The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-20
THE THAW TRIAL

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me- the paper had signed In the tower
from that MSsfs ne ~ earsssi p@Ssn
4 telephoned, as somebody might hear
me me- told him that ! dld not care
see what was in the paper thai / sign
ed In the tower ana that 81 ne aid not
give u up right away 1 would make
Q-Weil. what followed?
Burn Paper In Jardiniere. -
AIR. White again cautioned rge 20
De careful about talking over the telc-
phone. He said that he ala not have
among his private papers and that Mr.
Hummel had them. I said 1 was going
down TO Hqmmefs rigat away 70 set
the paper. He sail / should wait until
the next morning. II was late IN the
afternoon, so ] decided to wait. went
down TO Hummers once; White. was
papeT had signed said stsu TSp'sS White the
told Hummel TO let me have the paper.
| The lawyer got IL out OF the safe and
put out my hand to take IT, stan
We arc here 60 settle this business
| and we VIII burn ,nis paper" and they
Old burn IL before me In a big Jar
ANY other conversation about
HummeR
A Only that stanford white camo
10 the hotel and asked me what stories
I had told about him. said 1 had not
told anything to Hummei. 'oh, you
must have told something" Stanford
oat o. told se M Jus, ThsS sss sSs
not only stanford White. but a number
of Mr.. Whites friends had said that he
o-How long was IL before rhaw
A--severai weeks later. He went to
Pittsourg for several days. Returning
O-Had You bean living with Mr.
Thaw before going to Europe7
| Ayes. at the Grand hotel
Q.Do you recall the appearance and
before sailing for Europe?
Thaw sobbed All the Time.
Ale was sobbing all the time. II
was not like crying. just sobbing. He
Q-How long did that continueY
A-Most OF the time we were at the
Thaw threatened to commit suicide. be-
cause he brooded so much.
| BY Mr.. Littleton:
Q-What did you do or sayl
know what was doing. / told him
II would be better for US to die to-
Mrs Thaw told of her trip with
Harry X. Thaw from New York to
southampton. to Paris and then TO
Monte Carlo. They arrived In the lat
| ter pidCe In April or March.
| Odd this revival of proposal OF
suicide take place at Monte Carlor
| A--No. shortly after our arrival In
Europe.
Q-Where did you stop In Parish
Alt the Palidon hotel
Q--How long had you been at the
hotel when this offer was revived
A few days.
o=You were living together at the
hotel?
o-How was the subject brought up
Tried Suicide by Poison.
A--One day after dinner Mr.. Thaw
went into his room. When he came
ali over. It's ali over. i have done liz
asked him what he meant and he
said. Il have taken a bottle OF poison
mo, l am not; took the poison His
face was all white. I went into his
room and on the table found a small
SGStsis so ana detected an 0dor Of poison
little finger. l took II up. smelled 1t
and read the label. then ran back
to, Harry. For a minute l did not know
| what to do. Then / ran to the tele-
phone and tried TO get doctor. He
was In and could not speak enough
French to make myself understood.
to go for a doctor made him un-
derstand that we needed a doctor
quickly. Meanwhile Harry had been
Violently Ill He was very sick and
laid on the bed. His face was deadly
| white and his eyes were standing out
| OF his head. When the doctor came
they spoke in French and did not un-
derstand everything they said.
Q--Do you know the name OF the
| doctor?
A-No, can't remember his name;
@Q=Prinr- to-the- taking nf-thia mol
4 son what was Thaw's condition.?
| Ale was always repeating that
| his lie had been ruined--that my life
had been, ruined. and that there was
| no use OF living.
After some further testimony, lead
| Ing up to the roof garden scene, an ad
| Journment was taken to search for the
note Evelyn had written her husband
and which is said to have contained
l the words: THE D. Ia here"