Evening star., 1908-01-20
STORY OF EVELYN
TOLD ONCE AGAIN
Continued from First Page.)

terposing himself between her and her
husband, Mrs Thaw's voice had tone of
| womanly defiance in it that was lacking
at the first trial, and that did not add to
the effectiveness Of her recital.
When the prosecutor occasionally would
take his seat, Thaw would gaze intently
at his wife. When Mr.. Jerome was on
| his feet the defendant would crane his
neck to get a view of the blue-clad figure
on the witness stand with the round vel
| vet hat and its crown Of violets.
| Mrs. Thaw, as last year. constantly re-
iterated that she was repeating only what
she had told Thaw in Paris. District At
torney Jerome constantly objected when
it seemed to him the witness was trans
| crossing.
The witness. when Mr.. Jerome offered
some of his objections would turn to him
and insist: That's what told him, Mr.
Jerome"
Justice Dowling ruled that Mrs. Thaw
| first must tell all she remembered of the
| conversation without any questioning
from counsel unless it appeared the wit
ness had forgotten any details when her
attention might be called to them.
In the Studio.
The witness said Ter experience in the
oath street house occurred after her
mother had been sent by Stanford White
to visit friends in Pittsburg. Mrs. Thaw
|
with Stanford White to a studio in East
taken in costume that she received note
from him asking her to lunch with a
party at the oath street house after the
theater. She was playing at the Casino
| at that time
when we got to the house there was
no one there except Mr.. White and my
| SELF" continued the witness, land he
| said They have all turned me down;
but never mind. we'll have our supper
! and then I'll show you all over the house.
| You have never seen It.
/ Mrs. Thaw's voice broke at last when
she told of all that happened and she
went on with some difficulty Thaw
broke down completely and wept. The
witness speedily regained her composure
and resumed her narration.
The story varied In no detail from the
narrative of last year.
'Mr. Thaw. when 1 told him, got very
excited. and walked up and down the
room and moaned and sobbed: his eyes
were wild" said the witness. HE bit
his nails and said My God, my God .
How long did that keep up?' asked
Mr.. Littleton.
"All night"
What did Mr.. Thaw say when you had
concluded?
He said 1t was not my fault and that
he thought just as much Of me as ever.
He said he wanted me to marry him. and
| stock of his friends, for some people
knew of what had happened to me- He
| wanted to know a lot about my mother,
/ and how often she had seen Stanford
| White and what he had done for her. /
told him my mother did not know any
| thing about it,
Worked All Night to Save Thaw's
| Life.
Mrs. Thaw then gave the details of
securing physicians and the manner in
which they worked over Thaw all night
| to save his life. This was the first
new incident she testified to.
| Going briefly over the incidents OF
| 1904 in Europe and of Thaw's repeated
offers Of marriage. the witness said
the wedding finally occurred in Pitts.
/ burg in April 1905, in the presence OF
| her mother and the members of Thaw's
family, including his mother. Fir. Lit
tleton here brought out the fact that
Thaw and his wife had endeavored to
William Thaw had taken for Europe
the Saturday preceding the Monday on
which the tragedy occurred Unable
to do this. they had engaged passage
the tragedy. -@..'s-.
Mrs. Thaw next took up the events
on the evening Of the shooting and
told of the dinner party at Mart Martin.sI .d
Thomas McCaleb forming the party.
i Mrs. Thaw was about to tell about
the note she slipped to ThaW E a. at u,aa MAI, ar,
meaning @ Stanford white. when the
luncheon recess was taken ut 2:3O
o'clock The note is said to have been
mislaid. but its contents will oe ad-
mitted.
i Evelyn Nesbit's Story.
With the probability that Justice Dow
ling will not grant District Attorney Jer-
ONES request that the testimony of Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw be heard in secret, the
latter will resume the stand today.
The attorneys for the defense seem to
think that the district attorney has some
Interior motive In attempting to exclude
the public from the trial. and their at
titude will doubtless prevent the judge
from complying with Mr.. Jerome's sug-
gestion. The story which Mrs Thaw VIII
tell will. in all probability, be practically
the same as that she told before, although
it Is possible that the district attorney
may be able to keep some OF the original
story OF the record. He was much more
careful last Friday in objecting to all
parts of Mrs. Thaw's testimony that were
not entirely material to the case. and has
already succeeded in keeping out much
minor matter that served on the first trial
/
1t seems that Mr.. Jerome Is preparing
for a cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw
which will be fully as severe as the one
she underwent at the last trial. Mr.. Jer-
ONE is now fully conversant with the
story and has had nearly year In which
to study it from every point of view and
prepare himself for a cross-examination
that may be even more searching than
the first one.
Mrs William Thaw, the prisoner s
mother. who told part Of her story Fri
day will probably follow the younger Mrs.
Thaw on the stand IL her health Is equal
| to the strain.
Public Not Excluded.
When the trial was resumed at 1870
o'clock this morning Mrs. Evelyn Mes
L.. Thaw was called to the stand to re-
peat the story OF q year ago. District
Attorney Jerome Immediately renewed
|, his motion Of last Friday afternoon that
, the public, including the representatives
of newspapers, be excluded from the
courtroom He cited a criminal case tried
in Monroe county several years ago as
! q precedent for excluding all persons ex-
cept those immediately concerned with
| the trial.
Mr.. Littleton, for the defense. said he
desired to leave the matter entirely in
the hands Of the court.
| District Attorney Jerome declared he
understood Mr.. Littleton to Join in the
motion when 1t was made last Friday.
and did not quite grasp the change OF
| front.
Il said on Friday retorted Mr.. Little
ton. that l would like to spare Mrs.
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