesbit had made to him in
Paris.
Witness Has Recess.
The girl had identified the writing,
but the court held that the date must
also become a matter of competent
evidence. Mrs. Thaw seemed to ap-
nreciate the relief this incident Offer
ed. although during the hour and
half recess for luncheon she had re-
covered from the fatigue of the two
hours spent in the witness chair dur
ing the morning ession. AS she left
the stand for the recess she walked
unsteady, and passing back of the
iury box, ran the fingers Of her left
hand along the wall as blind person
might.
The letters which eventually were
offered in. evidence after much obJec-
ton by Mr.. Jerome and flood of ar
sunent by. opposing counsel during
the afternoon sitting Of the court, are
REGARDED as corroborative of Mrs
Thaw's testimony yesterday, which
she often declared, in response to oo-
jection offered from time to time by
the district attorney was a repet-
ton of the reasons she had given
Thaw for refusing to become his wife.
They also were offered as tending TO
show the state of mind of the defend
ant lust after he had heard from her
own lips the story Of the girl he low
ed and her relations with the man 1t
is claimed he killed as a result Of in
sanity inherited in part, or induced
by a stress Of circumstances.
The letters were written by Thaw
to Mr.. Longfellow as the attorney
They told of his coming marriage to
Miss Nesbit and of the ''row they
want to raise" Disconnected and jerky
jumping from subject to subject, they
nevertheless breathe the love he bore
the girl, and he wanted, among other
things, that provision should be made
that in the event of his death all his
property should go to her. The let
tiers constantly refer to that black
guard" who poisoned her as a girl,
and say that her name was falsely
connected with two others besides
that blackguard." Only two Of
half dozen offered in evidence were
read during the afternoon session.
The others probably will be presented
when court convenes today and Mrs.
Thaw again called to the stand.
In tcstifying yesterday Mrs. Thaw
was not allowed to state the names OF
certain persons, but by consent OF
counsel for defense she gave them in
whispers to Mr.. Jerome, Sin order,
as Mr. Delmas said, "that the prose
cution may have the fullest possible
opportunity to refute any of her
statements if he can
Paid Tributes to Thaw.
The girl paid other tributes to her
husband, to save whose life she brav-
ed all.
when I told him the story in Par
is she said, che came to me and
picked up the hem Of my skirt and
kissed it and said he would always
love me.
He nearly always called ne his
angel. We sat together that night