Evening journal., 1907-02-19
FIRST
EDITION
2.3O p. m.
SHOCKING TALES
TOLD ON STAND
BY EVELYN TODAY
,contlnuea PROM FIRST rage,
Macisenzie relating 10 stanford white ana

jerome opItctcoi DUe was NfN'f N
81 told him." sudd Evelyn, that May
Mackenzie told me she had a conversation
with Stanford White In which she said
I said 1t was very nice the way Harry
Thaw and Evelyn get along and that they
are so happy together. White replied 60
her that he did not believe it. She told
him: oh. yes, it is true, and ! am 50
glad White answered; Well it won
last III get her back.
.sWlhen you repeated this 70 your hus-
band what did he sayf'
HE said he had heard the same thing
from May Mackenzie
How did he act?'
"He acted as he always did when the
subject Of stanford White was mentioned
He got very much excited end gnawed his
nails
Did you undergo an operation In 1907
ayes, the year OF our marriage
.'who paid the bills for the operation
'.Alr Thaw made all arrangements and
paid all the bills"
How much were theyg'
About 5000 in all"
In reply to questions by Delmas, Evelyn
! said: After our marriage we lived at first
in the Town House. Thaw talked continu-
ally Of White.
HE always talked Of White. Why, some
times he would wake up during the night
and ask about White or something else.
lie had white on his mind all the time"
A Hospital Scene
Before your marriage did you go to a
hospital where May Mackenzie wasT
"Yes. It was in 1904"
was White there1"
eyes, he came in."
did you tell Thaw Of what he did OF
tried no DOR
''Yes. I tod him as soon as I saw hlmY'
Tell the Jury what you told Mr. Thaw." "
Il OF told him uhat white came in 10 was
small room and We had TO stand. Il'
asked me 20 take OF my hat Then he put
his arm around me and tried 90 sit roe cr
tho bed.
Il would not sit on the bed with HIM
and then he tried to pull me down"
Did you tell Mr.. Thaw thisf
n "Yes. told him all about 1t as soon as
saw him"
did Mr.. Thaw in conversation with
YOU ever allude 10 the condition Of your
health in connection with Stanton,
!. IANhteY-
"Yes. he said an my trouble and an m.
nl-heaith and weakness was due to wha
Stanford White did to me-"
Couldn't Prosecute White
after your marriage did you have an,
, ccnverration with Mr.. Thaw about wha
Efforts he had made to bring Stanfor,
White to Justice for what he had dom
to your
"Oh yes. we talked frequently about Il
Early in 1906 he showed me paper which
he said he intended to send 10 some so
ciety Crhe ComstoclS Society for the sup
preston of vice."
what success did he haver'
"He didn't have much success and
told him he would not, because Stanfor,
White was a very influential man an,
would be able to prevent any acton
AGAINST HIM 7 told him many peope woul
not believe It anyway"
In your conversation was there an
mention Of any other girls who had sur
iered at the hands Of Whltel'
Eyes, sir"
Delmas sought the codicil TO Thaw's vii
: but in Mr. Gleason's absence IL was no
! in court, and Delmas had TO borrow Jcr
s ONES copy which caused "A smile at tl
expense Of the defense
"Pie Girl" Story Retold
At this stage Of the proceedings was I'm
terplated the now famous story Of tn
! rple girl" by which the defense expect
T 70 show not only Whites debased menta
y condition but cold-bloodedness and heart
lessness toward his victims The story wa
first related to Evelyn in her dressing
room one night by White himself and wo
! introduced in evidence to-day as part o
B. the story Evelyn told her husband II
! PARIS one night In 1903 on which he pro
posed
a girl az the theatre had told me tn
story" said Evelyn. "and when I cam
TO my dressing room that night I aske,
Z White about IT,
"He seemed exceedingly proud and de
] clared it was the best stunt ne ever dl
at q supper. You see. he tod me. 'thi
, girl was very young. just hfteen. had
big pie made ana got some live bird
, which were put into the ipe with tn
! girl"
AZ the right moment It was hrough
in and put on the table The cover wa
broken and the girl stood up. as the bird
few out Mapping their wings
She had on a little gauze dress-that'
all. II was great-the very best stunt
d ever did al dinner. But I came near get
e ting into trouble about It. We put gol
3 pieces in the girls shoes and in her dres
and al OF OF people heard Of IT, All IN
newspapers got hold OF Il. I stopped
j at all Of the papers but one. got a frien
I to go 20 see them. though. and we hnaii
eot them 10 stop St, too We kept IL ou
b OF the papers, but ii was close
2 II told him I had heard he ruined IN
( lgiri that night, but he only laughed"
Y N1'he name Of the pie grl' was susl
g JohnSon, and it Is said shed led later 4
e poverty It did not come. out In the test
= mony.
The names 'of the other girls known b
s Evelyn TO have been ntsgsed by Whit
s were whispered to Jerome. bdeNvere nc
IS admitted in evidence. ~
s FROM YESTERDAYS
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