The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-18
EVELYN NESbIT
MAY TELL TALE
TOCOURT ALONE
Jerome Begs Judge to Exclude
All But Attorneys and
Witnesses
Public Morality Likely to Be De-
graded by Horrible Story,
He Says
Thaw's Mother Totters TO Stand
in Contrast to Blithe
Chorus Girl Wife
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Evelyn
Nesbit in her childish garb held the
stage for something over an hour in
he Thaw trial today and was the
:ause Of filing the courtroom to its
:spacity as she may be the cause of
emptying it completely on Monday,
for District Attorney Jerome is max
ing hard fight to have the public ex-
GUIDED from the courtroom when Eve
lyn Nesbit tells again the story she
swears she told Harry Thaw in Paris
md which is set up as the chief rea-
son for the wreck of his heretofore
badly strained intellect.
Jerome halted Evelyn Nesbit just
as she had reached the critical point
in her story and made application to
Justice Bowling to have the courtroom
cleared of all save those directly and
actively connected with the. case. Jus
tice Dowling was taken by surprise
and declined to grant the request until
it had been taken under consideration
by him.
The testimony of Evelyn Nesbit
ended for the day at this point. She
was not allowed TO testify further and
on Monday Justice Bowling may direct
her to tell her story TO a courtroom
empty save for the justice, jury. coun-
sci and court officers.
MOTHER ToT1ERs 10 STAND
Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's mother,
presented pathetic appearance in the.
courtroom today. During the year that
has passed, illness, grief. shame and
cumulative sorrows have laid a heavy
hand upon the courageous mother who
walked feebly to the witness chair.
Mrs William Tnaw has not completed
her narrative She was too weak to
bear the strain OF. her ordeal She
probably viii resume Monday.
In strikingly vivid contrast with the
infrm, grief stricken mother-pale
crippled, supported by strong arms
was the appearance of Evelyn in added
bloom. rounded contour and abound
ing health. for the year that has
for the Improvement of the chorus girl,
wife of Thaw, as it had done in detri-
ment of his mother
Harry Thaw's wife began the second
recital of her sorry story almost blithe-
ly When she resumes her testimony
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the witness stand under direct and
cross examination for several days.
Such rapid progress is now being made
with witnesses it is believed the con-
clusion of the trial may be reached
within a month.
THOUGHT HIM IRRATIONAL
Miss Alice G. Fletcher of Washing
! ton, d. c.. who said she had been a
frequent visitor at the Thaw household
in Pittsburg and had known Harry X
Thaw for 2e years. was the first wit
ness today. She declared that Harr,
was an unusual chiid-nervous and
moody with wild staring eyes. He sol
dom talked coherently and was unable
l
throughout the period you knew
Harry Thaw, did his acts and appear.
ance impress you as rational or IRA.
tional?e asked Mr.. Littleton.
Irrational" declared the witness.
! Miss Fletcher told of seeing Thaw a.
his mothers house in 1903. Thaw sait
he had had an awful experience; tha
he believed he had terrible disease O
the eyes and thought he was going t.
die--in fact he wanted to die. He men
toned Evelyn Nesbit's name frequent
/ ly, but his talk usually was too inco
herent to follow. His eyes looked
without seeing. apparently. On eros.
examination Miss Fletcher said ths
although frequent guest at the Thav
home. she had never known Harry t,
| be placed under restraint in any way
Miss Fletcher insisted that Thaw's tall
constantly was incoherent with shift
ing of subjects. She could not recall
any particular occasion on which ther,
had been violent outbreak.
Policeman Thomas Il. Lynch who was
doorman at the tenderloin police sta
ton when Thaw was there following
the shooting of White. repeated the
testimony he gave at the nrst trial as
to Thaw complaining the morning after
his arrest of hearing the voices of chill
dren 10 or II years of age IN the tier OF
Icers above his own. The oficer said
to Thaw:
no. you must be dopy; ! don't heal
lanything.
EYES LIKE BOILED Eggs
Thaw's action in the station i'm
pressed the witness as irrational