Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-22

=. Wnen Thaw came back to see me.
1ne thlrd time resumed Mr.. Cornstock
toIa him l had been unable TO Sc
1 r any evidence, as the house in
VEL, second street seemed to be
cioseu. He said he would furnish mo
the names OF several girls who had
oeen there. / told him 1t would he
necessary TO corroborate their stories
time ''Si soiie
Mr' Comstock here identified three
i hIole letters from Thaw, one having
,' 80" reserved as late as April 1906.
'"o months before the tragedy.
IWENTY-FoURTH STREET HOUSE
Mr. Llttleton first read to the Jury n
communication from Thaw n, Com
atoch' written in November. 1qOA r.
a'tehlpted TO give in detail n desCtin-
.dV!l VI the Twenty fourth street house
80 truue diagrams appearing here
tba, IN the text. Thaw declared
el one room was furnished like n
forest and that secret stairs Lea -
=. rom the room OF the mirrors. The
uooi OF this room was hard Ia ana
'iIe iettef declared and there vas M
s s Tor the young girls who were
urussea. Thaw claimed that six or
~ criminal scoundrels" controlled
cent p w,' ana that three or four de-
knnNU Nf
me criminal acts often frenuanted ~
plsSe. - e9uonteo th'
oo,,l thousands of crimes have been
Th p,,i' there and many felonies"
. IL wrote and added that there was
a niue room to which access was qain-
py door behind a picture.
",h NiiIs room, the letter went on.
OF woman and of peculiarly ipSan,n,,s,
suggestivity." infamous
~, IN another letter Thaw suggested
that plumbers working on a hmildino
auJoining the Twenty-fourth street.
house might be induced to drop some
re,a, article through the skylight and
reveal what was below. Thaw also
calied attention TO the fact tbat tha,s
was hpel suit in Paris Instituted nv
young woman who had beer ,,an.
Toned as posing for the picture nre-
Viously complained of.
,r. lhaw declared that the houses in
lWenty-second and Twenty fourth
streets We're ''consecrated ia orsia ~. ~
gang OF rich criminals
nav IN MS letter suggested that n
COPY or one of his letters he sent 20
Dis.' AIty' Jerome and also suggested
.nat II Coinstock needed more funds IN
s say on the inquiry. he might SIX
that line. ''s''hce IN
Giving the name of younp ar
tress' Thaw described at length what
ne saiu was an effort to save this owl
from the blackguard" Thaw said h.,
onIisteu prominent man in the cause
VINO was at first loathe TO believe thai
ie. plactses as complained of ex
I ISs1u puI afterwards was convinced.
rms man threw his protection about
me girl but when he had gone abroad
the "blackguard got her"
BESIDES -FOUR victims, have alreadv
told you about. there is another" Thavv
continued: The blackguard asked her
10 marry him and she left her place. n |
IS now being talked about I'm the ne,ysN
paper offices and l hope to be able 70
give you the name and details soon |
Please destroy this"
IN several OF the letters Thaw spoIre
or enclosing 800 more for the secret
service fund. Thaw wrote under inc
name OF Ferguson" in accordance with
az, arrahgement he had made so that
MS name would not be included I'm the
annual report of contributions.
ON cross examination Jerome asked
MI Comstock II he ever got into the
Iwenty-tourth street house
The prosecutor devoted much of his
time with the witness TO calling ntten-
ton TO the fact that the statements in
tne letuers wers coherent. understand
able and rational In their references n
historic evidence. The communicatlons
the witness said, oaEle In the usual wav
the mails with postage fully
lions given to Thaw.
Mr.. Comstock was sim on the stand
when recess was ordered.
Mr.. Comstock. AT the afternoon ses-
sion produced at Mr.. Jeromes request
a letter copybook containing the re-.
pies sent by Comstock TO Thaw's let
ters There were also several letters
written by Mr. Comstock to the chill
dren's society concerning the matters
complained OF by Thaw. The latter
letters Indicated that the alleged crimes
belonged to the provInco 81
the children's organization.
The cross-eXamination quickly ended
and John y, Gleason, OF counsel for
Thaw az the first trial. was called in
with proving the defend
ants VIII.