Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-22
EVEL YN'S
ORDEAL ON
STAND ENDS
JEROME FIERCELY CROSS
EXAMINES HER
STORY RYcoRRoHoRATEp BY OTHER
WITNESSES
Statement That She Told Husband of
Her Mlstreatment by White
Substantlated-TrI
Near Close
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-District At
torney Jerome's long and severe cross
examination of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw at the trial of her husband, Harry
X. Thaw, came to an end late today
The attorneys for the defense then
succeeded In placing in evidence a let
ter written by the defendant In the fall
of 1908, whicn completely corroborated
the claim that the girl who was to be-
come his wife did tell him the story
of her relations with Stanford White,
much as she related it upon the stand
at this and the former trial.
This letter was one of d dozen which
were read to the jury as tending to
corroborate young Mrs. Thaw's tes-
timony and as further tending to show
the effect her story had upon the de :.
fendant's mind. Most OF these letters
were read to the jury in the former trial
and were considered as one of the
strongest bits of evidence in the hands
of the defense.
Jerome Overruled
Mr.. Jerome objected to their intro
duction into the record, but was over
ruled by Justice bowling after Thaw
himself had made waiver of the con-
fidentlal relation of counsel and client
when Frederick w. Longfellow, his
former attorney, appeared on the stand
to identify the letters.
Some of the writings were addressed
to Mr.. Longfellow and others had been
sent to him to be delivered to Miss
Nesbit. They all contained many ref
erences to the girls history and to her
experience anG in the letters intended
spoke of his love and respect for her.
Many of the sentences rambled on
incoherently and there were many
scrat tches, erasures and interlineations.
Tho first letter Mr.. Littleton read
today was repetition, largely in the
defendants own words, of the story the
Nesbit girl says she told him in Paris
in 1903. In ii, however, Thaw refers to
two ''drugged champagne" Incidents
one at the Photographic studio in
Twenty street and the other in
the Twenty fourth street house, where
as Mrs. Thaw twice testified that while
luncheons and wines were served dur
ing her posing at the Twenty second
street place, nothing out of the ordi-
nary occurred.
Corroborates Testimony
Thaw's letter corrooorated Mrs.
Thaw in that he declared it was in the
Twenty-fourth street house that she
and Stanford White first were alone.
Tomorrow morning Thaw's will and
the codicil made at the time of his mar
riage to Evelyn Nesbit, both of which
were introduced last year as further
evidence of irrationality of the defend
ant, will be proved and introduced as
evidence.
Then will follow the testimony of
Miss Belle Moorehouse Lawrence OF
California, who was Thaw's teaches
when he was years old and could not
talk intelligibly, it is said. Miss Law
renee kept a dairy in which there are
many entries concerning young Thaw,
and an effort will be made to get this
in evidence.
Mrs. William Thaw is expected to
complete her testimony.
The insanity experts should be
reached by Thursday, and the defense
hopes to close it's case by Friday night.
A week later Thaw's fate should be in
the hands of the jury.
When District Attorney Jerome re-
sumed his ross-examination of Mrs.
Thaw today he reverted to her travels
with Thaw in Europe in 1908 and 1904.
jerome Aggressive
Mr.. Jerome's manner was no less ag-
gressive than yesterday. Mrs. Thaw
seemed in rather a sullen mood and an
swered the prosecutors questions curt
ly. She said she had shown Thaw in
Paris four letters Stanford White had
written her subsequent to the events
that followed their meeting.
How long was that after you landed
from Europe in 1903 after telling this
story to Thaw about Stanford White
that YOU were in the Madison Square
garden tower with Stanford White?"
asked Mr.. Jerome.
"Some time"
1.-TWO days?"
"More than that"
"A week."
yes"
GAS long as that-after you had de-
clined an honorable offer of marriage
because of this MANI"
''I went to dinner at the tower, but
did not go alone"
Ibid you tell Thaw about it?'
Eyes"
Says Thaw Never Beat Her
Ibid Thaw ever beat your" asked
Jerome.
mo"
Didn't you tell Stanford White that
Thaw had beaten your
81 did not"
What did Thaw say when you told
him you had heard he put girl in a
bath tub and turned scalding water
on her?''
"He just laughed"
Didn't you say last year that he
shook his head strenuously and said:
Poor little Evelyn; they have been
making fool of you?'"
YES"
'Well. where did the laugh come in %
The district attorney questioned the
witness closely as to her motive IN writ
ing a note to Thaw at Martins the
evening of the tragedy telling him
about the presence of Stanford White
in the restaurant.
Ibid you think 1t was calculated to
have a quieting effect on him?" asked
Mr.. Jerome
II thought it was better that he
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