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trained nurse entered from the witness
room. Thaws mother leaned heavily
upon her arm as she LETT the room.
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw was the strongest
possible physical contrast TO her mother
.ru-law. She entered swiftly from the Wit
ness room. and, with quick and elastic
step. walked 10 the witness chair. she
looked In much better health than at
the first trial. and certainly never in the
long course of that pT0tracted affair was
7er excite. girlish beauty exhibited 10
better advantage
Though she is now twenty-four years
lid, she still wore the clothes of girl
# sixteen, aud she looked not day
more than that age, As before, not a
ne appeared upon her face. Her eoun-
anance exhibited not a trace OF the eX-
-aordinary experiences which have been
ers.
If anything, Ter manner was just a bit
ore self-confdent than before. She was
d quite so free OF manner. There were
mes when she came dangerously near
sing pert. She answered questions with
ore promptness and facility.
Jerome CurtaiIs Testimony.
Apparently it was Mr.. Littleton's in
ntion for her 10 repeat all the details
the story she told before. But whether
not that be true, she was not allowed
do it,
7haw's chief counsel started the wit
IS off with her childhood days, and
ought the story down 10 the time when
and Thaw were together I'm Paris.
It wasn't the same story, after all
was shorn Of a thousand and one
the picturesque details which formerly
/ graced IL. such. for example, as the Incl
/ dent about the time she and her brother
were travelling on a railroad train TO their
/ mothers. and how she had a pet cat that
/ the conductor tried to take away from
! her. and how she cried ana he let her
! keen it, Nor was she allowed 60 tel
what artists she posed for after she began
TO pose. how much they paid her, and
/ how she gave the money 10 her mother
I to keep the little family going.
! While the elder Mrs. ThaW was on the
/ stand. Mr. Jerome remained seated, and
! did not appear TO be paying close atten-
/ ton. The instant the defendants young
/ wife began 20 testify the district attorney
! got 10 his feet and stayed there until she
finished He not only stayed there. buI
/ her story was frequently punctuated viii
/ objections
/ Mr. Jerome it was who clipped from heI
| testimony all those picturesque details
Where she lived at a certain time, wheI
she went somewhere else. how long sh'
/ stayed. and so on. she was allowed q
tell: but no adOrnments were permitted
/ so that il was q mere skeleton Of storl
when compared to the sumptuous fabri'
OF a year ago.
Court Excludes Questions.
Time after time questions that were ad
mitted by Justice Fitzgerald were ex
cluded by Justice Bowling And with then
all the work went rapidly on.
! There was scarcely an argument from
beginning to end and absolutely N
/ speeches. Mr.. Jerome objected, Justicl
Bowling sustained him. and Mr. Littletor
accepted. and that was all
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie and he
husband. together with Josiah Thaw, rep
resented the Thaw family in the court
room. It was the first time Mrs. Carnegi
has been seen there in several days.
On Monday, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw vii
resume the stand and continue her story
In view of the rulings already made b,
Justice Bowling. it seems likely that {
viii not take her much more than On
full court day TO complete her drac
testimony Whether the reporters will b
allowed TO chronicle it remains to be seen
Courtroom Crowded.
] The first big crowd of the second tria
turned up at the afternoon session. I
had become known generally that Mrs
Thaw, the mother. and Mrs. Thaw, tn
wife, would be witnesses. and a mo
stormed the police lines at the door
When the crowd had been sifted out an
those with credentials had been passe
through the courtroom was packed. ]
was the first time this has happened a
this trial.
Around the Criminal Courts buIldn
were lined IN u thousand or more curiou
persons, who wanted to get a glimpse Q
somebody connected with the case.
Shortly before o'clock the elder Mr..
Thaw came to the building in a close
automobile cab. With her was her daugF
ter and her husband, Mr.. and MR.
George Lauder Carnegie.
Mr.. Carnegie had to help his mother
in-law out Of the cab and support he
as she walked into the building Will
waiting to be called as a witness she la
on couch in room adjoining the eour
Thaw, who had not seen his mother
and hasn't seen her in some time becaus
Of her Illness, came into court lOokin
nervous
As soon as Justice Bowling entered h
was Joined By Supreme Court Justic
Guy. who sat on the bench with hin
The Enclosure around the clerks desk wa
closed
Barrett concentration Brief.
Mr. Jerome started off by continuin
the cross-examination Of Doorman Bar
rett of the Tenderloin station.
About all that Mr.. Jerome could e
from Barrett was that he remembers
some things he had said about THAI
after he was arrested and some thing
he couldn't He remembered that he sal
that Thaw looked on the night of hi
: arrest like man who had had cor
glomeradon Of drinks. cocktails an
things.
Then Lawyer Dan O'Reilly left tn
Thaw counsel table. In a few minute
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw appeared at III
door to the courtroom. AS the door wa
opened she hesitated. Her daughter Mr.
Carnegie, who was behind her. whispere
, something to her. Mrs Thaw glance
uneasily over that part Of the courtroom
, on line with the jury box and wake
behind ii 10 the witness chair.
[ There was not a sound in the court
room All that could be seen Of Mr.,
.