Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-24
THAW TRIAL VI Ii Be
At An END NEXT WEEK
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said the defendant was very solicit.
GUS about the draughts in the prison.
and had put n newspaper over the
gratings in the cell door. Thaw said
there were people who hoped he
would catch cold and die so the case
would never come to trial and Stan
ford Whites acts would never oe
known.
The physician witness then went at
length into the details of the physical
examination OF the defendnet The
testimony was n repetition of that
given at the first trial. Thaw's man
ner under each examination was DOM
ineering. Thaw passed good ply
steal etst, his relax being normal. His
pulse, however. varied in n remarka-
bic way. running in the space OF
minute from rs to 102 beats and then
back again.
DR.. Wagner said Thaw never spoke
of White by name. but always refer
red to him as the beast" or "the
backguard."
Mrs. Catherine L. Cain. the former
milllner of Boston. who overheard
Thaw's proposal to Mrs. Nesbit for
the hand of her daughter in marriage
was called.
Mrs. Cain testified that she was
with the Thaws at n theater party ar.
ter their marriage
Stanford White. came into the the.
alter. When asked what effect this
had upon the defendant, Mrs. Cain
said his manner impressed her as
rational. She heard Thaw offer to
settle an amount of money on the
mother.
Dr. Britain Evans Testifies.
DR.. Britain d. Evans. of the New
Jersey Hospital for the Insane. who
introduced the brain storm" into the
case last year, then took the stand.
DR.. Evans went over much OF the
ground covered by DR.. Wagner. the
two having been together on most OF
their visits TO Thaw Thaw talked
very rapidly. the witness said and
his words tumbling one over the other.
lie always assumed an air OF great I'M
portance, us IL to impress me that he
was the master of the situation" con-
tinued DR.. Evans, land would tell me
what should be done rather than that
| should tell him anything. There
was always the same glare of the
eyes, the same egotism. the same ner.
vous twitchings Of the face. the snme
suspicious attitude every time saw
the defendant"
When Doctor Evans had concluded
his dictation of the events OF the vari-
GUS visits to Thaw the court Mt 3:49
p. M. adjourned until tomorrow.
Evelyn Getting Fine Wardrobe.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw IL so sure OF
her husbands acquittal that she Is
preparing an extensive wardrobe for
trip abroad. When the prison gates
open for Thaw he and his wife will
70 abroad, and, in the whirllgig OF
European Gayety. forget. so far as
possible. the long nightmare they
have endured In New York and for n
| long time conceal their identity so
as to have surcease from notoriety.
While the young wife appeared at
court today attired in tho school girl
dress. costly evening gowns. trav-
cling dresses and other fine apparel
are piling up at her home In Park
avenue. In her quest for new gowns
Mrs. Thaw has visited her tailor and
"'Nu'oeo whenever ucl StDbtuCt from
court would permit She has order
cd. not alone frocks to add to the
simplicity OF her blue dress. but 9TH
or styles.
Mrs. White, Mrs. Thaw, Miss White.
While on one OF these shopping
tours she came face to face with Mrs
Stanford White. The young woman
had just stepped from the shop OF
Nine. Louise In Fifth avenue. near
Fifty-siNth street. and was crossing
the sidewalk to her automobile. fol-
lowed by saleswoman. when she
bumDed into the widow Of the man
her husband killed. Mrs. White drew
uD quickly and Evelyn and sne look
cd each other straight in the face
Tho little crowd attracted to Evelyn
| Thaws automobile saw the meeting
and was startled when there came n
call from the shop to the woman who
was carrying Mrs. Thaw's bundles {:
You are wanted. Miss White.
sounded in woman's voice.
The coincidence in names startled
both Mrs. Thaw aud Mrs. White as
they moved aside and passed on.
THREE ISLANDERS DISAPPEAR.