The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09

Idltn1ulne5S or courage promise me
one thing, don't drink any champagne
| am too poor, and must live at home.
| can't pay for your ring now. OF
course, If you are in need, | can get
loads OF money, but it would make
trouble. | must stay here, or get a
cheap ticket east. or course, don't say
anything about this
This ended the letter reading, and
Mr.. Delmas returned to the direct ex-
animation of Mrs. Thaw
Did you tell Harry Thaw of an cpl
sode in your life connected with STAN
ford White and Abraham Hummel in
New York. between your return from
Paris in 1903 until Christmas eve of
that year," he asked NO. replied
the witness with perfect composure,
Il did not tell until later
did you ever tell him." 'Oh, yes"
Whites Vaccinations.
Please relate what you told Mr..
Thaw." He asked me how came to
| speak to Stanford White after my re-
turn from Europe. | told him / was
! driving down Fifth avenue one day in
! hanson cab with my maid and we
:! passed Stanford White. / heard him
exclaim: oh, look at Evelyn. A
few days later / was called to the tel
ephone and it was Mr.. White. He
said: My, but it is good to hear your
voice again., And said he wanted to
come and see me. l told him | could
not see him. He said it was very i'm
portant that / should see him at once.
He said he had had much trouble with
my family and must see me. l asked
if my mother was i'll. 1t said it was
matter of life and death-he could not
tell me over the telephone. So he
came to see me at the Hotel Savoy.
When he came in be tried to kiss me,
but / did not let him. He asked me
what was the matter. / told him TO
sit down and asked him again, If my
mother was i'll. He said No and at
once began to talk about Harry Thaw.
He told me that different actresses
had told him that I was in Europe
with Harry Thaw He said presently
that Harry Thaw took me to Europe,
and asked me why ] went around with
q man who took morphine. He said
positively that Harry Thaw took NOR
phine that he was not even a gentle
man and l must have nothing to do
with him. After that he came con-
stantly to see me. He also sent peo-
pie to me, who told me stories about |
Mr.. Thaw. I told Mr.. Thaw after |
wards that the stories worried me so
much | could not sleep nights. / got I
very nervous, for / knew Mr.. Thaw I
was coming over, and I did not want
to see him. / told Mr.. White l did
not want to see Mr.. Thaw"
Mrs. Thaw said Harry accused her
OF having improper relations with
White after her return from Europe
II said it was lie; l did not
Mrs. Thaw told of going to Abe
Office with Stanford White
and said the lawyer put in a paper "a
lot of stuff about my being carried OFF
by Harry Thaw against my will and a
lot of stuff that was not true. / start
ed to interrupt, but he would not let
me-" She declared she signed abso-
lutely nothing at HvmmeFs Office
Mrs. Thaw testified that she signed
a paper in the Madison Square garden
building, which White said was of no
She said the paper after
ward was burned in Hummefs office.
|
Whites Overtures Rejected.
Mrs. Thaw said White tried in vain
many times to have her come to see
him alone. HE cried and said I was
lot human being
Severed days later Mr.. Hummel
jailed me up and asked if I had any
etters from Mr.. Thaw. l said I did,
,ut | could not see what that had to
10 with it. Mr.. White also called up
Ind said if was not willing to help
n every way they could not protect
ne from Mr.. Thaw. He said l must
10 just what Mr.. Hummel said So
made the letters up in bundle, and
ook them down to Mr.. Hummel's !,
'ffice. He said he did not want to !.
cad them and did not care what they ,
ontained. He asked, however, If :
here were love letters and I said
Yes. He said he just wanted to hold
hem over Harry X. Thaw's head. He
called them up in a big envelope, so :
ould see, he said, that he had no de- q
ire to read them. Then he asked ;
ne why l did not sue Harry Thaw for T
reach of promise. l said that that n
Tas absurd, for if there had been any .
reach of promise it was on my part.
lie said that did not matter. Mr.. Hum
lel said breach OF promise suit
'ould be fine advertisement for me- Ii
told him I did not care for that kind Il
advertising. He said other actresses il
Or breach of promise. He declared he
ad done the same thing and he had n
-on lots of cases for them. He told II
lie duke had been sued by an actress d
ould easily win suit for me. said f
did not want to sue anybody. This ii
,ade Mr.. Hummel very mad and an r.
~, and he told me I was foolish
Mrs. Thaw testified to going to her
wn lawyer and relating her expert :
noes. with Hummel. Her lawyer. she Z
aid, was greatly incensed at what she Z
I'D him of her acceptances in Hum !
el was a shyster." A laugh went :
round the room. Mrs. Thaw contin- :
ed: Mr.. Thaw told me that l had Z
D business to speak again with Stan =
'rd White. He accused me of having
nproper relations with Mr.. White }
nee I came hack from EuroDe and