Evening star., 1908-01-30

to us? / tell you this shows absolutely
that the district attorney has been more
anxious to destroy this young woman
than to convict my ciient. This shiny
filth that has been dragged into this
case from the ratholes of Howe d. hum
mel's office has nothing to do with the
merits of this controversy.
II am sorry to say 1t. gentlemen. put
think tnat bringing this rodent OF
convicted feIon into the Gaze was per-
fectly damnable. and | demand tnat
you think whether you will beiieVe inns
sweet-faced young woman or the s'ot,es
that come to you from the gloomy pies
of tie Blackweil's Island penitentiary.
White Feared the Penitsntiary.
'This girl tells you what happened to
her when she was sixteen years old. You
know sixteen-year- girls. You have
observed them. Tell me, how much does
the average sixteen-year-old person know
about taking care Of themselves in new
York?'
Taking up Evelyn's return from Europe
and her meeting with White, Littleton
continued:
white called to her on the street and
then went to see her He told her ina"
was crazy; that it was a wonder she hao
not been killed And then what nap
pened? White took her to Abe fiuhi-
mci's office With 10000 respectable law
yers in New York he takes this Young Z
girl to snake for a purpose. !" ha'
purpose? Because White feared lne pei
itentiary He knew Thaw intended send,
ing him there if he could. and he Wah'eu
to tie his hands if he could
Look at this part OF the affidavit tney
claim she swore to and which they pnoto-
graphed They didn't want to preserve
~ t,acY q
what they photographed: nave oits,l
heard Thaw say that he was niied Win
enmity to certain married man VINO
was inmicaI to him. He demanded ma,
| swear that this man ruined me "hen
was fifteen by means of drugs, but TINS
was not so. and I refused to do SO. When
I refused he threatened me and beat me:
That is why they photographed TINS al
tidavit Not because they wanted EVeiyn 2
Nesbit to push a suit against 1haW. pue
10 have weapon in their own hands
for use should Thaw have White arrested
for running Evelyn Nesbtt
Casting the First Stone.
I.ittleton laid great stress on the ran
,,re of the state to impeach the TWO
police station doormen who swore ThaW
told them in his cell the night of his
arrest he heard the voices OF little girls
locked nm and demanded that they be
released.
THAT is the keynote. gentlemen, ne
said. He could never forget the cry OF
his own anguished wife. 1t was ring
in. ringing. ringing continually on the
street. in the station house. In the Iomps.
1t never got out his mind or his memory.
That was ever present with nm, driving
him to desperation. And it was not to De
wondered at.
Il have no word to offer against Stan
ford White If all his works and cnar-
tiles were set up here ! would be the iasl
to tear them down, but / say to you that
the fact that he joined hands with ABE
HummeI gave this girl no chance to pro-
tect herself. This Hummel affidavit is all
they have against her. They pour out
their bitterness upon this unfortunate
creature. who, whatever her sins may
have been, has borne her. share In the
fight with a fortitude that has challenged
the admiration of anybody with spark
Of manhood in his breast.
.They will tell YOU she was immoral
with Thaw Let him who is without SIN
cast the first stone. Why. of all In the
community. should she be picked out and
held .up to scorn-this girl whom IhaW
loved and who consecrated that love with
tho sacred rites of MARRIAGE?
Mr. Littleton asked that young MIS-
Tbaw he Judged only by what had been
nroyed against her and by the manner in
which she was reared. without protecting
hand of father or brother lifted once in
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