Evening journal., 1907-02-20
FROM YESTERDAYS
LAST EDITION
JEROME SMASHES
THAW DEFENSE
SIaVeF's Wife Trembling as
State PrOds GirI-Wife in
CFOSS-ExamlnatiOn
SELF POSSESSION IS GONE

BY our own Wire. Publishers Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. i9.-Ihe after
noon sessions usually attract a larger
crowd. and to-day was no exception
The Jurors had been in their seats
and Thaw had been In the court room
nearly ten minutes before the judge en-
tered. Doctors Wagner and Hammond,
Of the defence's insanity experts, took
seats almost directly behind the pris-
oner to observe him.
Mrs. !. ]. Caine. who was on the
stand whe nthe noon recess was taken,
was recalled. Mr.. jerome resumed his
cross examination.
Jerome adduced the fact that on a
first evening near the FIRST of January,
1905. Evelyn called for Mrs. Caine OF a
store where she worked. They had an
advertisement clipped from a paper
and they went directly TO the furnished
apartment on Ninety-frst street, and
took Il and spent the night there. They
lived there three weeks
"Now. you say you were protecting
her-protecting her from .what?' asked
Jerome.
From newspaper notorlety." said
Mrs. acme.
Jerome succeeded in making her ad-
NIT that she had read In a paper that
Evelyn and Thaw had been elected
from a hotel and that IL was the subse-
quent notoriety 10 which she referred.
did you protect her against this de-
fendant?"
mo. considered his attentions al
ways honorable"
after what you read In the paper. -
Eyes"
Jerome was sarcastic about the sud
den suspension OF the voluntary moth
erly protection" lie asked many uueB-
tlons about Thaw's attentions, TO all ol
which Mrs. Caine said she saw anc
heard nothing not entirely proper.
Jerome took up the subject OF th'
night at Daly's Theatre. Mrs. Cainl
had testified that Thaw did not appea
rational on that occasion.
"Did the defendants acts appear ir
rational to you at any time during th
three months you were with Miss Mes
bit?" asked Jerome.
"Only when he saw Mr.. White"
"Ycs."
Jerome got the witness 10 say Thsy
never had any trouble with walters Il
restaurants. that he did not drink q
excess and that she had never seen lin
affected by drink.
/ Jerome induced her 20 say rhav
looked like a man in the presence Of hi
enemy through a sliD OF the witness
and evidence was got before the jury &
show that the operation Evelyn under
went In 1903 was for appendicitis. Tn
defence has tried TO conceal the natur
of this operation.
Delmas then took the witness In han,
long enough TO make her say tina
that all Thaw's attentions to E'volyi
Nesbit which came under her observa
ton were without exception honorabl
land respectable. She was then excuse
land Evelyn Thaw was called 10 IN
stand.
Evelyn Back on Stand
Delmas handed Evelyn an envelop
land letter which she Identified as hav
ing been written by her mother Je
rome objected to the admission Of tn
letter.
Delmas explained that the letter wa
written 10 Thaw in April 1903. II
NuIu nc MWMAA HAiNN AAAA ANN ia
asked for the hand Of Evelyn Ia mar
riage previous TO that time That hi
attentions were agreeable to the mothe
and wholly honorable.
Evelyn was more nervous than thl
morning. She took deep breaths h.
shoulders rising and falling noticeabl!
Several times she took a handker
chief from her breast pocket and wipe
her eyes, as II she had been cryinl
though she showed no signs of weep
Ing.
After the letter was read TO the jur'
Judge Delmas switched back TO a con
versation between Harry Thaw an
Evelyn relative to the possibility q
May Mackenzie being attacked b
Stanford White.
-usIeAuoo q uons psIsqmauaI uSIaAa
tion which had taken place last yea
lin Pittsbure. Thaw said he had hear.
White was pursuing Miss Mackcnzi
! and expressed some doubt as 10 he
safety.
Miss Mackenzie Would Shoot
Il told him." continued tho witnes.
"that May Mackenzie was perfectly abl
70 take care OF herself. and that sh
, had told me once that II any man trie
20 do anything 70 her she would shoe
him and that II she did not shoot hii
her father would"
Following this testimony. the defenC
sprung a surprise insisting that Jeron
should cross-examine Evelyn at ono
Tor yield his right 10 do so. Delmas IL
sisted Jerome had had nearly ten da,
e In which to prepare his cross -examins
= ton, and that the district attorney wa
a mot entitled 10 more time. When Ev,
lyn was withdrawn this morning. I
4 said, he had notified Jerome ne wou
y only consent to a postponement Of q
o oss-examinatlon until this afternoo
e Wished to Save Girl the Ordeal
Jerome. fully aroused. was on his fe
o IN an instant. Hec insisted his pos
e iponement Of the cross-examination WI
only 20 spare Evelyn that ordeal IL
thinks IL can be avoided. He ma,
p very plain his intention to have Tha
9 declared insane II he IS convinced aft
- the expert testimony Is al in. Delm.
interrupted and said that he would CO,
sent TO postponement OF the cross-e,
I animation II Jerome would name a in
when he would be ready 70 cross e,
anime Evelyn. Jerome finally sul