Mower County transcript., 1907-02-27
'JERO ROMD is MERCII.E .ESai
DARK DETAILS IN THE LIFE OF
EVELYN NEsBIT THAW LAID .
BARE BY PROSECUTOR. .
with Tears Streaming Down Her

u ttSIdtiOtlS w iii oSdtuOiN White
4 After the First Event, When She
Claimed to Have Been Drugged.
New York, Feb. 21.-7The climax of
sensationalism seemed to have been
reached in the Thaw trial when Dis
trict Attorney Jerome continued to
lash Evelyn Nesbit ThaW under a pitt
less cross examination No secret of
the wonlan's past was too intimate for
the district attorney to make her lay
it bare. He made her admit, with
tears streaming down her cheeks, that
her relations with White continued
for several months after the first
event, when she claimed to have been
drugged. Mrs Thaw declared that in
every instance she had been piled with
wine. s.H .
AS the. district attorney barred her
relations with White Mrs. Thaw wept
bitterly. Thaw sat with his face bur
led in his hands. Two newspaper wo-
men, used to the varying scenes of
life, left the courtroom. Jerome want
ed every detail. Mrs. Thaw tearfully
told ALL She said she had informed
Thaw of these experiences with Stan
ford White, but had forgotten to relate
them during her direct examination.
When Mrs. Thaw left the court
room at the noon recess she collapsed
completely. She was placed on. a
couch in the witness room by her
friend, May Mackenzie, who revived
her by the use of smelling salts. s;. 5%
After bringing out that her relations
with White continued for some time
Mr.. jerome went deeper. Mrs. Thaw
admitted that in 1908, after the re-
eurn from Europe, she spent the night
at Thaw's apartments in New York
and that. for three weeks he and she
occupied connecting apartments at the
Grand hotel in this city. r. ~ :
Made Damaging Statement. -
Mrs. Tnaw made what was consid-
cred perhaps her most damaging
statement to the defendant when she
said he had showed her copies of ca
Diagrams that were being sent to
Stanford White from Europe asking
him to use his influence with a certain
man in London to prevent Mrs Mes
bit from raising a fuss and inter
fering with Evelyn, continuing in the
company of Thaw. y
Mrc .ThavV o1cn f0roo1 t0 'o1
nit that when she and her mother
went abroad with Thaw in 1903 they
were still drawing upon the bounty Of
Stanford White. Evelyn declared that
she had a letter Of credit for S400, or
$500 which was given to her by White
and which she later turned over to
>Thaw There was still a balances in
the Mercantile Trust company also to
her order. "a .5
Mrs Thaw admitted freely and with
frankness that the champagne which
she had declared had tasted bitter the
night she lost consciousness ins the
mirrored bedroom was no more bitter
than any other champagne she had
drunk. In fact, she declared it tasted
like all the rest. She denied that she
had Intended for the jury to assume
otherwise. -
The springing of sensations did net
ell rest with the district attorney. Mr.
Delmas sent genuine thrill through
the courtroom by declaring that he
had been informed 1t was the purpose
of the district attorney to indict MRS.
Thaw. Mr.. Jerome denied that any
such statements had been made.f He
did not deny the purpose. ~ s:3: y.
During the afternoon Mr. Hart
ridge, OF counsel for Thaw, was served
with a subpoena requiring the produc-
-tion of Stanford Whites letters, He
said he would not comply. ~. r.. s..