Evening journal., 1908-01-21
EVELYN'S ORDEAL
NEARLY ENDED
By THE JOURNALS Special wire.

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NEW YORK. Jan. e1-Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw shows osigns OF weakening in
chr story to save her husband. She
has been under cross-fre OF sharp
questioning from District Attorney
jerome for six hours, but has stead
fastly stuck to the main facts OF her
recital. In but one point have the
sarcastic assaults OF Jerome scored.
That was when he got her TO admit re-
ceiving valuable jewelry from White IN
1901. A pearl ornament valued at
$1,000 and many costly rings vera
among the presents. she kept them
until 1906 when she says she gave them
to VIII Sturgis, a friend Of Thaw.
At the las trial she swore she never
received presents from White except
ing certain useful articles. When con-
fronted with that statement she de-
clared It was what she then testified
70 and declared there was a misunder-
standing she could not explain. But
Jerome gave her no chance.
She asked Dowllng 20 permit her to
explain to the jury. but he tartly told
her TO confine her remarks 70 counsel
In the main she keeps close to her
original recital chrome seemed more
fatigued than she at recess. His cross
examination has been Of particularly
exasperatine. kind, swinging from one
point TO another without apparent care
for contuity. bur II this was intended
to rattle the witness it failed Seeming
to feel that the jury might need some
explanation OF his attitude he to-day
remarked:
There were so many stump speeches
at the last trial that it Is hard tu
separate them and locate teh evidence" Z"
Unless something unforeseen happens
examination and redirect this after
noon.
Continuing hos cross examination Of
Evelyn Thaw. Just before noon
to-day District Attorney Jerome
led the witness back over the
ground fully covered yesterday and thii
morning about her travels with Thawi
the stories about their trip TO Humer.
office. but she stuck 70 her previous an
swers.
Jerome dwelt at length on witness turn
ing over her letters from "The man she
loved" to the lawyer OF the man who
wronged her
''wen. they we're all scaled up. Nobody
could read them. Mr. Hummon sealec
them and put them in the safe In my
presence"
Thaw. she said. carried revolver al
most continually from 1903 until the night
OF the killing Of White"
when you went abroad in 1904 where
did you gof
ITO London for two weeks. then "a
Monte Carlo. the Riviera. Switzerland
and to Paris. We then returned to Amer
lea and started to live at the Cumberland
There was so much 10 the papers ThaW
thought we had better separate and "
did"
I'D you and Thaw frequently discus
winter
1--WE did"
"xnd is-it true that You tried to i'm
press Thaw that White had been goo
70 youT'
Il told him so.'
.And you wrote this letter to you
nNeNhNu III NNAAfAn hf''f WV "
= guard had been there and gone out
Using that language when you eonsidere
white a good friendr'
Il wrote a note"
''whne was not therer'
"He had gone. but didn't know h
: would not come back
And you knew your husband had hi
revolver in his pockety'
81 didn't know anything Of the kline
didn't know he was then carrying
revolver"
sAnd you kept telling your husband a
= the nice things about White whenever h
was discussed; that everyone liked hiI
and spoke we'll Of him. did your
Eyes, and ! also told him that Whit
had a mania for young girls"
ibid you read in the newspapers at th
! time Of the last trial that there was n
, narcotic known TO science that could :
/ drunk IN champagne and produce th
: effect you said the wine had upon you {
D the 2lth street house.
"The question is ruled out" said Dow
ing.