Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Prosecutor Makes Determined
Effort to Bring Out Details
Given at First Trial
WITNESS GROWS RELUCTANT
Fences Continually With Cross Cues
TONER and is Cautioned by the Court
Answer Questions Direetly--Jerome
Most Wearied by Mental Battle With
Evelyn.

New York, Jan. 2l.-When District
Attorney jerome resumed his cross
examination of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
at the trial of her husband today. he
reverted to her European travels with
Taaw in 1908 and 1904. Jerome's
manner was no less aggressive than
yesterday. Mrs. Thaw seemed in rath-
Ell a sullen mood and answered the
prosecutors questions curtly., Like
tile direct inquiry, the oss-examina-
ton of the witness lost it's effect from
repetition, no new facts having been
unearthed to confront Mrs. Thaw
with UP to this time.
How long was it after you landed
iii Europe in 1903, after telling this
story to Thaw about White, that you
were in Madison Square garden tower
with Stanford White?" asked Jerome.
"a week."
Gas long as that-aftef you had de-
clined an honorable offer of marriage
tecause Of this man."
Il went to dinner at the tower, but
did not go lone"
Did you tell Thaw about it,"
YES
jerome here produced a photogra-
Ilnic copy of the famous Hummell af-
fdavit and had witness identify the
signature. Mrs. Thaw told yesterday
ef burning the original affidavit, which
she declared she signed! without know
ing its contents. The affidavit alleged
cruel treatment by Thaw during the
1903 trip abroad. When witness was
aLsked il she told Hummen the things
s;et ssrth in the affidavit, or anything
like them, she replied in positive fash
ion:
II most certainly did not"
Littleton objected to questions con-
,.erning the affidavit, saying it was not
IL material issue in the case. Over
ruled.
Did Thaw ever beat yqp?" asked
Jerome.
NO"
4 .Didn't you tell White Thaw had
beaten your
"I did not
..What did Thaw say when you told
him you had heard he put girl in
bath tub and turned scalding water
; on her"
HE just laughed"
"Didn't you say last year that he
shook his head sadly and said: Poor
little Evelyn, they have been making
fool of your"
EYES,"
"well, where did the laugh come in ?"
afterwards, when we were talking
about it,
Jerome continued as on yesterday, to
read extensively from the testimony OF
the first trial, seeming determined to
get every detail Of the evidence Of
fered year ago in the record of the
present hearing. He also went over in
detail his former cross examination of
witness and repeated much of it. The
prosecutor stood squarely facing wit
ness with the record book held in both
hands, and constantly consulted it.
Mrs. Thaw asked several times to see
.tho book herself Mrs. ThaW fenced
continuously with Jerome, telling him
once that he was giving the wrong inn
preston by reading only part of the
answer she made last year. The dis
trict attorney started to reply when
Justice Bowling Interrupted the col
loqus by saying to the, witness:
Just answer the questions, please"
The prosecutor seemed somewhat
tired of his attack toward the end of
the morning session and lacked the fire
q yesterday.
Jerome Stirs Littleton,
The district attorney questioned witt
ness closely as to her motive in writing
the note to Thaw at Martins the even
ing Of the tragedy, telling him about
the presence of White in the restau-
rant.
did you think it was calculated to
have quieting effect on him?"
"I thought it was better that he
should know who was there than that
he should come suddenly upon him."
.'But the note was written after
White had gone out"
eyes, but didn't know but what he
might come back" fairly shouted the
witness.
"And you thought it best that Thaw,
with pistol in his pocket, should see
White?"
Il did not know ThaW had a pistol"
Here Jerome made move which
called Littleton to his feet with a
jump. He asked witness:
Didn't you read in the newspapers
at the time of the last trial that there
was no narcotic known to science
which could be drank as champaign !
and produce the effect you said the
wine had upon you at the Twenty
fourth street house?"
Littleton tried to interrupt the pros
ecutor, but he Unlisted upon making
the question in full.
"1'he district attorney knew the |
question was improper when he asked
It," shouted the attorney, "and I earn
estly object to it."
Sustained" said Justice Bowling. !
Lttleton protested against the use