Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-23
JEROME TRIES
TO TEAR DOWN
W|FE'S STORY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHILE Elk
AWNING EVELYN THAW CON-
sTANTLY REFERS TO RECORDS
OF HER FORMER TESTIMONY.

New York, Jan. 21.-When District
Attorney Jerome resumed his cross
examination Of Evelyn Nesbit ThaI
at the trial of her husband today, he
reverted to her European trip with
Thaw in 1903 and 1904. Jeromes
manner was no less aggressive than
yesterday. Mrs. Thaw seemed in
rather sullen mood and answered the
prosecutors questions CURLY. Like
the direct inquiry the cross-examins
ton of the witness lost it's effect from
repetition, no new facts having been
unearthed to confront Mrs. Thaw with
up to this time.
jerome Tries to Trip Witness.
Jerome continued as on yesterday
to read extensively from the testimony
of the first trial, seeming determined
to get every detail of the evidence Of
fered year ago into the record of
the present hearing. He also went
over in detail his former cross examin-
alton Of the witness and repeated
much Of it,
The prosecutor stood squarely fac
ing the witness with the record book
held in both hands, and constantly
consulted it. Mrs. Thaw asked sew
eral times to see the book herself.
Court Interrupts coIloquy.
Mrs. Thaw fenced continuously with
Jerome, telling him once that he was
giving wrong impression by reading
only a part OF an answer she made
last year. The district attorney start
ed to reply when Justice Bowling in
terrupted the colloquy by saying to
the witness:
Just answer the questions please"
The prosecutor seemed somewhat
tired and his attack toward the end
Of the morning session lacked the fire
of yesterday.
Jerome has finished his long cross
examination of Mrs. Thaw-2: 43 p. m.
Littleton undertook series Of re-di-
rect questions and she was finally eX-
cused at 2:47.
Jerome is Severe.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Thaw
| was turned over to District Attorney
Jerome for crosS-examination.
| In the loudest voice at his command
the prosecutor, without mincing
| words, plunged Immediately into the
| intimate details of the testimony. His
! manner brought fire in the replies Of
| the witness, who raised her voice in
voluntarily.
There was no consideration for the
witness either in manner or tone.
| When the prosecutor would demand a
yes" or mo- to some particular ques-
ton, Mrs. Thaw would appeal to JUS
tice Bowling saying: ut is very diff
cult to answer such question
The court usually instructed her to
reply to the question.
when you went abroad with Thaw
didn't you have money that White had
given you in your purse?'
Eyes but didn't know it,
"And you afterward gave the money
to Thaw?"
eyes"
Probs Mrs. Thaw's Ideas of Virtue
Mr.. Jerome probed into the young
woman's ideas as to virtue and NOR.
ality at great length. He started IN
to interrogate the witness as to her re
| lations with White other than those
already testified to, when Mr.. Little
ton objected, saying he had been al
to the story she told Thaw.
Justice Bowling sustained the OBJ
lection.
The district attorney continued tc
] ply the witness with questions which
Mr.. Littleton finally objected to as "of
fensive,' and was sustained.
Once when the prosecutor was ask
ing the witness is she had told Thaw
certain things. Mrs. Thaw flushed hot
ly and replied:
Eyes, but l didn't use the language
| Won arc using"