The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-17
She Was Called to the Witness
Stand This Afternoon to Be-
gin Her Tale of Shame,
But Was Recalled.
THAW TELLS FRIEND HE
is IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Old Friend of the Family Made
A Confident of Before the
Great Roof-garden Tragedy
May Be Sent to Asylum.

May Be Sent to Asylum.
New York. Jan 1T.-Eve1yn Nesbit
Thaw was called to the witness stand
this afternoon to tell again her story.
which at the first trial drove men and
women to tears, but she was later
withdrawn in favor of Mrs. William
Thaw. the defendants mother.
The first witness in the Thaw trial
today was Miss Alice Fletcher Of
Washington. She said she had known
Thaw for twenty years, having FIRE
quently visited the family. She said
he was always subject to violent ner-
vous fits. His talk was incoherent.
She claimed she saw him in 1908 at the
library and he told her he was in trou-
Bile over a beautiful young girl who
had been wronged by a New York
man. She claimed he said he wanted
to die. In March. 1904, he became
unbalanced and his mother was greatly
worried Prosecutor Jerome failed tC
shake her testimony.
White Threatened to Kill Thaw.
Benjamin Bowman, the stage door
keeper at the Madison Square theatre
in 1908, was the last witness at tbs
morning session.
The Girl from Dixie" with Evelyr
Nesbit in the chorus, was playing there
when he was at the stage door, and he
saw a good deal of White and Thaw
Littleton asked him about the CONVEX
aation he had with White.
Boman said he met Thaw at Fiftt
avenue and told him that White came
to the theatre on Christmas eve, 1903
a few minutes after he had left in al
automobile with Miss Nesbit. He TOLD
" hite Miss Nesbit had left the theatre
White replied, according to the wit
ness: You - liar" Then h,
took a pistol from his pocket anC
said: Il will Kill him before morning
Testimony Same as at Last Trial.
Boman's testimony at the last tria
was not changed materially. He sal;
he thought Evelyn Nesbit then wa
about n years old Mr.. Jerome hat
it put on record that she was born ii
1854, which would make her 10 then.
Didn't she wear little short skirts 2
asked Mr.. jerome, sarcastically.
No" said Boman.
Not at all" said Mr.. Jerome
Didn't she wear a short blue Skin
with wide, flaring tie, and wide
childish looking cOllar?'
Il only saw her once or twice tina
way" said the witness.
Where did you tell White she ha'
gone:"
Gone home" said Bowman.
What" said NJ. Jerome in SUI
prise. Gone home with a man in al
automobile in the night like that
That's what l said" persisted tn
witness.
He said from the time of the las
trial until last April he was paid 81
week by the defense. Mr., Littletol
brought out that he had been sub
poenaed every day, sometimes by tn
district attorney.
But he didn't get So a week from
the district" said Mr.. Jerome.
Nobody would claim that who
acquainted with the methods of tn
district attorneys office" said Nj
LittletOn. and the laugh was on MI
jerome.
BOwman's testimony ended with til
statement that he told Thaw abOu
Whites threat because he thought h
was in peril and wanted to warn hir
so he could protect himself.
No Witnesses at Hand.
Yesterday afternoons session was
brief one, no witnesses being called.
Mr.. Littleton came in after tn
judge arrived. and after d talk wit
him he made a brief address, in til
course of which he said that he ha
fully expected to have several witness
eS present whose testimony at tina
time would be logical. but they had nc
arrived He therefore asked for q
adjournment.
After the adjournment Mr.. LittletU
denied that there was the slightest b.
sis for the report going the rounds I
be brought to a sudden stop by som
rev move on the part either OF couI
sci for the defense or prosecution.
There's no truth in the statement,
he said. What on earth is there I
bring the trial to sudden stop? Tn
only issue on trial is: Did Harr
Thaw kill Stanford White in a wa
that amounts TO murder. or was he il
sane at the time of the shooting AL
! should therefore be acquitted: An
other issue is at this time a mere Il
l. l.