The Washington herald., 1908-01-21

New York. Jan. 2o-For the second
time Evelyn Nesbit Thaw told to-day
TO a jury the story Of her relations with
stanford White and Harry X. Thaw.
District Attorney Jerome first made an
attempt TO have 1t kept from the public
on the ground of its demoralizing inhu-
once on the morality Of the community
and then tried to have it kept from the
jury because he said # was too remote
as bearing on the insanity OF Thaw when
he killed White. He lost on both propo-
sItions
When 1t came his chance he did not
spare young Mrs. Thaw on cross-exam-
inatoD
New Detail 80 Her story.
Mrs. Thaw was on the stand the whole
day. She finished telling most OF her
direct story at the morning session.
Ia two essential details it differed from
that of the first trial There were Incl
dents OF her career with the two men
that were left out. There may have been
Two reasons for this.
Jerome stood in front of the Young
woman all the time she was telling her
story. BY objection after objection he
fought against her getting any assistance
from Mr. LittletOn. At the same time
Littleton did not think it necessary TO
bring into operation every little bypIay
adopted by Michael Dolphin DeImas.
ATg Ih4V said F-a+ eL,r+T.. 49,
and Thaw went to Europe in lg14 he pro
posed they both commit suicide. Many
unpleasant stories We're being told about
him and he saw no use in living. He
thought she should die, too. The Waldorf /
Astoria was the place selected 10 carry
out the suicide pact and o'clock in the
afternoon was fixed as the time for its
contamination
Evaded suicide Pact.
To calm him Evelyn agreed TO his plan. /
Subsequently she insisted upon going TO /
the theater. Apparently he forgot all
about H.
But later when they got to Paris. she /
said, he came TO her one evening ghastly
pale. He told her that ''he had done
H. After several questions, she got
from him that he had taken laudanum. /
II was his New York idea that they
both die by taking laudanum. He had I
followed out this idea, as to himself in /
Paris. He was sick young man for q /
time. but the doctors brought him around /
Those were the two new things in
her story. The rest was a recital or
how she met White, how he took her
10 his studio in the Madison Souara
tower and 10 two other studios. finally
accomplishing her ruin,
There was not the same wealth ~
detail of her first recital, and practically
nothing on her direct examination that
would shock tho moral sensibilitieg Of
any one So that those who came N he
shocked We're disappointed at the morn
ing session.
irritable and PetuIant.
The young woman appeared n bs,.
trouble in remembering her story. More
than once she was irritable and petuIaDt
not only with Mr. jerome but with Mr.
LittIeton.
She acted In more matter-of-fact wav
than at the first trial Altogether the
impression she made was not so effective
Jerome's cross-examination Of little
Mrs. Thaw. which began shortly after
the noon recess, was hammer and
tongs affair from the outset The dis
triet attorney went after the wife of
the defendant without gloves.
From the first question he asked. he
adopted frank and candid attitude of
skepiicism toward the witness. His tones
We're harsh and loud Not infreauently
he spoke with the accent Of a sneer.
Repeatedly he scolded when the wit
ness did not make direct answers. An
atmosphere of implacable hostility sur
o'"'td MIN from the moment he began
his questions. F:
Young Mrs. ThaW at once stiffened to
.lleet the charge. She sat up straighter J
lh me witness chair, her eyes flashed. she J
raised her voice, and made il plain to ,
every one who saw her that she reqIiz, ID
she was meeting an enemy
FROM that time on il was give and ,aka /
het"een them. If there was anv advan-
tast az tne end of the day. IL did not !
-le with the district attorney. 7
jerome Brings Out Details
I'm the direct examination Ii+to.o, I
skinned as lightly as he could over the
details of the illicit relations between
Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbir Nor
so with Jerome on the cross-examinatiop !
lie insisted on hearing all about it again
1t appeared to be the general opinion Of
those in the courtroom that he gained e
little in so doing T
Despite Mrs Thaw's extremely youth fl
ful appearance. she soon became. under 4
Jeromes merciless fire, an extremely
clever, resourceful, self-contained young
woman. who saw just where any given
question led almost before it had left the
qUestiOner's lips
Several Of her replies did not please
the district attorney.
On another occasion Jerome asked her :
# she had told at the first trial about
Ihaw's proposal that he and she should :
commit suicide at the Waldorf Astoria.
No she said. quickly, Mr. Delmas
said that would make him out too crazy. P
and" Z
"Condne yourself TO answering my
questions" cried Jerome apparently not
any too well pleased with the abundance y
IF this reply d
1ounG Mrs Thaw showed an extraor-
ilnarily accurate memory of what she