The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-20
AGAIN BURNING
STORY OF HER
DOWNFALL TOLD
Evelyn Nesbit ThaW Tzkes
Place on Witness Stand To-
day to Do What She Can to
Free Her Accused Husband.
swine AND BEDROOM
SCENES ARE DESCRIBED.
Her Relations With White
Were Told to Thaw by Wit
ness Who Promised to Mar
ry Him Under a Threat.

New York, Jan. 20.-A large crowd
fought for admission into the court
room when the T..aw trial was resum-
ed this morning. Evelyn Nesbt Thaw
was the first witness called and Pro
secutor Jerome renewed his motion to
exclude her testimony from the pub
lie. Justice Bowling oVerruted the
motion however, and the examination
OF Evelyn was continued in public
Justice Bowling in passing on the mo-
tion of Jerome said that the law in
New York state requires that the de-
fendant be given a speedy and public
trial. 1t appeared that Jerome's mo-
tion was additional play to win the
sympathy of the jury and TO influence
its members against the defendant
and his wife.
Attorney LittletOn for the defense
took up the examination of the star
witness. In answer to his questions
Evelyn Thaw said she told Harry
Thaw, when he asked her to marry
him that she could not on account of
her relations with Stanford White.
Prosecutor Jerome objected but his
objection was overruied. Evelyn told
him how she was first taken TO
Whites studio in Twentyfourth street
by girl, whose mother knew ners.
She also visited the places in the
tower and had lunch there. In another
room White had velvet swing in
which he swung the girls. White she
Pittsburg and her mother before leav-
ing told her TO go out with none but
White. White sent a carriage nightly
TO the theatre for her, she claimed.
After being asked one night she went
TO the tower. expecting to meet a num-
Der of other girls, but found only
White there. They went through the
different rooms and finally to the bed
room where there was table and a
bottle of wine. After offering many
objections she drank the wine.
Prosecutor Jerome objected TO At
torney Littleton asking the witness
any leading questions, and the court
upheld him. Harry TEaw sat with his
head in his hands and was much af-
fected by his wifes story. Evelyn
said that after drinking the wine she
remembered nothing for some time
When she recovered she found her
clothes had been taken from her body
She dressed herself and reached the
hotel early in the morning. White
then had a seat with her in the cab
He later told her to say nothing about
what had happened as he would take
care of her She said Thaw was great
]y affected by the story, when she told
it to him. She finally accepted his
offer of marriage because he threaten
ed to kill himself,
When young Mrs. Thaw has con
cluded her testimony and has been put
through the fire of crcss-examinatior
the elder Mrs. Thaw probably will
conclude her evidence. This will leave
but three or four witnesses before the
six slfenists retained by the defense
are put upon the stand to answer q
hypothetical question covering all the
testimony. Two of these physicians
Drs. Evans and Wager, will tell of the
examination they made of Thaw in the
Tombs prison following the tragedy.
From one who is close to the dis
trlct attorneys office it was learned
tonight that Mr.. Jerome expects Thav
VIII either be convicted Of murder in
the second degree or found insane and
sent 10 Matteawan. In the event of =
disagreement. however. il is said
Ihaw VIII not be released. but witIsha
sent 10 the Tombs for Il third trial