The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-19
THAW IS VERY
MUCH PLEASED
AT JERoME's OBJECTION TO
EVELYN'S TESTIMONY
PASSES A RESTLESS DAY
Thinks Her Recital Very Necessary,
And Thought Jerome Insincere In
Trying to Exclude the Public
Court Adjourns Early


Morning mneS Spcclal
New York, Jan. I8.-Harry K.
Thaw passed a very restless day IN
the Toonlbs today. He was extreme
ly displeased with the efforts of Je-
rome to shut out Evelyn's testimony,
and thinks her testimony very neces-
sary to etablish the cause of his deed
Daniel O'Reilly, of Thaw's counsel,
declared that Evelyn would tell her
story publicly as before and he
thought Jerome was insincere IN
trial
Mrs. Thaw, his mother, arrived at
the Tombs in an automobile, which
was driven very slowly, against her
physician's recommendations. She
was in a very feeble condition Evel
yin Thaw came shortly afterwards.
but merely left a note for Thaw and
drove away The trial will be resumed
Monday
A series of surprises brought the
TfIaw trial near a crisis yesterday.
Both Evelyn Thaw, the wife, and
Mrs Xan Thaw, the mother OF the
defendant, were on the witness stand
and Just as the former was about to
relate anew the story of her life. as
she told it to Thaw in Paris in 1908,
District Attorney Jerome arose and
and suggested that in the interest of
public morals, all persons save those
Immediately interested in the case,
should be excluded from the court
room during the recital of what he
termed s'horrible tale
The motion included the represen-
tatives of the newspapers, as we'll as
the public generally. Attorney Mar
tin w. Littleton, of the defense
joined in it to shield the young wo-
man from hundreds of curious eyes,
right to an open hearing was con-
cerned he was ready to wave that
point in any ironcladt manner the
court might suggest Proceedings
were suspended until Monday, when
Justice Dowling, who is presiding,
will announce his decision.
When District Attorney Jerome had
finished with the police, Mrs. VIM.
Thaw was called to the stand. Thaw
looked irftently and earnestly at his
mother, who was very pale and weak
in sharp contrast to the ruddy good
health which marked her appearance
a year ago. Her testimony closely
followed that of last year, beginning
with the return of her son to his Pitts
burg home in November, 1903, after
Evelyn Nesbit had told him her story
in Paris that summer.
Uusually Harry came home buaS-
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ant and joyous1y, she declared, Nbut
this time there was no sin1ile.
Mrs. Tha wsaia she asked her son
what was the hatter can't tell
you mother, he replied. I never can
tell you.
The mother then repeated what she
had related on the stand last year, as
to her son crying and moaning dur
ing the night, of his frequent play
ing the piano, when the music would
begin loud and then died away un-
til finally it would stop. Tf'aw sitting
long while at the instrument with
his head cast down.
Mrs. Thaw said she frequently ask
ed her son what was worrying him,
and finally he declared that a beau
tiful young girl he was interested in
had had a terrible experience in New
York The mother told hs1n he
should not worry about such matters.
that the girl had a mother who
should care for her. Th'aw replied
that the girls mother had not looked
after her, and that was why it was
why it all had happened
Harry Thaw eventually told his
motirer the young girls name was
nesbit.