The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-21
THAW.DRANKPO|SON|
AND.WANTEDI HER TO
D0SAME, J WIFE: SAYS
Tells Of Hitherto Unpub.
lishcd Incident in Life
Of the Slayer Of White
JEROME'S SCORN
FOR THE WITNESS

Mad When She Gives Him
Singing Rebuke Story \. I.
Repeated, but More
Briefly This Time.
NEW YORK. January 2o.-Evelyi,
Nesbit Thaw told her story to- day for
the second time. The repetition lacked
the vitality OF the hrst recital, hutis
the great crowd In the courtrooIn,(
where her husband, Harry X. Thaw. Ia
ION trial Tor the killing OF Stanford
1 White. listened intently to every word.
Justice Dowling had ruled that ms
found no warrant warrant In the law for clos.
ms the doors against the public. Dis
trtct Attorney jerome falling In htas
move to exclude spectators, took occa-#
sion when 1t came his turn to cross
examine The witness to bring out all
the details OF the first trial which Als.s'
\ Littleton. Of the Defense had omitted
on his direct inquiry OF the witness.
Mr. Jerome also sought to block 1Irs.2
rhaw's testimony In Its entirety on the
ground that conversation which oc-
Cured three years before the tragedy
could not have any bearing on Thawss
mental condition the night of the toini-s
eide. Justice Dowling overruled the OBJ
1 lection. b n
Mrs. Thnw was on the stand all dag
long. and when adjournment for the
day was taken Mr.. Jerome announcer
/ that his cross-examination would oc-s
cupy greater part OF to-morroR,sl
sessions. ss5s
Mrs. Thaw's Story.
Mrs. Tilaw's story was broken into
| bits by constantly repeated objections
from the prosecutor. who sought to ex-S
clude all details on the ground of inI-
nareriality.
Afr Jerome insisted upon reading
from last years record nearly every
word the witness had then uttered.
He did this under the privilege OF
framing new questions. Mr.. Littletop
objected to II. declaring that the Dis:
ttdct Attorney. by reading the former
testimony, in IA disagrseahle manner.
was trying to dlscredit the witness In,
the eyes OF the jury. when he could
not dlscredit her In any way by aI
| direct question.
Mr.. Jerome made no attempt to dis.
guise q tone or complete contempt In
reading the testimony Contempt disc
characterized most of the questions l.si
|slE loud voice. The District ATTORNEY
plunged at once into the more inti-
mate details Of the testimony. and 4
made no delicate choice of words an
| framing his sinterrogations. Mr.. Lit
| tleton's objections on the ground OF
ls"offensiveness and lmproprIety" !" fire.
auently were sustained by the court
Mrs. Thaw ma tched wits against both
Mr.. Jerome and his assistant. Mr.
Garvan. She fenced with them as skill
fully as she did d year ago. and an
! swered Mr.. Jerome In a hiEh-p pitched
voice, as loud as his own, When Mr..
Jerome demande ed to know II the young;
woman had told Thaw certain things..
she replied hotly:
eyes. told him, but y did not use
tho language you are using. !"
Don't argue with me, madam,
shouted Jerome.
Tried to Kill Himself.
But one new feature appeared In the
| Testimony OF the witness. This vas
when she told about Thaw's swallow
ing tho contents OF q bottle OF laudn-
mum at Monte Carlo In 1904 in an At
tempt to end his life. Previously to !
this, at the Grand Hotel, In New
York Thaw. had talked OF suicide, nts5
wife declared, and had suggested tina
she also should take poison. az both
said she humored him at /. the tiMc.
and diverted his mind She wa 3 o,1s
OF the room when he finally took the y
poison In Europe.
..why did not you tell us shout this
at the first trial?'' demanded Mr.
Jerome. 2ssss, 5.S
..Because alr. pelmas said IT mighs#
make Harry out too crazy" the sWitnesss5
retorted before the district attornsS 10ls.'
could stop her. ii,
After Justice Dowling had decideug
to admit the public during Mrs. Thaysss
recital, Mr. Llttlcton asked the witness
Ito tcllsthe story OF her raeNperten nee VIII
Stanford White as she told Y 70 ~ RAW
lin Paris In 1903, when he asked herstos
become his wife. ssssss,
|E District Attorney Jerome Vas q e oncs,s5S
on his feet with. a strenuous objectAon.ss
but he was overruled. I, Mrs. Ihaws was
suffering from a bad cold, ana couE nesss3
frequently,
Experience With White.
In response to questions from "
Littloton she told again, but more
briefly than last year. OF her expe-Ss
rience in5 the Twenty-fourthAshst straat
Ehousc where she was taken to nchS
with Stanford White, and where shs {
drank champagne and became dizay.s
She spoke OF the velvet swing and the
Imirrored room, and the hig j Japanese
pnrasol attached to the ceiling.
Every time you we're syyu ngS up stu Y
! the ceiling your feet would crash
Through tho paper Of the para SOL She
said, "and q fresh one would bn spNt
up Ms % liSSs 5ss 3sslBts vi
The witness said her experience la I
the Twenty-tour1h Street house oc,
CURED after her mother hid been cent 4
by Stamford White to visit friends tn
Pittshurg The d day after sha went w ith
Stanford White to q studio In East
Twen ty-second Street to have soma
photographs taken in costume she res
lceived a note from him asking her ta K
n, v,I~1, 4sst
fourth Street house after the thsatre.
When we got to the house there
was no one except Air.. White ana
myself" continued Mrs. ThaN. "a nd w
said: they have all turned me down ;s
but never mind, vel. ttsva soufs snPpersy
and then Ill show you all oyer tliaI
house. M
Thaw freaks Down. sSss
Mrs. ThayY IS voice broks Az Ia NJ I'M \
she told Of all that happened, ana SkhS ys