The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23
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cessary to corroborate this story, ana
we talked the matter over some lit
Mr.. comstock here Identified three
more letters from Thaw. one having
been received as late as April. 1905,
two months before the tragedy.
Reads Thaw's Letters.
Mr.. Httleton first read to the jury a
communication from Thaw to Com
stock written in November 1904. 1t
attempted to give In detail descrfpt-
ion OF the Twenty-fourth Street house
with crude diagrams appearing here
and there in the text Thaw declared
| that one room was furnished like
forest, and that secret stairs led from
II to the room OF the mirrors. The
door in the forest room was hard to
ind, the letter declared. and there was
no escape for the young girls who were
| drugged. Thaw claimed that six or
seven criminal scoundrels" controlled
| the place.
thousands of crimes have been COM
mitted there and many felonies,D Thaw
wrote, and added that there was lit
tlesroom to which access was gained
by door behind picture.
"In this room" the letter went on.
| there is valuable French painting
OF woman and Of peculiarly tnfa-
nous ysuggestivity."
In another letter Thaw suggested
THAT plumbers working on building
adjoining the Twenty-fourth Street
house might be induced to drop some
heavy article through the sky-hght
and reveal what was below. Thaw al
so called attention to the fact that
there was a libel suit in Paris institute
ed by a young woman who had been
mentioned as posing. for the picture
i previously complained of. Thaw de-
cIared that the houses in Twenty-sec-
ond and Twenty-fourth Streets, were
sconsecrated to orgies by gang OF
rich criminals"
Thaw In his letter, suggested that q
! COPY OF one of his letters be sent 20
District Attorney Jerome and also suE-
| gested that IL MFR. Comstock needed
more funds to carry on the inquiry ns
might ask for assistance in that line.
Gives Actress'p Name.
Giving the name of a young actress,
Thaw described at length what he SAID
1 was an effort to save this girl from
| .sthe blackguard" Thaw said he en-
listed a prominent man In the cause.
VINO was at frst loath to believe tnat
listed but was afterwards convinced.
! This man threw what profession ne
could about the girl, but when ne mad
gone abroad .'the blackguard got ner.
| ssBesides four victims have already
told you about there IL another, Tnaw
continued. 'The blackguard asked
iher to marry him and she left her
nlace, II is now being talked about
! in the newspaper offices and hope to
he able to give you the name ana de-
/ tails soon. Please destroy this.
In several Of the letters Thaw spoke
|.of enclosing 500 more for the secret
/ service fund. Tbaw wrote under tns
1 Iva nasrATnanCG
with an arrangement he had previous
tIy made so that his name would not oe
! included in the annual report OF con-
On cross examination District At.
toruey Jerome asked Mr.. Comstock u
he ever got into the Twenty-fourtn
street house.
mo SIR
Tha prosecutor devoted much OF his
i time with the witness to calling at
ltentton TO the fact that the statements
i IN the letters were coherent. under-
standabIe and rational In their reIer-
ences to historic events. The COM
munications. the witness sa.a. .s us sv,th
hostage fully paid. and addressed ~
4 cordIne to directions given to TnaW.
/ nv Comstock was still on the STAND
when luncheon recess was ordered.
Mr.. Comstock, at the afternoon ses-
sion produced at Mr.. Jeromes reau ,,as.
3 letter copybool< containing the replles
| @avt Nv Comstock to Thaw's letters.
rhara were also several letters VIII
| ta, NV Mr. Comstock to the Chilorens
Society concerning the matters com
nlained OF by Thaw. The latter lst-
ters Indicated that the anesea 0r. ,.,',,s
more properely belonged 10 the PROV
lnce of the children's organization.
| Trhe cross examination quickly emu
al ana. John B. Gleason, of counsel lot
Tbaw at the first trial, was calie1 N
connection with proving the oeteh-
dant's will. ..to
his nossession in December, 1905. ne
received 1t by registered mail from =.
DenIston Lyon, the Pittsburg banker
who testified at the FIRST trial that
he received the win from ina" IA AsVO'
Mr. Jerome still objected:
Justice Bowling said y would o
: necessary before the will could Is
! read IN evidence to produce witnesses
, to show that II was IN It's presen'
condition previous to the nomiclee.
The District Attorney attempted %
orastion Mr.. Gleason as to any let
ters written by Stanford White to Eve
ivn Nesbit. which may have come into
hts nossegsfon but was blocked py
the exercise of the, attorneys profes'
sionAi nsra. William Thaw Called.
Az MT. Gleason left the stand Mrs
! xvJ1Iiam Thaw, the mother. was re-
,, called to conclude her testimony be-
| gun last week.
Mrs, Thaw told Of waxing up on.
Z night shortly before Harrys plrtn, ans
J finding that her eldest child, an in man,
was dead in bed. The nervous shoch
was SO severe. she declared that tol
: more than seven months she scarcely
aIept at all. AS an infant Harry T1AW
auffered the most remarkable steep
| 1ssaness she had ever known IN 2
chIId. He was nervous and instead o.
/, sleeping at night would insist upoI
|. heinx dropped up to sitting position
in bed. his eyes having Wioe7a"ak'
Tbs mother went into the details
: NJ the defendants early life. telling
: Of his various Ills and never endine
J attacks OF nervousness. me mrs
r teacher he ever had was MISS belie
Moorehouse Lawrence. when ne was
/ six year old. .,s.., - a.,
: unsound mental condition of her brotn'
ara. Josiah Copley and Henry W.
Copyley, and stated that her nuspana''
sister. Mrs Hirsch, was an epleptic.
District Attorney Jerome Waiveo
{ cross examination of Mrs Thaw under
Agreement of the defense to admit
into evidence the afIldavit the mother
, made last year before the lunacy COM
mIssion who was inquiring into hel
son'a mental condition OF mind. Mr.
= Ierorne began to read the affidavit tc
ire. fury as Mrs. Thaw, still show