Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
WITNESS RETAINS C0MP0SuRE,
Jerome Touches on Income, Posing,
Men Acquaintance and Cores
pOndenCe With White.

/ saying he would show her the letters to
! see if they would not brighten her MEM
ory little bit. He changed his mind,
| however and the letters were not pro-
duced
Mr.. Jerome demanded that Thaw's
| counsel deliver to the court the Stanford
White letters they have in their custody
but they made no response. Mr.. Jerome
was assisted materially in his cross-ex-
animation by typewriter statements
made by Mrs. Thaw's mother and How
ard Nesbit, her brother. He consulted
the statements from time to time. and
Mr.. Delmas let this fact become known
to the jury by remarking upon it,
Mr.. Jerome's discrimination may
require several days yet. He Jumped
about today from one part of Mrs.
Thaw's story. and one period of her life.
to another, in a way that baffled any at
tempt to tell how far he had progressed
with his attack. He apparently intends
to take every advantage of the ruling of
yesterday which allows him wide latitude
in testing the credibility of the witness.
Mr.. Delmas, contrary to expectations, in
terposed few objections today. He is evil
IDENTIFY preparing, however, for an extend
ed redirect examination. and this togeth-
er with Mr.. Jerome's cross-examination
on the redirect, promises to keep the
prisoners wife on the witness stand for
indefinite period.
Mrs. Thaw seemed perfectly self-pos-
scssed at every stage of the cr'oss-exami-
nation. At times her voice trembled per-
cCptibly, but almost always it was clear
and emphatic. She fenced with the pros
ecutor continually. corrected him at times
as TO assumptions drawn from previous
answers, and occasionally told him his
questions were entirely too long to per-
INIT of a proper answer.
Tho young woman seemed to be swayed
by the district attorneys mood. When
his voice was soft and purring, and per-
haps a bit insinuating, she answered in
the same low tone. When Mr.. Jerome
would become aroused and snap questions
ct her in a loud voice, she replied in
kind. When the prosecutor would per-
sst with a question she had answered
two or three times. Mrs. Thaw would fl
nally reply with an emphasis on each
word. speaking slowly, distinctly and de-
family.
The defendant was always alert to
catch every word. He seemed impatient
al times at some of the questions put by
the prosecutor and kept up a running fire
of whispered comment with his attor-
ncys.
Mr.. Jerome began by showing Mrs.
Thaw a photograph taken in a kimono
and asked il she would recall the date
Of the picture.
think X was taken in 1901
Where did yOu live after you re-
turn from Europe in 1904 until the time
of your marriages. Mrs. Thaw gave
eight or nine addresses.
Was the defendant present when
this photograph in q kimono was taxi
cn?' II don't think So
Mr.. Jerome by his questions indicat-
ed that he did not intend to spare the
feelings Of the young woman in any
way. He questioned her sharply as To
the details OF her dress when she was
posing for artists in Philadelphia and
New York. He persisted in certain
questions even after Mr.. Delmas had
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