The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-21
EVELYN FENCED
WITH Mr.. JEROME
WHO TREATED HER STORY WITH
THE UTMOST CONTEMPT.
PlTILEss AND AGGRESSIVE
Questions Of theN District Attorney
j. Drew sharp Answers from Harry
Thaw's Wife When Under
Cross-examination.

New York, Jan 2t.--NIrs. Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw told her story Monday
for the second time. The repetition
lacked the vitality of the first recital
but the great crowd In the court room,
where her husband Is ON trial for the
killing Of Stanford White, listened
intently to every word. Justice Dowl
ing had ruled that he found no war
rant in the law for closing the doors
against the public. District Attorney
Jerome failing in his more to exclude
spectators, took occasion when II came
bis turn to cross-examine the witness
to bring out all OF the details of the
nrst trial which Mr. Littleton, for the
defense, had omitted on his direc,
inquiry Of the witness.
Mrs Thaw was on the stand all
day and her story was broken into bits
by constantly repeated objections from
the prosecutor, who sought to exclude
all details on the ground of immateri.
ality The frequent objections led
Justice bowling to request Mr.. Little.
ton to cut his examination short. Mr..
Littleton took this course, only to find
that on cross-examination Mr. Jerome
insisted upon reading from last years
had then uttered. He did this under
the privilege of framing new ques.
tions.
Mr.. Littletoh objected to il, declar.
ing that the district attorney, by read.
Ing the former testimony in q disagree.
able manner, was trying to discredit
the witness In the eyes of the jury
when he could not discredit her in any
way by a direct question. Mr.. Jerome
made no attempt to disguise tone of
complete contempt in reading the tes-
timony Contempt also characterized
most of the questions he put to the
witness, whom he attscked in the loud.
est voice he has yet used ct the trial
Mr.. Littletons objections on the
ground of "offensiveness and impropri.
ETY." frequently were sustained by the
court
Mrs. Thaw matched wits against
both Mr.. Jerome and his assistant, Mr.
Garvan, who was ever at his chiefs
elbow with new suggestions. She
fenced with them as skilfully as she
did year ago, and at times reflected
the mood of the district attorney by
answering him in a voice pitched in as
loud key as his own. The prosecu-
tors pitiless and aggressive ques.
tions often struck fire and once when
Mr.. Jerome demanded to know II the
young woman had told Thaw certain
things, she replied hotly:
o9rYes, tcld him, but didn't use the
language you are using"
Don't argue with me. madame,
shouted Jerome, who then had the re-
ply stricken from the record
But one new feature appeared in the
testimony of the witness. This was
when she told about Thaw's swallow
ing the contents of a bottle of lauda
mum at Monte Carlo in 1904 in an at
tempt to end his life. Previously tc
this, at the Grand hotel in New York
Thaw had talked Of suicide, his wife
declared. and had suggested that she
also should take poison. as both theil
lives had been ruined Mrs. Thaw sale
she humored Thaw at the time ant
diverted his mind She was out Of th'
room when he finally took the poisor
in Europe.
''Why didn't you tell us about thil
at the first trial?" demanded Mr.. Je
rome
Because Mr.. Delmas said It nigh
make Harry out 100 crazy" the wit
ness retorted before Jerome could stol
her