Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-13
Jerome Says He Can Show That
She SwOre Under Oath That
Thaw Beat Her.
RELIES ON HuMMEL AFFIDAVIT
Prosecuting Attorney Thinks That
All The Evidence fer the State
Win be in Friday.
Early AGjoarnrncni Taken to Perlnit
Formulation Ut Hypothetical Question
And Consultation os authorities,

New York, March lS,--Ihers was but
9 shoE. session @! The coNrt tryins
Harry x. Taaw Cor the aurder os
Stamford White. adjournment being
taken shortly AFTER noon until tOmor-
row. Trts action was taken partly to
give Mr- Delluas am opportunity ta
consult the authorities alld prepare ar
argument IN reply ia m impassioned
appeal by Dist. Atty, Jerome Tor the
admission Of testimony by Abraham
Hunmel i'll contradiction of Evelyn
Nesbit ThAv's evidence and partly
upon the statement OF Mr.. Jerome that
II he was allowed The afternoon Ia
which 10 complete the Hypothetical
question 10 be put to his experts he
thought the state could close its case
IN rebuttel tomorrow night He said
ne had been assured by Mr.. Delmas
that his cross-eSamination Of the eS-
perts would not be Tong.
The matter of HunlnleI's testifying
was still undecided,
Mr.. Jerome spoke for more than an
hour today, conJending that Hummel's
testimony - the most vital In the case.
Il Will show that this woman swore
under oatb that she had been beaten
10 4 l-Si " ia I ~ lH btNlusT SIT NbilN
MOI sign papers he had prepared and
which falsely accused Stanford White
Of dIugging and betraying her
Mr., Jerome declared that the mater
lal issue OF the case WAS as 10 whether
Evelyn Ncsbit told her story to Thaw
in Paris.
IF she did not tell that STORY" con.
cluded Mr.. Jerome, Chen the cause OF
This mans msauty disappears.
claim the right - show that Evelyn
Nesblt herself has denied the story
she Told this jury
J, c. SMITH RECALLED.
Whites brother. in-l0v, was called
again as witness in the Thaw trial
this morning Mr.. smith was laIe In
| arriving and Mr.. Jerome summoned
Abraham Hummel to THE stand
Scarcely had Hummel taken his seat
when Smith appeared There9,pon
Hummet was temporarily excused
MI, Smith was questioned By Nh
Delmas for she defense as to the ca
bcgTam from MIR. Jerome SUNNI onine
him 20 appear as a witness.
Mr. Smith said he did not have
either he original of the cabl"srant
or copy.
AS j remember The message. It
read: Your evidence most important
Your attendance desired .
He had FIRST communicated this
evidence 10 mis- lawyers
Mr. Smith said he returned 10 this
country on Feb II, and communicated
with the district attorneys office on
the 18th He had reduced TO writing
his conversation with Ihaw upon the
roof garden and had shown the mem
Oranda 10 his counsel and Mt. Gar
van. MI Delnls had no further ques-
lions and Smith was excused
tfUMN1EI. ON STAND.
Mir. Hummel again took the stand.
He had testified before the arrival OF
Mr.. Smith that he saw Evelyn Nesblt
az his office Oct, 81, 1903, after her
return from Europe.
Did YOU, after conversation with
Evelyn Nesbit on oct. 81, dictate
something to a s'onographer:' asked
Jerome.
Delrnas objected upon the ground
that this was not in rebuttal OF any
testimony offered by the defense.
Justice Fitzgerald oYerrUled the OBJ
lection.
Yes, sir, answered the witness.
ibid Mrs. Thuw tell you that Thaw
wanted 10 iniure White and put him
In the penltentiary and that Thaw
begged her time and again 10 swear
to documents he had prepared involV
ing Stanford White and charging that
he had dragged md ruined her and
that Thaw had beaten her because she
would not s!gn the paper?' asked der-
ONE
pelnas arose 10 lay the ground for
an objection. He asked Hunmel II az
the time Of the conversation with MISS
Nesbit he was actlnB as hur lcsal adj
wiser ana attorney,
mo, MAS acting fdl stanford
White" replied the WitEess.
land You Jld not contemplate some
action IN Miss SCebIt's behalf"