The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-12
Says That Grounds That Thaw
Was Insane When They
Were Married Is Not Real
Reason for Divorce.
SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN
AGREED ON, IT is SAID.
Not Natural to Assume That
She Would Have Barred Her
Hideous Past in Court With
out Some Understanding.

bit Thaw made her first formal state
ment relative to her suit for the an
uullment of her marriage with Harry
X. Thaw yesterday afternoon in the
office of her counsel, Dan o'Reilly
Despite the fact that l am suing my
husband to have our marriage annulled
on the ground that he was insane when
the ceremony was performed. | am
frank TO admit that is not the true rea-
son. What is prompting me in this
will remain a secret as long as l live.
and never. in my right sense, will l
utter a word. I am determined TO
carry the secret to the grave with me.
Further than that l found my cause
during the first trial. will remain
mum in this matter forever
rs this suit based upon Thaw's jeaI-
ousy:" was asked.
No" exclaimed Evelyn. She de-
clined to say, however. what was the
specific cause of the quarrel and suit.
Her attorney. O'Reilly said that he
would never tell, when asked. but vol
unteered the information that the quar-
rel occurred in the early part of the
Thaw trial.
Suit for Alimony.
Dan O'Reilly, counsel for Evelyn,
said this afternoon that a separate suit
may be started to compel a settlement
il Harry Thaw refused TO keep his
promise to make an alimony settle
ment voluntarily. Mr.. O'Reilly quot
ed the decision in the case of Jones VS..
Brinsmade, in the court of appealss
1905, in which it was decided that a
wife separated or divorced from an in
sane husband, is entitled TO aiimony.
He said that the suit woula be based
upon this decision substantiated By
separate affidavits.
Will Not Fight.
Thaw's fight will amount to nothing
more than mere formal DEFENSE, il
present indications are reliable. His
counsel. A. Russell Peabody. says
Thaw will fight. but Mr. Peabody's
own words in discussing the case are
regarded as evidence that there will be
no serious fight.
Thaw yesterday sent letter to his
wife, begging her to come to see him
today, and hourly he expected her. He
kept asking his guard every few min
utes if she had arrived.
Thaw's letter to Evelyn Nesbit Thsw
was in the nature of an appeal to her.
He asked anxiously that she go TO him.
1t is supposed that she received the
missive through her counsel, Daniel
OReilly, but Of course, the former
chorus girl wife did not grant her hus-
bands prayer, being determined. il is
said, to have their marital tie severed.
Settlement Agreed On.
Despite many denials made, there is
good reason for believing a financial
settlement has been agreed upon for
many months. Assuming that young
Mrs. Thaw has been unfriendIy toward
her husband. except in her public atti-
tude. for more than a year, it is hardly
reasonable that she would have testi-
fled TO all the degrading events of her
life. without the assurance that she
would be well cared for by Thaw's fam
uy. 1t is said by her friends that she
has an affection for her husband that
had more OF sympathy than of love but
that she was determined through both
trials never to live with him again. no
matter if he should be freed
Even now. her counsel SAYS. she has
no hard feelings against Thaw, but
woulo do all in her power TO help him.
Nr. O'Reiily says that she will 20 on
the stand and testify in an effort TO ger
| him out of MatteavaH. Her fear OF
Thav is one reason for her determines
| ton never To live with him again.
| Their quarrel was over some trifliug
personal matter, according to Mr.
O'Reilly From another source. IL
/ was learned that Thaw became jealous
early in the first trial and that the
quarrel was over his jealousy. De-
spite the quarrel. she passed through
/ both trials without the slightest mani
+ festation Of any III will. and so long as
/ Thaw was in he Tombs she was mod
el of a loving and devoted wife She
rarely failed in her daily visits.