The Washington herald., 1907-02-21
MRS. EVELYN THAW BATTLES JEROME.

: BATTLES JEROME.
not entitled to draw any sums from the
Mercantile Trust Company"
II DO not remember"
Who was furnishing that money!"
Stanford White.
Jerome read the checks 20 the jury. Il
took long time. They were for nearly
every week between January ! and Au-
gust ]. 1902 with the exception Of a month
or two In the early summer.
Receipts Read to Jury.
Jerome then got the witness to identify
a stack Of receipts. He read this one.
saying II was "a sample OF all the rest,
New York. January Il. 1902. Received
from the Mercantile Trust Company
twenty-five dollars under instructions OF
Charles Hartnett. Evelyn Nesbit.'
Witness said she did not think there
was an understanding that she was to
receive 81 Of Stanford Whites money
every week that she was not actually act
ing. She could moi remember when the
payments began.
porting 10 be copy OF a letter from III.
c. Deming. vice president OF the Mer-
camille Trust Company, and then asked
her ii she remembers having received a
letter from Mr.. Deming. Witness replied
that she did not. Jerome retorted that
he would get at what she remembered
before he got through Then the district
attorney propounded the following ques-
ton:
did YOU ever become aware that there
had been deposited in the Mercantile
Trust Company. OF New York. The sum
OF 81 30 with instructions that upon your
written application they were 10 send
to you IS a week from January 1, 1902. 70
January !, 1903 with the understanding
that this application would be made only
when you were not acting or as an emeT-
gency fund in case Of sickness or trOu-
ble?'
Question Too Long.
u cannot pretend to answer that ques-
ton. I don't think I ever could. It is
too long"
The witness said that she understood
that a sum Of money had been deposited.
She could not remember the amount. but
she heard White had deposited It through
Hartnett. Witness. in reply 10 further
questioning. said that money had been
deposited for her on a previous occasion,
in another bank by Stanford White. il
was in 1901 or 1902, she could not tell
which. She told the district attorney that
In October, 1902. she was playing at Mrs.
Osborn's playhouse In a piece called
Tommy Rot"
He wanted her to say that she had,
about that time written 2 letter 20 the
Mercantile Trust Company. but she could
not remember it. though Jerome tried
various ways Of refreshing her memory.
He also made quite a point Of getting her
to state that she distinctly understood
that she was only to draw go weekly of
Whites money on condition that she was
not employed on the stage at the time
she drew e. II was quite useless.
II don't remember anybody making
such a definite statement" she said.
letter Requesting Money,
The reason for the fnsistence OF the dis
trict attorney on this point did not ap-
pear. He read letter from her notifying
the Mercantile Trust Company that she
had stopped playing and requesting that
the company begin sending her IS a week
until she got another position.
Even this suggested in no way. 10 the
mind Of Mrs Thaw. the terms upon
which she was to draw Whites money.
She would not even say she wrote the
letter. She did say. however. that Il was
dictated bv Stanford White
1T does not sound Ike the way would
write a letter she added. and a smile
went around the courtroom. The witness
added:
Every bit Of money matters that had
10 do with stanford White. he would
dictate every letter that / or my mother
would have 20 write" That about fin
Ished the afair Of the checks.
Jerome swung sharply of 20 the life
philosophy OF Stanford White as it had
been stated by young Mrs. Thaw In her
direct testimony
Witness admitted she had no other rea-
son for rejecting Thaw in Paris than her
own unworthineSs.
Concerning Abe HummeI.
The district attorney completely failed
to get the witness to answer certain ques-
tons and switched to Abe Hummel
Witness in reply 20 questions said she
had seen Hummei since the alleged burn
ing OF the anidavit in Hummel's once
She had seen him once at some sort OF
theatrical benefit. She said she was there
with a friend OF Mr.. ThaW's. and told his
name in a whisper 10 the district attorney
She admitted that she had some cham
payne in HummeTs company after the
performance that night in the committee
room. but denied she vas Hummel s
guest, adding:
LAS ] understood it. I was the guest OF
the gentleman with whom we attended
the performance.
Not HummeTs Guest.
Mrs. Thaw admitted that Hummel sat
at the same table with them. but she
said she barely spoke to him. The dis
trict attorney tried 20 get her 20 fix the
date of her first visit TO Hummers Office
with White. but the best he could dc
was 70 fix Il at few days after October
a 1903. on which date she returned from
Europe. She went there as a result OF
stories White told her and had other
people tell about TlHw. against whom
White said Hummel would protect her.
She could not tell just what day white
first came 70 see her az the Hotel Savoy
after her return from Europe. She had
the day before seen him on Fifth avenue
near Forty-third street.
He was in a carriage she said "and
he leaned forward and went this way
(waving her arm and said OH Evelyn,
like that