Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-02-28
JEROME IS MERCILEsS
...x DETAILS IN rHe L'fe OF
.vs.yN Ness,r rHAw LAID
.Aae on pRosGcuroR.

..,,a Tina, she Continued illicit
s.,,on. With Stanford White
Az, N. First Event, When Che
e,,imed to Have 0ssa 0ruossd.
New York. Feb. 21.-The climax Of
....,tionalism seemed to have beeu
...cbed in the Thaw trial whom Dis
,vet Attorney Jerome continued to
s,h EVELYN Nesbit Thaw under . pitt
- cross-examination. No secret Of
4. vomans past was too intimate for
! :. district attorney to make her lay
\ bare. He made her admit. With;
~, streaming down her cheeks. that
sr relations with White continued
for several months after the first
.yent when she claimed to have been
lruseed Mrs. Thaw declared that In
N<ry instance she had been piled with
vine.
N the district attorney bared her
,tstions with White Mrs. ThAw wept
lKterly. Thaw sat with his face bur-
II In bis hands. Two Newspaper NO.
IN, used 10 the varying scenes Of
4 r. loft the courtroom. Jerome want.
i every detail Mrs. Thaw tearfully
~ all. She said she had informed
nav Of these experiences with stan
ted White, but had forgotten to relate
IN during her direct examination.
Whom Mrs. Thaw left the court
nam at the noon recess she collapsed
anpletely. She was placed on
Wseh n ll,. witness room by her
tisad, May Mackenzie, who revived
lef BY the Use of smelling salts.
After bringing out that her relations
With White continued for some time,
H. Jerome went deeper. Mrs. Thaw
emitted that in 1908. after the re-
san from Europe. she spent the night
4 Thaw's apartments In New York
and that for three weeks he and she
occupied connecting apartments ct the
Grand hotel In this city.
Made Damaging Easement.
Mrs Taaw made what was consid.
9ed perhaps her most damaging
statement to the defendant when she
Ad he nad showed her copies Of ca
Aesrams that were being sent to
Stanford White from Europe asking
him to use his influence with Q certain
nan in London to prevent Mrs. Mes
BIT from raising . FUSS" and inter-
tsring with Evelyn continuing IN the
company Of Thaw.
Mrs. Thaw also was forced to ad-
nit that when she and her mother
vent abroad with Thaw In 1908 they
we're still drawing upon the bounty Of
Stanford White. Evelyn declared that
iae had letter Of credit for $500 or
@0o which was given to her by White
aad which she later turned over to
Inaw. There was still balance IN
ne Mercantile Trust company also to
ler order.
Mrs Thaw admitted freely and with
rankness that the champagne which
INC had declared had tasted bitter the
slsht she lost consciousness In the
niTrored bedroom was no more bitter
.aan any other champagne she had
=! atunk. In fact, she declared It tasted
ake gil the rest. She denied that she
aad q intended for the jury to assume
etherwise.
The springing OF sensations did not
y rest with the district attorney. Mr..
y uelmas sent genuine thrill through
@e courtroom by declaring that he
n.a been informed It was the purpose
= =, inc district attorney to indict Mrs.
lnaw. Mr. Jerome denied that any
.aca y statements had been made. He
s'a not deny the purpose.
Duftng the afternoon Mr.. Hart
naee. Of counsel for Thaw, was served
:, ssa subpoena requiring the produc-
Won OF Stanford Whites letters.