New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
MRS. THAW ENDS STORY
CHANGES IN TESIIMON1 .
Tells for First Time About Je1cets
Gi-ep Hcr-PrisOncr's Letters.

x,tora bs- hing cross-exa,uination was ended
Fpelx-y, Thaw testified yesterday afternoon that
uK Thaxss acts on the night he killed stan
ford White were not much different from us'''l'
and admitted that his reception OF the S'''S
she is alleged to have told him IN Farls was
rather that Of a man hearing distasteiu s''iH
than that Of an insane person MI Li''ie,'i'
oh5ected 10 the form Of the question WHICH
brought this admission and the piSulci "a 'o'
rev amended II tc ask whether ina" NoAU'N
on that occasion was rational or irrational. Mrs
Traw said tat she was too excited herseIi 10
say positively. but that he had sobbed paced 'ie
-oorn and shown great grief. She admitted that
g. ,be first trial she had testified that his con-
duct rational
& large mart of TIE examination was ue-
voted 10 the affidavit supposed 10 nave pe'h
made in Abe" Hunmels office and which MrS
rrbs,r -err5iated To establish the authenticity
Of this affidavit Hummel will be called 10 'fe
stand by the prosecution in rebuttaL
When Mr. Jerome resumed his cross-eNa'l'lii'-
..or n the morning he took up the travels OF
Thaw and the girl in Europe Ihen ne Jii''ie"
n her return 20 this city and her visits TO stan
@o-s White al the time she was at the Hotter
Navarro where Thaw visited her when ne re-
-.rne5 10 this country IN company with Ihorh-
,on Warren BY the time of this Vlsit she hau
heard stories about Thaw beating eirIs anu
holding them in scalding water Then ne 'o'h
,,n The visit 10 Hummels Office, the "i'ieSS
ae,x5ns that she had told Hummel that Thaw
had stripped and beaten her. or that sfle h''
oyer sworn 10 any affidavit TO that erect
Ae,a- few more questions widely sepa-
-s,e5 subjects Mr. Jerome asked about the pres
.,ts she received from Stanford While "hlle
- mas living on money furnished by IhaW'
r. tho 5-s+ time she said that these consisted
:. -,esrJ drop and several valuable earrings
s-,onp them a sapphire. with a diamond On
either side The pearl drop she testlneo Win
great reluctance. she gave TO WlIilam SIuI S1S
,be christmas following its receipt from SIall-
ford White About Christmas, lgo0' she anu
Haizie Toilette met Thaw at the CaIe bedUA
Arts and she told him Of most OF the stories sue
- tae-d about him Thaw denied all the
stories Mr. Jerome skipped about Ior vino
again from one topic TO another ana 'neh
reached the HummeI affidavit once more ieau-
ing from the records for the most part
. ma ,-o,, -e1l Harry I'haw that when you went
Is1rnTnalrs Office that Hummel sent LOT d
egrapheT& & ana '1s nbsther said stenographer par
ricularly, but man came H. A4iu He W
eEsry knd I1dog that HunIne told you that you must
,ot interrupt him? A-neSS- ,, ;r q LOT of stuff
mat YOU had been carried OF by falI? iterrnnt
s5d he rGJt up his hand and made you stop A
Yes p,,t did Won tell him that Hummel vent on on
great length about how you had oee S s G-o1Ir
against your will and that 1t was against
Tbat YOU had been forced to be taken away
from your , ma nat YOU had been III treated by
Thaw2 A--Yes. he said bn5t;; bat;rpH he said 1t was
in the dictaton about beatlLIs' -, carried off
necessary 10 say that ha9 - 49, ace and that
a11Id rrEhten Thaw. and that all he wanted u o0
was frighten IhaW.
zrr Jerome had the witness tel aoou'
-rax carving q revolver On Roger y MARA ;
advice. and then about some paper sisleu 9,
I.-sf.o,s rsouest in the Madison Square Garden
e,a said that White did not let her
sea the contents Of this paper. dozen OF fioie MOI
s94..-,,+ +or,ics were touched on. and then Mr,
-, ssl-ad about the alleged deseruon ol
-, .rl,a7rr's mother in London she salu
-r7,.v, wanted the mother to stay with lneIn' ou'
Mrs Holman wanted TO go back TO lfls coUii'iS
NTrs Traw could not remember Whe'her slle
-,read her mother TO stay or not She oeiliei
-+s- her mother had tried TO get the American
1-r,base, TO interfere between herself ana 1ha"'
She admitted writing 10 Stanford Nhl1e at 'ills
g. b,,t said il was because Of her mother $
urging -.-.,,,os che
.-ss .rou4 the paper she signed in the tower
80. ,re contents Of which she professed ignor-
-, and about the incidents OF the night OF the
.,oo+inp Concerning Thaws actions on that
NIGHT Mr. Jerome read once more The recoros
of the first trial
n We're Won asked and did you answer as toi-
,o1-s a., me last trial: ''Q.-Was there anything
-,acra- in his manner outsldedestIIhe ms mo-
80 men as I anticipate objection. I'eS,l ~
&c manner as compared with ms usual nS1lltI
90 .,1 answered: He just the same as eve
r. did not seem be agitated about an! lh-i6-
A That is right 50, -. .-o.4.o .-,,-
thing else
Mrs Thaw then described the oft-tod story
of the actual shooting. after which she was
asked about Thaw holding enmity against White
es being responsible for him being blackbaIled
nv a club She said she had only heard some
thing Of the sort.
Turned ever 10 MT. Littleton once more for
re-exsmtnation. she described the dining room
sn Martins where she White the night of
the shooting. Mr- Jerome then asked her about
Tbawrs nationality irrationality when she
told her story n him in Paris. and she was ex-
c11sed Her cross examination took about six
hours as against four days at the first trial
The similar speed with which all witnesses are
being dealt with makes both sides confident
that the case viii go 10 the jury by the end of
another week.