Evening journal., 1908-01-20
EVELYN THAW
TELLS HER STORY
Again on the Witness Stand
She TeStifieS About Her
Husband and White
BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.

Nhe jury Inc general impression was
the defense win need eight more days
to complete its case.
Mrs. William Thaw has vet to tell
OF the early career Of her son. But
she is not to be severely cross-examin-
ed. Jerome recognizes her physical
weakness and has told Littleton he
VIII ask her what questions are essent-
ial. Then there are Miss Belle Moore
house Lawrence and two other lay witt
nesses yet to be heard and the way
VIII be cleared for The medical ex-
perts
Littleton has a host Of them here.
How many he VIII cali is unknown
even to him.
II is Justice Dowling's ambition to
have verdict reached in this case
by February 1. He declared at the
start that he saw no reason why three
months should be wasted on an ordin-
ary murder trial and he has continu.
ally logged the attorneys to keep them
up to their work.
Everyone seemed to he suffering with
over Sunday lassitude about the
Court House this morning and even
the usually punctual jury was a triae
late in arriving. Rev. DIR. Aked.
pastor OF the Fifth Avenue Church.
John d. Rockefeller's) was given a
seat close to the witness stand so ne
might View the proceedings.
Jerome at once renewed his motion
that the public be excluded from the
court room during the remaining time
that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw is on the stand.
The court overruled the motion.
Littleton had declared the matter
came to him as surprise and he had
stated Friday that he was anxious to
spare Mrs. Thaw any humiliation on
the stand but he believed that the mat
ter was one for the court to pass upon
without suggestion from either side.
Litueton at once plunged into the
examination Of Evelyn relative to the
famous interview In the Paris Hotel
in 1908, in which the girl confessed to
Thaw that she could not marry him
because of her alleged wrong at the
hands OF Stanford White
Il object" interpolated Jerome. This
conversation took place three years
before the crime. This is preposterous.
The only precedent in the Woods case
Evelyn continuing said: Il told him
/ first met Stanford when / was intro
duced TO him by a party OF girl friends
met him couple OF times and finally
went with him in a cab. He took
me to house on West gath street"
Stanford White showed me through
the house We went into a couple of
rooms all hung with draperies and
with sketches on the walls. There was
a big velvet swing in one Of the rooms
and all OF the seats were lounging
chairs Of velvet"
Witness described Whites quarters
in the Madison Square Garden tower,
her description Of their luxuriousness
being as vivid as at the first trial.
Mrs. Thaw continued: Il told Mr..
Thaw as much as knew OF my
mothers trip; that she was too poor to
go, but that she got new dresses and
other things, all Of which were paid for
by Mr.. White He even sent carriage
to take her to the depot After my
mother left he sent carriage TO the
hotel TO bring me down to the tower
10 meet him and he wanted me TO go
with him 10 pose for a number Of pic
lures We went to a photograph gall
lery on Twenty second street, where I
was met by his secretary and + was
posed for number OF pictures
great many OF them. The studio was
a dingy looking place and appeared as
though every part Of It, except the
room we went into, was empty"
Evelyn Thaw then described the din
ner party in the tower OF Madison
Square Garden. and told Of her alleged
wrongs and the scenes there as de-
scribed in the first trial.
Relating her conversations with
Thaw Evelyn Thaw said: HE asked
me great deal OF mamma and stan
/ ford White told him that she
thought a great deal of him. I also
told him Of another friend Of White:
whom mother liked. 1 also told tha'
outside Of that one great thing, Whit,
had always been very good to me"
Nov what else did YOU say when h,
still urged you to marry him."
Il told him mis- family would natu
rally object to me; that / must q
back TO the stage. He said II / di,
not marry him It would ruin his who'll
life"
What was his appearance as thi
was said?"
Very unsettled. His manner wa
most nervous and he seemed hal
crazed"
Were you with him continually afte
thisg'
Nearly so"
WAS this subject again referred to?
Almost continually"
What was his manner when h.
would bring this subject up?"
HE would bite his nails. talk in
coherently and sob wildly He wouli
keep at this sobbing Tor the longes
time. Then he would sit tor hour
with his head buried in his hands
never saying a word s
You travelled through Europe Wit
him after that?'
Yes"
"And did he continue TO act strange
ly?"
He did He never lost an oppor
tunity 10 talk about my treatment b
White. especially at night. aud h
would always wind up by weeping an
declared White had ruined his life a
we'll as mine. and that II it had nc
been for White we would have bee
, happily married long before this"
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