The sun., 1908-01-18
jerome Moves 10 Keep Evelyn
NSsbit'S Story From
the Public.
COURT TO DECIDE MONDAY
She Tells Of Her Early LIE with
Picturesque Details
Excluded.

jerome Alert TO Keep Her Recital Down
to PIain Faets-Had Reached the Psint
70 Of TeIIlnE what she Told Harry Thaw
About whito when She was stepped
She Appears More Self-COandent
Mrs. wIllsm Thaw Repeats Previous
TestimOny-Her Feeble Health Neces-
states an interruption snd she Wm
Appear Asain-Nurse and Family
Friend Ten Of Thaw's Strange Actions
ana Policemen Describe His Manner
In . Cen IN the TenderIOIn station.
The two most important witnesses TO be
produced in the defence Of Harry X. ThAw
took the witness stand yesterday afternoon.
They were Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and
Mrs. William Thaw. respectively wife and
mother OF the man who killed Stanford
| White.
The examination Of the elder woman was
interrupted after an hour on account Of
! her feeble health. She will resume the stand
some time next week. Mrs. William ThAw'S
story she told at the first trial.
Evelyn Thaw brought her story down to
the time she told Thaw in Paris Of her rsla-
tons with Stanford White. When she had
reached this point. and IL was plain that Mr..
LittletOn intended to go on much as Mr..
Delmas did in the hrst trial, the District
Attorney rose and moved that the court
room be cleared Of spectators and reporters
| He explained his action by saying that many
newspapers had spread broadcast on the
occasion Of the first trial all the details Of
a revolving story. In his opinion no more
shocking and indecent display had ever
been made in the columns Of some news
papers. To permit a repetition Of that sort
Of thing. said the District Attorney. was 70
strike blow at the welfare Of the commu-
nifty.
Justice Dowling replied that there was
nothing to prevent the newspapers from
reprinting the story told by Thaw's wife
at the first trial. even IL eve rybOdy was
excluded from the court room. He thought
the District Attorneys suggestion would
have been more to the point had II been
made at the first trial. As IL was thu story
had all been told in print. He was inclined
to think It light be better to rely upon the
judgment Of the newspaper publishers. At
any rPse he would issue no such order unless
IL was concurred in by counsel for the de-
fence.
Mr.. Littleton promptly said that he would
concur in the District Attorneys motion
because he believed that such an order
would go far TO protect the senabilitiea A.
the witness. Mr.. Jerome declared that II
the newspapers should reprint the story
told at the first trial after their reIA;esenta-
tives had been excluded from the second
trial the publishers could be punished.
Justice Downing replied that his court was
not a conservatOr Of public morals.
The matter was not determined whom
adjournment was ordered until Monday
morning At that time counsel for each
side will submit briefs on the question
and Justice Dowling will make his decision.
Thaw's mother took the witness stand
early in the afternoon. She arrived in
New York late the previous night, coming
directly here from PittSburg. where shO
had suffered from serious illness. When
she entered the court room Dhe walked
slowly and feebly. A court attendant
supported her as she mounted to the wit
ness chair. Her face was pale and deeply
lined and she plainly showed the debilltat-
ing fects Of illness and worry
Mrs. Thaw bore herself with an much
dignity as ever She spoke clearly. though
in a low voice, and there was a touch OF
defiance in her voice. As far a. it went her
story was practically repetition OF what
she testified to last year. save that tho
tale was shorn OF many Of it's details. partly
at the instance OF Mr.. Littleton himself
and partly by objections by Mr.. jerome.
which the Court sustained. The ThAw
pride. however. was frequently apparent
Once, for example. when she told how her
son had informed her that Miss Nesbit
had declined to marry him because she
thought she was not a proper person to
marry into his family. the witness added:
And thought 1t a very proper statement
for her to make
10 is known that the programme OF the
defence, among other testimony intended
to establish ThaW's mental unsoundnsEs,
includes many statements TO be made by
the defendants mother relative TO insanity
IN the Thaw family. No such suggestion
was made by Mrs. Thaw yesterday. When
she was allowed to leave the witness stand
she was evidently much fatigusd. As she
stepped from the platform q trained nurse
entered from the witness room and Mrs.
Thaw leaned heavily upon her arm a. she
left the room.
EVELYN THAw STRONG CoNTRAsF
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was the strOngsss
possible physical contrast TO her motbeP-in-
law. She entered swiftly from the witness
room and with quick and elastic step
walked TO the witness chair. She looked
in much better health than at the fret
trial and certainly never In the long course
OF that protracted affair was her exotic,
girlish beauty exhibited 10 better advan-
tags. II anything. her manner was Just
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