The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-20
INSANITY NOT
Real CAUSE,
Evelyn 1hdW Declares Thai
Never While She Has
Her Right Sense VIII She Tell
the True Reason Fur Her
Suit For Divorce.


first formal statement relative TO hcr
suit for (, am, uln:ent O. her n.arri-
age HIr : T aw.
"Deti l.. ,hL it>, am suing NJ
husband to have our .Iarrial, anaull-
ed on the ground that he V rs al
when the ceremony was performed.
am frank to admit Il at is not the tn,
reason. What is prompting me in this
will remain a secret as long as live
and never in my right sense, will ut
ter woro. | am determined to carry
the secret to my grave with me. Fur.
Their than that found my cause during
the first trial. | will remain mum in
this matter forever"
rs this suit based upon Thaw's jeal.
ousy?" was asked.
NO" exclaimed Evelyn. She de,
clined to say however, what was the
specific cause of the quarrel and suit.
Her attorney, O'Reilly, said that he
would never tell, when asked but vol
unteered the information that the quar-
rel occurred in the early part of the
Thaw trial.
Despite many denials made there is
good reason for believing a financial
settlement had been agreed upon for
many months. Assuming that young
Mrs. Thaw has been unfriendly toward
her husband except in her public at
titude, for more than a year, it is
hardly reasonable that she would have
testified to all the degrading events of
her life without the assurance that she
would be well cared for by Thaw's
family. 1t is said by her friends that
she has an affection for her husband
that has more of sympathy than of
love, but that she was determined
through both trials never to live with
him again, no matter if he should be
freed.
Even now her counsel says she has
no hard feelings against Thaw, but
would do all in her power to help him
Mr.. O'Reilly says that she will go on
the stand and testify in an effort to get
him out of Matteawan. Her fear of
Thaw is one reason for her determine
ton never to live with him again. The
quarrel was over some trifling personal
matter, according to Mr.. O'Reilly.
From another source it was learned
that Thaw became jealous early in the
first trial and that the quarrel was over
his jealousy. Despite the quarrel she
passed through both trials without the
slightest manifestation of any i'll will
and so long as Thaw was in the Tombs
she was a model of a loving and de-
voted wife. She rarely failed in her
daily visits.
Lawyer Peabody would not talk of
Thaw's attitude toward the suit. He
said that Thaw had made very little
comment when told that his wife would
sue him for an annulment of their
marriage. This statement disagreed
with another version to the effect that
Thaw stormed with rage over the news
and then broke fourth into violent pro.
testation of his love for his wife.
The following is the petition filed by
Mrs. Thaw for annulment:
Evelyn Florence Nesbit Thaw, plain
tiff, VS.. Harry Kendall Thaw and
Mary Copley Thaw, defendants.
The plaintiff in the above action
complains of the defendant and alleges
first.
That on the 4th day of April, in the
year 1905 in the city of Pittsburg Pa,
Evelyn Florence Nesbit Thaw, then
Evelyn Florence Nesbit, and Harry
Kendall Thaw, the defendant inter-
married and
That at the time of the said mar
riage of the plaintiff to the defendant
the said defendant was lunatic and
of unsound mind and incapable of
making a valid contract and incapable
of contracting marriages and
That the cause for the annulment OF
this marriage is that the lunacy of the
said Harry Kendall Thaw existed at
the time of said marriage, and
That Mary Copley Thaw, named In
this complaint it the mother of the
said Harry Kendall Thaw. and
That both parties to this action are
at this time residents of this State,
and.
That there has been no issue OF the
marriage of the said Evelyn Florence
Nesbit Thaw and the said Harry Ken
dali Thaw; therefore,
The plaintiff prays and asks that the
said marriage be annulled on the
grounds above set fourth.
Evelyn Florence Nesbit Thaw
Daniel A. O'Reilly, Counsel.
Memphis, Tenn.-According to societ
gossip here, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may
come to Memphis to live as the wife q
DR.. A. F. Twogood, dentist OF this
city, A romantic attachment for DIR.
Twogood is said to be behind her de-
tn secure q divorce and a