The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-22
LETTERS READ
TO THE JURY
To Corroborate Mrs.
Thaw's Testimony.
! cRoss-ExAMINATION ENDED
Former Attorney Of Defendant Goes
on Stand.
arr. Jerome was Much auieter In His
Handling of Young Mrs. Thaw
Yesterday Than Ever
Before.
cRoss-ExAMINATION END

MAJ York. Ian. a1.--District Attor-
$40 rsrorne's long and severe cross
examination Of Mrs. Evelyn Nesoie
Thaw at the trial Of her husband. came
TO an END late today.
The attorneys for the defense lnen
succeeded in placing In evidence so ,,
ter written by the defendant IN the Ia,
OF 1908 which completely corroD1 y ~
come his wife. did tell him the STORY
~ mar relations with Stanford White
,ns,oh AZ she has related 1t upon the
stsr,d al this and the former trial.
This letter was one Of dozen which
were read to the jury as tendinB 70
corroborate young Mrs. Thaw's testi-
noor.v and as further tending to show
the affect her story had upon the ue-
PENDANTS 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 hanos
OF the defense. Mr. Jerome onJected
10 their introduction In; the record TO-
day. but was overruled by Justice
DowlinR after Thaw himself had made
8 waiver OF the confidential relation OF
counsel and client when Frederick w.
I,onefeilow, his former attorney. APP
peared on the stand to identify the let
ters. ..y
10 Mr.. LongfelIOw and others had been
sent to him 70 be delivered to MISS
Neshfk They all contained many ref
erences 10 the girls history. and to her
experience. and In the letters intended
for the young woman Thaw constantly
bespoke his love and respect for her.
Many OF the sentences rambled on In
coherentIy and there were many
scratches. erasures and interlineationa.
The Paris story.
The first letter Mr.. Littieton read to-
day was repetition. largely In the de-
fendant's own words. OF the story the
Nesbit girl says she told him in Parts
in 1903. In 1t, however. Thaw rafers to
two ''druggod champagne Incidents
one at the photograph studio II Twer-
tvsa1Gend Street and tho ether In the
Twenty -fcuFth strset house. where
MrR Thaw twice testihef that while
luncheon and wine were served daring
her posing Ct the Photographic place.
nothing out OK the ordinary occurred.
Thaw's Ietter eorroborAked Mira Thaw
In t1ak he declared q was In the Twen-
ty-fourth Street house that she and
Stamford White FIRST were alone.
Mr.. Jerome was much quieter in his
handling OF young Mrs Thaw on the
stand today, and his voice lacked the
high. hard pitch which filed the court
room yesterday afternoon. The cross-
examination resolved itself for time
into a verbal battle between prosecu-
tor and witness and there were sever
al lively Tits. which ended only when
Justice Bowling took hand. s
The defense is nearing its close. To-
morrow morning Thawss win and the
codiei1 made at the time OF his mar
riage to Evelyn Nesbit. both OF VIII ich
were introduced last year as further
evidence Of irrationality on the part of
the defendant. viii be introduced as
evidence. Then will follow the tes-
timony OF Miss Belle Moorehouse Law
renee Of California. who was Thaw's
teacher when he was six years old.
and could not talk intelligently, II Is
said. Miss Lawrence kept diary, in
which there are many entries concern
ing young Thaw. and an effort will
be made to get this in evidence. Mrs.
William Thaw is expected during the
day to complete her testimony. The
insanity experts should be reached not
later than Thursday afternoon and the
defense expects to close its case by
Friday night. A week later Thaw's
fate should be In the hands Of the
jury.